Flashback Friday: Pride 13: Collision Course

The year is 2001, and Pride FC is back for another year of events. Starting their six-event year was "Collision Course." The event was the promotion's second appearance at the recently built Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and featured some of the big names in the promotion. The English broadcast featured commentary from Steven … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 13: Collision Course →

Flashback Friday: Pride 13: Collision Course Play-by-Play

Kicking off their 2001 schedule, Pride FC returned to Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan for the second time, this time presenting Pride 13: Collision Course. The event included lots of the big names in the promotion at the time. Of all of them, the most important one was still clearly Kazushi Sakuraba, who was … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 13: Collision Course Play-by-Play →

Flashback Friday: Pride 12: Cold Fury

Pride finished off their explosive year of 2000 with "Cold Fury," a show featuring the top names in the promotion at the time. In the main event of the card, Kazushi Sakuraba fought Ryan Gracie, who made his Pride FC debut earlier in the year. Ending off the year 2000 in MMA, let's look at … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 12: Cold Fury →

Flashback Friday: Pride 10: Return of the Warriors

After Pride FC held a smaller event called “New Blood,” the promotion returned for another large venue event titled “Return of the Warriors.” The card saw the return of the promotion’s biggest start at the time, Kazushi Sakuraba. In his last appearance, Sakuraba fought an impressive 90-minute battle against Royce Gracie. He gets paired against … Continue reading Flashback Friday: Pride 10: Return of the Warriors →

RIZIN 21 Live Coverage

RIZIN kicks off their 2020 year in a place they've never been before: Hamamatsu, Japan. The card is headlined by MMA and Youtube star Mikuru Asakura facing Daniel Salas. The 13 fight card goes live for international broadcast viewers at midnight EST, and carries through Saturday morning. Follow along through the night for live coverage. … Continue reading RIZIN 21 Live Coverage →

RIZIN 21 Preview

Japan's leading MMA organization RIZIN Fighting Federation will return on Saturday with RIZIN 21, the promotion's first event in 2020. RIZIN usually has a longer absence to start the year, as they end every calendar year with a large event on New Year's Eve with most of their talent. Due to this, most talent is … Continue reading RIZIN 21 Preview →

Pancrase 312 Full Coverage

Back for 2020, Pancrase kicked off the new decade where they've been for a while: Shinkiba Studio Coast. Quick Results:Bout 1: Ryo Hatta def. Atsuhito Nagai via Submission, Guillotine Choke (RD 2) Bout 2: Toshiya Takashima def. Yuta Miyazawa via Submission, Rear Naked Choke (RD 2) Bout 3: Akihiro Murayama def. Yuki Kondo via Decision, … Continue reading Pancrase 312 Full Coverage →