Bas Rutten, a former UFC heavyweight champion and a three-time King of Pancrase, will be inducted this July into the UFC Hall of Fame, promotion officials announced Friday. The UFC announced the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bas Rutten recently shared why he turned down an offer from WWE. The UFC legend is well known for his charismatic personality, a valuable trait in pro wrestling. Rutten, 60, once held the King of ...

It’s not easy to out-charisma Kevin James, who has made a career of playing nice, non-threatening guys who manage to get the girl and save the day. But in “Here Comes the Boom,” Bas Rutten steals the ...

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It’s been way too long since I talked about Japan in this here history of MMA. But one thing to keep in mind is that MMA was evolving so fast that I’ve only been covering 1996 (and a tiny bit of 1997) ...

In just a few short years the International Fight League went from ambitious concept to reality to demise. At its best, the promotion helped reintroduce a group of veteran mixed martial arts pioneers ...