12/23 Shooto Alternative 1

Shooto will be putting on an event in Osaka's Sumiyoshi Kumin Hall.

There are some good talent on the card, as well as some debutants.

Tomohiko Yoshida has won 4 fights in a row since his last fight in Shooto and all the debutants here have a lot of experience with amature shooto.

There are also 3 rookie tournament champtions on the card (Konishi, Shiba and Eda), this should be a good event.

Announced:
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-4-2 vs. 4-1-1 Masaki Konishi
Welter: Hiroshi Shiba 8-5-0 vs. 9-3-5 Yukinari Tamura
Feather: Kosuke Eda 7-3-4 vs. 6-2-0 Makoto Akazawa
Welter: Kenichi Hattori 7-4-4 vs. 1-3-1 Hiroshi Sugimoto
Light: Takayoshi Ono 6-8-1 vs. 0-2-0 Hiroaki Nakayama
Fly: Teppei "Bull" Masuda 3-2-1 vs. Tadaaki Yamamoto
Fly: Tomohiko Yoshida 4-6-1 vs. Jun Nakamura
Bantam: Takeshi Kasugai vs. Yuki Nishigo

Participants:
Hiroyuki Tanaka 7-6-2
Hirosumi Sugiura 3-6-2

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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

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4/12 Shooto GIG Central Vol. 17 - RESULTS

Shooto had pulled out some of their Nagoya regulars to fight on this card, and in addition to the 5 fights on the main-card, there were 3 amature fights. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find the results for the amature fights, but here are the results for the other fights.

In the main event, Hiroshi Shiba was able to get Hattori's back and finish the fight with a rear-naked choke. Hattori showed that he was a dangerous fighter though, and Shiba left the fight with a bloody nose, it also meant a stop to Hattori's 3 fight winning streak.

Paolo Milano had gone winless for 3 fights, and finally got back on the winning streak, even if it was a very close decision.

Welter: Hiroshi Shiba Def. Kenichi Hattori by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:53

Welter: Paolo Milano Def. Takahiro Kajita by Decision 2-1
Middle: Takesuke Kume Def. Hirosumi Sugiura by Decision 2-0
Bantam: Joji Shimada Def. Hiroshi Sakamoto by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:49

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Doraku Mori Def. Daiki Yamaishi by Decision 3-0

Amature Fights:
Light: Yuta Sasaki vs. Masaru Kadowaki
Feather: Naoki Kawai vs. Takeshi Kasugai
Yutaka Umeya vs. Masashi Maeguchi

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4/12 Shooto GIG Central Vol. 17

Its going to be a great week for MMA in Nagoya. First tomorrow DREAM is holding their first event in Nagoya, then next week Shooto will have their event there. The only negative for the hard core fans in Nagoya is the absence of their local star Hatsu Hioki.

The GIG Central cards dont really feel the same without Hioki fighting, but it should still be an entertaining event.

The main-event will feature a regular at the Shooto Nagoya events, Kenichi Hattori has fought in 9 of the 16 GIG Central events to date. Outside of that, he has 3 fights. Hattori is now on a 3 fight winning streak, and he is awarded with the main-event here. He is taking on Purebred Kyoto's Hiroshi Shiba.

Also on the card is Paolo Milano, who has gone winless for 3 fights and will be looking to get back on the winning track, and Nagoya local Takesuke Kume, who is undefeated home in Nagoya.

Main-Event:
Welter: Kenichi Hattori 6-3-3 vs. 5-5-0 Hiroshi Shiba

Welter: Takahiro Kajita 9-8-3 vs. 6-4-1 Paolo Milano
Middle: Hirosumi Sugiura 3-4-2 vs. 3-1-2 Takesuke Kume
Bantam: Hiroshi Sakamoto 3-4-0 vs. 1-4-0 Joji Shimada

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Doraku Mori vs. Daiki Yamaishi

Amature Fights:
Light: Yuta Sasaki vs. Masaru Kadowaki
Feather: Naoki Kawai vs. Takeshi Kasugai
Yutaka Umeya vs. Masashi Maeguchi

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