10/25 Shooto GIG Central Vol. 19 - RESULTS

Shooto promotor Alive held the 19th Gig central yesterday. In the main-event Takesuke Kume got a good win and is undefeated in 2009. He defeated the very promising Kenta Takagi and it will be interesting to see how they do going forward.

Toshimichi Akagi got his 2nd win in a row by KO, and is also having a good 2009.

Main-event:
7. 78.0kg: Takesuke Kume Def. Kenta Takagi by Decision 3-0
6. Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi Def. Ichaku Murata by KO Round 1 4:18

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
5. Akira Hosokawa Def. Marcelo Shigeo Kobayashi by Omoplata 3:31

4. Feather: Akira Kibe Def. Shinobuy Aoyama by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:04
3. Fly: Kenichi Sawada vs. Keisuke Kurata Draw (1-1)

Neo-Blood Tournament:
2. Fly: Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo Def. Masanobu Mori by Decision 3-0

1. Class C+ Bantam: Ayuka Hamazaki Def. Kinuka Sasaki by armbar Round 2 2:00

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8/3 Shooto - Gig Central Vol. 15 - RESULTS

The results from tonights Shooto event in Nagoya. The main event had home-town favorite Hatsu Hioki against Hiroshi Nakamura. Hioki is not going to be happy with this result, and it wont do him any favors in the rankings either...

Also worth a mention, Teppei “Bull” Masuda got his first win in the only fight of the night that didnt go the distance.

Hatsu Hioki vs. Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura Draw 0-1
(Grappling) Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie vs. Max Fernandez No result available yet
Takahiro Kajita Def. Komei Okada by decision 3-0
Akira Kibe Def. Takeshi Okada by decision 3-0
Kenichi Hattori Def. Hisaki Hiraishi “Kotobukimaru” by decision 3-0
Hiroshi Sakamoto Def. Keisuke Kurata by decision 3-0
Teppei “Bull” Masuda Def. Kenya Kato by TKO Round 1 0:25

Rookie Tournament:
MW: Takesuke Kume vs. Yoichiro Sato Draw
WW: Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura Def. Kunio Nakajima by decision 3-0
FeatherW: Keita Yoshida Def. Yasuaki Nagamoto “Aki” by decision 3-0
FlyW: Mikiyomi Yamagami Def. Run by decision 2-0

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8/3 Shooto - Gig Central Vol. 15

Shooto will have their Gig Central Vol. 15 on August 3. As usual, Hioki appears as the main-event on a Nagoya card. This looks like a very interesting card, and should be a good event.

Main-Event:
11. Hatsu Hioki 15-3-1 vs. 5-3-3 Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura

10. Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie vs. Max Fernandez
9. Komei Okada 5-7-1 vs. 8-8-3 Takahiro Kajita
8. Takeshi Okada 5-3-2 vs. 6-9-2 Akira Kibe
7. Kenichi Hattori 4-3-3 vs. 4-1-1 Hisaki Hiraishi “Kotobukimaru”
6. Hiroshi Sakamoto 2-3-0 vs. 4-5-0 Keisuke Kurata
5. Kenya Kato 1-3-0 vs. 0-2-0 Teppei “Bull” Masuda

Rookie Tournament:
4. MW: Takesuke Kume 3-0-1 vs. 1-0-0 Yoichiro Sato
3. WW: Kunio Nakajima 1-2-1 vs. 7-1-3 Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura
2. FeatherW: Yasuaki Nagamoto “Aki” 3-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Keita Yoshida
1. FlyW: Run vs. Mikiyomi Yamagami

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