‘Ninja’ Rua Retires at 31 Former EliteXC middleweight champion and Pride Fighting Championships veteran Murilo “Ninja” Rua on Saturday retired from mixed martial arts

Deep Champ Matsumoto Faces ‘Lion Takeshi’ at ‘Fight for Japan’ Two-time Shooto titlist “Lion” Takeshi Inoue and Deep featherweight champion Koichiro Matsumoto will square off in a 143-pound affair at Dream...

Weekend Rundown: Petruzelli Mashes Mewborn at WEF 46 Seth Petruzelli (file photo) got back on track Saturday. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com Well-traveled “Silverback” Seth Petruzelli...

Pictures: Deep '53 Impact' 15-year MMA veteran Akira Shoji bid farewell to the squared circle at Deep '53 Impact' on April 22 as he rematched former Pride grand prix...

Misaki Retires 'Mr. Pride' Shoji; Kitaoka Wins at Deep 53 Impact TOKYO -- Friday evening at Korakuen Hall, Akira Shoji's 15-year MMA career came to an end with a second loss to former Pride grand prix champion Kazuo Misaki in the headliner of...

Radio: 'The Jordan Breen Show' Jordan Breen returned to The Sherdog Radio Network Thursday for another edition of "The Jordan Breen Show." Breen took listener calls, emails, and...

Pictures: Deep '52 Impact' Kazuhisa Tazawa became Deep's second Megaton champion at "52 Impact" on Feb. 25. Sherdog.com's Taro Irei captured the action inside Tokyo'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...

Tazawa is Megaton King, 'Iron' Upsets Imanari at Deep '52 Impact' TOKYO -- Deep's Megaton heavyweight division is oft-mocked, but Friday at Korakuen Hall, Kazuhisa Tazawa was undeterred, as he submitted Yuji Sakuragi to become the second Megaton champion in the headliner of Deep's...

'Mr. Pride' Shoji to Rematch Misaki in April Retirement Bout One of the most recognizable fighters of the Pride era is finally ready to call it a career.

At Deep "52 Impact" on Friday in Tokyo, hard-luck veteran Akira Shoji announced he would fight once more before...