Stephen Martinez

Why “7” is the Magic Number for Alexandre “Pequeno” Nogueira and Rumina Sato TOKYO, March 9 — Like any good sports fan, or better yet like any good MMA junkie, I always liked the idea of checking the history of the sport...

K-1 Max: Fights, KOs, New Champions and Cute Girls TOKYO, Feb. 23 – Wednesday. Late afternoon. Another cold day in beautiful Tokyo and I found myself trying to get on my way to the amazing...

PRIDE 29: Fists Of Fire Pictures PRIDE 29: Fists of Fire saw some brutal knockouts, a slick submission, and lots of painful shots. 5 fighters were able to advance to PRIDE's 2005...

News and Rumors from Japan Welcome back to the second installation of the hottest news and rumors from Japan. While we are in topic about what’s going on in the Japanese MMA...

DEEP - 18th Impact Pictures Stephen Martinez and Masa Fukui were ringside at the DEEP 18th Impact show last night in Tokyo.

This stacked card featured PRIDE veterans galore, including Ryo Chonan, Dokonjonosuke...

Shooto 1/29 Korakuen Hall Pictures TOKYO, Jan. 29 – While the Japanese Sports Media followed Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova’s arrival in Tokyo’s Narita...

News and Rumors From Japan Let’s start with the obvious: This is not Masa writing another of his funny articles from Japan. So now that everyone is aware of this, let...

PRIDE 28 Pictures Wanderlei Silva, 28, drilled a vicious fight-ending knee to the face of challenger Quinton Jackson, 26, Sunday night in Tokyo, Japan to retain his...

Shooto Pictures - 9/24 in Kourakuen Hall Mamoru Yamaguchi defeated Robson Moura in the main event, and Koutetsu Boku defeated Takaharu Murahama in the main undercard bout....

Former Welterweight & Middleweight King of Pancrase Kiuma Kunioku What if a polite Japanese Samurai dressed like a hip-hop star? (Not interested in yet? Okay…) What if this Japanese Samurai had gold teeth like a gangsta? (Now, you think if he’s just...