Kikuno Draws Nakamura for May 29 ‘Fight for Japan’ Engagement Deep lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno will square off against crafty, submission-minded veteran Daisuke Nakamura on May 29 in a non-title bout at Dream’s...

Nakao Replaces Injured Ikemoto, Meets Kitaoka at Deep 53 An undisclosed injury suffered in training has forced Seichi Ikemoto out of his April 23 bout with Satoru Kitaoka at Deep “53 Impact.” The Japanese promotion announced Wednesday that UFC veteran Jutaro...

Koyama is P-Rim Ace; Tsuchiya, Ueda Win at 'Shootor's Legacy' TOKYO -- Yoshihiro Koyama took the vacant Shooto Pacific Rim 154-pound title Monday night at Korakuen Hall. He took it early, in more ways than one.

Shooto ‘Shootor’s Legacy 1’ Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog.com's Tony Loiseleur will report from the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo at 3:30 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Shooto “Shootor's Legacy 1,” which is headlined by a 154-pound title bout pitting Shinji Sasaki against...

Sengoku ‘Soul of Fight’ Preview Sengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road has saved the best for last.

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"...

Blanco-Park, Kanehara-Maeda Booked for ‘Soul of Fight’ With the show less than two weeks away, the MMA portion of World Victory Road’s year-end card is quickly coming together. The promoter today...

First Flyweight King, Tag Team Craziness at Zst's Eighth Anniversary TOKYO -- Eight years to the day of its first card, Zst returned to Differ Ariake in Tokyo to crown its first flyweight champion and to stage...

Goulet Discusses Retirement, Future Plans Heading into the cage in Montreal last Saturday night, Jonathan Goulet knew that the fight in front of him could be his last. He really didn’t...

Kitaoka Taps Hironaka, Retires From Pancrase TOKYO -- Former Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka bested current Cage Force lightweight ace Kuniyoshi Hironaka on Sunday’s Pancrase...