Real Fight Championship Launches Lightweight Title Tourney with UFC Vet Naoyuki Kotani Real Fight Championship will next month begin an eight-man tournament to crown its first lightweight champion, the Japanese organization has...

Shooto Champ Yutaka Saito, Caol Uno Get Opponents for ‘Fight & Mosh’ Card Reigning Shooto 145-pound champion Yutaka Saito and onetime UFC contender Caol Uno will square off against American foes later this month in...

The Farm Report: Team Nogueira’s Matheus Mattos Stays Undefeated The 23-year-old Brazilian prospect’s latest triumph highlighted the happenings on the MMA regional scene during the month of January.

10 January Tussles Worth Watching Top prospect Julio Arce puts his bantamweight championship on the line against Thomas Vasquez at Ring of Combat 50 on Jan. 23.

Week-in-Review: List of UFC, New Year’s Eve & Other Fights Announced A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.

Shooto ‘3rd Round’ Results: ‘Uruka’ Scores 11-Second KO, Miki-Saruta Ends in Draw After 5 TOKYO -- After five close rounds between Ryuichi Miki and Yosuke Saruta on Saturday night at Korakuen Hall, Shooto’s 123-pound world title...

Pictures: Shooto ‘5th Round’ On May 18 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, two Shooto world titles were up for grabs as Kuniyoshi Hironaka retained his 154-pound crown against Brazil's Giovani Diniz and Hiromasa Ogikubo upset...

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...

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...