Who wants to wait a day for their MMA action? While most American fans are eagerly anticipating tomorrow’s UFC 125: “Resolution”, Japanese MMA fans were treated to a stacked card featuring MMA, K-1 kickboxing, and even a few “mixed rules” fights. “DYNAMITE!! 2010” has now come and gone, and several important fighters made several important statements at the massive year-end 2010 event. Highlights included Alistair Overeem dominating in classic Overeem fashion and Shinya Aoki being KO’d. So let's get right to it: here are the full results to DREAM/K-1’s “DYNAMITE!! 2010. ...

The fifteen-fight DREAM/K-1 “DYNAMITE!! 2010” super-card will combine MMA, K-1 kickboxing, and several unique “hybrid” bouts in a New Year's Eve extravaganza that shouldn't be missed. The event will feature some big names both in Japan and around the world, and as always, I just can’t help but pull out the crystal ball and unleash my inner Nostradamus. So let’s get to it with a new edition of “Picks and Predictions” featuring “DYNAMITE!! 2010”. ...

Hello once more fans and friends and welcome to another edition of “Crash Course”, the series of articles designed to give fans a quick rundown of all the latest upcoming MMA cards. We’re only five days away from the traditional year-end Japanese MMA super-show, “DYNAMITE”, and it’s shaping up to be an amazing card. Many prominent MMA fighters are expected to compete in a card featuring at least fifteen MMA, K-1, and even MMA/K-1 “hybrid” fights. So let’s get right to it and dive into the latest edition of “Crash Course”. ...

Despite rumors of financial instability and an inability to pay contracted fighters, Fighting and Entertainment Group continues to roll towards its “DYNAMITE” event with considerable effort and quite a lot of fanfare. The parent company of both MMA company DREAM and famed kickboxing organizations K-1, FEG is looking to put on a banner event on New Year’s Eve in order to enter 2011 on a promising, uplifting note. But how excited should non-Japanese MMA fans be for this multiple-hour extravaganza? Is the show worth checking out? Not only do I think it is, here’s a Top 5 of my big reasons to give “DYNAMITE” a watch. ...

If there’s one thing Japanese MMA promotions know how to do throughout the numerous ups and downs the sport has been faced with lately… it’s how to end the year with a bang. The annual “DYNAMITE” event brings together both K-1 and the Japanese-based MMA promotion DREAM for a mixed-card extravaganza that takes place on New Year’s Eve. Despite the recent rumors of financial woe plaguing both DREAM and K-1, new bouts continue to emerge for the event, some of them being pretty high-profile. Here are all the latest details. ...

Current DREAM welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis will return to Japan for the first time in a long time when he takes on mixed martial arts pioneer Kazushi Sakuraba in arguably the biggest fight of his career. Zaromskis claimed the promotions welterweight title in 2009 after dispatching of Seichi Ikemoto, Hayato Sakurai and Jason High. Wins over UFC veterans High and Sakurai came via headkick knockout, which have become a trademark for the Lithuanian striker. Marius transitioned to the United States after reeling off four wins in a row under the DREAM banner, only to run on an 0-2-1 slide in Strikeforce. ...

Surrounded by rumors of financial insecurity and even impending bankruptcy, Fighting and Entertainment Group’s “DREAM.16” event was seen by many as a make-or-break show. In fact, I myself posted an article entitled “If DREAM Falls, is Japanese MMA Doomed?” in the days leading up to the event. And now the ratings for in for the event which saw Gegard Mousasi become the DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion, Jason Miller beat his idol and Japanese MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba, and top-ranked Lightweight Japanese star Shinya Aoki score his twenty-fifth win. So what does the future hold for Japanese MMA? ...

In the face of unsettling financial troubles, the Japanese-based DREAM recently held their sixteenth event. “DREAM.16” featured notable Japanese stars like Kazushi Sakuraba and Shinya Aoki, as well as a host of other talented performers that included the ever-controversial but always-popular Jason Miller and the dynamic, talented Gegard Mousasi. In the main event, Mousasi would make quick work of his opponent in order to become the DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion. Mousasi has now become the first man to hold two championships in two different weight classes in DREAM. Here are the full results as well as my opinion on the card. ...

It appears that DREAM isn’t going down without a fight. I’ve already written about the problems the Japanese-based MMA company has had with their upcoming “DREAM.16” event, with several fights getting cancelled, several fighters pulling out, and rumors of financial instability running rampant. But the promotion itself seems undeterred, or at the very least, they’re trying to go out with a bang. In a recent press conference in Tokyo, DREAM officials revealed three new fights that are now officially part of the DREAM 16 card. Here’s how it all breaks down. ...

There are two things that Jason Miller is no stranger to: controversy and Japan. The man who lives every day of his life perpetually trying to justify his nickname “Mayhem”, Miller most recently snatched up headlines with some verbal (and video game) beatdowns of Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz, who along with what seemed like the entire Cesar Gracie Fight Camp led a gang initiation-style group beatdown on Mayhem during the live, CBS-aired Strikeforce: “Nashville” telecast back in April. Miller vs. Diaz does sound like it has a lot of potential, but with the recent announcement of a Nick Diaz vs. KJ Noons 2 match, it’s likely not going to happen for some time. But fear not, “Mayhem monkeys”. Miller will step inside the ropes in the land of the rising sun once again, and this time, he’ll be taking on one of the sport’s biggest legends. ...

Does Tito Ortiz still peak interest with MMA fans? How about Kazushi Sakuraba? Does the "Gracie Hunter" still make you wish you would have paid attention to Japanese manga more and bought a cheap leatard and called yourself a wrestler? Well, I didn't think so. ...

As I surf the internet bouncing from one mixed martial arts(MMA) site to the next a reoccurring theme occurs. The discussion of Pride Fighting Championships, the fighters, the rules and now a select number of fights being show on Spike TV. This brought back fond memories for me and made me think about the current state of MMA and what made Pride stand out from the crowd. ...

Fighters.com's tenth-ranked middleweight “Ely” Paulo Filho (16-1) and MMA legend “Gracie Hunter” Kazushi Sakuraba (23-13-1) will probably matchup at Bitetti Combat 6 in Brasillia February 25 according to Filho's trainer, Josuel Distak, in Tatame. ...