Breaking Barriers Women have always faced an uphill climb in combat sports, but MMA may have finally given them the outlet they have long sought.

Fujii Defying History, Convention One Fight at a Time Japan’s Megumi Fujii is considered by most the best pound-for-pound best female mixed martial artist on the planet.

‘M-16’ Crowned Shooto’s First 115 Champ; Shooto Goes 3-1 vs. Pancrase TOKYO -- Rambaa “M-16” Somdet was crowned Shooto's first 115-pound world champion Monday in the main event of Shooto “Revolutionary...

Forget Lashley-Sapp: Matsumoto Was the Real Star of the Weekend Physically, it was one third the size of the Bobby Lashley-Bob Sapp bout Saturday in Biloxi, but this weekend's real marquee bout unfolded Sunday...

Forget Lashley-Sapp: Matsumoto Was the Real Star of the Weekend Physically, it was one third the size of the Bobby Lashley-Bob Sapp bout Saturday in Biloxi, but this weekend's real marquee bout unfolded Sunday in the unlikely city of Toyama, Japan.

In a locale more famous for cadmium poisoning than prizefighting, hometown...