Shooto July Rankings

Shooto has updated the July rankings. There are a few movements in the featherweight division, with Eduardo Dantas moving up to #2 and So Tasawa moving to #5. Maybe we will see Dantas back in Japan soon?

In the bantamweight division, Homare Kuboyama moves in to #9 , taking Junji Ikoma's spot.

Bantamweight:
Champ: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima (From October 14 2006, Defended 1 times)
1. → Mamoru Yamaguchi)
2. → Yasuhiro Urushitani
3. → Yuki Shoujou
4. → Masatoshi Abe
5. → Ryuichi Miki
6. → Junji Ikoma
7. → Shimokawa Yusei
8. → Yasuhiro Akagi
9. ↑ Homare Kuboyama
10. → Jin Akimoto

Featherweight:
Champ: → Masakatsu Ueda (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 Times)
1. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. ↑ Eduardo Dantas
3. ↓ Daniel Lima
4. ↓ Koetsu Okazaki
5. ↑ So Tazawa
6. ↓ Atsushi Yamamoto
7. ↓ Kenji Osawa
8. → Tetsu Suzuki
9. → Takeya Mizugaki
10. → Ryota Matsune

Lightweight:
Champ: → Hideki Kadowaki (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 times)
1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Antonio Carvalho
3. → Savant Young
4. →“Lion” Takeshi Inoue
5. → Hatsu Hioki
6. → Rumina Sato
7. → Bao Quach
8. → Katsuya Toida
9. → David Lejenas
10. → Hiroyuki Takaya

Welterweight:
Champ: → Takashi Nakakura (from May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)
1. → Yusuke Endo)
2. → Ganjo Tensuku
3. → Bendy Casimir
4. → Jani Lax
5. → Brian Cobb
6. → Mizuto Hirota
7. → Willian Chiqueirinho
8. → Eiji Mitsuoka
9. → Giovani Diniz
10. → Tatsuya Kawajiri

Middleweight:
Champ: → Shinya Aoki (From February 17 2006, defended 1 times)
1. → David Baron
2. → Scott Henze
3. → Wim Deputter
4. → Grzegorz Trendowski
5. → Niek Tromp
6. → Zelim Felican
7. → Roemer Trumpert
8. → Ronald Jhun
9. → Brent Weedman
10. → Keita Nakamura “K-Taro”

Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)
1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Shiko Yamashita
4. → Grazhuydas Smailis
5. → Masashi Yozen
6. → Nathan Schouteren
7. → Petras Morkevicius
8. → Rolandas Agrba
9. → Edward O’Daniel
10. → Dustin Denes