9/20 Shooting Disco 10 "Twist & Shooto" - Fight Order

Gutsman Promotion is continuing their popular "Shooting Disco" series in Shinjuku Face. This is the 10th event, and they have provided some very good fights over the last 2 years.

The main event this time will be the fight between two highly ranked middleweiht fighters. With Xavier Lucas defending his Pacific title 2 days after this event, you might very well see the next challenger for the title in this fight.

Main-Event:
10. Middle: Yoichiro Sato 4-1-1 vs. 7-4-2 Yoshitaro Niimi

9. Bantam: Masaaki Sugawara 8-3-1 vs. 7-5-2 Hiroyuki Tanaka
8. Fly: Takeshi Sato 8-7-1 vs. 4-4-0 Katsuya Murofushi
7. Feather: Takahiro Hosoi 5-5-1 vs. 6-2-0 Naohiro Mizuno
6. Middle: Hirosumi Sugiura 3-5-2 vs. 3-1-0 Kenta Takagi
5. Bantam: Kenji Hosoya 2-5-0 vs. 2-2-0 Hiroaki Ijima
4. Bantam: Tatsuya Nakashima 2-2-1 vs. 1-2-0 Yoshiyuki Takano
3. Middle: Toshihiro Shimizu 3-0-1 vs. 2-0-0 Yusaku Inoue
2. Feather: Yuki Yasunaga 0-2-0 vs. Keita Kono
1. Welter: Daisuke Okumiya 2-3-1 vs. 2-2-0 Keiji Sakuta

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9/20 Shooting Disco 10 "Twist & Shooto" - Main-Event Announced

The Shooting Disco events in Shinjuku Face are always very popular, and they have some of the best fights. They tend to match up talents rather than spending all the cash on a biggest stars, and it is proving succesful so far. Both in drawing crowds and creating new stars.

This time the main event will see the very talented Yoichiro Sato take on his toughest opponent yet in Yoshitaro Niimi. Niimi has had a "break" from shooto to compete in the HEAT welterweight tournament, but now he is back where he started his career, and where he has done so well.

The co-main event will be Masaaki Sugawara and Hiroyuki Tanaka.

Main-Event:
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 4-1-1 vs. 7-4-2 Yoshitaro Niimi

Bantam: Masaaki Sugawara 8-3-1 vs. 7-5-2 Hiroyuki Tanaka
Fly: Takeshi Sato 8-7-1 vs. 4-4-0 Katsuya Murofushi
Feather: Takahiro Hosoi 5-5-1 vs. 6-2-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Bantam: Tatsuya Nakashima 2-2-1 vs. 1-2-0 Yoshiyuki Takano
Bantam: Kenji Hosoya 2-5-0 vs. 2-2-0 Hiroaki Ijima

Feather: Yuki Yasunaga 0-2-0 vs. Keita Kono

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3/8 Shooto BORDER- Season 1 - RESULTS

The "other" event last night took place in Osaka. This one was sold out, and I am sure the crowd enjoyed it. Most of the fights went the distance, and that shows that there were some competitive fight here.

The main event saw veteran Junji Ikoma come out on top against last years rookie tournament champion and the previously undefeated Fumihiro Kitahara.

The co-main event saw another rookie tournament champion, Kosuke Eda draw his fight with Hiroyuki Tanaka.

Junji Ikoma Def. Fumihiro Kitahara by Decision 2-0
Kosuke Eda vs. Hiroyuki Tanaka Draw
Kazuya Satomoto Def. Yukinari "Hibiki" Tamura by TKO (doctor stop) Round 2 1:10

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Light: Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura Def. Takayoshi Ono by Decision 3-0
Welter: "Gypsy" Taro Kusano Def. Hiroshi Sugimoto by Decision 2-0
Feather: Keita Yoshida vs. Joji Kawamata "Joestar" Draw
Fly: Teppei Masuda Def. Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo by Decision 3-0

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3/8 Shooto -BORDER- Season 1 - The complete card *Reminder*

***REMINDER***
Thought it would be useful just to remind you that its not only DREAM taking place tomorrow. This Shooto event is also taking place in Osaka, and is nearly sold out. There is still standing room available, those tickets are JPY4,000.
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TK Promotion and Shooto Japan is putting on what should be a very interesting card in Hirano City center on March 8. Already the card is finalized, so they cant be blamed for not being properly prepared.

There are 7 fights on the card, and the last 2 should be very interesting. In addition to that, there is of course some Rookie Tournament fights on as well.

The main event is Shooto veteran Junji Ikoma against 2008 rookie tournament winner, the unbeaten Fumihiro Kitahara. Ikoma finished 2008 ranked #4, but he didnt have the best of years. Though he didnt lose any fights, he only managed to win 1 of 4 (2 draws against Jin Akimoto).

The co-main event sees the Pacific ranked #10 Hiroyuki Tanaka take on another 2008 Rookie Tournament champion in Kosuke Eda. So, 2 of last years Rookie Tournament champions get a chance to improve their rankings early in 2009. I am sure that will give the fighters who are in this year's tournament some extra inspiration when they have their first round fight in this card.

7. Main-Event: Bantam: Junji Ikoma 11-9-4 vs. 4-0-0 Fumihiro Kitahara
6. Feather: Kosuke Eda 7-2-2 vs. 6-5-1 Hiroyuki Tanaka
5. Welter: Yukinari "Hibiki" Tamura 8-2-4 vs. 4-2-0 Kazuya Satomoto

Rookie Tournament Fights:
4. Light: Takayoshi Ono 4-4-1 vs. 2-1-0 Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura
3. Welter: "Gypsy" Taro Kusano 1-2-1 vs. 1-1-1 Hiroshi Sugimoto
2. Feather: Keita Yoshida 2-0-1 vs. 3-2-2 Joji Kawamata "Joestar"
1. Fly: Teppei Masuda 1-2-1 vs. 1-1-0 Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - RESULTS

When it comes to the quality of fights, there is not a lot that can compare to Shooto... They dont have the ring-girls (as you will see in my pictures tomorrow), but the fights make up for that. The atmosphere is awesome and the fights live up to it! Today was no different!

There will be some pictures soon, and I have some good ones. BTW, my guy Shinya Murofushi was AWESOME!

Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima Def. Mamoru Yamamguchi by Guilliotine Round 3 3:42

Pacific Title-fight: Yusuke Endo Def. Kenichiro Togashi by Decision 3-0
"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura Def. Matteus Lahdesmaki by TKO Round 3 2:17
Hiromasa Ogikubo Def. Hiroyuki Tanaka by TKO Round 1 1:35
Shinji Sasaki Def. Jin Kazeta By Rear-naked choke Round 1 2:42
Shinya Murofushi Def. Takehiro Harusaki by Decision 3-0
Akihiro Yamazaki Def. Naoko Hirayama by decision 2-0
Takahiro Hosoi Def. Nobuhiro “Mike” Hayakawa by Triangle-Choke Round 2 1:31

Rookie Tournament:
Haruo Ochi Def. Yuta Nezu by rear-naked choke
Naohiro Mizuno "Chokugeki Gamon" Def. Daiki Tsuchiya by Decision 2-0
Ikuo Usuda Def. Junpei Konno by Rear-naked Choke Round 2 3:41

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - Fight Order

MMA-Weekend's second event is on tonight, I am about to leave for it now, and this should be a good one!

Note to self "There are too many Japanese guys calling themselves "Mike"..."

11. Main-Event: Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima 8-3-4 vs. 20-4-3 Mamoru Yamamguchi

10. Pacific Title-fight:
Yusuke Endo 11-2-1 vs. 7-5-5 Kenichiro Togashi

9. "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1 vs. 5-3-3 Matteus Lahdesmaki
8. Hiroyuki Tanaka 6-4-1 vs. 4-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
7. Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
6. Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
5. Akihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko Hirayama
4. Nobuhiro “Mike” Hayakawa 1-3-2 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi

Rookie Tournament:
3. Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi
2. Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
1. 臼田育男　Ikuo Usuda (?) vs. Junpei Konno

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - "Wicky" Akiyo's opponent announced

Finally Shooto have announced the opponent for "Wicky" Akiyo. It is Finnish Shooto fighter Matteus Lahdesmaki who will make his Japan debut.

**Correction***
Matteus Lahdesmaki has Has fought in Japan once before, that was in 2006 the organization that time was MARS and the arena Shinjuku Face.He lost that fight to Un Sik Song by rear naked choke.

This card is looking awesome!

Added:
"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1 vs. 5-3-3 Matteus Lahdesmaki

Previously announced:
Main-Event: Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima 8-3-4 vs. 20-4-3 Mamoru Yamamguchi
Co-main event: Pacific Title-fight:
Yusuke Endo 11-2-1 vs. 7-5-5 Kenichiro Togashi
Hiroyuki Tanaka 6-4-1 vs. 4-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
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
Akihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko Hirayama

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
Rookie Tournament:
臼田育男　Ikuo Usuda (?)　vs. Junpei Konno

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - Main-Event Announced

Shooto has announced an additional 4 fights today, the main event will see "BJ" returning to bantamweight, and I am sure I am not the only one to look forward to seeing him defending his title against Mamoru.

There is a very good mix of experienced top fighters and new exciting talents on this card, should be an awesome event!

No opponent for "Wicky" Akiyo yet, but hopefully there will be an announcement soon.

For some reason, this fight does not seem to be on the card anymore:
Naohiro Mizuno 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Daiki Tsuchiya

Added to the card:
Main-Event: Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima 8-3-4 vs. 20-4-3 Mamoru Yamamguchi
Co-main event: Pacific Title-fight:
Yusuke Endo 11-2-1 vs. 7-5-5 Kenichiro Togashi
Hiroyuki Tanaka 6-4-1 vs. 4-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
Rookie Tournament:
臼田育男　Ikuo Usuda (?)　vs. Junpei Konno

Previously Announced:
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
Akihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko Hirayama

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

Participating:
"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1

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