Pictures: Deep ‘60 Impact’ Pride vet Kazuhiro Nakamura and 205-pound champ Yoshiyuki Nakanishi were among the winners at Deep “60 Impact” on Oct. 19 in Tokyo.

Bantamweight Prospect Kyoji Horiguchi Edges Manabu Inoue at Shooto ‘8th Round’ TOKYO -- After surviving two hellish rounds of powerful offense from Kyoji Horiguchi, Manabu Inoue’s comeback rally in the final frame brought...

Hironaka Rolls, Ogikubo Upsets Okazaki in Shooto World Title Doubleheader TOKYO -- Despite a less-than-stellar Friday night turnout at historic Korakuen Hall, Shooto 154-pound champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka crushed challenger Giovani Diniz to near-deafening applause in the main event of...

Shooto Adds Hironaka, Okazaki Title Defenses, ‘K-Taro’ Nakamura to May 18 Card After months of inactivity, Shooto world champions Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Koetsu Okazaki will look to defend their respective titles for the...

Kyoji Horiguchi Smashes Tetsu Suzuki at Shooto 2012 3rd Round TOKYO -- Promising 2010 rookie standout Kyoji Horiguchi triumphantly capped an evening of competitive action in the main event of Sustain’s Shooto...

Shooto Crowns 2011 Rookie Tournament Champions in Tokyo TOKYO -- Continuing the tradition that spawned promotional greats such as Tatsuya Kawajiri, Yasuhiro Urushitani and Takeya Mizugaki, Shooto crowned its 10th batch of rookie champions with Sunday’s...

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 9’ Taro Irei was ringside at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo to photograph Pancrase “Impressive Tour 9” for Sherdog.com. Pride veteran Shungo Oyama...

Pancrase: Nakayama Nets Interim 145 Title, Nakai Draws West TOKYO -- Shooto and King of the Cage veteran Takumi Nakayama trumped Tomonari Kanomata on the judges’ scorecards to claim the title of interim featherweight King of Pancrase in the main event of...

Pictures: ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei was ringside at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on July 18 for “Shootor’s Legacy 3,” where Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Yasuhiro Urushitani left with...