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 “...

Pictures: Pancrase 'Impressive Tour 1' Taro Irei was ringside at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo to photograph Pancrase “Impressive Tour 1” for Sherdog.com.

Sato Claims Welterweight Crown on Pancrase's ‘Impressive Tour’ TOKYO -- Takenori Sato wrested the title of welterweight “King of Pancrase” from Kengo Ura in the main event of Pancrase “Impressive Tour...

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

20 Questions for the Machida Patriarch Yoshizo Machida is a happy man at 63. After leaving Japan at the age of 22 and bringing Shotokan karate to Brazil, he never imagined what his...

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."