9/26 HEAT 11 - Fights Announced

Feels like a very long time since Heat held their 1st event in Tokyo, Heat 8 was in December last year. Now they are holding Heat 11 and it will be the first time they have back to back events in Differ Ariake.

Heat 10 was suppose to be the big event, with the finals of the heavyweight tournaments. However, it didnt quite work out as planned when the main event ended in a no contest. The result is that they will have another attempt at determining the Heat heavyweight MMA champion on the HEAT 11 card. Sentoryu will yet again step into the cage and face Christiano Kaminishi.

Also on the card is the Iranian K-1 veteran Prince Ali, he will be taking on the the very experienced Gotoku Onda.

Hiromi Amada will enter the cage for the first time as the champion, and will be taking on Emeka The Black Samurai. I have seen Emeka on some Smokers cards, and this should be a good challenge for him.

Heavyweight Tournament Final:
Henry Miller "Sentoryu" vs. Cristiano Kaminishi

Kick-Heavy: Prince Ali vs. Gotoko Onda
Kick-Heavy: Hiromi Amada vs. Emeka The Black Samurai
MMA-Heavy: Ryo Takigawa 3-2-0 vs. 5-3-2 Shunsuke Inoue
MMA-Feather: Koji Yoshida 3-5-2 vs. 2-5-0 Toshikatsu "Toshi" Harada

Participants:
Danilo Zanolini

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7/18 HEAT 10 - Results

This event saw the finals of HEATs kick- and MMA-rule fights. Unfortunately, the main event did not end the way the fighters, audience and promoters wanted.
Sentoryu caught an accidental low blow and was not able to continue. The fight was ruled a no contest, with hopes of a re-match in September.

The new HEAT heavyweight kick rule champion is Hiromi Amada, he defeated Uehara by decision in their final.

HEAT Heavyweight Tournament Finals:
10. MMA-Rule: Sentoryu vs. Cristiano Kaminishi No Contest
9. Kick-rule: Hiromi Amada Def. Makoto Uehara by Decision 3-0

Non-Tournament - MMA-Rule:
8. MMA-Heavy: Ryo Takigawa Def. Junpei Hamada by TKO Roun 1 2:55
7. Kick-Open: Gotoku Onda Def. Diamond Flyer by Decision 3-0
6. MMA-Feather: Koji Yoshida Def. Masaya "J-Taro" Takita by decision 3-0
5. Kick-Middle: Danilo Zanolini Def. Kinji by Decision 3-0
4. Welter: Yoshitaro Niimi Def. Hiroshi Masabuchi by rear-naked choke ext. round 3:31

Opening Fights - HEAT New Age:
3. Kick-Rule: Kenji Def. Mohan Dragon by Decision 2-0
2. MMA-Rule: Takayuki Sato Def. Ikuo Miyashita by KO Round 1 1:11
1. MMA-Rule: Koji Sasaki vs. Hiroyuki Sato Draw

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7/18 HEAT 10 - Fight Order

HEAT will have their have their second event in Tokyo and their 10th over all. They will have the heavyweight tournament finals in this event, and it should be a good event. They always put on a good show.

The main event is the MMA heavyweight tournament final between Sentory and Cristiano Kaminshi. This is a rematch, and Kaminishi won the first fight with a KO late in the first round.

The other final is kick-rules and will see K-1 veteran Hiromi Amada take on another K-1 veteran in Makoto Uehara.

HEAT Heavyweight Tournament Finals:
10. MMA-Rule: Sentoryu 5-7-0 vs. 6-1-0 Cristiano Kaminishi
9. Kick-rule: Hiromi Amada vs. Makoto Uehara

Non-Tournament - MMA-Rule:
8. MMA-Heavy: Ryo Takigawa vs. 6-11-0 Junpei Hamada
7. Kick-Open: Gotoku Onda vs. Diamond Flyer
6. MMA-Feather: Koji Yoshida 2-5-2 vs. 9-11-2 Masaya "J-Taro" Takita
5. Kick-Middle: Kinji vs. Danilo Zanolini
4. Welter: Yoshitaro Niimi 6-4-2 vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Masabuchi

Opening Fights - HEAT New Age:
3. Kick-Rule: Mohan Dragon vs. Kenji
2. MMA-Rule: Takayuki Sato vs. Ikuo Miyashita
1. MMA-Rule: Koji Sasaki vs. Hiroyuki Sato

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7/18 HEAT 10 - Fights Added

HEAT has added 4 fights for their next event, which will be held in Tokyo. This is the second time HEAT brings their show to Differ Ariake, and now its time for the Heavyweight tournament finals!

Added today though are some non-tournament fights, making his MMA debut (to my knowledge) is former K-1 fighter Ryo Takigawa. He will be taking on the veteran Junpei Hamada.

Added:
MMA-Heavy: Ryo Takigawa vs. 6-11-0 Junpei Hamada
MMA-Feather: Koji Yoshida 2-5-2 vs. TBA
Kick-Middle: Kinji vs. Danilo Zanolini
Kick-Heavy: Gotoku Onda vs. Prince Ali

Previously Announced:
HEAT Heavyweight Tournament Finals:
MMA-Rule: Sentoryu 5-7-0 vs. 6-1-0 Cristiano Kaminishi
Kick-rule: Hiromi Amada vs. Makoto Uehara

Non-Tournament - MMA-Rule:
Welter: Yoshitaro Niimi 6-4-2 vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Masabuchi

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7/18 HEAT 10 - Sentoryu vs. Kaminishi!

This event will be HEATs second in Tokyo, and again it will be in Differ Ariake. If you are in the area, I highly recommend this event. They normally have lots of fights on the card and there is a mix of kickboxing rule (Kick-rule) and MMA rules. It makes for a very entertaining night.

The last HEAT event had the finals in the welterweight (MMA) and Middleweight (Kick) finals. This event will be the finals of the HEAT heavyweight tournaments, and the fights should be very good.

The MMA rules final will see Sentoryu take on Cristiano Kaminishi in what is a rematch from DEEP 29. On that occation Kaminishi won a decisive win, and I am sure Sentoryu is eager to revenge that loss.

The kick-rule final will see the K-1 veteran Hiromi Amada take on another K-1 veteran in Makoto Uehara.

HEAT Heavyweight Tournament Finals:
MMA-Rule: Sentoryu 5-7-0 vs. 6-1-0 Cristiano Kaminishi
Kick-rule: Hiromi Amada vs. Makoto Uehara

Non-Tournament - MMA-Rule:
Welter: Yoshitaro Niimi 6-4-2 vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Masabuchi

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3/28 HEAT 9 - RESULTS Tournament Champions Crowned

Heat held 2 tournament finals and the heavyweight tournaments semi-finals on Saturday. The main event was the welterweight final and title fight between 2 very talented fighters in Justin Holdaas and Max Fernandes. In the middleweight Kick-rule final, Thai Fabiakato "RS Promotion" Lukafa took on Kinji.

The heavyweight tournament had some big semi-finals as well. Ryuta Noji was a late replacement for Dong Yi Yang, and was taking on Pride veteran Sentoryu. The other semi-final saw Christiano Kaminishi take on Sang Soo Lee.

Tournament Finals:
Welter MMA Final: Max Fernandes Def. Justin Holdaas by arm-bar Round 1 1:00
Middle Kick Final: Fabiakato "RS Promotion" Lukafa Def. Kinji by Decision 3-0

Heavyweight Semi-Finals:
MMA: Sentoryu Def. Ryuta Noji by KO Round 1 1:14
MMA: Christiano Kaminishi Def. Sang Soo Lee by Decision 3-0
Kick: Makoto Uehara Def. Goutoku Onda by KO ext. Round
Kick: Hiromi Amada Def. Moon Bo Ram by Decision 2-0

Non-Tournament Fights:
Middle Kick: Danilo Zanolini Def. Hideto Yamada by KO Round 2 1:45
Middle Kick: Yuzo Matsumoto Def. Masatoshi Hyakutake by Decision 3-0
Welter MMA: Jonathan Visitante Def. Toshinari Takashima by Decision 2-1

New Age:
MMA (70kg): Masaomi Kamino Def. Kosaburo Muramatsu by KO Round 2 3:57

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3/28 HEAT 9 - Fights Announced

A few of the fights on this card have been ready for a while, but there have been some additions outside the tournaments too. With 4 days left, this card shoule be just about final.

If you are in Nagoya, I would strongly suggest going out to this one! There are some really good fighters on the card and it should be a fun event. The event is taking place in Nagoya.

There has been a major change to the heavyweight tournament, Dong Yi Yang, who defeated Ryuta Noji in the previous round is out due to an injury sustained during practice. Noji is stepping in to take his spot against Sentoryu, though I think the loss of Yang is bad for the tournament, Sentoryu vs. Ryuta Noji will be a very entertaining match-up.

A bit of the history of the tournaments here.

Tournament Finals:
Welter MMA Final: Justin Holdaas 2-1-0 vs. 3-0-0 Max Fernandes
Middle Kick Final: Fabiakato "RS Promotion" Lukafa vs. Kinji

Heavyweight Semi-Finals:
MMA: Sentoryu 4-7-0 vs. 7-4-0 Ryuta Noji
MMA: Christiano Kaminishi 5-1-0 vs. 11-6-0 Sang Soo Lee
Kick: Goutoku Onda vs. Makoto Uehara
Kick: Hiromi Amada vs. Moon Bo Ram

Non-Tournament Fights:
Middle Kick: Danilo Zanolini vs. Hideto Yamada
Middle Kick: Yuzo Matsumoto vs. Masatoshi Hyakutake
Welter MMA: Toshinari Takashima 3-3-2 vs. Jonathan Visitante

New Age:
MMA (70kg): Masaomi Kamino vs. 2-2-1 Kosaburo Muramatsu

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3/28 HEAT 9 - Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Finals Announced

HEAT 9 in Nagoya is going to be a very good event. They have announced the finals for the welterweight MMA tournament and the Middleweight Kick tournament. Today they have announced the match-ups for the heavyweight MMA and Kick rule tournaments.

There is a good mix of experienced and talented fighters on this card, Pride veteran Sentoryu is fighting in the MMA rules semi-finals, and so is Sengoku veteran Dong Yi Yang. Sentoryu will actually face Yang in the semi-finals, and that should be a very interesting fight.

The other semi-final in the MMA rule tournament sees Christiano Kaminishi face Sang Soo Lee. Lee holds a win over Roman Zentsov, but Kaminishi is a very talented guy his only loss came by a very close decision.

Announced:
MMA Rule - Heavyweight Semi-Finals
Henry "Sentoryu" Miller 4-7-0 vs. 4-0-0 Dong Yi Yang
Christiano Kaminishi 5-1-0 vs. 11-5-0 Sang Soo Lee

Kick-Rule - Heavyweight Semi-Finals
Goutok Onda vs. Makoto Uehara
Hiromi Amada vs. Moon Bo Ram

Previously announced:
Welterweight MMA Rule Tournament Final:
Justin Holdaas 2-1-0 vs. 3-0-0 Max Fernandez

Middleweight Kick Rule Tournament Final:
Fabikat RS Promotion vs. Kinji

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3/28 HEAT 9 - Tournament Finals

HEAT has had a welterweight MMA rules and a middleweight kick-rule tournaments going. They have now reached the finals of these tournaments and they should be very good.

For the MMA rules, 2 relatively unknown fighters will face eachother. Justin Holdaas defeated Yoshitaro Niimi in his semi final. He will face Max Fernandez, who defeated Hyong Yo Im in his semi final. Both these fighters are very talented, and I am sure we will hear from both in the future. As for predicitons, this should be a very close fight. Fernandez being more a BJJ specialist, Holdaas more a wrestling base, personally I think the cage gives a slight advantage to wrestlers. Watch out for Max Fernandez's submissions though, he has finished all his 3 fights in a combined time of 3:45!

This is the MMA-Rule HEAT Welterweight title belt:


In the kick-rule middleweight final, Thai fighter Fabiakato "RS Promotion" Lukafa will face Japanese Kinji. This should also be a good and close fight, but I would give a slight advantage to the Thai fighter in this one.

This is the HEAT Kick-Rule Middleweight title belt:


Also on the card will be the heavyweight kick- and MMA-rule semi-finals. There are some very good fighters in both of these tournaments as well!

Welterweight MMA-Rule Tournament Final:
Justin Holdaas vs. 3-0-0 Max Fernandez

Middleweight Kick-Rule Tournament Final:
Fabiakato "RS Promotion" Lukafa (?) vs. Kinji

Heavyweight MMA-Rule Semi-Final Participants:
Sentoryu 4-7-0
Dong Yi Yang 4-0-0
Christiano Kaminishi 5-1-0
Sang Soo Lee 11-5-0

Heavyweight Kick-Rule Tournament Semi-Final Participants:
Makoto Uehara
Moon Bo Ram
Hiromi Amada
Goutoku Onda

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8/16 DEEP: Gladiators - Card Final

Saeki has announced the final card for the August 16 event in Okayama. As usual (I am starting to think there are a bit too many for these) there is a Japan vs. Korea thing happening.

The main event is a fight I cant wait to see! Don Frye vs. Minowaman should be very entertaining! If you also include Gary Goodridge and Tom Erikson to that list, this is looking very interesting.

Main-Event:
13. MMA: Ikuhisa Minowa 39-28-8 vs. 19-6-1 Don Frye

12. K-1: Gary Goodridge vs. Hiromi Amada
11. K-1: Jan Nortje vs. Tom Erikson

CMA KPW Open-Weight Title Fight:
10. Daijiro Matsui 10-19-4 vs. 10-2-0 Eun Soo Lee

9. K-1 70 kg: Tsuyoshi Yokoyama vs. Marcelo Nascimento

Japan vs. Korea MMA
8. Open-Weight: Katsuhisa Fujii 9-15-1 vs. 7-4-0 Sang Soo Lee
7. 77 kg: Jutaro Nakao 21-13-4 vs. 0-1-0 Yong Fun Lee
6. 70 kg: Michihiro Omigawa 4-6-0 vs. Jong Chang Son(?)
5. 88 kg: Hikaru Sato 17-18-4 vs. 2-5-0 Min Suk Heo
4. 70 kg: Akihiko Mouri vs. Kim Te Kyung(?)

3. K-1: Bernard Ackah vs. Keigo Takamori

Opening Fights (Start at 15:30)
2. K-1: Perushan Mos(?, From Iran) vs. Yuki "Strike" Tanaka
1. MMA: Yusuke Sakashita 4-1-0 vs. 1-4-0 Minoru Kato

Ticket Prices:
VIP 30,000円
SRS 23,000円
RS 18,000円
S 12,000円
2Fl. Special seat 18,000円
2Fl. Reserved seat 12,000円
Free seat 8,000円
At the door +500円

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