9/23 Sengoku 10 - The Fresh King of Pancrase fighting

The newly crowned King of Pancrase has been added to the upcoming Sengoku card, Maximo Blanco have always been a very talented fighter his problem has been containing his enthusiasm. This time he will take on the very talented Tetsuya Yamada, who was very impressive in his loss in the featherweight GP. He is still very young, and weight gain is natural he will move up to lightweight and his first fight will be a tough one.

There are also 3 opening fights added, these are the winners of the Sengoku G tournamnets in Japan and Korea taking eachother on.

This looks to be another very interesting event from Sengoku, to be held in Saitama Community Arena. They seemed to have settled on a format of very talented fighter forming the opening fights, and I think it is a very good way of giving these young fighters invaluable experience.

Added:
Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz

Opening fights:
Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

Participants:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut)
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0
Antonio Silva 12-1-0
Joe Doerksen 42-12-0

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4/10 Shooto - Shooting Disco 8 "We are Tarzan!" - RESULTS!

This event in Shinjuku Face is happening right now. I will update the results as they become available.

There are some very good and talented fighters on this card, among them 1 of last years rookie tournament champions: Ikuo Usuda. Usuda's fight with Delameau, should be an awesome fight.

Main-Event:
9. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki Def. Junji Ikoma by Decision 3-0

8. Welter: Ikuo Usuda Def. Guy Delameau by Decision 2-0

Rookie Tournament Fights:
7. Middle: Yoichiro Sato Def. Naoki Hirayama by Decision 3-0
6. Light: Yusuke Yachi Def. Kenichiro Marui by Decision 2-0

Non-Tournament:
5. Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda Def. Shinichi Hanawa by Decision
4. Welter: Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi Def. Komei Okada Technical Decision 3-0
3. Bantam: Tatsuya Nakashima Def. Hiroaki Ijima by Decision 3-0

Rookie Tournament Fights:
2. Light-Heavy: Takahiro Suzuki Def. Tomohito Tanizaki by Decision 3-0

1. Light: Hidenori Nishino Def. Toshiaki Hayasaka by Decision 3-0

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4/10 Shooto - Shooting Disco 8 "We are Tarzan!"

It is time for me to catch up on some cards...

GutsMan is putting on another event in their popular Shooting Disco
series. The main event could very well deceide the next challenger to BJ's title. Shooto ranked #2 Ryuichi Miki is taking on the #4 ranked veteran Junji Ikoma. I think it is safe to say that the winner will be ranked #1 next month, since #1 ranked Yuki Shoujou lost his fight against "BJ" on Mach 20.

Other than that, it is a normal Shooting Disco card, LOTS of talented fighters. There should be some very good fights here, these events have had a habit of putting on some of the best fights over the last couple of years.

Main-Event:
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 8-2-3 vs. 12-9-4 Junji Ikoma

Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda 5-6-0 vs. 4-6-1 Shinichi Hanawa
Welter: Komei Okada 5-8-2 vs. 5-3-1 Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi
Welter: Guy Delameau 9-4-0 vs. 3-0-0 Ikuo Usuda
Light: Yuji Inoue 4-4-1 vs. 5-2-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Bantam: Hiroaki Ijima 2-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Tatsuya Nakashima
Light: Hidenori Nishino 1-3-1 vs. 0-2-0 Toshiaki Hayasaka

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 2-1-1 vs. 1-2-0 Naoki Hirayama
Light: Kenichiro Marui 1-2-0 vs. Yusuke Yachi
Light-Heavy: Tomohito Tanizaki vs. Takahiro Suzuki

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4/10 Shooto - Shooting Disco 8 "We are Tarzan"

Gutsman have announced some fights for their Shooting Disco 8, with the subtitle "we are Tarzan".

Dont expect title fights on this card, but there will be some awesome fights and good talent. Announced on the card so far is Guy Delameau who will face the Shooto Rookie champion from 2008, Ikuo Usuda. It should be a very good fight.

There are 6 fights announced, and I am expecting the addition of a couple more.

Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda 5-6-0 vs. 4-6-1 Shinichi Hanawa
Welter: Guy Delameau 9-4-0 vs. 3-0-0 Ikuo Usuda
Bantam: Hiroaki Ijima 2-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Tatsuya Nakashima

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 2-1-1 vs. 1-2-0 Naoki Hirayama
Light: Kenichiro Marui 1-2-0 vs. Yusuke Yachi
Light-Heavy: Tomohito Tanizaki vs. Takahiro Suzuki

Tickets:
SRS 10,000円
RS 8,000円　
S 6,000円　
A 5,000円

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12/13 Shooto - Rookie Tournament Finals - LIVE Results

Tonight we are sure to see some Shooto stars born, the Rookie Tournament never fails to deliver. Who will it be this year? I will for the first time give live updates from the event.

I will just post small comments and the results as I am taking pictures and enjoying the event at the same time :).

Read on for spoilers! Of course the success of this depends on the reception in the arena, lets hope it works out! The event starts at 6PM Japan time.

The event has started, I will be updating the results live!

A very good event, the crowd really go into it and it makes these kind of events special! A lot of fun!

MVP was the Killer Bee figher Issei Tamura, he won the hotly contested lightweight final and will be one to look for in the future. "Kid" Yamamoto was there to cheer him on, and its easy to see why. A very talented fighter.

The crowd was backing Mikitoshi Yamagami though, he has always been a popular guy in Shinjuku Face, and you wont find a more vocal crowd in Japan.

The main event was a very good fight, Guy came out strong and go the take down. Milano was strong and avoided most of the damage in the 1st round. If the round was 30 seconds longer he would even have the fight. But to his enthusiastic fans, Delameau was saved by the bell when Milano had a rear-naked choke sunk in deep. In the second round, Delameau continued his powerful gnp and it paid dividend (unlike the Lehman sotck I had earlier this year), Milano defended well for a long time but in the end the ref had to save him from the Delameau onslaught. A stroung win for Guy Delameau in tonights main event!

8. Main-Event: Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Paulo Milano by TKO (gnp) Round 2 4:09

Rookie Tournament Finals:
7. Flyweight: Mikitoshi Yamagami Def. Junji “Sarumaru” Ito by Guilliotine choke ROund 2 Fight of the night so far!!
6. Lightweight: Issei Tamura Def. Naohiro Mizuno by Decision 3-0

Retirement ceremony of Adachi.

5. Featherweight: Kosuke Eda Def. Yoshihiko Oyama by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:02
4. Light-Heavy: Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½” Def. Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” by KO (BIG KO) Round 1
3. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Kentaro Watanabe by Decision 3-0
2. Middle: Takuya Sato Def. Takesuke Kume by Decision after extra round
1. Welter: Ikuo Usuda Def. Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura by Decision 3-0

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Finals - Weigh-In

The weight-in for tomorrow's Rookie Tournament finals are done and there were no major drama, everyone made weight even if both 2 and 3 attempts were needed.

8. Main-Event: Welterweight:
Paulo Milano 69.8kg
Guy Delameau 69.9kg

Rookie Tournament Finals:
7. Flyweight:
Mikitoshi Yamagami 51.8kg
Junji “Sarumaru” Ito 52.0kg

6. Lightweight:
Issei Tamura 64.9kg
Naohiro Mizuno 64.8kg

5. Featherweight:
Kosuke Eda 59.8kg
Yoshihiko Oyama 59.8kg

4. Light-Heavyweight:
Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 82.8kg
Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½” 82.8kg

3. Bantamweight:
Fumihiro Kitahara 56.0kg
Kentaro Watanabe 55.3kg

2. Middleweight:
Takesuke Kume 76.1kg→76.0kg
Takuya Sato 75.5kg

1. Welterweight:
Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 70.2kg→70.1kg→70.0kg
Ikuo Usuda 70.0kg

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12/13 Shooto - Rookie Tournament Finals - Fight Order

Next Saturday is one of the highlights of the year for me. I really like going to these kind of finals, whatever they call it... The Shooto tournament always produces some great talent, and this year should be no different. In addition to that, they have added a main-event to the card that should be really good!

Also scheduled is the retirement ceremony of Akihiko Adachi (4-4-2), winner of the rookie tournament in 2003.

Fight order:
8. Main-Event: Welter: Paulo Milano 6-3-1 vs. 7-4-0 Guy Delameau

Rookie Tournament Finals:
7. Flyweight: Mikitoshi Yamagami 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-0 Junji “Sarumaru” Ito
6. Lightweight: Issei Tamura 2-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno

Retirement ceremony of Akihiko Adachi.

5. Featherweight: Kosuke Eda 6-2-2 vs. 0-1-1 Yoshihiko Oyama
4. Light-Heavy: Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 2-1-0 vs. 2-1-1 Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½”
3. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kentaro Watanabe
2. Middle: Takesuke Kume 3-0-2 vs. 2-2-2 Takuya Sato
1. Welter: Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 8-1-4 vs. 2-0-0 Ikuo Usuda

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12/13 Shooto - Rookie Tournament Finals - Fight Added

This should be a good event, held in Shinjuku Face Saturday December 13. The rookie tournament finals is always a good place to spot the next Shooto stars. Last year's MVP was Ogikubo, who is defietely one to look out for.

This year, there are some very good fighters to look out for as well.

Added to the card is a non-tournament fight, but it should still be a good one! 2 foreigners fighting in Japan will square off. Paulo Milano will fight Guy Delameau

Added:
Paulo Milano 6-3-1 vs. 7-4-0 Guy Delameau

Previously Announced - Rookie Tournament Finals:
Flyweight: Mikitoshi Yamagami 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-0 Junji “Sarumaru” Ito
Bantamweight: Fumihiro Kitahara 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kentaro Watanabe
Featherweight: Kosuke Eda 6-2-2 vs. 0-1-1 Yoshihiko Oyama
Lightweight: Issei Tamura 2-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Welterweight: Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 8-1-4 vs. 2-0-0 Ikuo Usuda
Middleweight: Takesuke Kume 3-0-2 vs. 2-2-2 Takuya Sato
Light-Heavyweight: Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 2-1-0 vs. 2-1-1 Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½”

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Finals - Fights Announced

For me the Rookie tournament are a highlight every year. Pancrase finished their Neo-Blood tournament earlier this year, and as always it was an awesome event. The Shooto finals have some exciting fighters in it too.

There are so many good fighters and fights on this card already, add to that the ticket price and you should have a very good Saturday night in Shinjuku! I am definately not missing this one!

Flyweight Rookie Tournament Final
Mikitoshi Yamagami 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-0 Junji “Sarumaru” Ito

Bantamweight Rookie Tournament Final
Fumihiro Kitahara 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kentaro Watanabe

Featherweight Rookie Tournament Final
Kosuke Eda 6-2-2 vs. 0-1-1 Yoshihiko Oyama

Lightweight Rookie Tournament Final
Issei Tamura 2-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno

Welterweight Rookie Tournament Final
Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 8-1-4 vs. 2-0-0 Ikuo Usuda

Middleweight Rookie Tournament Final
Takesuke Kume 3-0-2 vs. 2-2-2 Takuya Sato

Light-Heavyweight Rookie Tournament Final
Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 2-1-0 vs. 2-1-1 Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½”


Tickets:
RS 8,000円
S 6,000円
A 5,000円
At the door +500円
Includes 500円 drink coupon

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10/13 Shooto Kitazawa Townhall - RESULTS

Not many events this month, but the Shooto card in Kitzawa Townhall had a lot of talent in the 6 fights on the card. The event has just finished and it looks like another strong performance by Usuda in the Rookie Tournament.

Also worth a mention, Numajiri debuts with a win.

Bantam: Junji Ikoma Def. Yusei Shimokawa by Triangle choke Round 1 2:23
Rookie Tourn Light: Issei Tamura Def. Takumi Ota by Decision 2-0
Rookie Tourn Welter: Ikuo Usuda Def. Kazuya Satomoto by TKO Round 1 1:05
Welter: Shinobu Miura Def. Koichi Taguchi by Decision 3-0
Middle: Shin Kochiwa Def. Taijiro Iseki by TKO (3 down) Round 1 2:55
Feather: Ken Numajiri Def. Masumi Tozawa by Decision 3-0

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10/13 Shooto - Kitazawa Townhall *REMINDER*

Just a reminder of this event. It is happening in Kitazawa Townhall on Monday (which is a public holiday in Japan) and it should be a good event.

One change has happened to the card though, this featherweight fight is taken off due to Yamauchi suffering a rib injury:
Makoto Yamauchi 1-0-0 vs. 1-4-2 Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa
Which is a shame, but there is still good talent on this card.

The complete card and fight order:
Bantam: Junji Ikoma 10-9-3 vs. 5-3-0 Yusei Shimokawa
Rookie Tourn Light: Takumi Ota 4-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Issei Tamura
Rookie Tourn Welter: Kazuya Satomoto 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ikuo Usuda
Welter: Shinobu Miura 1-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Koichi Taguchi
Middle: Shin Kochiwa 0-1-1 vs. 0-1-0 Taijiro Iseki
Feather: Masumi Tozawa 0-1-2 vs. Ken Numajiri

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10/13 Shooto - Kitazawa Townhall

Shooto have announced some fights for their event in Kitazawa Townhall. Looks like the main event will be 38 year old veteran Ikoma taking on 27 year old Shimokawa, it should be a very good fight. Otherwise, as always on the Kitazawa Townhall cards, lots of talent.

Bantamweight: Junji Ikoma 10-9-3 vs. 5-3-0 Yusei Shimokawa
Welterweight: Shinobu Miura 1-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Koichi Taguchi
Featherweight: Masumi Tozawa 0-1-2 vs. Ken Numajiri

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Lightweight: Takumi Ota 4-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Issei Tamura
Welterweight: Kazuya Satomoto 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ikuo Usuda

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