12/31 Fields Dynamite! - RESULTS

Thursday 31 December 2009



The event is underway in Saitama. I will be posting results in HDNet time, since that is what most people are watching (still earlier than Japan).

And I can promise that there will be upsets!

Over 37,000 in attendence in a sold out SuperArena!

Read on for spoilers.


K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Semi-Finals:
1. Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
2. SF 1: Masaaki Noiri Def. Hiroya by decision
3. SF 2: Shota Shimada Def. Katsuki Ishida by Decision

Super Hulk Tournament Final:
4. Minowaman Def. Sokoudjou by TKO Round 3
Minowa floors Sokoudjou with a right late in the 3rd round, just about the 1st punch thrown in the round.

5. K-1: Ray Sefo Def. Yosuke Nishijima by Decision
Very one sided fight that somehow goes the distance.

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Final:
6. Final: Masaaki Noiri Def. Masaaki Noiri by Decision

DREAM vs. Sengoku (3x5min.):
7. DREAM vs. SRC: Hiroshi Izumi Def. Katsuyori Shibata by Decision 3-0
Izumi gets a decision in a fight that could have gone either way. Some would say this was controversial.

8. DREAM vs. SRC: Michihiro Omigawa Def. Hiroyuki Takaya by TKO Round 1
Sengoku is off to a flying start. As expected, these fighters didnt wait to exchange! Omigawa pulls of a small upset! Sengoku is in the lead 2-0!

9. DREAM vs. SRC: Akihihiro Gono Def. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai by armbar round 2
Gono pulls out another win for Sengoku!! 3-0 now!

10. DREAM vs. SRC: Melvin Manhoef Def. Kazuo Misaki by TKO Round 1
Manhoef gets the first win for Dream, usual style just came out more carefully this time. Misaki is complaining (maybe rightly) of an early stoppage.

11. DREAM vs. SRC: Hideo Tokoro Def. Jong Man Kim by Decision 3-0
Fight of the night so far!!!

12. DREAM vs. SRC: Tatsuya Kawajiri Def. Kazunori Yokota by Decision 3-0
HUGE War, Kawajiri was the better fighter and it looked like the armbar at the end should finally put Yokota away. It is now 3-3 between Sengoku and Dream, Dream have levelled the score!!

13. DREAM vs. SRC: Masanori Kanehara Def. Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto by Decision
Another fight of the night candidate! Kanehara had a very strong round 2, and it was enough even though Kid came on strong in the end of round 3.

15. DREAM vs. SRC: Alistair Overeem Def. Kazuyuki Fujita by KO Round 1
Huge knee sends Fujita out of the ring. Fujita is grabbing his head, but not getting up! It is 4-4 between Sengoku and Dream!

17. Dream (3x5min): Gegard Mousasi Def. Gary Goodridge by TKO Round 1
Mousasi took Goodridge down with ease and Goodridge never really had an answer.

DREAM vs. Sengoku (3x5min.):
THe fight between DREAM and Sengoku comes down to the 2 champions!
16. DREAM vs. SRC: Shinya Aoki Def. Mizuto Hirota by submission round 1
Aoki litterally took Hirota's arm off, as Hirota didnt tap. I have no idea what it was though.

14. Sengoku: Hidehiko Yoshida Def. Satoshi Ishii by Decision
Yoshida used his experience and got a close win here. A knee to the groin of Yoshida earned Ishii a red card (point reduction) in round 2 that could have tipped the fight in Yoshida's favor.

Main Event:
18. K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.): Masato Def. Andy Souwer by Decision
A good fight to end the night, and Masato's career!

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Fight Order

Wednesday 30 December 2009



The fight order for tomorrows Dynamite! event is announced. Not surprising that Masato gets the honor of fighting in the main event in his last fight.

I am surprised that the last fight to be announced, Mousasi vs. Goodridge is the co-main event though... I was expecting it to be Ishii vs. Yoshida, OR the clash of champions Aoki vs. Hirota.

This card is huge, 18 fights and a lot of the top fighters in Sengoku and DREAM. There are fighters I wish were on the card, I think especially in the lightweight division there are some big names missing.

I also think K-1 fans will be disappointed at this year's card. It has ended up being a MMA event, I think due to the cooperation with Sengoku. The result is 2 K-1 fights (not counting the Koshien tournament (which is really the undercard).

Main Event:
18. K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
17. Dream (3x5min): Gegard Mousasi vs. 23-19-1 Gary Goodridge

16. DREAM vs. SRC: Shinya Aoki 22-4-0 vs. 12-3-1 Mizuto Hirota
15. DREAM vs. SRC: Alistair Overeem 31-11-0 vs. 15-8-0 Kazuyuki Fujita

14. Sengoku: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

13. DREAM vs. SRC: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto 17-2-0 vs. 15-7-5 Masanori Kanehara
12. DREAM vs. SRC: Tatsuya Kawajiri 25-5-2 vs. 11-2-3 Kazunori Yokota
11. DREAM vs. SRC: Hideo Tokoro 25-21-1 vs. 21-10-3 Jong Man Kim
10. DREAM vs. SRC: Melvin Manhoef 23-6-1 vs. 22-9-2 Kazuo Misaki
9. DREAM vs. SRC: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-9-2 vs. 30-15-7 Akihihiro Gono
8. DREAM vs. SRC: Hiroyuki Takaya 12-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 Michihiro Omigawa
7. DREAM vs. SRC: Katsuyori Shibata 4-6-1 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Final:
6. Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2

5. K-1: Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima
4. Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Semi-Finals:
3. SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada
2. SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
1. Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji

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DREAM LHW GP in 2010?

Tuesday 29 December 2009

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Mousasi manager Apy Echteld has said that Mousasi is planning to compete in a DREAM LHW tournament next year.

According to the story, round 1 will be held on May 30, with round 2 in July.

Should be something to look forward to, if DREAM continue to work with Sengoku (and Strikeforce) we might see a dream fight of Mousasi vs. King Mo.

HT: heavymetalnick

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Changes and Additions



There has been a change to the SRC "Team" on the Dynamite! card. Jong Man Kim is stepping in for an injured Marlon Sandro. Kim is a very good fighter, but he has not had a win since his very surprising upset of Hatsu Hioki in 2007, or 7 fights.

Also added to the card is Gegard Mousasi, who will take on the veteran Gary Goodridge in a MMA rules fight. Goodridge is riding a 4 fight losing streak and is facing the former DREAM middleweight title holder and current StrikeForce champion, Mousasi, who has a 14 fight winning streak.

Added:
MMA: Gegard Mousasi vs. 23-19-1 Gary Goodridge

Change:
Hideo Tokoro 25-21-1 vs. 21-10-3 Jong Man Kim

Previously Announced:
DREAM Vs. SRC:
Shinya Aoki 22-4-0 vs. 12-3-1 Mizuto Hirota
Tatsuya Kawajiri 25-5-2 vs. 11-2-3 Kazunori Yokota
Melvin Manhoef 23-6-1 vs. 22-9-2 Kazuo Misaki
Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto 17-2-0 vs. 15-7-5 Masanori Kanehara
Hiroyuki Takaya 12-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 Michihiro Omigawa
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-9-2 vs. 30-15-7 Akihihiro Gono
Katsuyori Shibata 4-6-1 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi
Kazuyuki Fujita 15-8-0 vs. 31-11-0 Alistair Overeem

K-1 Fight:Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

MMA: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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Dynamite! Preview

Sunday 27 December 2009

It is the time of the year where most (if not all) of the focus in Japan is on the NYE and Dynamite. This year there was going to be competition, but now it is only Dynamite.

Here is a preview from the DREAM Youtube channel.

This year there will be loads of interesting fights, and we get to see how the Sengoku and DREAM fighters stack up against eachother.



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1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - Fights Announced



DEEP have announced some fights for their Impact 45 event which will be held in Zepp Osaka. The main event will probably be the title fight between 2 DREAM welterweight tournament participants in Seichi Ikemoto and Yuya Shirai.

But there are some more interesting fights on the card as well, Korean "Ryo" is taking on Rikuhei Fujii and "Taisho" is taking on Makoto Kamaya.

Also a fight I am looking forward to is Jutaro Nakao vs. Yuki Ito.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
(Champion) Seichi Ikemoto 18-16-5 vs. 17-8-0 Yuya Shirai

Young "RYO" Choi 12-7-1 vs. 5-3-0 Rikuhei Fujii
Tomomi "TAISHO" Iwama 7-5-1 vs. 13-7-1 Makoto Kamaya
Jutaro Nakao 22-15-4 vs. 8-4-8 Yuki Ito
Seigo Mizuguchi vs. Ryota
Tatsunao Nagakura 4-0-0 vs. 8-2-1 Yusuke Kagiyama
Akihiko Mouri 8-6-1 vs. 8-3-2 Yasuaki Kishimoto
Hiroto Hattori 8-4-1 vs. Yusaku Nakamura
Koji Nakamura 1-2-0 vs. 2-4-2 Shinichiro Tanaka

NEXT LEVEL - Kick Rule
Mori 翔之(M-BLOW) vs. Takeshi Kai
Koki Nakagawa vs. Hirohira Matsuura
Hiroto Yamaguchi vs. 義悟Inoue
Shinpei Hayashi vs. 顕吾 Kishimoto
Sho Koike vs. Takeshi Harada
James vs. Davis

Future Fight:
Yuji Sato vs. Koji Tomita
Keita Yoshikawa vs. Sho Nonaka

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1/10 Pancrase - Pancrase Gate 4th Chance Fight Order



Pancrase is getting the year started with a qualifier tournament for the Neo-Blood tournament. There are some familiar names here, "Pitan" and Ben Henry were both in last years qualifier tournament. On that occation Ben Henry took Atsushi Masakura's arm with him home, but didnt make it all the way. Lets see if he can this year.

If you are in the area, this is a good event to go to, cheap and lots of fights. Good chance to spot talent.

It is being held in Omori Golds Gym. Doors open at 14:30.

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Tournament Finals:
27. Light: Winner Fight 19 vs. Winner Fight 20
26. Feather: Winner Fight 17 vs. Winner Fight 18
25. Bantam: Winner Fight 15 vs. Winner Fight 16
24. Fly: Winner Fight 13 vs. Winner Fight 14

Non Tournament Fights:
23. Light-Heavy: Jason Symak 1-1-0 vs. Husa Watanabe
22. Light-Heavy: Tasuku 高洋 vs. Yuhei Fukuda
21. Welter: Shigeaki Kusayanagi 1-1-1 vs. Junya Nishikawa

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Semi-Finals
20. Light: Winner Fight 11 vs. Winner Fight 12
19. Light: Winner Fight 9 vs. Winner Fight 10
18. Feather: Winner Fight 7 vs. Winner Fight 8
17. Feather: Winner Fight 5 vs. Winner Fight 6
16. Bantam: Winner Fight 3 vs. Winner Fight 4
15. Bantam: Winner Fight 1 vs. Winner Fight 2

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Tournament Round 1
14. Fly: Satoshi Usui vs. Yosuke Hatori
13. Fly: Daichi Kitakata vs. Tsukasa Arai
12. Light: Masaomi Saito vs. TBA
11. Light: Akihiro Ono vs. Issei
10. Light: Daiei Ri vs. Makoto Sasaki
9. Light: Kenta Okuyama vs. Haruto
8. Feather: 鉄人238号(T-Pleastre) vs. TBA
7. Feather: Yuya Nagai vs. 誉仁 Iwara
6. Feather: Tatsuro "Pitan" Ikehata vs. Taito Age
5. Feather: Satoru Takahashi vs. Yoji Saito
4. Bantam: Masataka Obuchi vs. Kota Higashitani
3. Bantam: Tsuyoshi Yamanaka vs. Daisuke Oishi
2. Bantam: Kazuki Itaya vs. Ryuta Aikyo
1. Bantam: Takatoshi Urasaki vs. Ben Henry

Ticket Prices:
SS 3,000円
A 2,000円
Standing 1,500円

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - The Champions will Fight

Saturday 26 December 2009



FEG and WVR have announced 2 additional fights for the NYE Dynamite! event. Everyone was hoping for a DREAM title fight between Aoki and Kawajiri, but that will not happen. Instead Dream champion Shinya Aoki will take on Sengoku champion Mizuto Hirota in a fight that should be very interesting. No doubt Hirota will need to keep this off the ground, while Aoki will be desperate to get it there.

The other fight added could end up being a very good fight. Dream title challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri will take on Sengoku title challenger Kazunori Yokota. Yokota has had a very good 2009 and will be looking to end on a high. Kawajiri will be looking to cement himself as the #1 challenger for Aoki's title when 2010 starts.

A lot on the line in both these fights. There will be 2 more K-1 fights added to the card.

***UPDATE***
Melvin Manhoef vs. Kazuo Misaki has been added to the card during Christmas. Should be a good fight, everyone knows what Manhoef is planning. I am interested in seeing what Misaki is planning to counter though.


Added:
DREAM vs. SRC:

Shinya Aoki 22-4-0 vs. 12-3-1 Mizuto Hirota
Tatsuya Kawajiri 25-5-2 vs. 11-2-3 Kazunori Yokota
Melvin Manhoef 23-6-1 vs. 22-9-2 Kazuo Misaki

Previously Announced:
DREAM Vs. SRC:

Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto 17-2-0 vs. 15-7-5 Masanori Kanehara
Hiroyuki Takaya 12-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 Michihiro Omigawa
Hideo Tokoro 25-21-1 vs. 15-1-0 Marlon Sandro
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-9-2 vs. 30-15-7 Akihihiro Gono
Katsuyori Shibata 4-6-1 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi
Kazuyuki Fujita 15-8-0 vs. 31-11-0 Alistair Overeem

K-1 Fight:Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

MMA Fight: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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2/7 Pancrase Passion Tour - Fights Announced

Wednesday 23 December 2009



Pancrase have announced an additional 6 fights for their first main event of 2010. It will be held in Differ Ariake and will now feature 2 title fights.

Earlier the flyweight title fight was announced, now Yuki Kondo will put his middleweight title on the line against Takenori Sato.

Also added is a flyweight fight between former Neo-Blood tournament winner, Isao Hirose and Takuma Ishii. Hirose had his title shot in his last fight, but lost a decision to the champion Sunabe. He will be looking to get back in contention with a win here.

The popular Seiya Kawahara is also returning to the ring, he has a 2 fight winning streak after losing in the Sengoku featherweight tournamnet early in 2009. Now he is looking to get another shot at the Pancrase bantamweight title.

Added:
Middleweight Intrim King of Pancrase title fight:
(Champion) Yuki Kondo 50-23-7 vs. 9-6-5 Takenori Sato

Welter: Shingo Suzuki 3-2-1 vs. 7-5-1 Kengo Ura
Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 8-2-0 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Welter: Daisuke Watanabe 17-28-4 vs. 24-32-11 Kosei Kubota
Fly: Isao Hirose 6-1-0 vs. 3-4-1 Takuma Ishii
Middle: Keiichiro Yamamiya 36-24-9 vs. 14-17-5 Yuji Hisamatsu

Previously Announced:
Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
(champion) Mitsuhisa Sunabe 11-5-3 vs. 4-3-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - RESULTS

Saturday 19 December 2009



The event is underway, will update the results as soon as I can here.

The 1st part is finished, with fighters like Imanari and Atsushi Yamamoto. Spoilers if you read on.

The attendence at this event is reported to be 1764, that means Differ Ariake was packed!

Sherdog is doing a live PBP here.

Part 2 - Main Event:
9. 70.3kg (3x5min): Nobuhiro Obiya Def. Toshikazu "ISE" Iseno by TKO Round 2 1:49

8. 65.8kg (3x5min): Takeshi Yamazaki vs. Toshiaki Kitada 1-1 Draw
7. 83.9kg (2x5min): Ryuta Sakurai Def. Hiroki Sato by KO Round 1
6. 93kg (2x5min): Bernard Ackah Def. Shunji Kosaka by TKO Round 1 0:34
5. Kick-Rule 62kg (3x3min): Yoshiki Harada Def. Kick ☆ by TKO Round 1 2:18
4. 70.3kg (2x5min): Naoki Matsushita Def. Yuki Ito by TKO Round 1 3:05
3. Open (2x5min): Hirohide Fujinuma Def. Makoto by TKO Round 1 2:50
2. 62kg (2x5min): Hiryu Okamoto Def. Kaiji Hirano by decision 3-0

Opening Fight:
1. 70.3kg (2x5min): Yasuhiro Kawasaki Def. Mitsuru "Mike" Yamaguchi by TKO Round 1 3:03


Part 1 - Main Event:
9. 62kg (3x5kg): Masakazu Imanari Def. Justin "The Shocker" Cruz by facelock Round 1 2:39

8. Open (3x5min): Yusuke Kawaguchi Def. Roque Martinez by Decision 3-0
7. 63kg (3x5min): Atsushi Yamamoto Def. Tomoya Miyashita by Decision 3-0
6. 77.1kg (2x5kg): Eiji Ishikawa Def. Yoshitomo Watanabe by Decision 2-0
5. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Isamu Sugiuchi by Decision 3-0
4. 77.1kg (2x5min): Kenta Takagi Def. Teruhiko Kubo by TKO (doctor stop) Round 1 3:54
3. 70.3kg (2x5min): Sadao Kondo Def. Atsuhiro Tsuboi by Decision 3-0
2. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Yasuhiro Motomura 2-3-0 vs. Kil Yon Bok

Opening Fight:
1. 65.8kg: Yu Def. Koji Kashikura by TKO Round 1

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12/20 ZST Swat 31! - Fight Order

Thursday 17 December 2009

ZST have announced the fightorder for their last event of 2009. It will be held in Golds Gym South Annex (Omori) and is a card with the up and coming fighters of ZST. Shunichi Shimizu is really the only established fighter on the card, but I am sure it will be a fun event.

Also announced is the schedule for the first part of 2010, and it looks like this:

1/17 SWAT! - GX6 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
2/7 SWAT! - TX2 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
2/20 SWAT! in Face vol. 4 - Shinjuku Face
2/20 ZST.23 in Shinjuku Face
3/14 SWAT! 32 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
4/4 SWAT! 33 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
4/18 ZST.24 in Differ Ariake
5/2 SWAT! - SBRX2 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
6/6 SWAT! 34 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex

Main Event:
10. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 15-5-7 vs. 1-1-2 Yasuo Munakata

9. Light: Shuya Arimura 1-2-1 vs. Ryota Sakuma
8. Light: Shinichi Taira 0-3-0 vs. 0-3-0 Takashi Yasui
7. Bantam: Kota Higashitani 1-1-1 vs. 1-3-1 Kengo Okubo
6. Feather: Masanori Hirata 1-5-4 vs. 1-3-0 Kei Tanigawa
5. Bantam: Yuji Komori 1-3-0 vs. 0-2-2 Masatoshi Kondo
4. Feather: Takahide Kobayashi 0-0-2 vs. 0-0-1 Ryota Kobayashi
3. Fly: Yosuke Hattori 0-2-4 vs. 1-1-1 Toru Sakakibara
2. Feather (GT-F Rule): Kohei Nishibayashi vs. Yuji Nakamura
1. Bantam (GT-F Rule): Tokuaki Ninomiya vs. Yoshiya Shinba

Ticket Prices:
SRS 5,000円
A 3,000円
Standing 2,000円
At the door, add 500円

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Fights Announced

Tuesday 15 December 2009



FEG have announced an additional 6 fights for the Dynamite card today

6 fights are DREAM vs. SRC. "Kid" is returning to take on Sengoku featherweight champion Masanori Kanehara. And Hiroshi Izumi will have his 2nd MMA fight against Katsuyori Shibata.

Also a K-1 fight is announced. Veteran Ray Sefo is returning to take on former boxing champion Yusuke Nishijima.

DREAM Vs. SRC:
Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto vs. Masanori Kanehara
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Hideo Tokoro vs. Marlon Sandro
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Akihihiro Gono
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Izumi
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alistair Overeem

K-1 Fight:Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

Previously Announced:
MMA Fight: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - Fight Order (Sold out!)

Monday 14 December 2009



The DEEP Cage Impact event tickets were selling very fast, and now its sold out! No wonder, there are lots of good fights on the card and it will be interesting to see what the DEEP cage looks like.

Since there are 2 parts, there will be 2 main events also.

Part 1 is highlighted by DEEP champion and favorite Masakazu Imanari who will take on Justin "The Shocker" Cruz. Also another fighter from Guam has taken the trip to Japan to take part in this event, Roque Martinez is taking on DEEP Megaton champion Yusuke Kawaguchi.

The 2nd part is headlined by former champion Nobuhiro Obiya taking on "ISE".

Thats just a few of the 18 fights on the card! Other fighters on the card include Atsushi Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Toshiaki Kitada, Bernard Ackah and Koichiro Matsumoto.

Part 2 - Main Event:
9. 70.3kg (3x5min): Nobuhiro Obiya 10-3-1 vs. 7-5-2 Toshikazu "ISE" Iseno

8. 65.8kg (3x5min): Takeshi Yamazaki 14-10-2 vs. 10-4-2 Toshiaki Kitada
7. 83.9kg (2x5min): Ryuta Sakurai 19-15-5 vs. 3-3-4 Makoto "Hiroki" Miyazawa
6. 93kg (2x5min): Bernard Ackah 3-3-0 vs. 4-1-1 Shunji Kosaka
5. Kick-Rule 62kg (3x3min): Kick ☆ vs. Yoshiki Harada
4. 70.3kg (2x5min): Naoki Matsushita 11-12-9 vs. 7-4-8 Yuki Ito)
3. Open (2x5min): Hirohide Fujinuma 6-4-2 vs. Inochi (?)
2. 62kg (2x5min): Hiryu Okamoto 3-3-1 vs. 2-1-0 Kaiji Hirano

Opening Fight:
1. 70.3kg (2x5min): Yasuhiro Kawasaki 3-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Mitsuru "Mike" Yamaguchi


Part 1 - Main Event:
9. 62kg (3x5kg): Masakazu Imanari 17-7-2 vs. 13-3-0 Justin "The Shocker" Cruz

8. Open (3x5min): Yusuke Kawaguchi 10-1-0 vs. 5-1-0 Roque Martinez
7. 63kg (3x5min): Atsushi Yamamoto 13-6-1 vs. 16-6-8 Tomoya Miyashita
6. 77.1kg (2x5kg): Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2 vs. 7-9-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe
5. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Koichiro Matsumoto 8-2-0 vs. 8-8-3 Isamu Sugiuchi
4. 77.1kg (2x5min): Teruhiko Kubo 8-9-1 vs. 4-2-0 Kenta Takagi
3. 70.3kg (2x5min): Atsuhiro Tsuboi 6-12-4 vs. 4-0-1 Sadao Kondo
2. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Yasuhiro Motomura 2-3-0 vs. Korean Fighter

Opening Fight:
1. 65.8kg: Yu vs. Koji Kashikura

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1/23 Professional Shooto - Fights Announced

Shooto promotor Sustain have announced the first fights for their first event of 2009. No title have been announced yet and I dont know if that means it wont be revolutionary exchanges, but it looks like it will be a good event.

Some very good fights added already. In the flyweight division the current #1 ranked "ATCH Anarchy" will take on Hiroyuki Abe, a fighter I feel should be higher on the rankings than his current #9.

Also added is a very interesting welterweight fight. Yoshihiro Koyama has had just 1 fight in Shooto since returning earlier this year. I feel he is one of the better fighters in Japan at the weight, and this time he is taking on a very good fighter in Yutaka Ueda.

Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Participants:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2
Taiki Tsuchiya 5-2-0

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Tournament Finals - RESULTS

Sunday 13 December 2009



Earlier today Shooto held their traditional Rookie Tournament finals. There were lots of close fights on the card, and 3 of the rookie tournament finals had to go an extra (3rd) round before the judges could pick the winner.

Krazy Bee's Yusuke Yachi won the lightweight final, and got the MVP award.

9. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Mateus Irie Nechio by decision 3-0
8. Fly: Junji "Sarumaru" Ito Def. "Heat" Takeshi Sato by Decision 3-0
7. Feather: Naohiro "Chokugeki Gamon" Mizuno Def. Yuta Nezu by decision 3-0

Rookie Tournament Finals:
6. Light: Yusuke Yachi Def. Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura by chickenwing Round 2 2:21
5. Fly: Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo Def. Yusuke Sato by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
4. Feather: Keita Yoshida Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
3. Welter: Koji Matsumoto Def. "Gypsy" Taro Kusano by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta Def. Nozomi Otsuka by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
1. Heavy: Takahiro "Jaian" Suzuki Def. Takashi Goto by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:52

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12/11 Jewels 6th Ring - RESULTS

Saturday 12 December 2009



Jewels held their 6th event earlier today, some talented fighters on the card. Fighters like Mika Nagano and Shizuka Sugiyama is really becoming stars in this organization. They both won their fights earlier today.

Also German fighter Alexandra Sanchez got a very good win in the Rough Stone tournament final, and I hope we get so see more of her.

In the main event Saori Ishioka defeated Sally Krumdiack by TKO.

-52.5kg: Saori Ishioka Def. Sally Krumdiack by TKO Round 1 2:45

ShootBoxing Rule: -52kg: Akari Def. Asako by Decision 3-0

Rough Stone GP 2009 Finals:
-48kg:Asami Kodera Def. Kikuyo Ishikawa by Decision 3-0
-54kg: Mika Nagano Def. Yuko Kagoshima by armbar Round 2 3:56
-60kg: Alexandra Sanchez Def. Tomoko Morii by armbar Round 1 3:39

-60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama Def. Yukiko "Ko" Ozeki by Decision 3-0
-53.5kg: Mari Kaneko Def. Rina Tomita by Decision 3-0
-48kg: Misaki "Patora" Ozawa Def. Yumiko Inoue by Decision 3-0
-48kg: Yoko Yamada Def. Miyoko Kusaka by Decision 3-0

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12/11 Jewels 6th Ring - Fight Order and Weigh-in

Thursday 10 December 2009



Jewels is putting on a sold out event in Shinjuku Face tomorrow. A lot of good fights on the card, and except for the main event I think a lot of people are looking forward to the rough stone finals.

Main-Event:
-52.5kg: Saori Ishioka 7-4-0 (52.4kg) vs. (53kg) 7-2-0 Sally Krumdiack

ShootBoxing Rule: -52kg: Juri- (51.5kg) vs. (51.7kg) Asaka

Rough Stone GP 2009 Finals:
-48kg:Asami Kodera 4-3-0 (48kg) vs.(47kg) 2-0-0 Kikuyo Ishikawa
-54kg: Mika Nagano 4-2-0 (53.7kg) vs. (53.3kg) 1-0-0 Yuko Kagoshima
-60kg: Alexandra Sanchez 2-0-0 (59.6kg) vs. (59.8kg) 1-1-0 Tomoko Morii

-60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 5-1-0 (59.9kg) vs. (59.5kg) Yukiko "Ko" Ozeki
-53.5kg: Mari Kaneko 8-8-1 (53.5kg) vs. (53.4kg) 2-2-0 Rina Tomita
-48kg: Yumiko Inoue (47.3kg) vs. (47.8kg) 0-4-0 Misaki "Patora" Ozawa
-48kg: Yoko Yamada 5-1-0 (47.6kg) vs. (47.6kg) Miyoko Kusaka

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12/23 Shooto Alternative 1



Shooto will be putting on an event in Osaka's Sumiyoshi Kumin Hall.

There are some good talent on the card, as well as some debutants.

Tomohiko Yoshida has won 4 fights in a row since his last fight in Shooto and all the debutants here have a lot of experience with amature shooto.

There are also 3 rookie tournament champtions on the card (Konishi, Shiba and Eda), this should be a good event.

Announced:
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-4-2 vs. 4-1-1 Masaki Konishi
Welter: Hiroshi Shiba 8-5-0 vs. 9-3-5 Yukinari Tamura
Feather: Kosuke Eda 7-3-4 vs. 6-2-0 Makoto Akazawa
Welter: Kenichi Hattori 7-4-4 vs. 1-3-1 Hiroshi Sugimoto
Light: Takayoshi Ono 6-8-1 vs. 0-2-0 Hiroaki Nakayama
Fly: Teppei "Bull" Masuda 3-2-1 vs. Tadaaki Yamamoto
Fly: Tomohiko Yoshida 4-6-1 vs. Jun Nakamura
Bantam: Takeshi Kasugai vs. Yuki Nishigo

Participants:
Hiroyuki Tanaka 7-6-2
Hirosumi Sugiura 3-6-2

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ShootBoxing 2010 Schedule and Tour Name!



ShootBoxing have announced the schedule for 2010, there are 5 events scheduled and all are in Korakuen Hall.

The name for the 2010 series is "Ishin", and it is the ShootBoxing 25th Anniversary Series.

The events planned:
2/13 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
4/11 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
6/6 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
9/18 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
11/13 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

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Less than 1 Week - Kawajiri Competition in the Forum!

Wednesday 9 December 2009

Just 6 days left! Between 15-20 December I will give away this signed Kawajiri shirt:



Sign up for your shot at the shirt! Details are here:
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12/5 K-1 World GP - TV Ratings

Monday 7 December 2009



The ratings for yesterdays event have been released, and they were ok. Scoring a 15.3% and peaking with the Remy Bonjasky vs. Errol Zimmerman fight getting a rating of 19.9% at 21.54.

Nightmare of Battle can help us put that in perspective, these are the previous ratings:

2008-12-06 K-1 World GP 2008 Finals: 16.1% (Fuji TV)
2009-02-23 K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan GP: 10.6% (TBS)
2009-03-28 K-1 World GP 2009 In Yokohama: 11.1% (Fuji TV)
2009-03-21 K-1 World MAX 2009 FINAL16: 10.9% (TBS)
2009-07-13 K-1 World MAX 2009 FINAL8: 15.0% (TBS)
2009-09-26 K-1 World GP 2009 FINAL16: 13.2% (Fuji TV)
2009-10-26 K-1 World MAX 2009 Finals: 10.7% (TBS)


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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - RESULTS

Sunday 6 December 2009

Pancrase have finished their Changing Tour earlier today. It was done in Differ Ariake and there were 2 title fights on the card.

A new Middleweight King of Pancrase was crowned as Kanai defeated Takeuchi in a very close decision. In the other title fight Ryo Kawamura defended his title against Shunsuke Inoue.

Upset of the night was Takuma Ishii who defeated Takuma Eizumi, who really needs to look at what he can do to turn things around.

The first title fight of the Passion tour was also announced! The on February 7 flyweight King of Pancrase title will be on the line when champion Mitsuhisa Sunabe takes on challenger Kiyotaka Shimizu.

Main Event - Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
8. Ichiro Kanai (Challenger) Def. (Champion) Izuru Takeuchi by Decision 2-0

Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
7. Ryo Kawamura (Champion) Def. Shunsuke Inoue by Decision 3-0

6. Fly: Takuma Ishii Def. Takuya Eizumi by Decision 3-0
5. Light: Takafumi Ito Def. Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi by Decision 3-0
4. Feather: Tomonori Kanomata Def. Kenji Arai by Decision 2-0
3. Light: Yuichi Ikari Def. Keigo Hirayama by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Rear-Naked choke Round 1 2:06
1. Light: Junichi Ota Def. Juntaro Ami by armbar Round 1 2:05

Under card:
Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
Light: Daisuke Shimoyama Def. Naoki Tajima by decision 3-0
Feather: Takashi Ito Def. Junro Kubota by armbar Round 1 3:40

Professional Pancrase fights:
Bantam: Shoko Sato Def. Yuta Numakura by KO ROund 1 0:20
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima vs. Yoshihiro Matsunaga Draw

Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Semi-Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
SF2 - Light: Naoki Tajima Def. Akihito Hara by KO Round 2 1:28
SF1 - Light: Daisuke Shimoyama Def. Koji Obata by Triangle choke Round 1 2:28

SF2 - Feather: Junro Kubota Def. Kiyama by KO round 1 4:43
SF1 - Feather: Takashi Ito Def. Chuichiro Takahashi by Decision 3-0

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12/5 Cage Force - Results



GCM held their 14th Cage Force event yesterday. The main event saw Katsuya Toida take on Wataru Takahashi. The undefeated Katsunori Tsuda took on the more experienced Satoshi Nishino, and the Pancrase veteran Hiroki "AB" Aoki took on Hiroki Nagaoka.

Main event:
Feather: Katsuya Toida Def. Wataru Takahashi by Rear-naked choke Round 2 0:28

Middle: Sojiro Orui Def Ikkei Nagamura by TKO Round 3 1:10
Light: Hiroki "AB" Aoki Def. Hiroki Nagaoka by triangle armbar Round 1 3:46
Welter: Keitaro Maeda Def. Tetsuya Yoshioka by armbar Round 3 2:40
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda Def. Satoshi Nishino by decision 3-0
Bantam: Daisuke Endo Def. Yuki Yasunaga by rear-naked choke Round 2 0:28

Opening Fights:
Bantam: Shinji Ishida Def. Toru Ogawa by decision 3-0
Feather: Masahito Hisataka Def. Kohei by armbar Round 1 2:21

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12/5 K-1 World GP - Results

Saturday 5 December 2009



The K-1 World GP has just finished, and when I checked the results on the K-1 site I saw this:



Schilt broke the record for the shortest time on his way to the crown. Defeating Hari in the final.

Kharitonov got a loss in his K-1 debut, against a very strong opponent in Daniel Ghita.

World GP Final (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
Semmy Schilt Def. Badr Hari by KO Round 1

Super-Fight (3x3min 1r ext.): Tyrone Spong Def. Kyotaro by Decision 3-0

World GP Semi-Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
Semi-Final 2: Semmy Schilt Def. Remy Bonjasky by KO Round 1 2:38
Semi-Final 1: Badr Hari Def. Badr Hari by KO Round 1 2:14

World GP Quarter Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
Reserve: Daniel Ghita Def. Sergey Kharitonov by KO (leg kicks) Round 3 0:36
QF4: Remy Bonjasky Def. Errol Zimmerman by Decision 3-0
QF3: Semmy Schilt Def. Jerome Le Banner by KO Round 1 1:27
QF2: Alistair Overeem Def. Ewerton Teixeira by KO Round 1 1:06
QF1: Badr Hari Def. Ruslan Karaev by KO Round 1 0:38
Reserve: Peter Aerts Def. Gokhan Saki by Decision 3-0

Opening Fights (3x3min):
Jan Soukup Def. Tsutomu Takahagi by Decision 3-0
Singh "Heart" Jaideep Def. Makoto Uehara by KO Round 2 1:36
60kg: Ryuji Kajiwara Def. Keiichi Samukawa by Decision 3-0

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Pancrase Tour name for 2010 and Schedule until June

Thursday 3 December 2009



The year is getting closer to the end, that means there are some traditions that needs to be completed. One of the traditions is the Pancrase Tour name, they always ask the fans to suggest names. In 2010 they will go from Changing Tour to Passion Tour.

The events the first few months will be these:
1/10 Omori Gold Gym (Neo-Blood Tournament qualifiers)
2/7 Differ Ariake
3/22 Osaka Azeria Hall
4/4 Differ Ariake
4/29 Differ Ariake
5/16 Omori Golds Gym




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Win a signed Kawajiri shirt!

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Kawajiri was sort of unofficially named the forums favorite fighter. And I was able to get a signed shirt.

Now I will give it away in a competition, details are here.

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12/5 K-1 World GP - Halftime Show by AKB48



FEG have announced that the K-1 World GP final's half time show will be by the popular girl group AKB48.

This will probably mean that there will be some fans of theirs in the crowd in addition to the fight fans.

This is their single, River:



World GP Quarter Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
QF1:Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari
QF2: Alistair Overeem vs. Ewerton Teixeira
QF3: Jerome Le Banner vs. Semmy Schilt
QF4: Errol Zimmerman vs. Remy Bonjasky

World GP Reserve Fights (3x3min 1r ext.):
Peter Aerts vs. Gokhan Saki
Daniel Ghita vs. Sergey Kharitonov

Super-Fight (3x3min 1r ext.):
Kyotaro vs. Tyrone Spong

Opening Fights (3x3min):
Singh "Heart" Jaideep vs. Makoto Uehara
Jan Soukup vs. Tsutomu Takahagi
60kg: Keiichi Samukawa vs. Ryuji Kajiwara

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12/11 Jewels 6th Ring - Fight Announced and Sold Out!

Monday 30 November 2009



Jewels have added another fight to their 6th event. Mari Kaneko will return after almost 4.5 years. In her day she fought some big fighters in her day, including Yuka Tsuji, Satoko Shinashi and Hisae Watanabe.



Her opponent will be AACC's Rina Tomita.



It has also been announced that this event is sold out, there will be a few standing places available though. All other tickets are sold out.

Announced:
-53.5kg: Mari Kaneko 8-8-1 vs. 2-2-0 Rina Tomita

Previously Announced:
Main-Event: -52.5kg: Saori Ishioka 7-4-0 vs. 7-2-0 Sally Krumdiack

-60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 5-1-0 vs. Ko Ozeki
-53kg: Hiroko Kitamura 1-0-0 vs. Ayuka Hamazaki
-48kg: Yumiko Inoue vs. 0-4-0 Misaki "Patora" Ozawa
-48kg: Yoko Yamada 5-1-0 vs. Miyoko Kusaka

ShootBoxing Rule: -52kg: Juri- vs. Asaka

Rough Stone GP 2009 Finals:
-60kg: Alexandra Sanchez 2-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Tomoko Morii
-54kg: Mika Nagano 4-2-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yuko Kagoshima
-48kg: Asami Kodera 4-3-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kikuyo Ishikawa

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1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - Fighters Announced

Sunday 29 November 2009



DEEP have announced some participants for the first event next year. It will take place in Zepp Osaka and the main event will most likely be a DEEP welterweight title fight.

Also on the card will be Jutaro Nakao, Young "Ryo" Choi and Seigo Mizuguchi. It should be a good and entertaining card from the looks of it.

HT: Chris Nelson from Bloody Elbow.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
Seichi Ikemoto 18-16-5 vs. TBA

Participants:
Jutaro Nakao 22-15-4
Tomomi "Taisho" Iwama 7-5-1
Young "Ryo" Choi 12-7-1
Seigo Mizuguchi 6-5-0
Akihiko Mori 7-6-1
Isao Terada 7-9-4 (1 NC)
Yakusaki Kishimoto 8-3-1
Tatsunao Nagakura 4-0-0
Yusuke Kagiyama 8-2-1

Ticket prices:
VIP: 15,000
SRS: 10,000
RS: 8,000
A: 6,000
B: 5,000
2nd Floor: 6,000
At the door, add 500

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12/5 K-1 World GP - Kharitonov will debut

Saturday 28 November 2009



It has been announced that Chalid "de Faust" has withdrawn from his reserve fight in his years K-1 World GP, his replacement will be none other than Pride star Sergey Kharitonov. As far as I know, this will be his debut in K-1 and he will not have an easy time with Daniel Ghita.

It will be very interesting to see how he does!

Changed:
Daniel Ghita vs. Sergey Kharitonov

World GP Quarter Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
QF1:Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari
QF2: Alistair Overeem vs. Ewerton Teixeira
QF3: Jerome Le Banner vs. Semmy Schilt
QF4: Errol Zimmerman vs. Remy Bonjasky

World GP Reserve Fights (3x3min 1r ext.):
Peter Aerts vs. Gokhan Saki

Super-Fight (3x3min 1r ext.):
Kyotaro vs. Tyrone Spong

Opening Fights (3x3min):
Singh "Heart" Jaideep vs. Makoto Uehara
Jan Soukup vs. Tsutomu Takahagi
60kg: Keiichi Samukawa vs. Ryuji Kajiwara

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11/23 Shooto Revolutionary Excanges 3 - Videos

Friday 27 November 2009

The main event from Shooto Revolutionary Exchanges 3 is now availabe on Youtube.

Rambaa "M-16" Somdet vs. "Shinpei" Tahara
Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Megumi Fujii vs. "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba



Kotetsu Boku vs. Yukio Sakaguchi



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12/5 Cage Force - Fighters injured



Injury has forced some change to this card, M-1 champion Akira will not be able to fight due to injury, also Hiroki Ozaki has pulled out for the same reason. Stepping in for them will be Yuki Yasunaga and Ikkei Nagamura.

That means that these fights have changed:
Bantam: Yuki Yasunaga 0-3-0 vs. 4-3-0 Daisuke Endo
Middle(83.9kg 3x5min): Ikkei Nagamura 3-1-0 vs. 7-4-5 Sojiro Orui

Previously announced:
Feather (65.7kg 3x5min) Katsuya Toida 10-9-3 vs. 9-11-4 Wataru Takahashi
Welter (77.1kg 3x5min): Keitaro Maeda 3-5-1 vs. 6-1-1 Tetsuya Yoshioka
Light (70.3 3x5min): Hiroki Nagaoka 13-14-9 vs. 3-3-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Feather (65.7kg 3x5min): Satoshi Nishino 5-5-2 vs. 2-0-0 Katsunori Tsuda

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Fight Order

Thursday 26 November 2009



Pancrase have announced the fight order for their next event, which has 2 title fights.

The main event will be the middleweight king of Pancrase fight between Takeuchi and Kanai. That means that Sengoku veteran and light-heavyweight champion Ryo Kawamura will be in the co-main event when he defends his title against Shunsuke Inoue.

The featherweight fight between "J-Taro" and Tashiro "Akai" that was scheduled have been cancelled due to injury on both fighters.

On the undercard will be a amature tournament, when the winner getting a professional Pancrase "license", I am not sure if there is more to this but a good chance for these fighters to show themselves.

Main Event - Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
8. (Champion) Izuru Takeuchi 25-10-7 vs. 10-10-3 Ichiro Kanai (Challenger)

Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
7. Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

6. Fly: Takuya Eizumi 5-3-0 vs. 2-4-1 Takuma Ishii
5. Light: Takafumi Ito 34-29-10 vs. 7-3-1 Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi
4. Feather: Kenji Arai 15-13-4 vs. 13-4-5 Tomonori Kanomata
3. Light: Yuichi Ikari 11-7-3 vs. 8-5-5 Keigo Hirayama
2. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu 5-3-2 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
1. Light: Junichi Ota 3-2-2 vs. 2-0-0 Juntaro Ami

Under card:
Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):

Light: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2
Feather: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

Professional Pancrase fights:
Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yuta Numakura
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga

Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Semi-Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
SF2 - Light: Naoki Tajima vs. Akihito Hara
SF1 - Light: Koji Obata vs. Daisuke Shimoyama

SF2 - Feather: Kiyama vs. Junro Kubota
SF1 - Feather: Takashi Ito vs. Chuichiro Takahashi

Ticket Prices:
SS 10,000円 
A 8,000円 
Hybrid Ticket 6,000円(Only advance sale)
B 6,000円 
C 5,000円
At the door, add 500円

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FEG and WVR Press Conference

Wednesday 25 November 2009



FEG and WVR have held a joint press conference today. Not unexpectedly it was announced that they will hold a joint event on NYE, the Ishii vs. Yoshida fight will be part of this.

The card will have 18-19 fights and the matchups are being worked on.

Fighters present: Kazushi Sakuraba, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Katsuyori Shibata, Hideo Tokoro, Hiroyuki Takaya, Shinya Aoki, Hidehiko Yoshida, Kazuo Misaki, Hiroshi Izumi, Sanae Kikuta, Akihiro Gono, Kazunori Yokota, Mizuto Hirota, Masanori Kanehara, Eiji Mitsuoka, and Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao.

Gono asked to fight Sakurai and Tokoro wants "Kid". Hirota would like to fight Alvarez.

Sengoku are planning to contiune putting on events next year, but I am guessing they need the blessig from sponsors to do this.

Fights Official:
K-1: Masato vs. Andy Souwer
MMA: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

Super-Hulk Final: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 7-5-0 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Pancrase vs. Shooto Continues

Tuesday 24 November 2009



Another 2 fights were announced for this card today. The Pancrase vs. Shooto fights continue at this event, with the Pancrase veteran, Takafumi Ito, taking on "Kotobukimaru" in a fight were he will need his experience. Hiraishi is on a 3 fight winning streak, Ito has only won 3 in his last 10.

The other fight announced today will se the Neo-Blood tournament finalst of 2008, Takuya Eizumi take on Takuma Ishii in a fight he should win. However, Eizumi is on a losing streak of 2 fights and needs a win here.

Announced:
Light: Takafumi Ito 34-29-10 vs. 7-3-1 Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi
Fly: Takuya Eizumi 5-3-0 vs. 2-4-1 Takuma Ishii

Previously Announced:
Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
(Champion) Izuru Takeuchi 25-10-7 vs. 10-10-3 Ichiro Kanai (Challenger)

Feather: Kenji Arai 15-13-4 vs. 13-4-5 Tomonori Kanomata
Feather: Masaya "J-Taro" Takita 9-12-2 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Light: Yuichi Ikari 11-7-3 vs. 8-5-5 Keigo Hirayama
Light: Junichi Ota 3-2-2 vs. 2-0-0 Juntaro Ami
Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yuta Numakura
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Tournament Finals



The traditional Rookie tournament finals take place in Shinjuku Face on December 13.

As usual there are some talented fighters. The welterweight final should be very interesting, Matsumoto has won all his fights within the distance and is coming in with a lot of comfidence. As usual the best fights should be in the featherweight and lightweight divisions, it looks that way this year as well.

This year they have added a heavyweight tournament as well.

In non-tournament fights, Yuta Nezu will be looking to build on his impressive Shooto record, but he is facing a very tough opponent in Naohiro Mizuno, the loser in last years rookie tournament final.

Non-Tournament Fights:
Welter: Guy Delameau 11-5-1 vs. 5-3-0 Mateus Irie Nechio
Fly: "Heat" Takeshi Sato 8-8-1 vs. 4-2-0 Junji "Sarumaru" Ito
Feather: Yuta Nezu 8-3-1 vs. 6-2-1 Naohiro "Chokugeki Gamon" Mizuno

Rookie Tournament Finals:
Heavy: Takashi Goto 1-0-1 vs. 2-1-0 Takahiro "Jaian" Suzuki
Welter: Koji Matsumoto 3-0-0 vs. 3-3-2 "Gypsy" Taro Kusano
Light: Yusuke Yachi 2-0-0 vs. vs. 5-1-0 Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura
Feather: Keita Yoshida 4-0-2 vs. vs. 4-1-0 Haruo Ochi
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 3-1-1 vs. 2-2-0 Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta
Fly: Yusuke Sato 3-1 vs. 3-2- Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo

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11/23 ZST 22 - Results

Monday 23 November 2009



Daisuke Nakamura was the big draw on this event, but Naoyuki Kotani managed to pull out the upset win with an leg scissor submission in less than 2 minutes. I was thinking that a win here would secure Nakamura a place on the Dynamite! card, but now we have to wait and see if that spot goes to Kotani.

Omura has 15 fights without a win now, you got to give him A for effort and determination.

Main-event:
22. Light: Naoyuki Kotani Def. Daisuke Nakamura by leg-scissors Round 1 1:37

21. Light-Heavy (2x5min): Nobutatsu Suzuki Def. Osami Shibuya by KO Round 2 4:03
Light tag-team(grappling Rule 1x15min.):
20. Masanori Kanehara & Baret Yoshida vs. Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada Draw
19. Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito Def. Masayuki Okude by TKO (doc stop) Round 1 5:00
18. Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura Def. Ko Inatsu by armbar Round 1 1:35
Featherweight Tag-Team (1x15min.)
17. Ryuko Wada/Ryosuke Komori Def. Shunichi Shimizu/Ichiro Sugita by KO Round 1 1:50(Wada KOs Sugita)

SWAT Bouts:
16. Bantam: Toshihiro Shimizu Def. Goro Kobayashi DQ Kobayashi didnt show due to the flu
15. Feather: Kohei Kuraoka vs. Masamitsu Nakamura Draw
14. Fly: Yuru Hayasaka Def. Hiroyuki Aoh by heelhook Round 1 1:49
13. Light: Ryoji Suzuki Def. Motoki Osako by KO Round 1 3:43
12. Middle: Keisuke Onuma vs. Hidenobu Koike Draw
11. Light: Kota Okazawa Def. Takashi Yasui by armbar Round 1 4:00
10. Feather: Shinya Irei Def. Akira Omura by KO round 1 3:33
9. Light: Yoshihiro Sato Def. Hiroshi Sato by KO Round 1 2:15
8. Bantam: Kengo Okubo vs. Satoshi Shinbori Draw
7. Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi Def. Hiroshi Takahashi by armlock Round 1 2:10
6. Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori Draw
5. Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. Kohei Seirin Draw

Genesis Bouts:
4. Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo draw
3. Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe draw
2. Fly: Keita Fukuhara Def. Hiroshi Koda by rear-naked choke Round 1 0:46
1. Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos Draw

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11/23 Shooto Revolutionary Excanges 3 - Results


Will be up as they become available.

Main-Event: Shooto World Flyweight Title Fight:
10. Rambaa "M-16" Somdet Def. Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara by Decision 3-0

9. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki Def. Masaaki Sugawara by Decision 3-0
8. Light: Issei Tamura Def. Gustavo Falciroli by Decision 3-0

Shooto vs. Pancrase:
7. Middle: Takuya Wada Def. Shiko Yamashita by rear-naked choke Round 3 4:26
6. Welter: Kotetsu Boku Def. Yukio Sakaguchi by BIG KO Round 1 1:54
5. Bantam: Mamoru Yamaguchi Def. Kiyotaka Shimizu by Decision 2-0

4. Fly: Megumi Fujii Def. "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe by armbar Round 1 3:24
3. Feather: Shuichiro Katsumura Def. So Tazawa by Brabo choke Round 1 3:54
2. Welter: Yoshihiro Koyama Def. Tetsuji Kato by KO round 2 1:22
1. Welter: Daisuke "Amazon" Sugie (Def. Paolo Milano by decision 3-0

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11/23 Shooto Revolutionary Excanges 3 - Weigh-in Results

Sunday 22 November 2009



The weigh-ins for tomorrow's Shooto event are done, the fighters made weight and everything is on track for an awesome event tomorrow! The card is full of good matchups and I am putting my signature on the line in the forum, picking Sugawara over Miki. :)

I am in particular looking forward to Kojima returning to Shooto and the Shooto vs. Pancrase fights.

Main-Event: Shooto World Flyweight Title Fight:
10. Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara (51.9kg) 7-3-1 vs. 6-2-0 (52kg) Rambaa "M-16" Somdet

9. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki (55.6kg) 9-3-3 vs. 9-3-1 (56kg) Masaaki Sugawara
8. Light: Gustavo Falciroli (64.9kg) 8-1-2 vs. 4-0-0 (64.4kg) Issei Tamura

Shooto vs. Pancrase:
7. Middle: Shiko Yamashita (75.8kg) 10-4-3 vs. 18-8-10 (1NC) (76kg) Takuya Wada (King of Pancrase)
6. Welter: Kotetsu Boku (70kg) 14-6-2 vs. 3-5-0 (69.1kg) Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Bantam: Mamoru Yamaguchi (55.8kg) 21-5-3 vs. 4-2-1 (56kg) Kiyotaka Shimizu

4. Fly: Megumi Fujii (52kg) 18-0 vs. 12-11-1 (51.9kg) "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe
3. Feather: So Tazawa (59.6kg) 8-4-3 vs. 9-7-3 (59.6kg) Shuichiro Katsumura
2. Welter: Yoshihiro Koyama (69.8kg) 12-3-1 vs. 19-9-0(69.6kg) Tetsuji Kato
1. Welter: Daisuke "Amazon" Sugie (70kg) 7-6-1 vs. 8-4-1 (70kg) Paolo Milano

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11/23 ZST 22 - Kanehara's Tag Team Partner Announced!



ZST have announced the tag team partner in the BIG tag team grappling fight on their 7 year anniversary card. The Sengoku featherweight champion will team up with Baret Yoshida to face Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada. This should be good!

The fight order is also announced now.

Fight card:
Main-event:

22. Light: Naoyuki Kotani 19-9-6 vs. 20-10-0 Daisuke Nakamura

21. Light-Heavy (2x5min): Osami Shibuya 38-32-16 vs. 5-0-2 Nobutatsu Suzuki
Light tag-team(grappling Rule 1x15min.):
20. Masanori Kanehara & Baret Yoshida vs. Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada
19. Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito 6-3-4 vs. 7-9-8 Masayuki Okude
18. Feather: Ko Inatsu vs. 8-3-5 Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
Featherweight Tag-Team (1x15min.)
17. Shunichi Shimizu & Ichiro Sugita vs. Ryuko Wada/Ryosuke Komori

SWAT Bouts:
16. Bantam: Goro Kobayashi 5-4-5 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
15. Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-0 vs. 3-0-0 Masamitsu Nakamura
14. Fly: Hiroyuki Aoh 1-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka
13. Light: Ryoji Suzuki 4-3-3 vs. 3-0-1 Motoki Osako
12. Middle: Keisuke Onuma 1-5-1 vs. 11-10-5 Hidenobu Koike
11. Light: Kota Okazawa 6-3-3 vs. 0-2-0 Takashi Yasui
10. Feather: Akira Omura 0-13-1 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-1 Shinya Irei
9. Light: Yoshihiro Sato 0-3-0 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Sato
8. Bantam: Kengo Okubo 1-3-0 vs. 5-5-3 Satoshi Shinbori
7. Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi 2-2-3 vs. Hiroshi Takahashi
6. Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori
5. Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. TBA

Genesis Bouts:
4. Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo
3. Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe
2. Fly: Keita Fukuhara vs. Hiroshi Koda
1. Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - Fights Announced



Tomoya Miyashita will be trying to build on his win streak, he defeated Keisuke Fujiwara in the Dream cage, now he gets a shot at another Dream veteran in Atsushi Yamamoto. This should be a very interesting fight .

Also the matchup between Takeshi Yamazaki and Toshiaki Kitada should be very competitive.

Also added to the card is the fight between Koichiro Matsumoto and Isamu Sugiuchi. Sugiuchi has not won in over 2 years and this is another tough fight for him here.

The tickets for this event is selling fast:
VIP 20,000円 
Stage seat 15,000円 
SRS 10,000円 
Seat A 8,000円 (Sold out)
Seat B6,000円 (Sold out)
At the door add 500円

Added:
Atsushi Yamamoto 13-6-1 vs. 16-6-8 Tomoya Miyashita
Takeshi Yamazaki 14-10-2 vs. 10-4-2 Toshiaki Kitada
Koichiro Matsumoto 8-2-0 vs. 8-8-3 Isamu Sugiuchi

Previously Announced:
Nobuhiro Obiya 10-3-1 vs. 7-5-2 Toshikazu Iseno
Ryuta Sakurai 19-15-5 vs. 3-3-4 Makoto "Hiroki" Miyazawa
Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2 vs. 7-9-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe
Hirohide Fujinuma 6-4-2 vs. Inochi (?)
Teruhiko Kubo 8-9-1 vs. 4-2-0 Kenta Takagi
Hiryu Okamoto 3-3-1 vs. 2-1-0 Kaiji Hirano
Yasuhiro Kawasaki 3-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Mitsuru "Mike" Yamaguchi
Masakazu Imanari 17-7-2 vs. 13-3-0 Justin "The Shocker" Cruz
Yusuke Kawaguchi 10-1-0 vs. 5-1-0 Roque Martinez
Bernard Ackah 3-3-0 vs. 4-1-1 Shunji Kosaka
Naoki Matsushita 11-12-9 vs. 7-4-8 Yuki Ito
Atsuhiro Tsuboi 6-12-4 vs. 4-0-1 Sadao Kondo

Participants:
Yasuhiro Motomura 2-3-0
Kick Star

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Sengoku Releases Statement

Friday 20 November 2009

Sengoku have released a statement regarding their Sengoku Raiden Championships 12 which will take place on NYE.

They are staying it will not take place in Ariake Colosseum, but will be moved to a different arena. In Ariake Colosseum Japan Wrestling Federation will hold their "Junior Star Championship Series"

What is interesting now is, what arena is available??? I am betting they will have it in Saitama Superarena, and from the change in the web-site it looks like it will be the last Sengoku event we will see.

They have now stopped selling tickets and there should be some developement over the next few days.

Once again Nightmare of Battle have come up with the goods, Tanigawa is stating in an interview with Kamipro that he would like most of the fights to be DREAM vs. Sengoku. It will be interesting to see how this developes, for now Sengoku have stopped selling tickets and seems to be looking for a venue.

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11/18 ShootBoxing Bushido Part 5 - RESULTS

Wednesday 18 November 2009



ShootBoxing held their event in Korakuen Hall earlier today and Takaaki Umeno scored a strong KO win in a very competitive fight with Chokdee Por. Parmuk. The other Thai fighter, Phajoneseuk Por. Pramuk got a close decision win.

Female S-Cup champion, Rena, defeated Emi Fujino and Alex Roberts scored a convincing decision win.

Main Event - Expert Class-Rule (5x3min. ext until winner deceided):
12. 70kg: Takaaki Umeno Def. Chokdee Por. Pramuk by KO Round 3 2:44

Expert Class-Rule (3x3min. ext until winner deceided):
11. 70kg: Kenji Kanai Def. Daisuke Tsutsumi by Decision 3-0 ext. Round
10. 70kg: Phajonseuk Por. Pramuk Def. Takeshi Ishikawa by Decision 2-0

Ladies Class-Rule (3x2min ext. 1R):
9. Rena Def. Emi Fujino by TKO (doctor stop) Round 2 5:00
8. Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi Def. Etsu Senchaigym by Decision 3-0 ext. round
7. Ai Takahashi Def. Harumi by TKO Round 2 2:51

Expert Class-Rule (3x3min. ext until winner deceided):
6. Alex Roberts Def. Masahiro Iwashita by Decision 3-0 (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)
5. Kazuyuki Fushimi Def. Daisuke Murata by TKO Round 2 2:37
4. Tatsuhiro Takashima Def. Takashi Moto by Decision 3-0

Opening Fights (Starting Rule 3x2min 1 ext.):
3. Yuji Sugawara Def. Shohei Nishimura by Decision 3-0
2. Kensaku Sugiyama Def. Masaya Matsuhana by Decision 2-0
1. Masatomo Kawachi Def. Yuki Sakamoto by Decision 2-1


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12/11 Jewels 6th Ring - Fights Announced

Tuesday 17 November 2009



Jewels have announced an additional 3 fights for their 6th event, and its good to see a Japanese organisation that seems to be going well. This is almost sold out already.

Added to the card is a very interesting matchup between the popular Saori Ishioka and American Sally Krumdiack. Ishioka lost her last fight against Megumi Fujii, and will be looking to get back on track with a win here. Krumdiack is the UMMA and FCF champion and will not be an easy opponent.

Also added is Shizuka Sugiyama against debutant Ko Ozeki. Ozeki is a ShootBoxing fighter and it will be interesting to see how she does against the Jewels favorite.

Announced:
-52.5kg: Saori Ishioka 7-4-0 vs. 7-2-0 Sally Krumdiack
-60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 5-1-0 vs. Ko Ozeki
-53kg: Hiroko Kitamura 1-0-0 vs. Ayuka Hamazaki

Previously Announced:
-48kg: Yumiko Inoue vs. 0-4-0 Misaki "Patora" Ozawa
-48kg: Yoko Yamada 5-1-0 vs. Miyoko Kusaka

Rough Stone GP 2009 Finals:
-60kg: Alexandra Sanchez 2-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Tomoko Morii
-54kg: Mika Nagano 4-2-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yuko Kagoshima
-48kg: Asami Kodera 4-3-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kikuyo Ishikawa

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12/5 Cage Force - Fights Announced

Monday 16 November 2009



Cage Force have announced some fights for their next event on December 5. A lot of talended fighters, Tetsuya Yoshioke will be looking to bounce back from his first loss and Katsuya Toida will be taking on Laughter7's Wataru Takahashi.

"AB" will be making his Cage Force debut after having fought all his fights in Pancrase so far.

Announced:
Middle(83.9kg 3x5min): Hiroki Ozaki 3-2-0 vs. 7-4-5 Sojiro Orui
Feather (65.7kg 3x5min) Katsuya Toida 10-9-3 vs. 9-11-4 Wataru Takahashi
Welter (77.1kg 3x5min): Keitaro Maeda 3-5-1 vs. 6-1-1 Tetsuya Yoshioka
Light (70.3 3x5min): Hiroki Nagaoka 13-14-9 vs. 3-3-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Feather (65.7kg 3x5min): Satoshi Nishino 5-5-2 vs. 2-0-0 Katsunori Tsuda

Participant:
Motoki Miyazawa 6-1-0

Ticket Prices:
SRS 10,000円 
RS 8,000円
S 6,000円 
A 5,000円
at the door +500円

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11/23 Shooto Revolutionary Excanges 3 - Fight Order



Another great Shooto card is coming up, this time headlined by the Shooto flyweight world title fight! "Shinpei" Tahara will take on the crazy Muay Thai fighter Rambaa "M-16" Somdet and this fight should be awesome!

Also added to the card is Issei Tamura, the 2008 rookie tournament MVP and undefeated Krazy Bee fighter will take on the Austrailan Gustavo Falciroli.

A solid card from top to bottom!

Main-Event: Shooto World Flyweight Title Fight:
10. Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara 7-3-1 vs. 6-2-0 Rambaa "M-16" Somdet

9. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 9-3-3 vs. 9-3-1 Masaaki Sugawara
8. Light: Gustavo Falciroli 8-1-2 vs. 4-0-0 Issei Tamura

Shooto vs. Pancrase:
7. Middle: Shiko Yamashita 10-4-3 vs. 18-8-10 (1NC) Takuya Wada (King of Pancrase)
6. Welter: Kotetsu Boku 14-6-2 vs. 3-5-0 Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Bantam: Mamoru Yamaguchi 21-5-3 vs. 4-2-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu

4. Fly: Megumi Fujii 18-0 vs. 12-11-1 "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe
3. Feather: So Tazawa 8-4-3 vs. 9-7-3 Shuichiro Katsumura
2. Welter: Yoshihiro Koyama 12-3-1 vs. 19-9-0 Tetsuji Kato
1. Welter: Daisuke "Amazon" Sugie 7-6-1 vs. 8-4-1 Paolo Milano

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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - Another Title Fight Announced

Saturday 14 November 2009



Pancrase will be looking to end 2009 on a high, with 2 title fights official for their Changing tour 8 card, this should be good.

Also announced is an interesting matchup between Pride veteran Kenji Arai and Tomonori Kanomata.

Others to look out for:
-Juntaro Ami having won both his fights in uned 2 minutes, both by submission.
-Yoshihiro Matsunaga is on a 3 fight winning streak after losing his first 4 fights.

Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
(Champion) Izuru Takeuchi 25-10-7 vs. 10-10-3 Ichiro Kanai (Challenger)

Feather: Kenji Arai 15-13-4 vs. 13-4-5 Tomonori Kanomata
Feather: Masaya "J-Taro" Takita 9-12-2 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Light: Yuichi Ikari 11-7-3 vs. 8-5-5 Keigo Hirayama
Light: Junichi Ota 3-2-2 vs. 2-0-0 Juntaro Ami
Bantam: Shoko Sato 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yuta Numakura
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga

Previously Announced:
Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
Ryo Kawamura (Champion) 10-5-2 vs. 7-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue

Participants:
Takafumi Ito 34-39-10
Takenori Sato 9-6-5

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Sengoku To Cancel their NYE Event?? - Official (?)

Bloodyelbow is reporting that Sengoku is cancelling their plans to compete with Dynamite! It seems instead they will join forces!

Late Tuesday night, multiple sources informed BloodyElbow.com that World Victory Road has decided to cancel its New Year's Eve "Sengoku Raiden Championship" show at Tokyo's Ariake Coliseum.


It seems these are no more than rumors yet, but there seems to be at least a couple of sources.

It looks like this is now official.

I am starting to doubt if this source is reliable... Zach Arnold at FightOpinion is though, and he has this article. As far as an official announcement, I guess we have to wait and see.

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11/23 ZST 22 - Kanehara in Tag-Team Fight

Friday 13 November 2009



ZST have announced an additional 3 fights for their 7 year anniversary card. Sengoku champion is making his highly anticipated return to ZST, but as expected it will not be a MMA rules fight. I am sure he already has one eye on NYE and he will be in a tag-team grappling fight against anothe Sengoku veteran, Tetsuya Yamada.

Daisuke Nakamura is fighting MMA rule though, and he is facing Naoyuki Kotani in a fight that will be very interesting.

Added:
Light: Naoyuki Kotani 19-9-6 vs. 20-10-0 Daisuke Nakamura
Light tag-team(grappling Rule 1x15min.):
Masanori Kanehara & TBA vs. Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada
Feather: Ko Inatsu vs. 8-3-5 Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura

Previously Announced:
Light-Heavy (2x5min): Osami Shibuya 38-32-16 vs. 5-0-2 Nobutatsu Suzuki
Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito 6-3-4 vs. 7-9-8 Masayuki Okude

SWAT Bouts:
Fly: Hiroyuki Aoh 1-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka
Bantam: Goro Kobayashi 5-4-5 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
Bantam: Kengo Okubo 1-3-0 vs. TBA
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-0 vs. 3-0-0 Masamitsu Nakamura
Feather: Akira Omura 0-13-1 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-1 Shinya Irei
Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. TBA
Light: Ryoji Suzuki 4-3-3 vs. 3-0-1 Motoki Osako
Light: Kota Okazawa 6-3-3 vs. 0-2-0 Takashi Yasui
Light: Yoshihiro Sato 0-3-0 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Sato
Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori
Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi 2-2-3 vs. Hiroshi Takahashi
Middle: Keisuke Onuma 1-5-1 vs. 11-10-5 Hidenobu Koike

Genesis Bouts:
Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe
Fly: Keita Fukuhara vs. Hiroshi Koda
Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo
Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - Obiya's Opponent Announced



DEEP have announced the oppoent for their former champion Nobuhiro Obiya, he took care of Barbaro44 in his last fight, and now in his 2nd fight since returning he is taking on Toshikazu Iseno.

This card should be very good, and interesting. DEEP will test their cage for the first time, and it will be in Differ Ariake. Many of their star fighters are on this card and it will be huge.

Announced today:
Nobuhiro Obiya 10-3-1 vs. 7-5-2 Toshikazu Iseno
Ryuta Sakurai 19-15-5 vs. 3-3-4 Makoto "Hiroki" Miyazawa
Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2 vs. 7-9-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe
Hirohide Fujinuma 6-4-2 vs. Inochi (?)
Teruhiko Kubo 8-9-1 vs. 4-2-0 Kenta Takagi
Hiryu Okamoto 3-3-1 vs. 2-1-0 Kaiji Hirano
Yasuhiro Kawasaki 3-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Mitsuru "Mike" Yamaguchi

Previously Announced:
Masakazu Imanari 17-7-2 vs. 13-3-0 Justin "The Shocker" Cruz
Yusuke Kawaguchi 10-1-0 vs. 5-1-0 Roque Martinez
Bernard Ackah 3-3-0 vs. 4-1-1 Shunji Kosaka
Naoki Matsushita 11-12-9 vs. 7-4-8 Yuki Ito
Atsuhiro Tsuboi 6-12-4 vs. 4-0-1 Sadao Kondo

Participants:
Takeshi Yamazaki 14-10-2
Koichiro Matsumoto 8-2-0
Toshiaki Kitada 10-4-2
Yasuhiro Motomura 2-3-0
...and more

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11/23 ZST 22 - Fights Announced

Thursday 12 November 2009



This will be a big ZST card in Differ Ariake. Participating will be Sengoku champion Masanori Kanehara, but today they have announced 16 fights, adding to the 2 they already had announced making it 18. Lots of good talent here, and with some awesome fighters yet to have opponents announced.

It will be a huge card! Doors open at 15:00, Genesis bouts start at 15:10.

SWAT Bouts:
Fly: Hiroyuki Aoh 1-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka
Bantam: Goro Kobayashi 5-4-5 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
Bantam: Kengo Okubo 1-3-0 vs. TBA
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-0 vs. 3-0-0 Masamitsu Nakamura
Feather: Akira Omura 0-13-1 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-1 Shinya Irei
Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. TBA
Light: Ryoji Suzuki 4-3-3 vs. 3-0-1 Motoki Osako
Light: Kota Okazawa 6-3-3 vs. 0-2-0 Takashi Yasui
Light: Yoshihiro Sato 0-3-0 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Sato
Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori
Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi 2-2-3 vs. Hiroshi Takahashi
Middle: Keisuke Onuma 1-5-1 vs. 11-10-5 Hidenobu Koike

Genesis Bouts:
Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe
Fly: Keita Fukuhara vs. Hiroshi Koda
Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo
Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos

Previously Announced:
Light-Heavy (2x5min): Osami Shibuya 38-32-16 vs. 5-0-2 Nobutatsu Suzuki
Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito 6-3-4 vs. 7-9-8 Masayuki Okude

Participants:
Masanori Kanehara 15-7-5
Naoyuki Kotani 19-9-6
Tetsuya Yamada 3-2-0
Shunichi Shimizu 15-5-7

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Masato's Opponent Announced



FEG announced Masato's opponent today, ending speculations as to who he would face in his last fight. His opponent will be none other than Andy Souwer, Souwer have reached the World Max final 4 times, winning twice. He was also the losing finalist this year, so it is the popular choice. The veterans have faced eachother twice in the K-1 ring and Souwer has won on both occations.

Also announced was the final in the super-hulk tournament, Minowaman will face Sokoudjou.

Card so far:
K-1: Masato vs. Andy Souwer

Super-Hulk Final: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 7-5-0 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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Sakuraba's Dynamite Opponent (Rumors)

Wednesday 11 November 2009



There has been a lot of discussion around Sakuraba's possible opponents.

Nightmare of Battle have their eyes on Misaki, who recently left Grabaka, his long time gym and his nick-name "Grabaka Hitman".

Rumor has it that his days in the Sengoku organisation might also be over (part of Grabaka and Sengoku deal), and he could be heading for Dream, Dynamite and Sakuraba!

Another rumored is Daiju Takase, as Gryphon has put up on his twitter, it is a better opponent for Sakuraba:

SAKURABA's NY eve opponent,one of the candidate is TAKASE Daiju? http://bit.ly/Kpkmc...

this reason is from kamipro special article too. this bloggers guess,article's hint is same as TAKASE Daiju ,they said...

Kamipro's hint ..."If this card come true,Impact is big""It looks not serious,.but actually be very serious ""SAK'll show us his grappling"...

it means TAKASE Daiju? this is not only rumor but also reasonable expection from magazine...


2 rumored opponents and I think Takase is the most likely, but anything can happen and its a long time until NYE.

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11/10 DEEP & CMA Fans Thanksgiving - Results

Tuesday 10 November 2009



The CMA and DEEP fans thanks giving event earlier today. Some very good fighters and fights on the card, among them Minowaman, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hidetaka Monma and Ryuta Noji.

Main Event Pro-Wrestling Tag-Match:
10. Minowaman & Minoru Suzuki Def. Nozawa & MAZADA by leglock 19:28

KPW Heavyweight Title fight
9. over 93kg: Ryuta Noji Def. Ryan Goodman by TKO Round 2 3:54

8. MMA Rule 63kg: Atsushi Yamamoto Def. Kyung Ho Kang by Decision 3-0
7. MMA-Rule 77kg: Hidetaka Monma Def. Dong Hyun Kim by Decision 3-0
6. MMA Rule 93kg: Dool Hee Lee Def. Ryushi Yanagisawa by Decision 3-0
5. MMA Rule Female 51kg: Yuko "Amiba" Oya Def. Miyo Yoshida by decision 2-0
4. MMA Rule 67kg: Nozomu Oikawa Def. Cho Sun チョ・スンピル by Rear-naked choke Round 2 3:34
3. MMA Rule Female 58kg: Miki Morifuji Def. Lee Han Suk by Decision 3-0
2. MMA Rule 70kg: Bak Woo Hyun Def. Tsuyoshi Masuda by TKO Round 1 1:08
1. MMA Rule 67kg: O In Suk Def. Takayuki Ota by TKO Round 1 0:42

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11/14 Demolition West Project - Fight Order

Monday 9 November 2009



GCM Demolition West Project will be in Sekaikan Theatre this Saturday. There is a bantamweight tournament, the winner will be fighting in Cage Force.

Some talented fighters on this card, also some kids fighting, something that is sure to attract the loud parents.

Cage Force Bantamweight Selection Tournament Round 1 (2x5min):
Main event: Yuki Ueshima 8-2-0 vs. 4-3-1 Yasuaki "AKI" Nagamoto
Hiroto Hattori 8-3-1 vs. 0-1-1 Kazuya Kawabata

Welter (2x5min.): Hiroki "Goodman" Tanaka 15-8-3 vs. 0-1-0 Noriyuki Kitaura

Cage Force Bantamweight Selection Tournament Round 1 (2x5min):
Mamoru Uoi 0-1-2 vs. Ikkyu san
Shinji Mikami 1-0-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takamasa Miki

Fly (2x5min.): Kotetsu vs. Naohira Takamatsu
Female Welter (3x3min): Mizuho Sato vs. Chisa Yonezawa
Kids MMA Rule (2x2min) (protection worn): 寅希 Ueda vs. Mitsuyo Sugihara
Kids Grappling Rule (1x4min): Uzuha Kashiwabara vs. Kaito Nakamura

Opening Fights:
Bantam: Gacchami Furumi vs. Akihiro Okunishi
-52kg: Yamato Okada vs. Naoya Urashima
Feather: Hiroaki Nakayama vs. Hiroyuki Mori

Tickets:
SRS 8,000円
RS Sold out
B 4,000円
A Sold out
At the door, add 500円

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Tickets Selling Fast



FEG have announced that the VIP seats for this year's Dynamite event are sold out! These tickets cost JPY 100,000, and this should mean an important income for FEG. Of course, it also means that the Masato fight is selling very well because there is not much else official yet.

Will be interesting to see if Sengoku can sell their VIP tickets. I would assume the Ishii debut will attract some Judo fans to that event.

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