1/8 DEEP in Macao - Cancelled

Thursday 6 January 2011

Just a few days out the DEEP event in Macao is cancelled. Deep is calling it postponed, but I am sure this will feel different for those that have bought the ticket package with flight from Japan.

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12/31 FEG Dynamite - Overeem's Oppenent Confirmed

Wednesday 29 December 2010

FEG has confirmed today that Alistair Overeem will be taking on Todd Duffee in his fight. The recently crowned K-1 champion will then go back to MMA and face a very good opponent. This is tougher opponent than I expected Overeem to face.

Duffee has not fought since May and is coming in on short notice. Overeem's last MMA fight was in May as well, when he fought Brett Rogers in Strikeforce. Since 2007 none of his fights have gone past the first round and I am expecting fireworks here again.

Added:
Heavy: Alistair Overeem 33-11-0 vs. 6-1-0 Todd Duffee

MMA Rules:
Dream Featherweight title fight:

Bibiano Fernandes 8-2-0 vs. 14-8-1 Hiroyuki Takaya
Feather: Hideo Tokoro 26-23-1 vs. 0-0-0 Kazuhisa Watanabe
Welter: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-11-2 vs. 11-3-0 Jason High
Open: Ikuhisa Minowa 47-31-8 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi
Heavy: Satoshi Ishii 3-1-0 vs. 3-1-1 Jerome Le Banner
Heavy: Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Sergey Kharitonov
Welter: Katsuaki Furuki vs. 2-1-0 Andy Ologun
Feather: Caol Uno 25-13-5 vs. 10-7-0 Kazuyuki Miyata
Light: Josh Thomson 18-3-0 vs. 26-6-2 Tatsuya Kawajiri
Welter: Marius Zaromskis 13-5-0 vs. 26-14-1 Kazushi Sakuraba

Other Rules:
K-1 rules: Kyotaro vs. Gegard Mousasi
IGF Special Rules: Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Bob Sapp
DREAM/K-1 Mixed rules: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro Nagashima
K-1 Lightweight: Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura vs. Tetsuya Yamato


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12/30 SRC Soul of Fight - Fight Order

Here is the fight order for tomorrows SRC 28 fight card. There has been a change from my previous card. Dan Hornbuckle is not fighting (I am currently not aware or why) and has been replaced by Taisuke Okuno.

Main Event: SRC Featherweight title match (5min x 5):
28. Marlon Sandro 17-1-0 vs. 22-4-2 Hatsu Hioki

27. Middle 5min x 3: Kazuo Misaki 22-11-2 vs. 13-13-1 Mike Seal
26. KB 3min x 3 (70 kg): Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Hiroki Nakajima
25. Female MMA 5min x 3 (53.5 kg): Megumi Fujii 22-1-0 vs. 9-4-0 Emi Fujino

SRC vs. Dream (5min x 3):
24. Feather: Masanori Kanehara 16-8-5 vs. 27-9-2 Yoshiro Maeda
23. Welter: Ryo Chonan 18-11-0 vs. 10-5-2 Taisuke ”Goten” Okuno
22. Light: Maximo Blanco 7-2-1 vs. 9-2-1 "Parky" Won Sik Park

SRC Welterweight GP Final:
21. Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura 20-4-2 vs. 6-1-0 Yasubey Enomoto
20. Light: Kazunori Yokota 11-4-3 vs. 3-2-0 Jadamba Narantungalag
19. Middle: Yuki Sasaki 22-18-1 vs. 20-4-2 Mamed Khalidov
18. Heavy: Yoshihiro Nakao 9-2-0 vs. 19-2-0 Dave Herman

SRC Bantamweight Asia Tournament Semifinals (5min x 2):
17. Akitoshi Tamura 15-9-2 vs. 11-6-0 Taiyo Nakahara
16. Manabu Inoue 11-5-1 vs. 18-6-9 Shunichi Shimizu

15. Female MMA 5min x 2 (61 kg): Roxanne Modafferi 15-6-0 vs. 16-8-0 Hitomi Akano
14. Female MMA 5min x 3 (Open 3x3min): Rin Nakai 9-0-0 vs. 6-23-1 Mika “Hari” Harigai
13. Female MMA 5min x 2 (48 kg): Amy Davis 1-1-0 vs. 12-11-4 Misaki Takimoto

12. Female MT 2min x 5 (47.62 kg): Erika Kamimura vs. Chiharu
11. MT 3min x 3 (86.18 kg): Fabiano Cyclone vs. Andrew Peck
10. KB 3min x 3 (86.18 kg): Kazuki Ozawa vs. Lee Chang Seob
9. MT 3min x 3 (73 kg): Musashi Miyamoto vs. Hiroki Komata
8. MT 3min x 5 (60 kg): Kanongsuk Weerasakreck vs. Genki Yamamoto
7. MT 3min x 5 (52 kg): Arashi Fujiwara vs. Mutsuki Ebata
6. KB 3min x 3 (70 kg): Yutaro Yamauchi vs. Gou Yokoyama
5. KB 3min x 3 (70 kg): Yusuke Ikei vs. Shintaro Matsukura
4. KB 3min x 2 (61.23 kg): Hironobu Ikegami vs. Yuji Tanaka

3. SRC Jacket match 5min x 1 (Light): Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Jung Jin Suk
2. SRC Jacket match 5min x 1 (59 kg): Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. Ichiro Sugita
1. SRC Jacket match 5min x 1 (Light): Sotaro Yamada vs. Kim Lee Sak

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Pancrase 2011 Tour Title

Tuesday 28 December 2010

Pancrase has released their 2011 tour title, it will be "Impressive".

And the schedule up until April:
1/30 Golds Gym Tokyo South Annex (Neo-Blood fights)
2/6 Differ Ariake, Tokyo
3/13 Azalea Hall, Osaka

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12/30 SRC Soul of Fight

Thursday 23 December 2010


As tradition is in Japan, the main organizations need to put on a NYE card. SRC has been playing second fiddle to FEG and their Dynamite card, and they will again this year.

The SRC event is being held in Ariake Colosseum, which is next to Differ Ariake. If you are wondering how to there there, I did some directions a while back, you can read them here.

The card has no less than 28 fights, a mix of MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing and "jacket rule".

I have put the fights in the order the appear on the SRC web-site.

SRC Featherweight title match:
Marlon Sandro 17-1-0 vs. 22-4-2 Hatsu Hioki

Middle: Kazuo Misaki 22-11-2 vs. 13-13-1 Mike Seal
KB (70 kg): Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Hiroki Nakajima
Feather: Masanori Kanehara 16-8-5 vs. 27-9-2 Yoshiro Maeda
Light: Maximo Blanco 7-2-1 vs. 9-2-1 "Parky" Won Sik Park
Welter: Ryo Chonan 18-11-0 vs. 22-3-0 Dan Hornbuckle
Middle: Yuki Sasaki 22-18-1 vs. 20-4-2 Mamed Khalidov
Light: Kazunori Yokota 11-4-3 vs. 3-2-0 Jadamba Narantungalag
Heavy: Yoshihiro Nakao 9-2-0 vs. 19-2-0 Dave Herman

SRC Welterweight GP Fianl:
Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura 20-4-2 vs. 6-1-0 Yasubey Enomoto

SRC Bantamweight Asia Tournament Semifinals:
Akitoshi Tamura 15-9-2 vs. 11-6-0 Taiyo Nakahara
Manabu Inoue 11-5-1 vs. 18-6-9 Shunichi Shimizu

Female MMA (53.5 kg): Megumi Fujii 22-1-0 vs. 9-4-0 Emi Fujino
Female MMA (Open 3x3min): Rin Nakai 9-0-0 vs. 6-23-1 Mika “Hari” Harigai
Female MMA (61 kg): Roxanne Modafferi 15-6-0 vs. 16-8-0 Hitomi Akano
Female MMA (48 kg): Amy Davis 1-1-0 vs. 12-11-4 Misaki Takimoto

SRC Jacket match (Lightweights): Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Jung Jin Suk
SRC Jacket match (Lightweights): Sotaro Yamada vs. Kim Lee Sak
SRC Jacket match (59 kg): Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. Ichiro Sugita

MT (86.18 kg): Fabiano Cyclone vs. Andrew Peck
KB (86.18 kg): Kazuki Ozawa vs. Lee Chang Seob
MT (73 kg): Musashi Miyamoto vs. Hiroki Komata
KB (70 kg): Yusuke Ikei vs. Shintaro Matsukura
KB (70 kg): Yutaro Yamauchi vs. Gou Yokoyama
MT (60 kg): Kanongsuk Weerasakreck vs. Genki Yamamoto
MT (52 kg): Arashi Fujiwara vs. Mutsuki Ebata
KB (61.23 kg): Hironobu Ikegami vs. Yuji Tanaka
Female MT (47.62 kg): Erika Kamimura vs. Chiharu

KB = Kickboxing
MT = Muay Thai

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12/26 Shooto Border Season 2

Shooto will hold their Border Season 2 event in Hirano Kumin Hall, Osaka. The card will feature a main event between Shooto veteran Junji Ikoma and Teppei Masuda.

Shooto will also be kicking off their 2011 rookie tournament here

8. Fly: Junji Ikoma 12-12-5 vs. 5-3-1 Teppei "BULL" Masuda
7. 67kg: Takumi Nakayama 13-13-4 vs. 6-3-0 "Jackknife" Tsuneo Kimura
6. Welter: Hiroshi Shiba 8-7-1 vs. 5-4-3 "Gypsy" Taro Kusano

Rookie Tournament:
5. Light: Motohiro Takenawa 4-5-0 vs. Shiro Stronger Amakusa
4. Fly: Toshio Mitani 0-3-0 vs. Satoshi Takeo
3. Welter: Tomoya "Russian" Suzuki 2-1-0 vs. Tatsuhiko Hirase
2. Bantam: Kouki Ota vs. Santouhei Yokoyama
1. Feather: Monjiro TK Hanareme vs. Naritoshi Kakuta

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Omigawa signs with the UFC

Japanese featherweight standout Michihiro Omigawa has signed a deal with the UFC. His debut is set for 2/5 at UFC 126, the opponent will be Chad Mendes.

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12/31 FEG Dynamite

Wednesday 22 December 2010


True to tradition FEG is putting on a Dynamite event on New Year’s Eve. And like always it’s a stacked card, that should entertain and excite hard core fans as well as casual MMA fans.

The show aspect is taken toned down a bit this year, but an IGF special rules (no idea what that means) featuring Bob Sapp and former sumo wrestler Shinichi Suzukawa should keep the casual fans entertained. Suzukawa is a former sumo wrestler and went by the name of Wakakirin, and made it to the top of the Juryo division. His last sumo tournament was in January 2009, where he went 9-6. He was then thrown out of the sport after a big scandal where he was arrested for possession of cannabis. Suzukawa seems to be no stranger to controversy, and it should be no surprise therefore that is just about cheated (who really knows what heppened) his way into this fight, check out this Sherdog discussion (with video).

For the MMA fans FEG has lined up some very good fights, a title fight between champion Bibiano Fernandes and Hiroyuki Takaya should be a very good fight. Takaya has had a very good 2010 and he will be hoping to cap that off with a win here. This is a rematch of the final in the featherweight tournament, that time it ended in a very close decision win for Fernandes and Takaya will be looking for revenge here.

Personally I am really excited about 2 fights, Miyata vs. Uno and Kawajiri vs. Thomson.

Miyata will be looking to add a big win here over the UFC veteran. A win over Caol Uno would be one of the biggest in his career, and would extend his winning streak to 6. Uno on the other hand needs to get a win after 3 unsuccessful fights in the UFC’s lightweight division.

This year, the card is mainly MMA, but there are some K-1 and a mixed K-1 and MMA fight on the card.

Alistair Overeem’s opponent should be announced soon. There are unconfirmed rumors that this will be a Dream title fight.

MMA Rules:
Dream Featherweight title fight:

Bibiano Fernandes 8-2-0 vs. 14-8-1 Hiroyuki Takaya
Feather: Hideo Tokoro 26-23-1 vs. 0-0-0 Kazuhisa Watanabe
Welter: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-11-2 vs. 11-3-0 Jason High
Open: Ikuhisa Minowa 47-31-8 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi
Heavy: Satoshi Ishii 3-1-0 vs. 3-1-1 Jerome Le Banner
Heavy: Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Sergey Kharitonov
Welter: Katsuaki Furuki vs. 2-1-0 Andy Ologun
Feather: Caol Uno 25-13-5 vs. 10-7-0 Kazuyuki Miyata
Light: Josh Thomson 18-3-0 vs. 26-6-2 Tatsuya Kawajiri
Welter: Marius Zaromskis 13-5-0 vs. 26-14-1 Kazushi Sakuraba
Heavy: Alistair Overeem 33-11-0 vs. TBA

Other Rules:
K-1 rules: Kyotaro vs. Gegard Mousasi
IGF Special Rules: Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Bob Sapp
DREAM/K-1 Mixed rules: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro Nagashima
K-1 Lightweight: Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura vs. Tetsuya Yamato

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1/8 DEEP Mayhem in Macao!

Monday 20 December 2010


Since its been a while since I have been posting, I have the privilage of being able to chose news that are a bit old. Here is one of them, DEEP is going to Macao in January. The venue will be the Macao Venetian Hotel Resort.

The main even for this one will be the DEEP Megaton title. Also on the card, in non-title fights are the DEEP bantamweight champion Masakazu Imanari and DEEP welterweight champion Yuya Shirai.

BJJ black belt, Marcos Souza will be making his MMA debut (as far as I know) but he should be no stranger to DEEP fans. Last year he took on and defeated Motoki Miyazawa in DEEP X 04.

Another familiar name on the card is TUF 5 veteran Andy Wang.

9. Main-Event: DEEP Megaton Title Fight:
Yusuke Kawaguchi 13-3-0 vs. 6-1-1 Kazuhisa Tazawa

8. Masakazu Imanari 21-7-2 vs. 0-1-0 Jae Hun Moon
7. Yuya Shirai 20-8-0 vs. 0-1-0 Jeong Gyo Park
6. Ryuta Sakurai 20-16-6 vs. 2-3-0 Yoann Gouaida
5. Saori Ishioka 11-5-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ann Wongkhamma
4. Yasushi Kitazaki 10-7-1 vs. 7-7-1 Andy Wang
3. Luiz Andrade I 12-8-3 vs. 4-3-0 Rodrigo Caporal
2. Marcos “Marquinhos” Souza vs. 0-1-0 Alex “Dragon Slayer” Niu
1. Quinton Arendse 1-1-0 vs. Ye Won Nam.

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12/18 Shooto Rookie Tournament Champions

Shooto have again crowned their Rookie tournament champions, and for the 3rd year running the MVP is coming out of the Krazy Bee gym. Koji Horiguchi deserved that after defeating two veterans, both Ranki Kawana and Seiji Akao lost to this newcomer out of “Kid” Yamamoto’s gym.
It is also worth noticing that “Rambo” Suzuki has notched up his 3rd straight win by KO, he also won the fighting spirit award.
Technique price winner was Yuta Sasaki.

The winners:
Fly: Masayoshi Kato
Bantam: Kosuke ”Rambo” Suzuki
Feather: Koji Horiguchi
Light: Yuta Sasaki
Welter: Kota Shimoishi
Middle: Yusaku Inoue

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