This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Tony Ferguson Celebrates No. 40 “El Cucuy” rattled off 15 victories across his first 16 appearances under the Ultimate Fighting Championship flag, settling in as one of the...

This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Ronda Rousey Turns 35 More than five years have passed since the former Strikeforce and Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight titleholder last...

Yuki Motoya Vacates Deep Flyweight Title; Org Announces Plans for 115-, 125-Pound Belts Deep already had plans to crown its inaugural strawweight champion in 2016. Now, the company also finds itself in need of a new flyweight ace.

Yamagami Crowned Quick, Icon Sato Falls Again at ‘Shoot the Shooto’ TOKYO -- It took all of 41 seconds for Mikihito Yamagami to blitz Junji Ikoma and wrest from him the Shooto 115-pound world championship in the main event of...

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...

Shooto Rookie Kings Crowned; ‘Sarumaru’ Steals the Show TOKYO -- What do Shooto world champions Tatsuya Kawajiri, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue, Shinichi "B.J." Kojima, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Masakatsu Ueda, Hideki Kadowaki and Akitoshi Hokazono all have in common? What about UFC and WEC vets Takeya Mizugaki, Hiroyuki Takaya, Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura? Or Pride, Dream and Sengoku vets Mizuto Hirota, "Wicky"...

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Urijah Faber and Mike Thomas Brown won their bouts, but that doesn't mean that 2010 hasn't already had some featherweight shake-up.

Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings In a year during which the featherweight division has played a pivotal role, perhaps it is fitting that the division's hottest prospect will...

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...

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