2/11 Cage Force & Valkyrie 04 - Fight Order

GCM have announced their 2 cards for tomorrow, and to be honest I think the Valkyrie card is the better one...

Hiroko Kitamura is a late replacement, and comes in for an injured "Sachi", the crowd favorite broke her leg during training and will be sidelined for this event.

The main-event will be the Female featherweight title fight between Yuka Tsuji and "V Hajime". Also on the card is one of my favorite fighters, Rin Nakai.

The main-event for the Cage Force (or the male part) is Katsuhiko Nagata, who will be taking on Koji Ando. This is a great chance for Ando to get a good win, but Nagata will be coming in as the favorite here.

Valkyrie:
Main-Event: Female Fetherweight Title fight (3x5min):
7. Yuka Tsuji 22-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi

Female Flyweight (45.4kg) Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
6. Naoko Omuro 10-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Yuko Takagi
5. Yasuko Tamada 9-4-3 vs. 5-3-0 "Happy" Fukuko Hamada

4. Feather (52.2kg): "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-12-1 vs. 16-15-5 Masako Yoshida
3. Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai 5-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Mizuho Sato
2. -53kg: Hiroko Kitamura 2-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Kimie "Sakura" Okada
1. Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Mamiko Mizoguchi 2-3-1 vs. Megumi Morioka

Cage Force:
Main-Event:
6. Light(70.3kg 3x5min): Katsuhiko Nagata 5-6-1 vs. 2-1-2 Koji Ando

5. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 9-12-4 vs. 4-0-0 Runki
4. Fly (56.7kg 3x3min 3x3min): Hirotaka Miyakawa 4-6-2 vs. 1-5-1 Hayato "Cat" Sato
3. Middle (83.9kg 3x3min): Yusuke Sakashita 5-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takeshi Ogawa
2. Light (3x3min): Kosuto Umeda 7-7-3 vs. Naoki "Ken Taisho" Akimoto
1. Feather: (65.7kg 3x3min): Ryo Takagi 1-1-0 vs. Kaoru Yamaguchi

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2/11 Cage Force & Valkyrie Fights Announced

GCM have announced a couple of additions to their February 11 double header.

In the Cage Force event Laughter7's Wataru Takahashi will take on undefeated Runki. Runki has fought most his fights in Tribelate and won his debut in Cage Force too. Coming in he has a 4-0 record, all finised decisively in the 1st round. It will be interesting to see how he handles the much more experiensed Takahashi.

The Valkyrie fight announced will see 2 veterans face eachother for the 2nd time. "Windy" Tomomi and Masako Yoshida fought in GCM almost 6 years ago, on that occation Yoshida got out on top.

Announced - Cage Force:
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 9-12-4 vs. 4-0-0 Runki

Announced - Valkyrie:
Feather (52.2kg): "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-12-1 vs. 16-15-5 Masako Yoshida

Previously Announced - Cage Force:
Light(70.3kg 3x5min): Katsuhiko Nagata 5-6-1 vs. 2-1-2 Koji Ando
Middle (83.9kg 3x3min): Yusuke Sakashita 5-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takeshi Ogawa
Fly (56.7kg 3x3min 3x3min): Hirotaka Miyakawa 4-6-2 vs. 1-5-1 Hayato "Cat" Sato
Feather: (65.7kg 3x3min): Ryo Takagi 1-1-0 vs. Kaoru Yamaguchi

Previously Announced - Valkyrie:
Female Fetherweight Title fight (3x5min):
Yuka Tsuji 22-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi

Female Flyweight (45.4kg) Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
Naoko Omuro 10-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Yuko Takagi
Yasuko Tamada 9-4-3 vs. 5-3-0 "Happy" Fukuko Hamada

Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai 5-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Mizuho Sato
Feather（52.2kg 3x3min）: Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto 6-4-1 vs. 0-1-1 Emi "sakura" Okada
Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Mamiko Mizoguchi 2-3-1 vs. Megumi Morioka

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2/11 Cage Force - Fights Announced

Cage Force have announced the first few fights for their first event of 2010. The main fight announced today is DREAM and Hero's veteran Katsuhiko Nagata, who will take on Sengoku and Cage Force veteran Koji Ando.

Team Cloud's Yusuke Sakashita comes in with a good record and should win his fight here.

Announced:
Light(70.3kg 3x5min): Katsuhiko Nagata 5-6-1 vs. 2-1-2 Koji Ando
Middle (83.9kg 3x3min): Yusuke Sakashita 5-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takeshi Ogawa
Fly (56.7kg 3x3min 3x3min): Hirotaka Miyakawa 4-6-2 vs. 1-5-1 Hayato "Cat" Sato
Feather: (65.7kg 3x3min): Ryo Takagi 1-1-0 vs. Kaoru Yamaguchi

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2/28 Cage Force-EX - Pancrase Champion vs. Cage Force Champion

GCM have announced that Mizuto Hirota will defend his title against Pancrase lightweight champion Katsuya Inoue. None of these fighters are really submission artists, and it should be a very good fight (I guess it wont go to the ground). This fight will be the main event.

In addition to the main event, GCM have added another awesome fight to the card. Tomonari Kanomata will fight Yoshihiro Koyama in what should be a very good fight.

Added:
Main-Event - Ligtweight Title Fight:
Mizuto Hirota 10-3-0 vs. 18-6-3 Katsuya Inoue

Light: Tomonari Kanomata 13-3-3 vs. 11-2-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Bantam (3x3): Yuta Nezu 5-2-1 vs. 8-8-5 Seiji Otsuka
Light (3x3): Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi 4-1-0 vs. 2-0-1 Koji Ando
Light (3x3): Naoto Miyazaki 1-1-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shin Kochiwa

Previously Announced:
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-4-0 vs. 1-5-1 Yasunori Kanehara
Middle: Rikuhei Fuji 3-3-0 vs. 5-3-4 Sojiro Orui
Welter (3x3): Yusaku Tsukumo vs. 2-0-0 Kenta Takagi
Light (female) (3x3): Kazue Matake 3-1-0 vs. 2-6-1 Kinuka Sasaki
Light (female) (3x3): Kayo Nagayasu 7-6-1 vs. 4-5-1 Maho Muranami

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6/22 Cage Force 07 - RESULTS

I just came home from this event, and I decided to make this review a bit more personal than I normally do...

Cage Force has always been very good to me! Today, it was just ok... Probably because of some (one) of the results, and some fighter performances.

To be honest, there were 4 fights that made this card. That were the 4 tournament fights. The others were a bonus (and a nice one at that). I think GCM did well this time, the event was pretty much sold out and the atmosphere was much better than what it normally is at events in Japan. It started good, some good pre-liminary fights got the night of to a good start.

I think Hiyoshi can look forward to a bright future, he is 4-0 now and it might be time to get a really good opponent.

The fights went on, and there were some good performances, some mis-matches but all enjoyable. Then it was time for the money fights, the final 4, the tournament fights.

Sorry, for those reading carefully, I had the fight order wrong earlier. It is corrected here.

Faijin Son won an early doctor stoppage in a fight that really looked to have potential.

Then it was time for Tatsu Suzuki vs. Katsuya Toida! An awesome match-up (I thought)! Suzuki came in wearing a mask that got the crowd laughing. Toida clearly tried the same by standing around in his corner when the bell rung. Suzuki knocked him on the head, and Toida went down. Suzuki pounced on it and the ref had to jump in. I am guessing it took about 20 sec. HOW CAN YOU LOSE TO A GRAPPLER LIKE THAT???? Man, I had this picked as one of the best match-ups of the night!

Next was Mizugaki vs. Fujiwara. No real surprise here... Mizugaki was stronger, Fujiwara tried to take him down. Mizugaki KO'd Fujiwara from the clich. A BIG KO! Fujiwara woke up long after Mizugaki had been announced as the winner and tried to continue the fight. He appologized later to Mizugaki. A solid performance from Mizugaki who moves on in the tournament.

The main-event! Carvalho vs. Hoshino! The crowd (me included) was really into this one! Carvalho is one of my favorite fighters and today I am sad... He lost this fight... No discussion... Hoshino took him down and Carvalho had no answers from his back. No doubt these were to of the best fighters on the night, and they both brought everything. I just wish the result was different. Today Hoshino was stronger, and it was an emotional victory for him. I am sure most of you know by now by the Wajyutsu Keisyukai suffered a tragic loss of their coach. And Hoshino was clearly emotional after getting his win (very understandable).

The results:
Yuji Hoshino Def. Antonio Carvalho by decision 3-0
Takeya Mizugaki Def. Daichi Fujiwara by TKO
(how this was not a KO I dont know) Round 1 2:38
Tatsu Suzuki Def. Katsuya Toida by TKO Round 1 0:16
Fanjin Son Def. Tomohiko Hori TKO Round 1 1:28

Non-Tournament:
Motoki Miyazawa Def. Shiko Yamashita by decision 3-0
Rikuhei Fuji Def. Akihiro Murayama by decision 3-0
Daisuke Endo Def. Tomoaki Ueyama Rear-naked choke Round 1 2:13
Ikkei Def. Mako Dragon by arm-bar round 1 2:53
Shinpei Sotoyama Def. Kenta Okuyama by Kimura round 3 0:55

Preliminary Fights:
Daisuke Hoshino Def. Daisuke Yamamoto by TKO Round 1 1:57
Nobutaka Hiyoshi Def. Ryo Saito by TKO Round 1 1:16
Tekaji Def. Wataru Suzuki by decision 3-0
Koji Ando vs. Naoto Miyazaki DRAW


That leaves these as the 2nd round/semi-finals tournament match-ups:
Featherweight:
"Wicky" Akiyo vs. Fajin Son
Yuji Hoshina vs. Takeshi Yamazaki

Bantamweight:
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Taiyo Nakahara
Tatsu Suzuki vs. Masahiro Oishi

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6/22 Cage Force 07 - Fight Order

Ok, I know... There has been a lot about this event... But it will be awesome! Cage Force has been one of my favorite promotors the last couple of years. They have a very good show, not sure how sound it is finanicially... As we saw earlier this year. But these shows are fun and they attract some very good talent.

Anyway, the fight order for this Sunday.

13. FWT: Antonio Carvalho 10-3-0 vs. 13-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
12. BWT: Katsuya Toida 10-8-3 vs. 7-5-3 Tatsu Suzuki
11. BWT: Takeya Mizugaki 8-2- vs. 6-2-1 Daichi Fujiwara
10. FWT: Fanjin Son 4-2-0 vs. 7-2-2 Tomohiko Hori

Non-Tournament:9. WW: Shiko Yamashita 10-3-3 vs. 3-0-0 Motoki Miyazawa
8. MW: Akihiro Murayama 9-2-4 vs. 2-2-0 Rikuhei Fuji
7. BW: Tomoaki Ueyama 0-1-0 vs. Taityoko Endo
6. MW: Ikkei 0-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 Mako Dragon
5. LW: Shinpei Sotoyama 5-3-2 vs 7-5-0.Kenta Okuyama

Preliminary Fights:
4. LW: Daisuke Hoshino vs. Junichi Ota
3. FW: Saito (?) vs. Nobutaka Hiyoshi
2. LW: Tekaji vs. 1-0-0 Wataru Suzuki
1. LW: Koji Ando vs. 0-1-0 Naoto Miyazaki

FWT= Featherweight Tournament
BWT= Bantamweight Trournament
MW= Middleweight
LW= Lightweight
FW= Featherweight
BW= Bantamweight

Cage Force 07
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This is one of the posters for the event... One of these fighter would probably like a better picture.

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6/22 Cage Force 07 - Card Final

It looks like the Cage Force card for Sunday is final. Today 3 more fights were announced, this is looking like a very good event (I always enjoy these Cage Force cards).

No word on the main-event yet, but I am guessing Antonio Carvalho should have a good chance at getting it.

Added today:
Tomoaki Ueyama 0-1-0 vs. Taityoko Endo
Ikkei 0-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 Mako Dragon
Shinpei Sotoyama 5-3-2 vs 7-5-0.Kenta Okuyama

Previously announced:
Bantamweight Tournament Fights:
Katsuya Toida 10-8-3 vs. 7-5-3 Tatsu Suzuki
Takeya Mizugaki 8-2- vs. 6-2-1 Daichi Fujiwara

Featherweight Tournament Round 1:
Antonio Carvalho 10-3-0 vs. 13-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
Fanjin Son 4-2-0 vs. 7-2-2 Tomohiko Hori

Non-Tournament:
Shiko Yamashita 10-3-3 vs. 3-0-0 Motoki Miyazawa
Akihiro Murayama 9-2-4 vs. 2-2-0 Rikuhei Fuji

Preliminary Fights:
Daisuke Hoshino vs. Junichi Ota
Saito (?) vs. Nobutaka Hiyoshi
Koji Ando vs. Naoto Miyazaki 0-1-0
Tekaji vs. 1-0-0 Wataru Suzuki

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6/22 Cage Force 07 - More Fights Announced

GCM have announced 4 more fights for Cage Force 07. We will finally get to see Antonio Carvalho fight in Cage Force, I am sure I am not the only one that have been looking forward to that. Carvalho is taking on Yuji Hoshino, who he was suppose to fight on April 5, this should be a very good fight. The other fight in the featherweight tournament is completely changed...

If we look back at the Welterweight and Lightweight tournament last year, the finalists from there have done very well:

Welterweight (will the UFC set up a re-match?)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida --> Signed with UFC, won his first fight
Dan Hardy --> Recently signed with UFC

Lightweight:
Koutetsu Boku --> Fought in DREAM
Artur Oumakhanov --> Fought in DREAM

Will this year's tournament be as successful? They got off to a shakie start, but lets hope that is behind them now.

Fights added to June 22 card:
Featherweight Tournament Round 1:
Antonio Carvalho 10-3-0 vs. 13-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
Fanjin Son 4-2-0 vs. 7-2-2 Tomohiko Hori

Preliminary Fights (3x3min):
Koji Ando vs. Naoto Miyazaki 0-1-0
Tekaji vs. 1-0-0 Wataru Suzuki

Previously announced:
Bantamweight Tournament Fights:
Katsuya Toida 10-8-3 vs. 7-5-3 Tatsu Suzuki
Takeya Mizugaki 8-2- vs. 6-2-1 Daichi Fujiwara

Non-Tournament fights
Shiko Yamashita 10-3-3 vs. 3-0-0 Motoki Miyazawa
Akihiro Murayama 9-2-4 vs. 2-2-0 Rikuhei Fuji

Preliminary Fights:
Daisuke Hoshino vs. Junichi Ota
Saito (?) vs. Nobutaka Hiyoshi

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