Takaya-Inoue, Kawajiri-Miyata Booked for Dec. 31 Dream Two featherweight matchups have been announced for Dream's annual year-end show, promotion officials announced Thursday.

‘Star Wars’ Heiress Rolls at Deep ‘Cage Impact’ TOKYO -- Former Deep lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno broke down Korean import Kwang Hee Lee, while another former Deep lightweight ace, Kazunori Yokota, took out veteran Katsuya Toida in...

Pictures: Deep '55 Impact' Mizuto Hirota made his return following a gruesome arm injury inflicted by Shinya Aoki to put away the respected Katsunori Kikuno at Deep “55...

Hirota Takes Kikuno’s Crown; Matsumoto Retires at Deep 55 TOKYO -- Mizuto Hirota is back.

In his first bout since suffering a gruesome arm break at the hands of Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki 20 months ago in 2009's K-1 Dynamite, the former Sengoku Raiden Championship and Cage Force lightweight champion rebounded with a...

‘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...

Kikuno to Defend Lightweight Strap Against Hirota at Deep 55 Two of the top lightweights currently operating in Japan appear set to collide Aug. 26 in Tokyo.

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...

Pictures: Dream ‘Fight for Japan’ Dream lightweight champ Shinya Aoki topped UFC vet Rich Clementi, while Masakazu Imanari and Hideo Tokoro advanced to the finals of Dream’s 2011 Japan bantamweight grand prix at Sunday’s...

Imanari Drops Deep Belt; Nakamura-Otsuka Booked for June 24 Masakazu Imanari, who on Saturday advanced to the finals of Dream’s 2011 Japan bantamweight grand prix, has relinquished the 137-pound title which he held in Japanese indie promotion...

Aoki Subs Clementi; Imanari, Tokoro Advance in Dream 135-Pound GP SAITAMA, Japan -- Shinya Aoki's late replacement opponent in Rich Clementi proved somewhat difficult to put away, but the Tobikan Judan no less punished him mercilessly throughout both rounds before the inevitable finish in the main event of...