10 April Tussles Worth Watching Former UFC flyweight title contender Kyoji Horiguchi returns home for his Rizin Fighting Federation debut on April 16 in Yokohama, Japan.

The 2016 MMA National Olympic Teams: Japan From Mizuki Inoue to Tsuyoshi Kosaka, the island nation’s hypothetical contingent connects the dots between the past, present and future in...

Hiromasa Ogikubo, Koshi Matsumoto Take Shooto World Titles at Finish-Filled ‘Fight & Mosh’ Pro Shooto has two new world champions, as Hiromasa Ogikubo and Koshi Matsumoto both earned submission finishes and took home titles in the latest instalment of Shooto and Japanese streetwear brand Mobstyles'...

Oli Thompson Trounces Fernando Rodrigues Jr. to Win Inoki Genome Federation GP Oli Thompson evidently had other things to do.

RIZIN FF: Shoot Boxing Rules For Akebono vs. Sapp II; King Mo To Face... (PRESS RELEASE) -- TOKYO, JAPAN – RIZIN FF officials announced today that the highly anticipated rematch between Akebono and Bob Sapp will be contested under Shoot Boxing rules on Thursday, Dec. 31, and that BAMMA fighter Brett McDermott has been named the new opponent...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings For all its bombast, Bellator MMA’s “Dynamite” mega-card was at its core a bare showcase for the organization’s thriving light...

Sherdog’s Top 10: Japanese Fighters From Caol Uno to the incomparable Kazushi Sakuraba, the Land of the Rising Sun has a long history of enriching mixed martial arts.

Sherdog’s Top 10: Dirtiest Deeds Not everything in sports is as clean as a whistle. Throughout the years, countless circumstances have left viewers outraged by dirtier tactics...

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings For the first time in nearly a decade, Anderson Silva is gone from the middleweight rankings.

Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Glover Teixeira rises in the light heavyweight rankings after spoiling the homecoming of Ovince St. Preux.