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: 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...

Shooto Spirit Aomori Fight Card Shooto Spirit Aomori Fight Card,
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Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan...

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...

Pictures: Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 8’ Kazuki Tokudome and Isao Kobayashi advanced in Pancrase’s 2011 lightweight tournament at “Impressive Tour 8,” while Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Hiroyuki...

120-, 155-Pounders Advance at Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 8’ TOKYO -- Kazuki Tokudome battered a tenacious Kota Okazawa in the main event of Sunday evening’s Pancrase “Impressive Tour 8” at Differ...

Oishi Crowned, Inoue Retains at Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 4’ TOKYO -- Opening Japan’s Golden Week Holiday Tuesday evening, Koji Oishi topped Daisuke “13” Hanazawa for the third time to become the new lightweight King of Pancrase in the main event of Pancrase...

Pancrase Kings Hit Marks; Kotani Overweight for LWGP All but one fighter successfully made weight on Monday ahead of Pancrase’s fourth “Impressive Tour” event, which goes down Tuesday at...

Blanco Abdicates Pancrase Throne; Lightweight GP Begins May 3 Pancrase’s lightweight throne is empty once more, and the successors are already queuing up.