Pictures: Pancrase 257 Lightweight King of Pancrase Isao Kobayashi violently halted the winning streak of Kuniyoshi Hironaka at Pancrase 257 in Yokohama, Japan.

This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Andrei Arlovski Turns 35 Andrei Arlovski turns 35 this week. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com One of 13 men to have held the undisputed Ultimate Fighting...

Pictures: Grabaka Live 2 Former Shooto champ Rambaa Somdet and Pancrase veteran Kei Yamamiya picked up wins Oct. 27 in Tokyo at Grabaka Live 2.

This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Kimbo Slice Turns 38 Kimbo Slice turns 38 this week. Sherdog.com lists birthdays and ages of mixed martial arts stars for the coming...

Pictures: Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 10’ Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei was ringside at Differ Ariake in Tokyo on Oct. 2, when welterweight King of Pancrase Takenori Sato kept his title in a three-round draw with Eiji Ishikawa in the main event of...

King Sato Draws, Shores Scores KO at Pancrase ‘Impressive 10’ TOKYO -- Takenori Sato narrowly kept his welterweight King of Pancrase title in a contentious split draw with challenger Eiji Ishikawa in the main event of...

Grabaka Announces Oct. 15 Event in Tokyo with Kikuta, Somdet Well-known Japanese gym Grabaka will celebrate its 11th anniversary by staging its inaugural MMA event Oct. 15 at Tokyo’s Differ Ariake arena.

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: Bitetti Combat 8 '100 Years of Corinthians' Iconic Brazilian soccer club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista has been celebrating its centennial anniversary, and teamed up with Amaury Bitetti for the...

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