TOKYO -- In a Friday press conference, former pro wrestling promotion Smash officially announced its takeover of Pancrase from Japanese retail giant, Don Quijote. Despite the transfer in management, ...

"King of Combat Sports" returns to Broomfield, Colorado on March 14th (PRESS RELEASE) -- It's that time again. On March 14th, the world’s best combat grapplers travel to Colorado to test themselves in ...

Japanese promotion Pancrase celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate, a star-studded fight card is being put together for the Yokohoma Gymnasium on Sept. 29, which will feature two ...

Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling was certainly one of the more colorful promotions in MMA history. Based in concept on the ancient olympic sport Pankration and featuring fighters dressed in gear similar to ...

Discovered in a social project at age 11, Brazilian Rafael "Coxinha" Barbosa won the Pancrase lightweight belt on March 14 by knocking out Japanese champion Tatsuya Saika in his third fight in the ...

I’m redoing my old MMA History series which has fallen on hard times in the sixteen years since I wrote it. the old links are broken, the videos and gifs are long since deleted, etc. etc. Here’s ...