8/16 Shooto Borders Season 1 "Advance" - RESULTS

The second event of the Borders Season 1 series was held yesterday in a sold out Hirano City Hall. There were 3 rookie tournament champions on the card, and the main-event saw 2 rookie tournament champions face off. Masaki Konishi was the champion in 2006, but has not fought since. He returned to take on the 2008 rookie tournament champion, Takuya Sato.

The 3rd champion was Hiroshi Shiba, who is having an awesome 2009 so far.

Takuya Sato Def. Masaki Konishi by Decision 3-0
Kentaro Watanabe Def. Tatsuro Kamei by Decision 3-0
Hiroshi Shiba Def. Tatsunori Tanaka by triangle choke Round 2 2:19
Taro Kusano Def. Kazuya Satomoto by Decision 3-0
Keita Yoshida Def. Yasuo Niki by Decision 3-0
Teppei Masuda Def. Doraku Mori by Decision 3-0
Yutaka Kimura vs. Joji Kawamata Draw
Yasushi Kato Def. Nobuyasu Fujikawa by TKO Round 2 0:28