1/18 Shooto - Tradition 5

At last night's event they also introduced some fights for the first Shooto event next year. This will be held in Differ Ariake, as suppose to the usual Korakuen Hall.

On the card will be super-veteran Jin Akimoto, Akimoto was a very good fighter. But after taking 2 years off, he has not recorded a win (thats 9 fights without a win!). Akimoto has faced good opponents though, and he should be favorite against "Gozo".

The money fight on this card is the fight between Endo and Boku though. This should be the main-event, even if it is not a title fight. Boku lost by decision to "Hellboy" in his last fight and is currently on a 2 fight losing streak. Yusuke Endo is the current Pacific Rim Shooto Champion, and he will be facing a former champion. This is a non-title fight though.

Announced:
Welter: Yusuke Endo 12-2-1 vs. 13-5-1 Koutetsu Boku
Feather: Junya "KODO" Kudo 6-2-2 vs. 5-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi
Bantam: Jin Akimoto 10-12-4 vs. 4-6-0 Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disco 6 - RESULTS

Today Shooting Disco 6 is happening in Shinjuku Face. As always, these cards are full of talents and in the main event we see the experienced Jin Akimoto as well.

Also making his return to the ring is Daiji Takahashi, after a 2 year layoff. He is taking on Saiji "OZ" Otsuka. Takahashi's last fight was August 2006 against Urushitani.

The event is happening now, and I will update the results as they become available.

11. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki Def. Jin Akimoto by Decision 2-0
10. Middle: Taisuke Okuno Def. Yoichiro Sato by Decision 3-0
9. Bantam: Daiji Takahashi vs. Seiji Otsuka DRAW
8. Light: Sakae Kasuya Def. Hidenori Nishino by decision 2-0
7. Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda Def. Kenji Hosoya by Decision 3-0
6. Light: Daiki Tsuchiya Def. Daisuke Matsumoto by TKO (3down) Round 1 4:57
5. Bantam: "Heat" Takeshi Sato Def. Nozomi Otsuka by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:41
4. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Hisaki Hiraishi "MaruKotobuki" by Decision 3-0

Shooto Rookie Tournament:
3. Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami Def. Yusuke Sato by KO Round 2 0:18
2. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Hiroaki Ijima by Decision 3-0
1. Feather: Kosuke Eda Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disco 6 - Fights Added

Shooto have annouced a couple more fights for their Shooting Disco 6 in Shinjuku Face. Added to the card is the Rookie Tournamet fight between Haruo Ochi and Kosuke Eda. Ochi was being dominated in the previous round, but managed to get a choke in and get the win. Will be interesting to see how he does against the much more experienced Eda.

Added:
Middleweight: Taisuke Okuno 5-2-1 vs. 1-0-1 Yoichiro Sato
Lightweight: Daisuke Matsumoto 3-4-0 vs. 1-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Featherweight: Haruo Ochi 2-0-0 vs. 5-2-2 Kosuke Eda

Previously announced:
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 6-2-3 vs. 10-11-4 Jin Akimoto
Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda vs. 2-3-0 Kenji Hosoya
Light: Sakae Kasuya 3-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Hidenori Nishino
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 1-0-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara 2-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Hiroaki Ijima
Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yusuke Sato

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disc 6

Shooto have announced some fights for their Shooting Disc 6 event in Shinjuku Face. I am sure there will be more fights announced, but so far it looks as though the main event will be the fight between Ryuichi Miki and Jin Akimoto (ranked #5 and #10 bantamweights), I am sure they both would like to improve on their ranking and it should be a good fight.

Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 6-2-3 vs. 10-11-4 Jin Akimoto
Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda vs. 2-3-0 Kenji Hosoya
Light: Sakae Kasuya 3-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Hidenori Nishino
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 1-0-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara 2-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Hiroaki Ijima
Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yusuke Sato

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6/21 Shooto - Shooting Disc 5 - RESULTS

The main event for yesterday's Shooto even was the re-match between the 2 veterans Jin Akimoto and Junji Ikoma. They fought in January in what was an exciting draw. Yesterday they fought again, the result being much the same...

All the results:
Jin Akimoto vs. Junji Ikoma DRAW
So Tazawa Def. Junya Kudo “KODO” by decision 3-0
Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara Def. Atsushi Takeuchi by arm-bar Round 2 3:25
Yoshitaro Niimi Def. Taisuke Okuno by decision 2-1
Eiji Murayma Def. Yuji Inoue by triangle choke Round 1 4:40
Seiji Otsuka Def. Ayumu “GOZO” Shioda by KO Round 2 0:59
Daisuke “Hunt” Okumiya vs. Shin Kochiwa DRAW
Hidenori Nishino Def. Kenichiro Marui by TKO Round 1 0:52

Rookie Tournament Bantamweight:
Hiroaki Ijima Def. Nari Fujita by decision 2-1

Nozomu Otsuka Def. Yosuke Saruta “Flying Monkey☆No.2” by TKO Round 2 3:25

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6/21 Shooto - Shooting Disc 5

Shooting Disc 5 will be held in Shinjuku Face and this are the card for the event on June 21. I think this looks like an interesting card. Akimoto and Ikoma is haveing a re-match of their fight just 5 months ago, but it will be a good fight again.

Jin Akimoto 10-11-3 vs. 10-9-2 Junji Ikoma
So Tazawa 7-3-2 vs. 6-0-2 Junya Kudo “KODO”
Atsushi Takeuchi 4-3-2 vs. 4-2-0 Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara
Taisuke Okuno 4-1-1 vs. 4-2-2 Yoshitaro Niimi
Yuji Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 3-4-2 Eiji Murayma
Seiji Otsuka 7-8-4 vs. 3-5-0 Ayumu “GOZO” Shioda
Daisuke “Hunt” Okumiya 1-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Shin Kochiwa
Hidenori Nishino 0-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kenichiro Marui

Rookie Tournament Bantamweight:
Hiroaki Ijima vs. Nari Fujita

Yosuke Saruta “Flying Monkey☆No.2” 0-1-0 vs. Nozomu Otsuka

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