Sunabe Defends Flyweight Throne, Takahashi Tops Faaloloto at Pancrase ‘Progress Tour 12’ TOKYO -- Mitsuhisa Sunabe came out on top Saturday night in a battle of speed versus power, using quick punches and takedowns to thwart heavy-handed Masakazu Utsugi in the main event of...

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.

Pictures: Deep ‘56 Impact’ At Deep “56 Impact” in Tokyo, Yuya Shirai retained his Deep welterweight title in a wild one with Taisuke Okuno, while rising Korean featherweight Doo Ho Choi knocked out Dream and Strikeforce veteran...

Shirai Keeps Deep Crown, Upstart Choi Upsets Ishida at ‘56 Impact’ TOKYO -- It took three grueling rounds, but Yuya Shirai retained his Deep welterweight title in the main event of Deep “56 Impact” at Korakuen Hall on Friday evening with a unanimous verdict over...

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...

Pictures: Pancrase 'Impressive Tour 5' Sherdog.com's Taro Irei was ringside on June 5 to photograph Pancrase "Impressive Tour 5" at Tokyo's Differ Ariake. Former Sengoku featherweight champ Masanori Kanehara scored a knockout, while Kiyotaka Shimizu...

Shimizu, Sato Defend; Kanehara KOs at Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 5’ TOKYO -- Kiyotaka Shimizu trumped frequent rival Mitsuhisa Sunabe yet again by a narrow majority decision to defend his flyweight title on Sunday’s...

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

Sato Claims Welterweight Crown on Pancrase's ‘Impressive Tour’ TOKYO -- Takenori Sato wrested the title of welterweight “King of Pancrase” from Kengo Ura in the main event of Pancrase “Impressive Tour...