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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8/9 Shooto GIG Saitama 1 - Results

Shooto had put together a very interesting card for their 1st GIG Saitama card. The main event was a catchweight fight at 54kg between the #1 ranked flyweight, "Shinpei" Tahara and Jessie Taitano from Guam.

A lot of the fans had come to see the Shooto Legend Rumina Sato in a grappling fight with Yoshiko Matsumoto, in a fight that went the distance. Matsumoto pulled out the points victory.

"Tiger" Ishii pulled off a small surprise as he submitted the very talented and popular Mikitoshi Yamagami.

Guy Delameau is back on the winning side of things after a KO win over Komei Okada, who has had a tough couple of years.

Main-Event:
9. 54kg: Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara Def. Jessie Taitano by Decision 3-0

8. Fly: Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii Def. Mikitoshi Yamagami by Kimura Round 1 4:21
7. Grappling - Light: Yoshihiko Matsumoto Def. Rumina Sato by point 6-2
6. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Komei Okada by KO Round 2 3:44
5. Light: Hidenori Nishino Def. Masaki Yanagisawa by Decision 3-0
4. Light: Kosuke Kindaichi Def. Toshiaki Hayasaka by KO Round 1 4:49
3. Female - Fly: Izumi Noguchi vs. "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe Draw
2. Fly: Shuichiro Okumura Def. Kazuyuki Yoshida by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:36

Rookie Tournament:　
1. Bantam: Yosuke Saruta Def. Takahiro Kobori by TKO Round 1 3:06

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8/9 Shooto Gig Saitama 1 - Rumina Sato in Grappling Fight + Fight Order

The 1st GIG Saitama card is ready, and the honor of the main event goes to "Shinpei" Tahara vs. Jessie Taitano. This will be a catchweight fight and should be a very interesting match-up of a top flyweight and a fighter climbing the bantamweight ranking.

Also added to the card is a grappling fight between Rumina Sato and Yoshihiko Matsumoto. Rumina has been struggling in the ring lately, and has been mixing it up with a bit of ShootBoxing, but he is a star in Shooto and I am sure there will be lots of fans wanting to see him grapple agian.

Over all a good Saitama GIG card, these are more about promoting up and coming fighters, and this card should do just that.

Main-Event:
9. 54kg: Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara 6-3-1 vs. 5-3-2 Jessie Taitano

8. Fly: Mikitoshi Yamagami 3-1-0 vs. 5-7-2 Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii
7. Grappling - Light: Rumina Sato vs. Yoshihiko Matsumoto
6. Welter: Guy Delameau 9-5-1 vs. 5-9-2 Komei Okada
5. Light: Hidenori Nishino 2-3-2 vs. 6-6-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
4. Light: Toshiaki Hayasaka 0-4-0 vs. 0-0-1 Kosuke Kindaichi
3. Female - Fly: Izumi Noguchi 5-5-0 vs. 12-10-0 "Windy" Tomomi Sunabe
2. Fly: Kazuyuki Yoshida 0-3-0 vs. Shuichiro Okumura

Rookie Tournament:　
1. Bantam: Yosuke Saruta 0-2-0 vs. Kotetsu

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8/9 Shooto Gig Saitama 1 - Fights Announced

The 1st Shooto Gig Saitama card is taking shape and 4 more fights have been added. Most notable, Guy Delameau will take on Komei Okada. Guy Delameau was on a good run in 2008, but 2009 has started with a 1-1-1 record. Winning a decisive win in January and having 2 very close fights end in a loss and a draw. Okada has not won since 2007 and both these fighters will be hungry for the win here.

Also added is a female attraction. "Windy" Tomomi will take on "Jet" Izumi. "Jet" has not had a fight since 2005 and it will be interesting to see how she does in her return.

Added:
Fly: "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-10-0 vs. 5-5-0 "Jet" Izumi Noguchi
Light: Hidenori Nishino 2-3-2 vs. 6-6-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
Light: Toshiaki Hayasaka 0-4-0 vs. 0-0-1 Kosuke Kindaichi
Welter: Komei Okada 5-9-2 vs. 9-5-1 Guy Delameau

Previously Announced:
54kg: Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara 6-3-1 vs. 5-3-2 Jessie Taitano
Fly: Mikitoshi Yamagami 3-1-0 vs. 5-7-2 Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii
Fly: Kazuyuki Yoshida 0-3-0 vs. Shuichiro Okumura
Grappling: Yoshihiko Matsumoto vs. TBA

Rookie Tournament:　
Bantam: Yosuke Saruta 0-2-0 vs. 2-1-1 Hidetaka Naka

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disc 6

Shooto have announced some fights for their Shooting Disc 6 event in Shinjuku Face. I am sure there will be more fights announced, but so far it looks as though the main event will be the fight between Ryuichi Miki and Jin Akimoto (ranked #5 and #10 bantamweights), I am sure they both would like to improve on their ranking and it should be a good fight.

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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7/21 GCM Demolition 80721

On the same day as DREAM and Shoot Boxing, GCM is putting on a Demolition event in Differ Ariake. 5 fights are announced, and I can't say that I recognize too many names but Shinpei Sotoyama is an interesting GCM fighter, a good win in Cage Force 07.

Featherweight: Tomoaki Ueyama 0-2-0 vs. Masaaki Hasegawa
Lightweight: Shinpei Sotoyama 6-3-2 vs. Shin Fujimoto
Featherweight: Hirokazu Nishiura 2-2-0 vs. 1-2-0 Hidenori Nishino
Featherweight: Tomoyuki Miyaji 2-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
Lightweight: Koji Ando 0-0-1 vs. “Shibata”

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