Sato vs. Joe Warren Announced for VTJ 2009 Leading Shooto promoter Sustain announced Sunday that longtime Shooto fan favorite and former 143-pound Pacific Rim champion Rumina Sato will fight...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings This update is exclusively on the slighter end of the scale. The marquee matchups of early October have come strictly at lightweight and below. Dream 11 on Oct. 6 saw Shinya Aoki finally capture Dream’s...

One on One with Wanderlei Silva In late September, Sherdog.com’s Marcelo Alonso sat down with Wanderlei Silva to review “The Axe Murderer’s” MMA career.

Akiyama Names Silva as Next Opponent TOKYO -- Yoshihiro Akiyama announced Tuesday that he will be facing Wanderlei Silva next in a middleweight bout at UFC 110 on Feb. 6 in Las...

Pictures: Cage Force 12 Daniel Herbertson was cageside at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo to photograph GCM's "Cage Force 12."

Alvarez-Kikuno Set for Dream’s Cage Debut Dream 11 on Oct. 6 will see the promotion's featherweight grand prix conclude, but parent company Fighting and Entertainment Group is busy...

Akiyama to Train at Xtreme Couture; Tompkins Wants to Help with Defense Yoshihiro Akiyama will travel stateside in October to train with Shawn Tompkins and the Xtreme Couture MMA camp in Las Vegas

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings The landscape is changing in the heavyweight division, but flyweight standouts are holding firm for now.

Hironaka Knocks Out Koyama for Cage Force Title TOKYO -- Kuniyoshi Hironaka knocked out Yoshihiro Koyama to become Cage Force's second lightweight champion Saturday at Cage Force 12.

Belcher-Gouveia On for UFC 107 Alan Belcher and Wilson Gouveia have verbally agreed to meet in a middleweight bout at UFC 107 on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tenn.

Belcher lost a close split decision to Japanese star...