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Ilia Topuria (left) and Alexander Volkanovski fight during UFC 298 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on Saturday.
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Feb 19, 2024
Ilia Topuria's title win may unlock new international market for UFC
Ilia Topuria wasted no time in calling for his first title defense to be on Spanish soil.
Japan Times
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May 23, 2023
UFC eager to bring Japan back inside the octagon
The mixed martial arts promotion sees potential in the country, which was once considered among the sport's biggest global hubs.
Japan Times
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Apr 9, 2023
Israel Adesanya stuns Alex Pereira to reclaim UFC middleweight crown
The Nigerian-born New Zealander returned to the top of the weight class he has dominated for the last four years.
Japan Times
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Apr 4, 2023
Endeavor and WWE join forces to create live-combat tag team
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and WWE boss Vince McMahon are betting that traditional TV companies and video-streaming giants will continue to pay top dollar for the rights to show live events.
Japan Times
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Mar 5, 2023
Jones returns to crush Gane and win UFC heavyweight crown
The 35-year-old American, who is widely considered to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, used all his skill and experience to outfox his 32-year-old French opponent.
Japan Times
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Aug 17, 2022
Leon Edwards sets sights on UFC belt as British MMA booms
The Jamaican-born, Birmingham-raised fighter is aiming to become only the second British champion in the circuit's 29-year-history.
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Apr 17, 2022
Oscar De La Hoya expresses desire to end feud with UFC president
The feud between the former world champion and Dana White has been around a while, with both parties lobbing insults at one another since at least 2017.
Japan Times
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Nov 28, 2021
Conor McGregor expects to resume sparring by April
McGregor's competitive future was in doubt after he suffered a broken leg during a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, but the Irishman fully expects to resume his career in 2022.
Japan Times
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May 12, 2021
Dana White says UFC wants no part of Jake Paul
UFC president Dana White said he doesn't want anything to do with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
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Oct 25, 2020
Victorious and undefeated, Khabib Nurmagomedov retires from UFC
Three days before headlining UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi, the main attraction, Khabib Nurmagomedov, told reporters he planned to retire as the undefeated, undisputed UFC lightweight champion.
Japan Times
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Jan 28, 2019
ONE Championship's focus on fighting helped attract Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson
Eddie Alvarez is here to fight. That's it. "The Underground King" isn't interested in playing a character or engaging in over-the-top WWE-style promotion.
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Oct 16, 2018
Former UFC champ Eddie Alvarez joins One Championship
Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has signed with One Championship, the growing Asia-based mixed martial arts promotion.
Japan Times
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Jul 18, 2017
UFC plots growing presence in Asia, beyond
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to Japan after a two-year absence on Sept. 23, when it will host UFC Fight Night Japan at Saitama Super Arena.
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Feb 28, 2015
'Kid' Yamamoto ready to rumble
Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto still gets asked about the time he knocked out an opponent in four seconds with a flying knee to the head.
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Feb 10, 2015
Horiguchi lands UFC flyweight title shot against Johnson
Several years ago, Kyoji Horiguchi went basically straight from high school to the gym, where he began training with the Krazy Bees MMA team, soon finding himself under the wing of Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, one of Japan's biggest MMA stars. In a few weeks' time, Horiguchi will get the chance of the lifetime, with one of Yamamoto's old opponents staring back at him from the other side of the Octagon.
Japan Times
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Sep 24, 2014
UFC eyeing Asian market
This past Saturday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Japan for a third straight year to host a show, dubbed UFC Fight Night Japan, at Saitama Super Arena.
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Sep 20, 2014
UFC Fight Night Japan delivers entertaining, action-packed program
Mark Hunt didn't take a special game plan into his fight against 182-cm, 118 kg Roy Nelson. He just took his fists, and a whole lot of power.
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Aug 27, 2014
UFC star Tate prepared to take fight to Nakai
Miesha Tate wants Rin Nakai to remember her after their fight next month. Nakai, who is undefeated (16-0-1), likely already knows all about Tate, a superstar in women's mixed martial arts, but Tate wants a special place in Nakai's world.
Japan Times
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Jun 28, 2014
UFC plans ambitious project in Japan
When DREAM and PRIDE were in their heyday about 10 to 15 years ago, Japan might have been considered the epicenter of mixed martial arts around the world.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
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