Hioki, ‘Lion’ Stop Foes; Okazaki, Ikoma Become Shooto World Champs TOKYO -- Former Shooto 143-pound world champion "Lion" Takeshi Inoue smashed Pacific Rim 143-pound king Taiki Tsuchiya Friday in the main event of...

Shooto Tradition 2011 Headliners, Title Competitors Make Weight The weigh-in for Shooto Tradition 2011 went off without a hitch in Tokyo on Thursday, as all 20 competitors -- including two main-eventers, one...

Flyweight Title Rubber Match Heads June 5 Pancrase Bill 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...

Hioki Joins April 29 Shooto Card; ‘M-16’ Vacates Title World-ranked featherweight and current Shooto 143-pound champion Hatsu Hioki will return to the promotion which spawned him when he faces streaking King of the Cage bantamweight champ Donald Sanchez in a non-title affair at...

‘M-16’ Injured; Shooto Title Defense Pushed to April 29 Junji Ito (center) and Rambaa Somdet (right) in January. | Paul Benjamin/Sherdog.com Junji Ito will have to wait an extra 48 days for...

10 March Tussles Worth Watching Call it March Madness for MMA. Rarely has there been such a glut of quality matchups outside of the major promotions, a clear sign that...

Useful Information for ‘Useless’ Back when Ulysses “Useless” Gomez would enter -- and win -- the professional divisions in grappling tournaments as a teenager, he was often...

'M-16' Somdet to Defend Shooto Title Against Ito in March TOKYO -- The strawweight division's affable-but-brutal ruler is back to defend his throne.

Shooto 115-pound world champion Rambaa "M-16" Somdet will make the second defense of his title against heavy-hitting dynamo Junji...

Shooto ‘Shootor’s Legacy 1’ Play-by-Play and Results Sherdog.com's Tony Loiseleur will report from the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo at 3:30 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Shooto “Shootor's Legacy 1,” which is headlined by a 154-pound title bout pitting Shinji Sasaki against...

Shooto Rookie Kings Crowned; ‘Sarumaru’ Steals the Show TOKYO -- What do Shooto world champions Tatsuya Kawajiri, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue, Shinichi "B.J." Kojima, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Masakatsu Ueda, Hideki Kadowaki and Akitoshi Hokazono all have in common? What about UFC and WEC vets Takeya Mizugaki, Hiroyuki Takaya, Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura? Or Pride, Dream and Sengoku vets Mizuto Hirota, "Wicky"...