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“Pequeno” Defends Belt Versus Canadian Carvalho TOKYO, April 27 — Top SHOOTO promoter Sustain announced that SHOOTO world lightweight champion Alexandre Franca Nogueira (Pictures) will defend his title against Antonio Carvalho (Pictures) of Canada May 12 in Tokyo, Japan.

The anticipated match between “Pequeno”...

Nippon Joho: Japanese MMA and the Market Dilemma Five years later I’m still asking myself the same questions.

Is Japan the mixed martial arts dreamland? Is business so good in Japan and...

DEEP 24th Impact Pictures Team Sherdog was ringside at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan to document April 11's DEEP event, which was headlined by Nobuhiro Obiya (Pictures) versus Ryan Bow (Pictures).

DEEP 24 also marked the Japanese debut of popular Albuquerque-based middleweight...

HERO’s Announces Four Middleweight GP Bouts TOKYO — HERO’s, the mixed martial arts arm of K-1, has announced four fights for the opening round of its Middleweight Grand Prix, which is scheduled for May 3 in this city’s Yoyogi National Stadium.

HERO’s is also expected to announce an opponent for Caol Uno (...

DEEP: Obiya Crowned New Lightweight Champion TOKYO, April 11 — While winter is still fighting its way out of Tokyo with a cold and annoying rainy night, the Nagoya-based DEEP promotion held...

News and Notes from Bushido 11, HERO’s and DEEP TOKYO, April 10 — In a press conference held Monday in Tokyo, the Nagoya-based DEEP organization officially announced a lightweight title match between Ryan Bow (Pictures) and Nobuhiro Obiya (...

PRIDE Bushido 10 Pictures From Marcus Aurelio's stunning submission victory over lightweight ace Takanori Gomi (Pictures) to Joachim Hansen (Pictures)'s brutal knockout over Chute Boxe's Luiz Azeredo (...

Gono Talks Baseball, Boxing and Bushido Days before his bout with Korean fighter Dae Won Kim at Bushido 10, Sherdog.com had the opportunity to head down to the GRABAKA dojo in central Tokyo to chew the fat with the always candid Akihiro Gono (...

SHOOTO 3/24 in Korakuen Hall Pictures Sherdog.com was ringside at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan to witness SHOOTO's March 24 show, which was headlined by Mamoru Yamaguchi (Pictures) versus Shinichi Kojima (Pictures).

The undercard featured tough Japanese fighters Junji Ikoma (Pictures), Masatoshi Abe and...

K-1 Hero′s 4 Pictures Sherdog.com was on location at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan to witness the latest edition of K-1 Hero's, that took place on March 15.

Hero's 4 featured popular fighters such as Genki Sudo (Pictures), Jerome LeBanner (Pictures), Caol Uno (Pictures), Gary Goodridge (...