Pictures: Vale Tudo Japan 6th Former Shooto world champion Hiromasa Ogikubo won the Vale Tudo Japan flyweight tournament Saturday inside the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo at VTJ 6th, which also saw wins by Caol Uno, Hiroyuki Takaya, Mamoru...

Tsuda Earns Quick KO, Nakamura Submits Sakuragi at Deep ‘Cage Impact 2013’ TOKYO -- Katsunori Tsuda needed little time to prove he deserves the next shot at Kazunori Yokota’s Deep featherweight title, knocking out Tatsunao Nagakura in the opening round of their main event fight at...

Sunabe Defends Flyweight Throne, Takahashi Tops Faaloloto at Pancrase ‘Progress Tour 12’ TOKYO -- Mitsuhisa Sunabe came out on top Saturday night in a battle of speed versus power, using quick punches and takedowns to thwart heavy-handed Masakazu Utsugi in the main event of...

Sunabe, Ishiwatari Crowned at Pancrase Impressive Tour Final In the fight of the night at Pancrase Impressive Tour Final at Differ Ariake, former and first 125-pound King of Pancrase Mitsuhisa Sunabe...

Pictures: Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 8’ Kazuki Tokudome and Isao Kobayashi advanced in Pancrase’s 2011 lightweight tournament at “Impressive Tour 8,” while Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Hiroyuki...

120-, 155-Pounders Advance at Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 8’ TOKYO -- Kazuki Tokudome battered a tenacious Kota Okazawa in the main event of Sunday evening’s Pancrase “Impressive Tour 8” at Differ...

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...

Kobayashi Stops Oumakhanov at Pancrase 'Passion Tour 10' TOKYO -- Artur Oumakhanov was given an inhospitable return to MMA Wednsday evening at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, as lightweight Isao Kobayashi...

The House that Hidehiko Yoshida Built TOKYO -- The image of the North American mixed martial arts gym is the strip-mall storefront, outfitted with strength and cardio equipment,...

Matsumoto Dominates ‘Windy’ at Deep 44 TOKYO -- Women’s 106-pound champion Miku Matsumoto dominated “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba bell-to-bell in their two-round co-main event at Deep...