1/25 ZST SWAT! in FACE Vol. 2 - Live Results

The focus might be on Affliction (with good reason) tomorrow, but in Tokyo ZST is putting on 2 events! I am there for both, and will give you live results! The first event is SWAT! in FACE Vol. 2. This is the smaller and cheaper (in terms of ticket price) of the 2 cards, but there is some good talent in this event.

Part of this card is the Genesis flyweight semi-finals and final, and that should provide excitement in itself (who doesnt like tournaments). But the main-event should be a very good fight! Tomohiko Yoshida is an up and coming star in ZST and he is taking on an experienced competitor in "Toraji".

The event starts at 13.00, so it should be going on as the Affliction card goes towards the main event.

I am not allowed to use a computer or take picuters at this event, so safe to say this is the last time I pay to go to ZST. The results will be up in a few hours.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Ok, so after I have come over the frustrations... The managed to pull off 11 fights in 2 hours, and I have to say that any organization that want to improve on that has to work hard!! Tsuruya really showed the difference between a world class grappler and a good grappler today. It was a fun, but once it hit the ground, one sided fight.

Yoshida also proved himself as a talented guy. Next he would like to challenge for the welterweight title, the champion will be be determined later today.

Genesis Flyweight Tournament Semi-Finals:
1. Semi-Final 2: Hiroyuki Ai Def. Keisuke Tamaru by decision
Ai is clearly the muay thai fighter and is close to ending the with knees. Again as the bell rings, Ai is clearly in control, this time on the ground and the rear naked choke takes Tamaru to the verge of being out cold. It goes to the judges though and its an easy decision.

2. Semi-Final 1: Yoshiya Shinba Def. Yasushi Yasunaka by arm-bar Round 1
Shinba is the better guy on the ground, he gets the fight there and secures the arm-bar win in the 1st round.

Non-Tournament:
3. Feather: Keizo Hisamoto Def. Tetsuya Nishi
Hisamoto takes the fight to the ground, from there he transitions into an arm-bar, but Nishi defends well. Hisamoto transitions into a triangle and does a straight arm-bar from there.

4. Light: Yujiro Yamamoto vs. Yosuke Ako DRAW
Yamamoto gets out of several arm-bar attempts, Ako is unable to secure the win and the time runs out. It ends in a DRAW.

5. Welter: Kendo Kouda vs. Masaya Doi
This seems like a missmatch, Doi is the better fighter but is unable to finish the fight. Clearly frustrated he throws everything at Kouda but time runs out. Again, it ends in a draw.

6. Minimum (female): Mamiko Mizoguchi Def. Ayumi Funakoshi
Mizuguchi has come to bang! She dominates the standup and Funakoshi is attempting takedowns. Mizuguchi is clearly the more rounded fighter, and the ref has to step in to save Funakoshi while the fight is standing.

7. Middle - GT-F Rule: Hiroshi Tsuruya Def. Ichiro Kojima
Tsuruya comes out wearing a gi, and somehow I know what is coming. It takes a few minutes before he gets the takedown, but once it hits the ground Kojima has no answers, Tsuruya gets mount and pulls his gi around Kojima's neck, securing the lapel choke. Kojima is forced to tap.

Genesis Finals:
8. Welter Final: Hiroyuki Ito Def. Yoshinari Asano by Decision
Ito utilizes his better stand-up, I would have liked to see more uppercuts and he would have finished Asano. It goes to the judges and Ito gets the decision.

9. Flyweight Final: Hiroyuki Ai Def. Yoshiya Shinba by mounted triangle-choke
Hiroyuki Ai does not want this fight on the ground, but that is where it goes. Shinba has a very tight arm-bar that Ai defends well. Somehow in round 2 Ai finds himself on top, Shinba is tired and Ai is able to pull off a mounted triangle choke! A good and very deserving winner on the night!

Non-Tournament:
10. Bantam: Ichiro Sugita Def. Shin Takenaka by TKO Round 2 0:33
Takenaka goes for a leg-lock early, but Sugita gets out and deciedes he wants to keep the fight standing. Both fighters are willing to trade punches and it is a very entertaining fight. When round 2 starts, they continue to trade but Takenaka is hit early and a big cut has opened over his right eye. The doctor dont need much time to determine that this fight can not continue. TKO win to Sugita.

11. Welter: Tomohiko Yoshida Def. Ryo "Toraji" Nakajima by toe-hold Round 1
I have been looking forward to seeing Yoshida in action. He does not disappoint and showes good balance and composure. "Toraji" is giving it everything, but Yoshida is able to over power him. I think it is a toe-hold, but hard to see from my angle. A good performance by Yoshida.

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1/25 ZST - SWAT! in FACE Vol.2 - Fight Order

ZST is putting on a double header this Sunday in Shinjuku Face. Shinjuku Face is an awesome place to watch fights, as it is very small and intimate it is impossible to get a bad seat.

There are 2 cards, hence you do need 2 tickets if you want to go to both of these.

The SWAT event starts at 12.30, and it should be well worth the ticket price. 11 fights are on the card, and for a SWAT card this is very good.

Worth noting on the SWAT card, there are 2 tournaments. The welterweight tournament will only have the final in this event. Due to injury on Masayuki Hamagishi, Hiroyuki Ito will take the place in the final.

There is also a flyweight genesis tournament, which we will have 2 semi-finals and a final on the night.

The main event is the welterweight fight between ZST talent Tomohiko Yoshida and AACC's "Toraji".

I am really excited about this event, reason is that my BJJ instructor is fighting and it will be the first time I get a chance to watch him live. Hiroshi Tsuruya is an experienced grappler, and here are just some of his titles:

2005 Japan Shooto Grappling Championships Middleweight Winner
2005 LUTADOR NO-GI JIU-JITSU Open weight Winner
2007 Bogona Grappling Absolute weight winner

Source: BoutReview

It should be a good grapping match, and a very good evening of fights.

11. Main-Event - Welter: Tomohiko Yoshida 5-1-1 vs. 4-5-2 Ryo "Toraji" Nakajima
10. Bantam: Ichiro Sugita 6-2-5 vs. 1-2-0 Makoto Takenaka

Genesis Finals:
9. Flyweight Final: Winner Semi-Final 1 vs. Winner Semi-Final 2
8. Welter Final: Yoshinari Asano vs. 3-9-3 Hiroyuki Ito

Non-Tournament:
7. Middle - GT-F Rule: Hiroshi Tsuruya vs. Ichiro Kojima
6. Minimum (female): Ayumi Funakoshi 0-0-1 vs. 1-3-1 Mamiko Mizoguchi
5. Welter: Kendo Kouda 1-2-0 vs. 3-2-3 Masaya Doi
4. Light: Yujiro Yamamoto 1-2-2 vs. 3-4-0 Yosuke Akahiro
3. Feather: Tetsuya Nishi 2-5-6 vs. 2-2-0 Keizo Hisamoto

Genesis Flyweight Tournament Semi-Finals:
2. Semi-Final 1: Yoshiya Shinba 3-3-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yasushi Yasunaka
1. Semi-Final 2: Keisuke Tamaru 4-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroyuki Ai

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1/25 ZST. 19/SWAT! - Fights Announced

ZST is holding a double header in Shinjuku Face on January 25. The first event starts at 13.00, and is the "SWAT! in FACE vol. 2" event. The main card is the ZST. 19 event, which starts at 17.00 in the same arena.

Today they have added fights to both these cards, but keep you eyes on a grappling match on the SWAT! card. Hiroshi Tsuruya (who happens to be my BJJ instructor), is taking on Ichiro Kojima. The card also includes 2 tournament finals, in the fly- and welterweight Genesis tournament.

The main-card includes a welterweight title fight between Osami Shibuya and the very popular Masayuki Okude. Another interesting fight to keep an eye on is the fight between Shinichi Shimizu and Takeaki Miyakawa. Miyakawa is on a 4 fight winning streak and Shimizu lost his last fight by KO. Shimizu will be looking to come back with a win here, and he is very efficient in finishing fights. It should be a good battle.

P.S. You have to buy ticket for each of these events separately.

SWAT! in FACE vol.2
Doors Open: 12：30　Start: 13：00

Genesis Tournament (all fights 2x5min):
Welter Final: Yoshinari Asano vs. 3-9-3 Hiroyuki Ito
※Masayuki Hamagishi was injured so Hiroyuki Ito takes his place in the final.

Flyweight Semi-Final 1: Yoshiya Shinba 3-3-2 vs. 1-0-0 Yasushi Yasunaka
Flyweight Semi-Final 2: Keisuke Tamaru 4-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroyuki Ai
Flyweight Final: Winner Semi-Final 1 vs. Winner Semi-Final 2

Non-Tournament fights:
Welter: Tomohiko Yoshida 5-1-1 vs. 4-5-2 Ryo "Toraji" Nakajima
Welter: Kendo Kouda 1-2-0 vs. 3-2-3 Masaya Doi
Light: Yujiro Yamamoto 1-2-2 vs. 3-4-0 Yosuke Akahiro
Feather: Tetsuya Nishi 2-5-6 vs. 2-2-0 Keizo Hisamoto
Bantam: Ichiro Sugita 6-2-5 vs. 1-2-0 Makoto Takenaka
Minimum (female): Ayumi Funakoshi 0-0-1 vs. 1-3-1 Mamiko Mizoguchi
Middle - GT-F Rule: Hiroshi Tsuruya vs. Ichiro Kojima


ZST.19
Doors Open 17：00　Main-Card 18：00
※Genesis Fights start 17：40

Welterweight Title fight:
Osami Shibuya 36-32-15 vs. 5-5-5 Masayuki Okude

Lightweight Tag-Team (1x15 min.):
Naoyuki Kotani ＆ Tatsuya Yamada vs. Yojiro Uchimura ＆Koji Tomiyama

Light-Heavy: Kenji Nagai 5-7-1 vs. 10-5-0 Young "RYO" Choi
Bantam: Keisuke Fujiwara 5-1-3 vs. 2-1-0 Ryosuke Tanuma
Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 13-4-4 vs. 6-3-1 Takeaki Miyakawa
Light: Kenichi Ito 3-3-2 vs. 6-8-0 Taku Aramaki

Opening Fights (1x7min.):
Feather: Toshihiro Shimizu 3-6-2 vs. 2-2-1 Hiroyuki Yamashiro
Welter: Yoichiro Karasuyama 1-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Teruhiko Higashitani
Feather (GT-F Rule): Daizuke Yokoyama vs. Yasuo Munakata
Minimum (Female GT-F): Miki Aiba vs. Miyoko Kusaka

Genesis Fights (1x5min):
Feather: Takahiro Baba 1-1-0 vs. 0-0-1 Takeshi Otaki
Feather: Ryota Kobayashi vs. 0-1-0 Masato Arai

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8/24 ZST Douple Header - Results

There wasn't only Sengoku happening in Japan yesterday, ZST put up no less than 2 cards in Shinjuku Face. On the cards were the finals in the Genesis Lightweight and Featherweight tournament

The early event:
ZST SWAT! In FACE Vol. 1

12. Hiroshi Tsuruya Def. Tomohiko Yoshida by Choke Round 2 2:22
11. Ichiro Kojima vs. Ryo “Toraji” Nakajima DRAW
10. Final Featherweight: Takeaki Miyagawa Def. Kei Sato by Heel-Hook Round1 1:38
9. Final Lightweight: Hirota Okazawa Def. Hiroyuki Ota by Decision
8. Ryosuke Tanuma Def. Yuichiro Yajima by arm-lock Round 1 1:00
7. Grappling Tag-Team 1x10min:
Ayumi Funakoshi & Miki Aiba vs. Ikuko Tamada & Yuki Sugiura DRAW
6. Kendo Kouda (?) Def. Yuichiro Toriyama by Heel-Hook Round 1 3:15
5. Tokuaki Ninomiya vs. Hiroaki Okuwa DRAW

Genesis Tournament Lightweight GT-F rule Semi-Finals:
4. Hirota Okazawa Def. Shunichi Shimizu by arm-bar Round 1 4:50
3. Hiroyuki Ota Def. Hiro Toyama by arm-bar Round 1 4:38

Genesis Tournament Featherweight GT-F rule Semi-Finals:
2. Kei Sato Def. Hiryu Okamoto by KO Round 2 0:14
1. Takeaki Miyagawa Def. Keizo Hisamoto by Decision


The late event:
ZST BATTLE HAZARD 03
ZST vs. DEEP Featherweight fights (ZST-Rule)
10. Masanori Kanehara Def. Isamu Sugiuchi by KO Round 1 0:47
9. Wataru Inatsu Def. Tatsumitsu Wada by Heel-hook Round 1 0:46

8. SB-X Rule: Nobutatsu Suzuki Def. Yojiro Uchimura by KO (3 knockdowns) Round 2 1:53
7. Tag-Team fight: Masayuki Okude/Tatsuya Yamada Def. Kenichi Ito/Yuki Ito
6. RX-Rule: Osami Shibuya Def. Kenji Nagai by Kimura Round 1 5:07
5. ZST VT-Rule: Seishi Takeda vs. Tatsuhiko Nishizaka DRAW

Opening Fights:
4. GT-F Rule: Daisuke Yokoyama vs. Ichiro Sugita DRAW
3. ZST-Special Rule: Hiroyuki Yamashiro Def. Goro Kobayashi by TKO (doctor stop) Round 1 1:23
2. ZST-Rule: Yutaka Inada vs. Tetsuya Matsuzaki DRAW
1. GTF-Rule: Yuhei Oshita Def. Naohiro Hasegawa by armbar Round 1 2:04

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8/24 ZST Douple Header

On August 24 (same day as the Sengoku event), ZST is putting on a double header in Shinjuku Face Arena. First up, in the early afternoon is ZST SWAT in FACE Vol. 1, followed by Battle Hazard 03 later in the day.

Part of the early card with be semi' and finals in 2 of the Genesis Tournaments, in addition to a main event between Tomohiko Yoshida and Hiroshi Tsuruya, a fight that looks very interesting. On the later card, you have some very familiar ZST names and a main event between Masanori Kanehara and Isamu Sugiuchi. The Pancrase veteran Osami Shibuya also makes an apperance.

ZST SWAT! In FACE Vol. 1
Shinjuku Face Open: 12:30 fights start 13:00

12. Welterweight: Tomohiko Yoshida 5-0-1 vs. 6-2-3 Hiroshi Tsuruya
11. Welterweight: Ichiro Kojima 4-5-2 vs. 4-5-1 Ryo “Toraji” Nakajima
10. Genesis Tournament Featherweight Final (Winners of Semi-finals)
9. Genesis Tournament Lightweight Final (Winners of Semi-finals)
8. Flyweight: Yuichiro Yajima 6-5-1 vs. 1-1-0 Ryosuke Tanuma
7. Grappling Tag-Team 1x10min:
Ayumi Funakoshi & Miki Aiba vs. Ikuko Tamada & Yuki Sugiura

6. Welterweight: Yuichiro Toriyama vs. Kendo Kouda (?)
5. Bantamweight: Tokuaki Ninomiya vs. Hiroaki Okuwa

Genesis Tournament Lightweight GT-F rule Semi-Finals:
4. Shunichi Shimizu vs. Hirota Okazawa
3. Hiroyuki Ota vs. Hiro Toyama

Genesis Tournament Featherweight GT-F rule Semi-Finals:
2. Kei Sato vs. Hiryu Okamoto (?)
1. Takeaki Miyagawa vs. Keizo Hisamoto


Ticket:
VIP 12,000円
VIP (Counter) 12,000円
SRS 8,000円
A 6,000円
Free seat 5,000円
At the door +500円
500 yen drink coupon included



ZST BATTLE HAZARD 03
Open 17:30 Start (main-card) 18:30

ZST vs. DEEP Featherweight fights (ZST-Rule)
10. Masanori Kanehara 9-4-5 vs. 7-7-2 Isamu Sugiuchi
9. Wataru Inatsu 2-3-1 vs. 0-3-0 Tatsumitsu Wada

8. SB-X Rule - Light Heavy: Nobutatsu Suzuki 4-0-2 vs. 5-2-0 Yojiro Uchimura
7. Tag-Team fight - Lightweight: Masayuki Okude/Tatsuya Yamada vs. Kenichi Ito/Yuki Ito
6. RX-Rule Middleweight: Osami Shibuya 34-32-15 vs. 4-6-1 Kenji Nagai
5. ZST VT-Rule – Light Heavyweight: Seishi Takeda vs. 5-1-0 Tatsuhiko Nishizaka

Opening Fights:
4. GT-F Rule Bantamweight: Daisuke Yokoyama vs. 6-2-4 Ichiro Sugita
3. ZST-Special Rule Welterweight: Hiroyuki Yamashiro 1-2-0 vs. 3-3-4 Goro Kobayashi
2. ZST-Rule – Welterweight: Yutaka Inada vs. Tetsuya Matsuzaki
1. GTF-Rule Featherweight: Yuhei Oshita vs. Naohiro Hasegawa

VIP 12,000円
VIP (Counter) 12,000円
SRS 8,000円
A 6,000円
Free Seat 5,000円At the door +500円
Includes 500円 Drink Coupon

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