The Battle Genesis Series is back on January 22nd with a fight card sure to impress! Headlining the event will be grappling specialist and ZST King, Noayuki Kotani. His opponent will be Pancrase’s Daisuke Hanazawa.

DEEP “56th Impact” took place on December 16th at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Among the fights, Yuya Shirai and Tasuke Okuno battled it out for the WW title in a fight that went the distance. Popular Megaton prospect Seigo, had a quick and impressive KO over Kim Chan Lee. Also, the fresh and popular Korean Doo Ho Choi, surprised us all again with an amazing TKO via deadly knee.

Yoichi Fukumto VS Hideto Kondo
Yoichi via Submisson. (Rear-Naked Choke) Rnd 1, 4:49
 
Takahiro Kajita VS Juri Ohara
Awesome match. Almost 100% stand up. …

Pancrase Impressive Tour 13

GRABAKA, a co-promotion with DEEP, put on its first “GRABAKA Live 1st Cage Attack”  in front of a packed out Differ Ariake arena Saturday, October 15th.

DEEP Cage Impact ventured its way to Differ Ariake October 29th. The night was jam packed with 23 fights spanning over a two part fight card. The first cards main event featured former DEEP LW Champ Katsunori Kikuno and Kwang Hee Lee. Second main event featured Korean Doo Ho Choi who surprised us all with a flying knee KO that could have possibly been heard miles away.
1st half DEEP Cage Impact

Shun Yoshioka via TKO (Punches) Round 1, 4:25
Hideto Konda via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 2, 0:55
Hirotaka Miyakawa via KO (Punch) …

Pancrase kicked off its Impressive Tour 10 at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. On October 2nd, Takenori Sato of Laughter 7, put his King of Pancrase title on the line against prospect Eiji Ishikawa. Neo Blood Tourney MVP Jon Shores continued his seven fight win streak with a quick and brutal KO over “Randleman” Ichikawa. Yuki Kondo made his return, “Bancho” Takahashi challenged the current King of Pancrase Koji Oishi in a non title bout and “J-Taro” made his entrance very loud and clear with a crew of men in sequined g-strings! Ahhh, got to love JMMA.

by Brittany Decker
Pancrase 2011 Impressive Tour 10
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Differ Ariake, Tokyo, Japan
Many notable fights ahead for Pancrases’ Impressive Tour 10 Sunday, October 2nd . Among those fights, LW King of Pancrase, Koji Oishi, will be competing against Yohsiaki “Bancho” Takahashi from Paraestra Hachioujiin in a non-title bout.
Neo Blood Tourney winner Jon Shores, who’s currently on a 5 fight winning streak, will take on Randleman Ichiawa, who is coming off a win via TKO over Shinya Irei.

In the main event, Takenori Sato from Laughter 7, will be defending his King …

by Brittany Decker
On September 11, former PrideFC announcer/current DREAM announcer Lenne Hardt, put on a charity event to help raise money for the earthquake victims affected on March 11, 2011 in Tohoku, Japan. The Orphans and Heroes Benefit was held at the famous Super Deluxe in Tokyo. There was an array of entertainment from bands to artist Divya Cherian, who created a real time painting. Performers included J-Hip Hop group MISHIMA, Helen’s Band, DREAM announcer Kei Grant, and Lenne Hardt’s five-Piece, funky, funny, naughty jazz band. To end the …

by Brittany Decker
The 9th fight of the Pancrase Impressive Tour was a short but very entertaining night of fights. Shooto veteran Takumi Nakayama, battled against Tomonari Kanomata for the interim King of Pancrase title. Rin Nakai met her match as she battled with Danielle West in a fight that went the distance. Naoyuki Kotani made his comeback very clear and very fast! On September 4, an undefeated icon was dethroned and a new KOP was announced!

Shizuki Shingo VS Akihiro Yamazaki
Akihiro started off with a stiff right jab and quickly took …