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Vale Tudo Japan 10/30
FightOpinion did the bulk of the translating work on this one, but it looks like Vale Tudo Japan will be holding a card at the end of the month. It'll take place in JCB Hall in Tokyo and feature quite...
9/4 Shootboxing Results
A little late with these, sorry, but Japan-MMA.com has the results from this past week's Shoot Boxing results which took place in Japan's legendary Korakuen Hall. 9. Main-event: Bowiei So Udomson De...
Tim Sylvia Fleeing to Japan
Tim Sylvia, the big lunk that we've all grown to be embarrassed by is set to finally make his Japanese debut in DREAM. The opponents? Monte Cox is saying either Alistair Overeem or freakshow...
The Wildly Strange World of Super Hulks
Japanese culture is a twisted and curious affair. It is a society where black men are bug-a-boo Africans or thuggish American rap stars. It is a place where a man can buy the soiled pant...
History of Wrestling: Super J Cup 94
On April 16, 1994 New Japan Pro Wrestling held a card in Tokyo that would be considered by many as the greatest wrestling show of that year. Super J Cup 1994 was a one night tournament that feature...
History of Wrestling: Kenta Kobashi's best match?
Back around 1996, I decided that I had read enough about how great Japanese wrestling was and wanted to see a few matches for myself. Being a longtime reader of the Death Valley Driver Video Review, i...
Kenta Kobashi returning to AJPW?
Kenta Kobashi, the 42 year old Japanese wrestling legend, is rumored to be returning to All Japan Pro Wrestling at the 8/30/09 Sumo Hall show. While there isn't a lot of news to be found online to c...
RIP Takashi Matsunaga
Takashi Matsunaga, the founder and former chairman of All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, passed away on July 11th, 2009 at the age of 73. For those not familiar with the world of "joshi" (Japanese femal...
Josh Barnett finds a new career after positive test?
What do you do when you test positive for steroids for the second (or is it the third?) time in your fighting career? Why you go to Japan to be a professional wrestler. [Barnett] ...
UFC Formally Launches UFCJapan.jp
From a press release in my inbox. This isn't major news, but still a noteworthy effort on the part of Zuffa to further promote the UFC brand of MMA in the Far East and sink their tentacles deeper into...
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