MMA The legendary Genki Sudo continues on his quest to express whatever joyous genius resides in his soul with his latest piece of art / dance / music. The song is called Aquarius and is jam-packed with trippy dance moves and even what looks like a Shorin-ji kata.
BJJ This Friday, legendary Japanese MMA promotion Shooto will host their third major fight card of 2012. The main and co-main events will both feature title fights, but the bout that gets me most pumped is Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura vs. Yuki Sasaki. Both men are veterans in the Japanese scene and both are awesome grapplers. K-Taro
MMA Recently UFC fighter and Scrambler Darren Uyenoyama was diagnosed with concussion. A pretty scary thing for a fighter and something that needs to be taken care of properly in order to continue fighting and training at maximum potential. Check this video out to see how Darren made the most of doctor’s orders not to get
MMA This past weekend, Japanese MMA legend Akihiro “DJ Gozma” Gono announced his retirement from MMA, following a TKO loss to Bellator Lightweight champ Mike Chandler. Gono’s career spanned (almost exactly) 18 years and included fights in Shooto, Pancrase, ZST, Pride Bushido, UFC, Deep, SRC, Bellator and various Kickboxing organizations. Like many Japanese fighters of his
MMA The latest addition to the Scramble family talks training, fighting and all that good stuff. Chris is looking to extend his record to 8-0-0 at the forthcoming OMMAC14.
BJJ Remember when Takanori Gomi was a half-way decent grappler? Yeah…it’s been a while, but I’m here to remind you. Check out some classic footage of Gomi competing the Japanese Combat Wrestling circuit in the early 2000’s. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.