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...

‘M16’ Gets Opponent, Mishima Returns for Oct. 15 Grabaka Card After 15 months away from competition, former Shooto world 115-pound champion Rambaa “M16” Somdet will return in October against Ryota Uozumi at the Grabaka-produced...

Grabaka Announces Oct. 15 Event in Tokyo with Kikuta, Somdet Well-known Japanese gym Grabaka will celebrate its 11th anniversary by staging its inaugural MMA event Oct. 15 at Tokyo’s Differ Ariake arena.

Shooto Gig Tokyo 7: Kojima Returns Victorious, Tamura Stops Toida TOKYO -- After nearly two years away from the ring, former Shooto 123-pound world champion Shinichi “BJ” Kojima returned Saturday to take a hard-fought split decision over Wajutsu Keishukai banger Masaaki...

WEC Veteran Added to Dream Bantamweight Tournament Former WEC title contender Antonio Banuelos has apparently thrown his hat into Dream's ring, as the fighter Thursday announced he had signed on...

Aoki-McCullough, Kitaoka-‘Chiquerim’ Official for Dream 17 The nascent Dream 17 lineup received two more building blocks on Friday, as promotion officials announced that lightweight champion Shinya Aoki will face former...

‘Lion’-Uno Signed for Dream 17; Sasahara Teases Foreign Aoki Foe Dream confirmed the first bout for Dream 17 on Wednesday, formalizing a featherweight clash between popular Japanese MMA veteran Caol Uno and former two-time Shooto 143-pound world champion...

11 Fights Signed for UFC 134 on Aug. 27 Yuri Alcantara will meet fellow Octagon rookie and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Antonio Carvalho in a preliminary featherweight matchup at UFC 134...

Featherweight, Megaton Title Fights Added to Deep ‘55 Impact’ Next month, Koichiro Matsumoto will put his Deep featherweight belt on the line against once-beaten Tatsunao Nagakura. It will be Matsumoto’s...

UFC Lands Japanese Star Hioki Reigning Sengoku Raiden Championship featherweight titleholder and Shooto lightweight champion Hatsu Hioki has signed with the UFC