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Recent Events \| View All		Date
Phoenix Battle 116 Tokyo		Thu, May 16 7:00am ET
Phoenix Battle 115 & Fuji no Kuni 5 Tokyo		Tue, May 14 5:00am ET
Titan Neos 34 Bunkyo		Sun, May 12 4:15am ET
Rise Evol. 12 Chiyoda		Sun, May 12 4:00am ET
Fighting NEXUS vol.35 Tokyo		Sun, May 12 2:30am ET

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NO KICK NO LIFE Bunkyo		Fri, May 17 5:00am ET
Dangan All 4 Rounds 2024 Vol. 3 Sumida		Fri, May 17 11:00pm ET
The 82nd Dramatic Boxing Osaka		Sat, May 18 12:00am ET
Who's Next Dynamic Glove Tokyo		Sat, May 18 4:00am ET
Shooto 2024 Vol.4 Tokyo		Sat, May 18 10:30pm ET

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Japan Pound for Pound

Regional Rankings are calculated using Tapology's proprietary fighter rating algorithm. No user-contributed opinions are included.

Complete P4P list | All Japan Rankings | Learn More About Rankings

1
Viktor Kolesnik

2
Seika Izawa

3
Soo Chul Kim

3
Rei Tsuruya

5
Shohei Nose

6
Akira Okada

7
Tatsuya Saika

8
Jo Arai

9
Keisuke Sasu

10
Yuki Motoya

11
R. Temirov

12
Ryuya Fukuda

Latest News More News

Japanese MMA will restart with audience in attendance soon.

The effects of the coronavirus remain severe, but the effects are slowly disappear... (2020-06-16 10:16:38 -0400)

Satoru Kitaoka will be hosting his own No-Audience MMA event this July.

Satoru Kitaoka, who has been away from a real fight since his loss to Johnny Case ... (2020-05-31 23:45:09 -0400)

PANCRASE 315 Postponed and provide financial support to fighters.

Yesterday PANCRASE decided to postpone “Owltech presents PANCRASE 315” initially s... (2020-05-02 22:03:05 -0400)

UFC 2020 roster, including UFC 249, are now on hold

Dana White's ambitious plan to hold UFC 249 on a far-flung island is on hold. For ... (2020-04-09 18:56:36 -0400)

IMMAF pulls the plug on its key 2020 events

IMMAF has announced the cancellation of several key events, including the Youth Wo... (2020-04-08 23:20:44 -0400)

DEEP95 and DEEP JEWELS29 were cancelled.

Last night Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a state of emergency declaration based... (2020-04-07 18:56:38 -0400)

DEEP 95 and DEEP Jewels 29 both cancelled

Given the current situation DEEP has decided to cancel DEEP 95 and DEEP Jewels 29 ... (2020-04-07 18:56:38 -0400)

UFC 249 gets the go ahead… without Khabib

The UFC returns on 19 April with a stacked UFC 249 card featuring an interim light... (2020-04-06 23:23:35 -0400)

ONE postpones next two events as COVID-19 bites

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its worrying spread, Singapore announced a part... (2020-04-05 21:41:31 -0400)

RIZIN.22 was cancelled due to coronavirus.

On Thursday, April 2, 2020, the press conference for the RIZIN.22 was streamed LIV... (2020-04-04 23:35:35 -0400)

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Phoenix Battle: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (16 hrs, 44 mins)

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Phoenix Battle 116: "Sasaki vs. Noynay I am taking Jin Sasaki at -475. He has a kosher mounted elb..." (21 hrs, 33 mins)

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Nakatani vs. Astrolabio: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 day, 8 hrs)

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Dangan All 4 Rounds 2024 Vol. 3: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 day, 17 hrs)

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The 82nd Dramatic Boxing: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 day, 17 hrs)

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Dangan 267: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (6 days, 23 hrs)

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Who's Next Dynamic Glove: GOAT Match vol.3: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 week)

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Titan Neos 34: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 week, 1 day, 2 hrs)

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Fighting Beat Boxing: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 week, 1 day, 18 hrs)

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Apollo KO Live: "The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (1 week, 1 day, 19 hrs)

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Inoue vs. Nery: "Inoue won he is a great fighter but Americans seem to hate him so much for no..." (1 week, 2 days, 4 hrs)

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ACA 175		05.17.2024, 5:00 AM ET
Bellator Champions Series		05.17.2024, 12:00 PM ET
LFA 184		05.17.2024, 7:00 PM ET
Fury vs. Usyk		05.18.2024, 8:00 AM ET
UFC Fight Night		05.18.2024, 4:00 PM ET
Cage Warriors 172		05.25.2024, 8:00 AM ET
Taylor vs. Catterall 2		05.25.2024, 11:00 AM ET
ACA 176		05.31.2024, 7:00 AM ET

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