Featherweight Wagnney Fabiano (11-1) defeated "The Ironman" Akitoshi Tamura (12-7-2) via arm triangle submission at 4:48 of the third round at WEC 37 in Las Vegas Wednesday night. Round one opened with some light punches by both fighters.  Fabiano shot in for a double leg take down and ended up in an open half guard position on the mat.  Fabiano then worked to gain head and arm control and transitioned to the mount. ...

Fighters.com's seventh-ranked lightweight "Mach" Hayato Sakurai (32-8-2) succumbed to a guillotine choke submission in the arms of former European Shooto king David Baron (15-2) in Tokyo Saturday. Baron sank the death blow as "Mach" shot for a takedown.  The final tap touched the mat at 4:50 of the first round. The "L" is Sakurai's first since getting KO'd by third-ranked "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi (28-3) in 2005. Baron hasn't lost since 2006, ironically to Gomi by rear naked choke submission. The Shooto Tradition event also featured a 154-pound title fight between Takashi Nakakura (10-2-1) and Ganjo Tentsuku (9-3-2). It was a hard-fought slog for both Japanese warriors, but the judges saw the fight 30-28, 30-29, 20-39 for Nakakura. "Ironman" Akitoshi Tamura (12-6-2) ended a 143-pound war with Shooto vet "Moon Wolf" Rumina Sato (24-12-2) at 2:37 of round three with a north/south choke submission. "Savant" Trenell Young (9-7), recently of the IFL, upset "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (14-3) by two-round UD scored 19-18 all around. Fighters.com will post an interview with Young about his surprising Shooto debut this week. 123-pound Yasuhiro Urushitani (14-3-6) and Ryuichi Miki (6-2-3) fought to a majority draw, Urushitani's second consecutive draw, and third draw in his last four fights. Top 155-pound contender Yusuke Endo (11-2-1) submitted debuting vince Ortiz (0-1) in 3:34 of round one. Frenchman Bendy Casimir (14-4-2) won a unanimous decision over "Torao Supernova" Shinji Sasaki (6-2) in another 155-pound contest. Hayate Usui (9-6-1) won a majority decision over Sakae Kasuya (3-3-3). "Shinpei" Noboru Tahara (4-2) cut Katsuya Murofushi (3-3), causing a stoppage by TKO :46 of round two. ...

Chapter 8 of Back To Our Roots from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Thursday night saw a couple of Shooto titles change hands. At 132-pounds, Masakatsu Ueda (8-0-1) snatched the featherweight title vacated by Akitoshi Hokazono (6-0-2) from Koetsu Okazaki (5-1-1), Hokazono's training partner, by three-round unanimous decision. The wrestler Ueda kept the fight on the mat to control Okazaki for the "W" and new jewelry for his waist. At 143-pounds, Hideki Kadowaki (13-7-2) took "Ironman" Akitoshi Tamura's (11-6-2) Shooto trinket in an uninteresting majority decision. Top ten featherweight Hatsu Hioki (15-3-1) finished "The Finisher" Baret Yoshida of Hawaii by TKO at 4:51 of round one. In a 2008 Lightweight Rookie Tournament match-up, Hiroshige Tanaka (1-0) knocked out Kenichiro Marui (0-1) at 3:01 of round one. 123-pound Shooto veteran Mamoru Yamaguchi (2-4-3) took a unanimous decision over Masaaki Sugawara (6-3). 132-pound "Hadairo" Tetsu Suzuki (6-5-3) also won unanimously on the cards versus Hiroyuki Tanaka (6-4-1). Finally, 143-pound Hiroshi Nakamura (5-3-3) won a majority decision over Tenkei Fijimiya (7-3-2). ...