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...

Dream 16: What to Watch For For the second time this year, a Dream event will go head-to-head with a UFC show. Consider it a technicality. Due to the time difference, Dream...

The Weekly Wrap: Sept. 12 - Sept. 18 The company had one of its most action-packed events of the year Wednesday, prior to the much-hyped, record-smashing season premiere of “The...

Pictures: Sengoku 'Ninth Battle' Masanori Kanehara claimed the Sengoku featherweight GP crown and Mizuto Hirota took Satoru Kitaoka’s lightweight title at “Ninth Battle.”

Hirota, Kanehara Seize Sengoku Straps SAITAMA, Japan -- Another turbulent evening came and went in Japanese mixed martial arts, as Sengoku’s “Ninth Battle” brought a myriad of...

Sengoku 'Ninth Battle' Play-by-Play Sherdog.com's Tony Loiseleur reports from the Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo with live play-by-play of Sengoku's "Ninth Battle"

Kitaoka: ‘I’m Going to Pull Those Wings Off’ TOKYO -- Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka was not impressed by challenger Mizuto Hirota’s hairdo

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Rich Franklin was looking to get his light heavyweight run back on track

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings In the last 12 months, MMA's light heavyweight throne has seen four different kings. The 205-pound crown now belongs to Lyoto Machida