Jason Nowe

Gomi Tastes Defeat, Henderson Victorious TOKYO, April 2 — The world lightweight scene got turned on its head Sunday night when American Top Team fighter Marcus Aurelio did the unthinkable: defeat the “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi (...

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 (...

Draw it Up: Mamoru Retains SHOOTO 123-lb. Title TOKYO, March 24 — With the Rolling Stones playing a concert only a couple hundred meters away in the adjacent Tokyo Dome, SHOOTO put on its second...

Sudo, Tokoro, Uno Shine at K-1 HERO’s TOKYO, March 15 — Despite two big last-minute fighter cancellations, the K-1 organization was able to hold the ship together and stage the fourth...

Chute Boxe-Hammer House Rivalry Reaches Boiling Point TOKYO, Feb. 26 — After a string of unbelievable shows, PRIDE 31 didn’t seem like the strongest offering that DSE has ever put forth....

The Main Event That Wasn’t: Disaster Hits SHOOTO TOKYO, Feb. 17 — SHOOTO on Friday held its biggest show of the year at the Yoyogi No. 2 Gymnasium.

A bit bigger than Korakuen Hall, the place was packed with fight fans looking forward to seeing a war between SHOOTO welterweight champion Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures) and the...

Aoki Ready for SHOOTO Middleweight Title Shot Days before he hopes to add his name to the impressive list of SHOOTO 167-pound titleholders, Japan’s Shinya Aoki (Pictures) spoke with Sherdog.com about Friday’s challenge against middleweight champion Akira Kikuchi (Pictures).

The jiu-jitsu ace comments on his...

Nakai talks Vale Tudo, SHOOTO and Rickson TOKYO — Sherdog.com recently headed down to Paraestra Tokyo to talk with Vale Tudo legend Yuki Nakai (Pictures), who laid the groundwork for events like Friday’s SHOOTO welterweight championship between Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures) and his challenger...

Chonan Stops Sakurai to Capture DEEP 185-lb. Title TOKYO, Feb. 5 — The brass at Dream Stage Entertainment must be feeling pretty good right now because DEEP just keeps getting better and better....

MARS Debut: Not Quite Out of this World TOKYO, Feb. 4 — A busy weekend of mixed martial arts here in the land of the rising sun kicked off with the inaugural showing of GCM’s latest...