Shooto Gig Tokyo 7: Kojima Returns Victorious, Tamura Stops Toida TOKYO -- After nearly two years away from the ring, former Shooto 123-pound world champion Shinichi “BJ” Kojima returned Saturday to take a hard-fought split decision over Wajutsu Keishukai banger Masaaki...

Pictures: Pancrase 'Impressive Tour 3' Mei Yamaguchi topped “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba in Pancrase’s first ever female main event on April 3. Taro Irei was on hand at Tokyo’s Differ Ariake to photograph “...

Shooto Rookie Kings Crowned; ‘Sarumaru’ Steals the Show TOKYO -- What do Shooto world champions Tatsuya Kawajiri, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue, Shinichi "B.J." Kojima, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Masakatsu Ueda, Hideki Kadowaki and Akitoshi Hokazono all have in common? What about UFC and WEC vets Takeya Mizugaki, Hiroyuki Takaya, Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura? Or Pride, Dream and Sengoku vets Mizuto Hirota, "Wicky"...

Matsumoto Stops Maruyama, Otsuka Dominates Hori at Deep 51 TOKYO -- Just across the street from the Ariake Coliseum, where the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final was taking place, Deep hosted their final card of the calendar year with...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The picture of the lightweight division grew clearer on Aug. 28 in Boston, as there is no longer any debate. MMA’s lightweight king hails from...

Weekend Rundown: Nelson, Marshall, Imanari Victorious Undefeated European welterweight prospect Gunnar Nelson submitted Danny Mitchell with a first-round rear-naked choke in the Cage Contender 6

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings This update is exclusively on the slighter end of the scale. The marquee matchups of early October have come strictly at lightweight and below. Dream 11 on Oct. 6 saw Shinya Aoki finally capture Dream’s...

Pictures: Shooto 'Shooting Disco 10' Daniel Herbertson was ringside at the Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to photograph Shooto's "Shooting Disco 10."

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The landscape is changing in the heavyweight division, but flyweight standouts are holding firm for now.

Sato, Sugawara Victorious at Shooting Disco 10 TOKYO -- Yoichiro Sato took a questionable technical knockout win over Yoshitaro Niimi in the Shooting Disco 10 “Twist & Shooto” main event on...