By: Chris Nelson Nov, 09, 2011
Alex Soto will still fight on Nov. 19, only against a different opponent and on a significantly larger stage than originally anticipated.

By: Chris Nelson Oct, 23, 2011
Onetime Sengoku featherweight titleholder Masanori Kanehara and unbeaten prospect Alex Soto are set to meet in the cage of California’s Xplode...

By: Chris Nelson Jul, 11, 2011
One week after Tito Ortiz’s improbable guillotining of Ryan Bader at UFC 132, the Brazilian submission ace responsible for Ortiz’s ground...

By: Chris Nelson Jun, 15, 2011
Onetime Sengoku featherweight titleholder Masanori Kanehara will make a rare foray onto hostile territory next month when he travels to Moscow for a showdown with unbeaten up-and-comer...

Jun, 07, 2011
Sherdog.com's Taro Irei was ringside on June 5 to photograph Pancrase "Impressive Tour 5" at Tokyo's Differ Ariake. Former Sengoku featherweight champ Masanori Kanehara scored a knockout, while Kiyotaka Shimizu...

By: Tony Loiseleur Jun, 05, 2011
TOKYO -- Kiyotaka Shimizu trumped frequent rival Mitsuhisa Sunabe yet again by a narrow majority decision to defend his flyweight title on Sunday’s...

By: Chris Nelson Apr, 21, 2011
Three fights simply weren’t enough to settle the score between Kiyotaka Shimizu and Mitsuhisa Sunabe.

Shimizu, current flyweight King of Pancrase, will put his belt on the line against Sunabe once more at...

Jan, 05, 2011
Taro Irei was ringside at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo to photograph Sengoku “Soul of Fight” for Sherdog.com.

By: Tony Loiseleur Dec, 30, 2010
TOKYO -- In a career-defining fight, Hatsu Hioki put on a 25-minute virtuoso performance against heavy-hitting Brazilian Marlon Sandro to take...