2/21 Shooto Trilogy op:1 - Fights Announced

There's not a lot of events in Fukuoka, so I am excited to see that Shooto will be holding an event in Southern Pier Hakata. The card has a few fights added already, and also some old fighters coming back on this one.

Takamitsu Oba's last fight in Shooto was back in 2004, no doubt the travelling from Nagasaki makes it more difficulf for the fighters in Kyushu.

I wish I was in Fukuoka for this one. With there being Rookie Tournament fights on there too, there is always the chance of spotting some talented fighters.

Announced:
Welter: Kazuya Satomoto 5-3-0 vs. 2-0-2 Takamitsu Oba

Rookie Tournament:
Welter: Tadahiro Harada 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-1 Norio Tokuhisa
Light: Hiroaki Nakayama 0-2-0 vs. 大昇 "Ninja" Nousaka

62kg "Naked" Grappling: Takeshi Okada vs. Osamu Kosuzu

Participants:
Hideru Inoue 4-2-1
Katsuhisa Akasaki 2-16-1
Naosuke Mizoguchi 0-5-1

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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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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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