Pictures: Shooto ‘8th Round’ Bantamweight prospect Kyoji Horiguchi outpointed King of Pancrase Manabu Inoue on July 16 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Bantamweight Prospect Kyoji Horiguchi Edges Manabu Inoue at Shooto ‘8th Round’ TOKYO -- After surviving two hellish rounds of powerful offense from Kyoji Horiguchi, Manabu Inoue’s comeback rally in the final frame brought...

Hironaka Rolls, Ogikubo Upsets Okazaki in Shooto World Title Doubleheader TOKYO -- Despite a less-than-stellar Friday night turnout at historic Korakuen Hall, Shooto 154-pound champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka crushed challenger Giovani Diniz to near-deafening applause in the main event of...

Kyoji Horiguchi Smashes Tetsu Suzuki at Shooto 2012 3rd Round TOKYO -- Promising 2010 rookie standout Kyoji Horiguchi triumphantly capped an evening of competitive action in the main event of Sustain’s Shooto...

Sherdog's Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The Saitama Super Arena has hosted a healthy amount of great lightweight bouts. Few were ever as intense and competitive as Benson Henderson’s title capture against Frankie Edgar to cap a rousing ...

Pictures: ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ Sherdog.com’s Taro Irei was ringside at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on July 18 for “Shootor’s Legacy 3,” where Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Yasuhiro Urushitani left with...

Hironaka Nets Title, Urushitani Retains at ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ TOKYO -- UFC veteran and Cage Force lightweight champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka captured yet another title Monday evening, this time claiming the vacant Shooto world 154-pound title by dominating...

Boku-Hironaka Title Tilt Tops ‘Shootor’s Legacy 3’ Card After 13 months of vacancy, Shooto will have a new 154-pound world champion come July 18, when Kotetsu Boku and Kuniyoshi Hironaka vie for the title in the headliner of...

Pictures: Shooto Tradition 2011 At Shooto Tradition 2011, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue topped Taiki Tsuchiya, while veterans Junji Ikoma and Koetsu Okazaki became Shooto world...

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...