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 ...

Pancrase is legendary in the world of MMA for producing numerous superstars such as Bas Rutten, Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger, and Ken Shamrock. Now it has been bought by World Victory Road, sponsor of ...

In this clip Bas Rutten and Matt Serra talk about Bas' career as a Pancrase figher in Japan. #mattserra #mma #ufc ...

In this clip Bas Rutten and Matt Serra talk about Bas' early fighting career in Japan and the origins of Pancrase. #mattserra ...

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, ...

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 ...

What if a polite Japanese Samurai dressed like a hip-hop star? (Not interested in yet? Okay…) What if this Japanese Samurai had gold teeth like a gangsta? (Now, you think if he’s just a poser?) What ...

At the time, Pancrase was a proto-Mixed Martial Arts organization formed by Japanese pro wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Both Funaki and Suzuki were more than just entertainers, they ...

A UFC legend recently discussed his fighter purse for his bout against Bas Rutten in Pancrase, which was a major promotion based in Japan. The promotion had a unique monthly salary method that ensured ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...