2/27 Shooting Disco 11 "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" - RESULTS

Gutsman Production held their 11th Shooting Disco in Shinjuku Face earlier today.

There are always a lot of young talented fighters on this card, and looking at the results here I think Keita Kono will be one to look for in the future. Ochi is a strong competitor, but Kono remains undefeated.

11. Fly: Junji "Sarumaru" Ito Def. Hiroaki Yoshioka by Decision 3-0
10. Light: Komei Okada Def. Hidenori Nishino by rear-naked choke Round 2 0:54
9. Bantam: Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima Def. Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:54
8. Feather: Keita Kono Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0
7. Light: Yohei Suzuki Def. Yuji Inoue by KO Round 1 1:13
6. Light: Kosuke Kindaichi Def. Kenichiro Marui by TKO Round 2 2:35

Shooto Rookie Tournament:
5. Bantam: Hiroshi Osato Def. Akinobu Watanabe by Decision 2-0
4. Middle: Yusaku Inoue Def. Taijiro Iseki by Decision 3-0
3. Feather: Keita Ishibashi Def. Hiroaki Ijima
2. Fly: Jun Nabeshima Def. Takafumi Ato by Decision 2-0
1. Light: Yoshifumi Nakamura Def. Takayuki Hiose by Decision 3-0

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2/27 Shooting Disco 11 "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"

Gutsman Promotion will hold the 11th Shooting Disco on February 27. As usual the event will be held in Shinjuku Face, and will have lots of talented fighters on the card.

These events are normally sold out and I am sure this will be no different. A major part of this event will be this year's rookie tournament round 1.

Announced:
Fly: Hiroaki Yoshioka 6-9-2 vs. 5-2-0 Junji "Sarumaru" Ito
Bantam: Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta 2-2-1 vs. 2-3-1 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima
Light: Komei Okada 5-10-2 vs. 3-3-2 Hidenori Nishino
Feather: Haruo Ochi 4-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Keita Kono
Light: Kosuke Kindaichi 1-1-1 vs. Kenichiro Marui

Shooto Rookie Tournament:
Bantam: Akinobu Watanabe 2-0-1 vs. Hiroshi Osato
Feather: Keita Ishibashi 0-2-0 vs. HAMAJI
Fly: Ato Little vs. Jun Nabeshima
Light: Takayuki Hiose vs. Yoshifumi Nakamura
Middle: Taijiro Iseki 0-2-0 vs. 3-0-0 Yusaku Inoue

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Tournament Finals - RESULTS

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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12/13 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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9/22 Shooto Revolutionary Exchanges 2 - Boku aims at reclaiming his title

Shooto will end this year on a high, from "Revolutionary Exhcanges 2" they will have 3 big cards with just a month between them.

For this card 2 Pacific title fights are announced. For the welterweight title, Kotetsu Boku once wore the belt that now belongs to Yusuke Endo. Some will point out that Boku never lost the title in the ring. This is a re-match from January, on that occation the fight ended in a draw.

The other title fight is for the middleweight title. The title currently belongs to Australian Xavier Lucas, who claimed the title after defeating Yoshitaro Niimi in October last year. In his first title defence he will be taking on Akihiro Yamazaki, a fighter that has lots of talent and this will be a good fight.

Announced:
Pacific Welterweight Title Fight:
Yusuke Endo (C) 12-3-2 vs. 14-5-2 Kotetsu Boku

Pacific Middleweight Title Fight:
Xavier Lucas (C) 6-1-1 vs. 11-2-1 Akihiro Yamazaki

Feather: Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki 8-7-3 vs. 6-2-0 Teriyuki Matsumoto
Bantam: Masatoshi Abe 8-2-1 vs. 5-1-1 Fumihiro Kitahara

Rookie Tournament:
Feaher: Haruo Ochi 4-1-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kota Onojima
Light: Atsushi Kobayashi 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yusuke Yachi
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 2-1-1 vs. 1-0-1 Yasutaka Ishigami

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4/19 Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 2 - Fight Order

Gig Tokyo Vol. 2 is going to be held in Shinjuku Face on April 19. As with the first event, there are some very exciting talents participating. This time the talent includes last year's rookie tournament winner and MVP, Issei Tamura.

Tamura is set to take on the veteran Hayate Usui. This fight will probably go the distance, but it will be interesting to see how Tamura handles such an experienced veteran.

Daisuke Ishizawa is making a return after almost a year away. He started his career by going 3-1, then he faced fighters like "Wicky" Akiyo and Hideki Kadowaki. Now he has a 4 fight losing streak, but will be looking to get back on the winning track here.

Tamura is not the only Rookie tournament winner on this card, last years bantamweight champion, Fumihiro Kitahara, is coming of a loss to the veteran Junji Ikoma. Kitahara is facing Toshimichi Akagi, Akagi is on a 3 fight losing streak and this should be a good fight.

An interesting fact, Seiji Akao is making his Shooto debut. He has had 7 fights, mainly in DEEP, 3 of them has been against Tatsumitsu Wada and Seiji Akao is 3-0 against Wada. Wada on his hand is 0-5 in his career.

Main-Event - Lightweight:
Issei Tamura 3-0-0 vs. 10-7-1 Hayate Usui
Light: Sakae Kasuya 5-3-3 vs. 3-5-0 Daisuke Ishizawa
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi 5-4-2 vs. 4-1-0 Fumihiro Kitahara
Fly: Kenichi Sawada 3-9-3 vs. 3-2-0 Junji Ito
Feather: Yuta Nezu 6-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Makoto Yamauchi
Feather: Haruo Ochi 2-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Seiji Akao

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Atsushi Mochizuki 1-0-0 vs. Tomokazu Sato

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disco 6 - RESULTS

Today Shooting Disco 6 is happening in Shinjuku Face. As always, these cards are full of talents and in the main event we see the experienced Jin Akimoto as well.

Also making his return to the ring is Daiji Takahashi, after a 2 year layoff. He is taking on Saiji "OZ" Otsuka. Takahashi's last fight was August 2006 against Urushitani.

The event is happening now, and I will update the results as they become available.

11. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki Def. Jin Akimoto by Decision 2-0
10. Middle: Taisuke Okuno Def. Yoichiro Sato by Decision 3-0
9. Bantam: Daiji Takahashi vs. Seiji Otsuka DRAW
8. Light: Sakae Kasuya Def. Hidenori Nishino by decision 2-0
7. Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda Def. Kenji Hosoya by Decision 3-0
6. Light: Daiki Tsuchiya Def. Daisuke Matsumoto by TKO (3down) Round 1 4:57
5. Bantam: "Heat" Takeshi Sato Def. Nozomi Otsuka by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:41
4. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Hisaki Hiraishi "MaruKotobuki" by Decision 3-0

Shooto Rookie Tournament:
3. Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami Def. Yusuke Sato by KO Round 2 0:18
2. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Hiroaki Ijima by Decision 3-0
1. Feather: Kosuke Eda Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disco 6 - Fights Added

Shooto have annouced a couple more fights for their Shooting Disco 6 in Shinjuku Face. Added to the card is the Rookie Tournamet fight between Haruo Ochi and Kosuke Eda. Ochi was being dominated in the previous round, but managed to get a choke in and get the win. Will be interesting to see how he does against the much more experienced Eda.

Added:
Middleweight: Taisuke Okuno 5-2-1 vs. 1-0-1 Yoichiro Sato
Lightweight: Daisuke Matsumoto 3-4-0 vs. 1-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Featherweight: Haruo Ochi 2-0-0 vs. 5-2-2 Kosuke Eda

Previously announced:
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 6-2-3 vs. 10-11-4 Jin Akimoto
Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda vs. 2-3-0 Kenji Hosoya
Light: Sakae Kasuya 3-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Hidenori Nishino
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 1-0-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara 2-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Hiroaki Ijima
Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yusuke Sato

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02

Shooto has announced some fights for the 2nd Tradition event, this is to celebrate their 20th anniversary and they put on some very good fights in the first event. For this, the ticket prices are cheaper, but the fights announced look interesting. Personally I am looking forward to seeing Murofushi, I believe this will be his first Class A fight and I think he has been very good in his previous fights.

Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
Teriyuki Matsumoto 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi

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