Pictures: Deep '55 Impact' Mizuto Hirota made his return following a gruesome arm injury inflicted by Shinya Aoki to put away the respected Katsunori Kikuno at Deep “55...

Hirota Takes Kikuno’s Crown; Matsumoto Retires at Deep 55 TOKYO -- Mizuto Hirota is back.

In his first bout since suffering a gruesome arm break at the hands of Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki 20 months ago in 2009's K-1 Dynamite, the former Sengoku Raiden Championship and Cage Force lightweight champion rebounded with a...

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: ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei was ringside at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on July 18 for “Shootor’s Legacy 3,” where Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Yasuhiro Urushitani left with...

Hironaka Nets Title, Urushitani Retains at ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ TOKYO -- UFC veteran and Cage Force lightweight champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka captured yet another title Monday evening, this time claiming the vacant Shooto world 154-pound title by dominating...

Boku-Hironaka Title Tilt Tops ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ Card After 13 months of vacancy, Shooto will have a new 154-pound world champion come July 18, when Kotetsu Boku and Kuniyoshi Hironaka vie for the title in the headliner of...

Pictures: Shooto Tradition 2011 At Shooto Tradition 2011, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue topped Taiki Tsuchiya, while veterans Junji Ikoma and Koetsu Okazaki became Shooto world...

Hironaka Staves Off Retirement at Shooto Tradition 2011 TOKYO -- Kuniyoshi Hironaka was thinking about retirement heading into his lightweight contest with former Shooto world champion Takashi Nakakura. However, the Japanese BJJ ace found a reason to change his mind Friday at...

Shooto Tradition 2011 Results & Play-by-Play Sherdog.com will report from the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo with with play-by-play and live results of Shooto Tradition 2011.