Shooto October Ranking

I missed the September Rankings (was looking for it, but somehow it went unnoticed). Therefore, these are the moves for the 2 past months.

Most interesting is the move in the Bantamweight division where Shoujou beat Urushitani and moves up into the #1 spot.

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

Yuki Shoujou moves up into the #1 challenger spot after his win against Urushitani in Shooto Tradition 3 on September 28.

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

No change.

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. ↑ Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
9. ↓ Katsuya Toida
10. ↓ David Lejenas

Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura moved into the rankings in August, after drawing his fight against Hatsu Hioki on August 3.

Out of the ranking: “Wicky” Akiyo Nishiura

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

"Chiqueirinho" moves up in the ranking after a win on August 30 against Mateus Machado in Shooto Brazil 8.

Middleweight:
Champ: → Shinya Aoki (From February 17 2006, defended 1 times)
1. → David Baron
2. ↑ Wim Deputter
3. ↑ Niek Tromp
4. ↑ Zelim Felican
5. ↑ Roemer Trumpert
6. ↑ Hernani Perpetuo
7. ↑ Tommy Depret
8. ↓ Scott Henze
9. → Ronald Jhun
10. → Brent Weedman

Scott Henze is moved down in the rankings due to inactivity.

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