Thanks to a generous scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education, the Hawaii-born and bred Tony Loiseleur has lived and studied in Tokyo since 2007. While pursuing his post-graduate degrees in the Land of the Rising Sun, Tony has also had the opportunity to cover Japanese mixed martial arts for Sherdog -- an invaluable resource given his academic focus on the unique culture and economic sociology of MMA in Japan.
In his first bout since suffering a gruesome arm break at the hands
of Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki
20 months ago in 2009's K-1 Dynamite, the former Sengoku Raiden
Championship and Cage Force lightweight champion rebounded with a...
Five Years on Faith
To me, Yushin Okami is a young, bleached-haired Japanese fighter,
far skinnier in 2006 than the solid UFC middleweight contender most
of us now know.