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DREAM Announces Bantamweight Grand Prix to Begin on May 29

In an event that will be held in part to benefit its ravaged home country of Japan, DREAM on Friday announced its first major show since New Year's Eve. The promotion will host a bantamweight...

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Yamato-Damashii Diaries - Day 3: The Town That Was Taro

In the wake of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, former Shooto heavyweight champion and Pride veteran Enson Inoue has been on a one-man charity mission, traveling to northeast Japan to...

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Yamato-Damashii Diaries - Day 2: Fukushima

In the wake of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, former Shooto heavyweight champion and Pride veteran Enson Inoue has been on a one-man charity mission, traveling to northeast Japan to...

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Yamato-Damashii Diaries - Day 1: Tokyo to Fukushima

In the wake of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, former Shooto heavyweight champion and Pride veteran Enson Inoue has been on a one-man charity mission, traveling to northeast Japan to...

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Shinya Aoki Fighting for Himself This Time Around

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Watch below as Shinya Aoki talks about fighting Lyle Beerbohm at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, fighting a month after the natural disaster in Japan, how he plans to rebound...

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Tatsuya Kawajiri Discusses How Tragedy in Japan Affected His Training

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- MMA Fighting spoke to Tatsuya Kawajiri about his lightweight title fight against Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley, how last month's tragedy in Japan affected...

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Enson Inoue Discusses Charity Work, Life in Evacuation Centers

In the wake of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Genki Sudo, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, Ryo Chonan and many more members of the MMA community have rallied to raise money...

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Mei Yamaguchi Victorious in Pancrase's First Women's Main Event

TOKYO - Pancrase, the sport's second oldest promotion, broke new ground on Sunday night at Differ Ariake, as they finally held its first women's main event after 17 years of fights. A hotly...

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Shooto Restarts MMA in Tokyo Following Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

TOKYO - It had only half the fights of the originally planned event, was in a smaller venue, was sparsely attended and carried a somber mood, but MMA finally restarted in Tokyo on Friday night with...

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Sadaharu Tanikawa: Hardest Time We've Ever Experienced

In response to the crisis in Japan following the March 11 Sendai earthquake, FEG President Sadaharu Tanikawa released a statement on Tuesday via the K-1 website, encouraging victims to stay strong....

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