Weekend Rundown: Hioki Takes Shooto Gold; ‘Ninja’ Rolls in Brazil Hatsu Hioki defeated “Lion” Takeshi Inoue by split decision to capture the Shooto 143-pound championship in the Shooto “The Way of Shooto...

Thomas: Shine Fights to Pay Partial Purse Following Event Cancellation Din Thomas was riding in his teammate’s car toward the Crown Coliseum when he got word that his bout with Ricardo Mayorga at Saturday’s...

Lindland: Don’t Write Me Off Matt Lindland has fought everyone from Fedor Emelianenko to Quinton Jackson to Vitor Belfort.

Update: Mayorga Bout, Shine Fights Cancelled The North Carolina Boxing Authority on Saturday, not long before the event was scheduled to commence, brought down the axe on the Shine Fights 3...

Thomas, Mayorga Hit Marks for Shine Fights 3 American Top Team’s Din Thomas checked in at 158.6 pounds for his long-awaited showdown with former two-division boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga...

Lawler-Sobral Set for June 16; Strikeforce Expects ‘Mayhem’ To Be Suspended Robbie Lawler will face Renato “Babalu” Sobral in a 195-pound catch-weight bout at Strikeforce’s June 16 event at the Nokia Theatre on Los...

The Weekly Wrap: April 10 - April 16 From its inception, the Ultimate Fighting Championship's voyage to Abu Dhabi was a quixotic idea.

Shields, Champion and Underdog Forty-eight hours out from his first title defense this Saturday, Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields is the clear-cut underdog on...

8 Questions for Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua It was the most bitter of defeats. Nearly seven months later, 2005 Pride Fighting Championships welterweight grand prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will get a second crack at light heavyweight champion...

8 Questions for Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua It was the most bitter of defeats. Nearly seven months later, 2005 Pride Fighting Championships welterweight grand prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will get a second crack at light heavyweight champion...

Injured Vitale Off Shine Fights 3 Card File Photo: Jeff Sherwood/Sherdog.com An undisclosed injury has forced UFC and Strikeforce veteran Falaniko Vitale to withdraw from his...