Stephen Martinez

Kadowaki Edges Tamura for Shooto Lightweight Belt TOKYO, March 28 -- The past nine months has seen interesting and surprising developments in Shooto's 143-pound division. After the title switched hands from Takeshi Inoue (Pictures) to...

Sandro Knocks Out Shida TOKYO, March 26 -- As the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics played the second game in their series right next door in the Tokyo Dome

Aoki-JZ Ruled No Contest, Six Others Advance TOKYO, March 15 -- Fate has a funny way of playing out sometimes.

This was certainly apparent Saturday at the inaugural Dream -- the new...

JZ, Aoki Meet in Japan SAITAMA, Japan, March 13 -- Fight Entertainment Group along with former Pride staff kicked off the official activities for the inaugural Dream...

Barnett Submits Yoshida, Gomi Victorious TOKYO, March 5 -- World Victory Road, the first promotion to throw its hat in the vacuum left by the collapse of Pride, drew a near sell-out...

Unorthodox Okude Submits Uchimura at ZST TOKYO, Feb. 24 -- ZST topped off a busy weekend of MMA in Japan on Sunday with the 16th event of its flagship series from within the confines of...

Yamaguchi Out-Strikes Shoujou for Decision TOKYO, Feb. 23 -- A sensational Shooting Disco 04 went down Saturday evening at night club turned fight club Shinjuku FACE, headlined by a showdown between two of Shooto's top 123 pounders.

In the main event, Mamoru Yamaguchi...

Middleweights Advance in Deep Tourney TOKYO, Feb. 22 -- Returning to Korakuen Hall for the first time this year, Deep played host to two tournaments Friday: a one-day women's flyweight tournament and the start of an eight-man field for the promotion's middleweight title in the wake of...

‘Mega Megu’ Victorious At Smackgirl TOKYO, Feb. 14 -- Japan's most well-known female MMA promotion, Smackgirl, kicked off 2008 on Thursday with the opening rounds of its...

‘Dream’ Come True? New Promotion Announced TOKYO, Feb. 13 -- Fight Entertainment Group and Tokyo Broadcasting System will co-promote an event called Dream that will try to pick up where the...