By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez May, 16, 2009
TOKYO -- Former Smackgirl open-weight champion Yuko “Hiroko” Yamanaka defeated Shannon Hooper, an understudy of Josh Barnett, by decision

By: Wesley Endow and Stephen Martinez Mar, 20, 2009
TOKYO -- Champions Shinichi Kojima and Masakatsu Ueda retained their respective 123- and 132-pound titles at Shooto “Tradition 6” on Friday...

By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez Feb, 28, 2009
TOKYO -- Kenichiro Togashi outperformed Ganjo Tentsuku for the second time in as many meetings in the Shooto “Gig Tokyo 1” main event

By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez Feb, 13, 2009
Japanese fighters not named Yushin Okami have not fared particularly well in stateside cages lately, leading many Western fans to question...

By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez Jan, 18, 2009
TOKYO -- Shooto Tradition 5 not only featured a less than stellar lineup for the first 2009 Shooto card, but the two main attractions also ended...

By: Stephen Martinez Aug, 24, 2008
SAITAMA, Japan -- Takanori Gomi narrowly avoided defeat Sunday at the Saitama Super Arena

By: Tony Loiseleur and Stephen Martinez Aug, 17, 2008
TOKYO -- Deep's first bantamweight championship bout between Masakazu Imanari and Hiroshi Umemura didn’t get out of the first minute Sunday...

By: Stephen Martinez Aug, 02, 2008
TOKYO -- Just when you thought Japan had started to take its mixed martial arts too seriously, Deep president Shigeru Saeki put an end to that...

By: Stephen Martinez Jul, 21, 2008
OSAKA, Japan -- Joachim Hansen (Pictures) brought his fury upon Shinya Aoki (Pictures) in the Dream Lightweight Grand Prix final, as he stopped...