Dream 17 Weights: All Fighters on Target, Cullum on Second Try TOKYO -- All fighters, with the exception of Abel Cullum, made weight on their first attempt for Dream 17, which kicks off the promotion’s...

10-Bout Lineup Set for Dream 17; Aoki-McCullough Headlines Shinya Aoki will be back in the headlining slot for the first time in 14 months this Saturday when the spindly submission artist tangles with “Razor” Rob McCullough in the main event of...

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...

Dream Reveals Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal Pairings Having conquered Dream’s all-Japan bantamweight tournament in July, Hideo Tokoro will begin his quest for the promotion’s vacant 134-pound title in September when he meets WEC veteran Antonio Banuelos at...

Shoe Fits: 'Cinderella Boy' Tokoro Takes Dream's Japan GP TOKYO -- Former temp worker-turned-kakutogi star Hideo Tokoro edged former Deep champion Masakazu Imanari in a close 15-minute contest to take first place in Dream's...

Pictures: Deep ‘54 Impact’ Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei photographed Deep “54 Impact” at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, where Takafumi Otsuka claimed the promotion’s vacant bantamweight title. UFC and Pride veteran Ryo Chonan and Deep light...

Otsuka Crowned; Chonan, Nakanishi Score KOs at Deep ‘54 Impact’ TOKYO -- In his return to the Deep ring for the promotion’s “54 Impact” card, Dream veteran and former Deep featherweight kingpin Takafumi Otsuka fought tooth-and-nail with...

Chonan, Title Fighters Hit Marks for Friday’s Deep ‘54 Impact’ UFC and Pride veteran Ryo Chonan tipped the scales at exactly 170 pounds Thursday ahead of his welterweight bout with Shigetoshi Iwase (169.7) at...

Pictures: Dream ‘Fight for Japan’ Dream lightweight champ Shinya Aoki topped UFC vet Rich Clementi, while Masakazu Imanari and Hideo Tokoro advanced to the finals of Dream’s 2011 Japan bantamweight grand prix at Sunday’s...

Imanari Drops Deep Belt; Nakamura-Otsuka Booked for June 24 Masakazu Imanari, who on Saturday advanced to the finals of Dream’s 2011 Japan bantamweight grand prix, has relinquished the 137-pound title which he held in Japanese indie promotion...