Kai Asakura Claims Bantamweight Crown with Soccer Kick KO at Rizin 23 Kai Asakura claimed the vacant Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight championship in emphatic fashion on Monday.

Rizin Returns in August With Pair of Events in Yokohama, Featuring Bantamweight Title Fight After a bit of concern, Rizin Fighting Federation will be back in action in August.

Hiromasa Ogikubo, Koshi Matsumoto Take Shooto World Titles at Finish-Filled ‘Fight & Mosh’ Pro Shooto has two new world champions, as Hiromasa Ogikubo and Koshi Matsumoto both earned submission finishes and took home titles in the latest instalment of Shooto and Japanese streetwear brand Mobstyles'...

Shooto Champ Yutaka Saito, Caol Uno Get Opponents for ‘Fight & Mosh’ Card Reigning Shooto 145-pound champion Yutaka Saito and onetime UFC contender Caol Uno will square off against American foes later this month in...

Pictures: Pancrase ‘Progress Tour 1’ Ryo Kawamura and Kiyotaka Shimizu walked away from Tokyo’s Differ Ariake as Kings of Pancrase on Jan. 28.

Pancrase: Kawamura Crowned Again, Shimizu Retains Title on Draw TOKYO -- Ryo Kawamura, once the light heavyweight King of Pancrase, captured Pancrase gold again on Saturday by knocking out Ikkei Nagamura in...

Sunabe, Ishiwatari Crowned at Pancrase Impressive Tour Final In the fight of the night at Pancrase Impressive Tour Final at Differ Ariake, former and first 125-pound King of Pancrase Mitsuhisa Sunabe...

Pictures: Pancrase ‘Impressive Tour 10’ Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei was ringside at Differ Ariake in Tokyo on Oct. 2, when welterweight King of Pancrase Takenori Sato kept his title in a three-round draw with Eiji Ishikawa in the main event of...

King Sato Draws, Shores Scores KO at Pancrase ‘Impressive 10’ TOKYO -- Takenori Sato narrowly kept his welterweight King of Pancrase title in a contentious split draw with challenger Eiji Ishikawa in the main event of...

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...