Masa Fukui

Hirotaka Yokoi Interview On the way home after the last Pancrase show at Tokyo's NK Bay Hall, we found PRIDE Veteran Hirotaka Yokoi a.k.a....

Backstage at PRIDE 28 In PRIDE 28, I saw at least two shoulder dislocations, and two broken noses. Also, camping out at the post-fight interview spot, you see 90-percent of the...

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...

PRIDE GP Leaves Unfinished Business One Week Before "Unfinished Business" Masa Fukui checks in from Japan with his post-PRIDE thoughts.

"I've heard the Super Bowl halftime show is the event you gotta see before you're...

Yuki Kondo Talks Silva, Training, and How He's Going to Win This Weekend With less than one week until Yuki Kondo faces "Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva at PRIDE "Final Conflict," the Pancrase organization offered an interview session with...

Smack Girl Report • Is Girls Fight show a boring? The answer is No.
• Are those girls too slow to make the fight thrilling? The Answer is No.
• Is SMACK GIRL just another Cat fight show? The...

Pancrase Brave Tour 2004 Summary I luckily attended the Pancrase Brave Tour July 25th. It was a doubleheader, so Pancrase had a show in the day and night time.

Eight fight on the first card include two fighters from Team...

News and Notes From Bushido Okay, just got back from PRIDE Bushido. Man, Nagoya was hot! It was about 35C and very humid. Samurais used to say, “Today is a good day to...

PRIDE’s Prez Opens Up After "Critical Countdown" If nobody inside the sport of mixed martial arts could tell, Critical Countdown was a smashing success. PRIDE dazzled us all with yet another...

Pancrase Brave Tour: Kondo Subs Ritch, Eyes July Match with Silva Japanese star Yuki Kondo scored a submission victory over American Shannon Ritch Tuesday night in Tokyo, finishing the veteran via kneebar 1:01...