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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1/31 Shooto - Shooting Disco 7

Gutsman Promotion have announced 6 fights for their 1st "Shooting Disco" event of 2009. These are smaller events held in Shinjuku Face, but they had some of the best fights of 2008. The secret of these events are good match-ups and great talent.

Added to the card is 2008 Rookie Tournament winner, Takuya Sato and winner of one of the best fights of 2008, Daiki Tsuchiya. Add to that the talent of Ryuichi Miki, Taisuke Okuno and Guy Delameau and you should have a very good event!

Fights announced so far:
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 7-2-3 vs. 7-6-1 Homare Kuboyama
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-2-1 vs. 3-2-2 Takuya Sato
Light: Masatoshi Kobayashi 3-5-0 vs. 2-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya
Fly: Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii 5-6-2 vs. 3-4-0 Katsuya Murofushi
Bantam: Hiroaki Iijima 1-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 "Akki" Kota Funaki
Welter: Guy Delameau 8-4-0 vs. 1-3-1 Kunio Nakajima

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11/29 Shooto Tradition 04 - Two More Fights Added

Shooto has announced 2 more fights for their Tradition 04 card. This is another awesome card and the tickets are selling fast for this one (there are still tickets left though).

Added today is an interesting middleweight fight between Shooto ranked #2 Taisuke Okuno and Daisuke Okumiya.

The other fight added is "Mike" Hayakawa, who I think is better than his record and I hope he gets another win. Yuta Nezu should be a challenge though, Nezu lost in the Shooto Rookie Tournament this year, but was dominating the fight until being caught in a bulldog choke.

Added:
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 6-2-1 vs. 2-2-1 Daisuke "Hunt" Okumiya
Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa 1-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Yuta Nezu

Previously Announced:
Shooto Lightweight World Title Fight:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-7-2 vs. 14-3-0 "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

So Tazawa 8-3-2 vs. 5-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
Jin Kazeta 8-8-2 vs. 5-1-1 Yutaka Ueda
Hatsu Hioki 16-3-2 vs. 24-12-2 Rumina Sato
Atsushi Takeuchi 4-4-2 vs. 3-3-0 Katsuya Murofushi

Participating:
Takashi Nakakura 10-2-1

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11/29 Shooto Tradition 04 - Rumina vs. Hatsu Hioki Announced

Shooto have added 2 fights to their Tradition 04 card. This will be held in Korakuen Hall November 29 and should be an awesome event.

The card is looking very good already and today they added the fight between Rumina Sato and Hatsu Hioki, two of their biggest stars, but also 2 fighters that need to get back to the sort of form we are used to seeing them in.

Despite having average form lately (winning "only" 4 of his last 7), Hioki coming off a win in TKO 35 and a draw in his last Shooto fight, and is still ranked #5. Rumina Sato has lost 4 of his last 5, but is still ranked #6. He has never been the Shooto world champion, but win the Shooto Pacific Rim belt in 2005. Rumina is definitely one of the biggest stars in Shooto.

In the other fight added today, Atsushi Takeuchi will take on Katsuya Murofushi. Both these fighters lost against Noboru Tahara in their last fight, Takeuchi in an awesome fight (worth a watch if you havent seen it). This should be a very good fight.

Already on the card is the Lightweight title fight between Hideki Kadowaki and "Lion" Takeshi.

Added:
Hatsu Hioki 16-3-2 vs. 24-12-2 Rumina Sato
Atsushi Takeuchi 4-4-2 vs. 3-3-0 Katsuya Murofushi

Previously announced:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-7-2 vs. 14-3-0 "Lion" Takeshi Inoue
So Tazawa 8-3-2 vs. 5-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
Jin Kazeta 8-8-2 vs. 5-1-1 Yutaka Ueda

Participating:
Takashi Nakakura 10-2-1

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