Bantamweight Prospect Kyoji Horiguchi Edges Manabu Inoue at Shooto ‘8th Round’ TOKYO -- After surviving two hellish rounds of powerful offense from Kyoji Horiguchi, Manabu Inoue’s comeback rally in the final frame brought...

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...

Kyoji Horiguchi Smashes Tetsu Suzuki at Shooto 2012 3rd Round TOKYO -- Promising 2010 rookie standout Kyoji Horiguchi triumphantly capped an evening of competitive action in the main event of Sustain’s Shooto...

Pictures: Shooto ‘The Rookie Tournament 2011 Final’ Japan’s Shooto organization crowned its 10th set of rookie champions Dec. 18 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Taro Irei was on the scene to...

Shooto Crowns 2011 Rookie Tournament Champions in Tokyo TOKYO -- Continuing the tradition that spawned promotional greats such as Tatsuya Kawajiri, Yasuhiro Urushitani and Takeya Mizugaki, Shooto crowned its 10th batch of rookie champions with Sunday’s...

Shooto Sets 9-Bout Lineup for 2011 Rookie Tournament Final Former rookie champions and unbeaten hopefuls line the nine-fight bill for Shooto’s 2011 Rookie Tournament Final released Tuesday by the...

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...

Pictures: Pancrase 'Impressive Tour 3' Mei Yamaguchi topped “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba in Pancrase’s first ever female main event on April 3. Taro Irei was on hand at Tokyo’s Differ Ariake to photograph “...

Pictures: Pancrase 'Impressive Tour 1' Taro Irei was ringside at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo to photograph Pancrase “Impressive Tour 1” for Sherdog.com.