As is often the case with the less-heralded events, Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers show saw a great night of fights. The main event between Pat Healy and the previously undefeated Lyle Beerbohm was ...

Frank Mir’s demolition of Cheick Kongo at UFC 107 was a quintessential state-of-the-art example of a thoroughly well-rounded Mixed Martial Artist in full effect. He clowned Kongo with one big punch ...

LAS VEGAS -- Kayla Harrison's UFC debut could not have gone any better. The former two-time Olympic judo champion dominated former champion and combat sports legend Holly Holm, beating Holm with a ...

So you’re a huge fan of mixed martial arts who thinks you know everything about bashing and grappling. Well, were you also aware judo is considered the grandfather of MMA? In its 128-year existence, ...

The only way Madina Taimazova was leaving her gold medal hopes on the mat was if she could no longer control them. Japanese judoka Chizuru Arai obliged the Russian Olympic Committee athlete, using a ...

Watch five of the best throws and chokes from Friday's preliminary judo rounds at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Canada's 19-year-old judo player Jonah Burt features twice, including his ...

Maybe Andy Dodd likes that he can swing as hard as he can, and there is no foul called. Maybe it's that he can choke someone dry, and there is no jail time. Or maybe it's that he can tie up someone in ...

As Kayla Harrison, the only American to win a gold medal in judo, prepared for the Rio Olympics at her coach’s dojo in Wakefield, Mass., in March, she spent most of the morning wrestling on the mat.

NAOYA OGAWA: Japanese professional wrestler; judo stylist; 1987 World Cup Judo Champion (Open category); 1992 silver medallist in the Barcelona Olympic Games; with a record of 6-0-0 in MMA making his ...