Sato Claims Welterweight Crown on Pancrase's ‘Impressive Tour’ TOKYO -- Takenori Sato wrested the title of welterweight “King of Pancrase” from Kengo Ura in the main event of Pancrase “Impressive Tour...

Matsumoto Stops Maruyama, Otsuka Dominates Hori at Deep 51 TOKYO -- Just across the street from the Ariake Coliseum, where the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final was taking place, Deep hosted their final card of the calendar year with...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The picture of the lightweight division grew clearer on Aug. 28 in Boston, as there is no longer any debate. MMA’s lightweight king hails from...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings This update is exclusively on the slighter end of the scale. The marquee matchups of early October have come strictly at lightweight and below. Dream 11 on Oct. 6 saw Shinya Aoki finally capture Dream’s...

Pictures: Shooto 'Shooting Disco 10' Daniel Herbertson was ringside at the Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to photograph Shooto's "Shooting Disco 10."

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The landscape is changing in the heavyweight division, but flyweight standouts are holding firm for now.

Sato, Sugawara Victorious at Shooting Disco 10 TOKYO -- Yoichiro Sato took a questionable technical knockout win over Yoshitaro Niimi in the Shooting Disco 10 “Twist & Shooto” main event on...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings In the main event of UFC 102, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira turned in a vintage performance to take a well-appointed unanimous decision over Randy Couture.

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings In the last three weeks, four of MMA's divisional champions were in action. Only two of them remain

Jewels Gets Debut; Hioki-Sato Set for Shooto Fans of women’s mixed martial arts felt fortunate when Greatest Common Multiple announced its new all-female promotion, Valkyrie