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...

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"...

Kitaoka Taps Hironaka, Retires From Pancrase TOKYO -- Former Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka bested current Cage Force lightweight ace Kuniyoshi Hironaka on Sunday’s Pancrase...

Pictures: Shooto 'GIG Tokyo 3' Daniel Herbertson was ringside at the Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to photograph Shooto "GIG Tokyo 3."

Sato vs. Joe Warren Announced for VTJ 2009 Leading Shooto promoter Sustain announced Sunday that longtime Shooto fan favorite and former 143-pound Pacific Rim champion Rumina Sato will fight...

Okazaki Crowned Shooto Pac Rim Champ TOKYO -- Koetsu Okazaki blasted Hiromasa Ogikubo to win Shooto's vacant 132-pound Pacific Rim championship in the main event of Sunday's Shooto...

Hironaka Knocks Out Koyama for Cage Force Title TOKYO -- Kuniyoshi Hironaka knocked out Yoshihiro Koyama to become Cage Force's second lightweight champion Saturday at Cage Force 12.

Pictures: Cage Force & Valkyrie Daniel Herbertson was cageside at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo to photograph GCM’s Cage Force and Valkyrie event

Hamanaka Wins by DQ in Cage Force TOKYO -- Journeyman Kazuhiro Hamanaka notched a controversial win after Alavutdin Gadjiev was disqualified for a third-round illegal knee in the...