Oishi Crowned, Inoue Retains at Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 4’ TOKYO -- Opening Japan’s Golden Week Holiday Tuesday evening, Koji Oishi topped Daisuke “13” Hanazawa for the third time to become the new lightweight King of Pancrase in the main event of Pancrase...

Pancrase Kings Hit Marks; Kotani Overweight for LWGP All but one fighter successfully made weight on Monday ahead of Pancrase’s fourth “Impressive Tour” event, which goes down Tuesday at...

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.

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...

Kikuno Draws Nakamura for May 29 ‘Fight for Japan’ Engagement Deep lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno will square off against crafty, submission-minded veteran Daisuke Nakamura on May 29 in a non-title bout at Dream’s...

Blanco Abdicates Pancrase Throne; Lightweight GP Begins May 3 Pancrase’s lightweight throne is empty once more, and the successors are already queuing up.

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: Deep '52 Impact' Kazuhisa Tazawa became Deep's second Megaton champion at "52 Impact" on Feb. 25. Sherdog.com's Taro Irei captured the action inside Tokyo's...

Nakao Replaces Injured Ikemoto, Meets Kitaoka at Deep 53 An undisclosed injury suffered in training has forced Seichi Ikemoto out of his April 23 bout with Satoru Kitaoka at Deep “53 Impact.” The Japanese promotion announced Wednesday that UFC veteran Jutaro...