Pictures: Pancrase ‘Progress Tour 9’ Featherweight prospect Jon Shores narrowly edged Shooto veteran Guy Delumeau on Aug. 5 at Pancrase “Progress Tour 9” in Tokyo.

Former Sengoku Ace Masanori Kanehara Eyes UFC Deal with Easy Win at Deep Tokyo Impact 2012 TOKYO -- Despite a scary encounter with a kick below the belt early on, former Sengoku featherweight champion Masanori Kanehara needed only one round to dispatch of Guam's Tony Reyes in their bantamweight main event at...

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...

Pictures: Shooto ‘The Rookie Tournament 2011 Final’ Japan’s Shooto organization crowned its 10th set of rookie champions Dec. 18 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Taro Irei was on the scene to...

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...

Shooto Sets 9-Bout Lineup for 2011 Rookie Tournament Final Former rookie champions and unbeaten hopefuls line the nine-fight bill for Shooto’s 2011 Rookie Tournament Final released Tuesday by the...

'M-16' Somdet to Defend Shooto Title Against Ito in March TOKYO -- The strawweight division's affable-but-brutal ruler is back to defend his throne.

Shooto 115-pound world champion Rambaa "M-16" Somdet will make the second defense of his title against heavy-hitting dynamo Junji...

Shooto ‘Shootor’s Legacy 1’ Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog.com's Tony Loiseleur will report from the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo at 3:30 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Shooto “Shootor's Legacy 1,” which is headlined by a 154-pound title bout pitting Shinji Sasaki against...

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...