Nearly 25 years ago, Japanese professional wrestler Satoru Sayama -- better known as the original Tiger Mask -- had an idea about fighting, the seed of Shooto. The first-ever amateur Shooto event was ...

Professional Shooto returned with the start of its 20th anniversary series appropriately titled 'Shooto Tradition". A new champion was crowned while two top named fighters faltered. In the main event, ...

Shooto is finalizing its May 10 "The Final Tradition" event, which celebrates the venerable Japanese fight promotion's 20th Anniversary. The event has undergone recent changes though. Originally ...

Mixed martial artist Leandro “Feijao” Souza died on Thursday just hours before a weigh-in for the “Shooto Brazil 43” fight card, apparently due to complications from “cutting weight.” Souza, 26, was ...

Bloody Elbow has looked back at the history of Japanese MMA to varying degrees, and included in that history has been a brief glance at Satoru Sayama and the formation of Shooto. Sayama was an ...

The Shooto 43 event slated for Friday in Brasilia, Brazil, has been cancelled following the death of one of the fighters slated to participate. Shooto Brazil president and Nova Unaio head trainer ...

Shooto Brazil plans on making history on Dec. 20 when Emerson Falcao takes on Juliana Velasquez at Shooto 45 in a mixed-gender fight. Yes, you read that right. A man will be competing against a woman ...