Ex-Champ Ueda Meets Young Gun Horiguchi on Jan. 8 Shooto Card Leading Shooto promoter Sustain this week began slating its final fights of 2011 and first bouts of 2012, including a January showdown between...

‘Star Wars’ Heiress Rolls at Deep ‘Cage Impact’ TOKYO -- Former Deep lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno broke down Korean import Kwang Hee Lee, while another former Deep lightweight ace, Kazunori Yokota, took out veteran Katsuya Toida in...

Pictures: Dream 17 Shinya Aoki and Tatsuya Kawajiri each scored submission wins at Dream 17, while Bibiano Fernandes stood out from the pack in the opening round...

Aoki, Kawajiri Earn Taps at Dream 17; Cabral Chokes Sakuraba SAITAMA, Japan -- Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki racked up another submission finish in the main event of Dream 17 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena, this time over former WEC lightweight champion...

Dream 17 Results and Play-by-Play Sherdog.com will report from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, at approximately 3:00 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Dream...

Iffy Koyama Split, Murayama-'K-Taro' Shocker Mark 'Shootor's Legacy' TOKYO -- Yoshihiro Koyama defended his 154-pound Shooto Pacific Rim title against Kenichiro Togashi on Friday at “ Shootor's Legacy 4,” but...

Dream 17 Weights: All Fighters on Target, Cullum on Second Try TOKYO -- All fighters, with the exception of Abel Cullum, made weight on their first attempt for Dream 17, which kicks off the promotion’s...

10-Bout Lineup Set for Dream 17; Aoki-McCullough Headlines Shinya Aoki will be back in the headlining slot for the first time in 14 months this Saturday when the spindly submission artist tangles with “Razor” Rob McCullough in the main event of...

Hirota Takes Kikuno’s Crown; Matsumoto Retires at Deep 55 TOKYO -- Mizuto Hirota is back.

In his first bout since suffering a gruesome arm break at the hands of Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki 20 months ago in 2009's K-1 Dynamite, the former Sengoku Raiden Championship and Cage Force lightweight champion rebounded with a...

Kikuno to Defend Lightweight Strap Against Hirota at Deep 55 Two of the top lightweights currently operating in Japan appear set to collide Aug. 26 in Tokyo.