3/22 DREAM 13 - LIVE RESULTS

I will be putting up the live results here, discussion is in the forum.

Main Event - Featherweigth Title Fight:
7. Bibiano Fernandes (c) Def. Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen by Decision 2-1

6. Heavy: Josh Barnett Def. Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga by straight armbar Round 1

5. Light: K.J. Noons Def. Andre Dida by Decision 3-0

4. Welter: Ryo Chonan Def. Andrews Nakahara by Decision 3-0

3. Feather: Cole Escovedo Def. Yoshiro Maeda by KO Round 1
Inside legkick sets up the highkick and a BIG KO!

2. Light: Katsunori Kikuno Def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka by KO Round 1
Set up, as expected, by the cresent kick.

1. Open: Ikuhisa Minowa Def. Jimmy Ambriz by heel-hook Round 2

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3/22 DREAM 13 - Fight Order and Weigh-in

DREAM held the weighin for their 13th event today. It should be a good one, but I wish there were a few more fights on the card.

The main event should be an awesome fight, and with "Hellboy" dropping to featherweight, it will be interesting to see how he handles the challenge of meeting the DREAM champion.

The fighters have made weight, and I can't wait for tomorrow!

Main Event - Featherweigth Title Fight:
7. Bibiano Fernandes (c) (62.9kg) 7-2-0 vs. 19-8-1 (63kg) Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen

6. Heavy: Josh Barnett (115kg )24-5-0 vs. 3-1-0 (115kg) Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga
5. Light: K.J. Noons (71.8kg) 7-2-0 vs. 6-3-1 (71.5kg) Andre Dida
4. Welter: Ryo Chonan (75.8kg) 16-10-0 vs. 2-1-0 (75.4kg) Andrews Nakahara
3. Feather: Yoshiro Maeda (62.5kg) 26-7-2 vs. 15-4-0 (62.8kg) Cole Escovedo
2. Light: Katsunori Kikuno (70kg) 12-2-2 vs. 16-6-0 (70kg) Kuniyoshi Hironaka
1. Open: Ikuhisa Minowa (89kg) 44-30-8 vs. 14-12-1 (125kg) Jimmy Ambriz

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3/22 DREAM 13 - Official FEG Looking for Opponent for Barnett

The rumors have been more or less confirmed, but FEG have today announced that Josh Barnett will be fighting in DREAM 13, but they have yet to find an opponent.

Also announced for the card is a featherweight fight between two WEC veterans. The Japanese will be behind Yoshiro Maeda as he takes on Cole Escovedo.

Added:
Feather: Yoshiro Maeda 26-7-2 vs. 15-4-0 Cole Escovedo
Heavy: Josh Barnett 24-5-0 vs. TBA

Previously Announced:
Featherweigth Title Fight:
Bibiano Fernandes (champion) 7-2-0 vs. 19-8-1 Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen

Light: Katsunori Kikuno 12-2-2 vs. 16-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Light: K.J. Noons 7-2-0 vs. 6-3-1 Andre Dida
Open: Ikuhisa Minowa 44-30-8 vs. 14-12-1 Jimmy Ambriz
Welter: Ryo Chonan 16-10-0 vs. 2-1-0 Andrews Nakahara

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3/22 DREAM 13 - Fights Announced

FEG have announced some very interesting fights for the upcoming event in Yokohama Arena.

Former EliteXC champion, K.J. Noons, will make his Dream debut against Andre Dida. DEEP lightweight and Cage Force lightweight champions, Katsunori Kikuno and Kuniyoshi Hironaka will face each other.

Added:
Light: Katsunori Kikuno 12-2-2 vs. 16-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Light: K.J. Noons 7-2-0 vs. 6-3-1 Andre Dida
Open: Ikuhisa Minowa 44-30-8 vs. 14-12-1 Jimmy Ambriz
Welter: Ryo Chonan 16-10-0 vs. 2-1-0 Andrews Nakahara

Previously Announced:
Featherweigth Title Fight:
Bibiano Fernandes (champion) 7-2-0 vs. 19-8-1 Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen

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2/13 ShootBoxing - Hironaka Competing

ShootBoxing have announced the first fight for their February 13 event. And it will be very interesting to see how the Cage Force lightweight chamption, Kuniyoshi Hironaka does in Shootboxing. He will be taking on the Shootboxing Yount Ceasar Osaka Vol. 1 MVP, Shinichiro Kuroki.

Announced:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Shinichiro Kuroki

Participants:
Hiroki Shishido (East Pacific welterweight champion)
Takaaki Umeno (Japan superwelterweight champion)
RENA (Female S-Cup 2009 Champion)
Fuuka Kakimoto (Pro-wrestler)

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10/25 DREAM 12 - James Thompson Added - Filho out!

FEG have today announced the opponent for Alistair Overeem for the this Sundays event in Osaka. James Thompson have been rumored to take the fight, and that has now been confirmed.

Both these fighters are popular with the Japanese crowd, and I think it will be an entertaining fight.

This card has had some setbacks and are missing a few of the fighters that were announced to participate. FEG have had to face some critizism for that, but I think and hope this card delivers.

The card should now be complete, with 9 fights.

Because this card is so close to Sengoku 11, I have added a servey, which card do you think is better? (on the right)

***UPDATE***
Paulo Filho is off the card, no announcement has been made official as to who is replacing him, but the rumor is that it will be Tarec Saffiedine.

Added:
Heavy: Alistair Overeem 30-11-0 vs. James Thompson

The rest of the card:
Light: Katsunori Kikuno 12-1-2 vs. 18-2-0 Eddie Alvarez
Light: "Parky" Won Sik Park 7-1-1 vs. 15-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Middle: Yoon Dong Sik 4-7-0 vs. TBA
Feather: Yoshiro Maeda 25-7-2 vs. 12-5-0 Chase Beebe
Feather: Keisuke Fujiwara 7-1-3 vs. 12-5-6 Tomoya Miyashita
Welter: Myeon Ho Bae 8-4-0 vs. 12-3-0 Marius Zaromskis
Middle: Katsuyori Shibata 3-6-1 vs. 1-4-1 Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Middle: Kazushi Sakuraba 25-12-1 vs. 9-4-0 Zelg Galesic

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10/25 DREAM 12 - Fights Announced, Cage Revealed

DREAM 12 will be a big event for FEG, not only have they announced some big names for the card, but it will also be the first FEG event in a cage. DREAM have chosen a 6-sided cage, and you can see a picture here (taken from GBR):



The fights announced today will be very interesting. Eddie Alvarez will be taking on DEEP champion, Katsunri Kikuno in what will be my pick for fight of the night. Kikuno have had a very good 2009 so far, with no losses and wins over Bu Kyung Jung, Koichiro Matsumoto and Andre "Dida".

The other fight announced today will see the newly crowned Cage Force champion, Kuniyoshi Hironaka (does this mean Cage Force will lose another champion?), will take on Korean standout "Parky". "Parky" has also gone 3-0 in DEEP this year, and deserves the step up, I still think Hironaka will be a size too big for him.

Announced:
Eddie Alvarez 18-2-0 vs. 12-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno
Won Sik "Parky" Park 7-1-1 vs. 15-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Participants:
Kiyoshi Tamura 33-13-2
Yoshiro Maeda 25-7-2
Andrews Nakahara 2-1-0
Paulo Filho 18-1-0
Alistair Overeem 29-11-0
Marius Zaromskis 12-3-0
Myeon Ho Bae 8-4-0

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9/12 Cage Force - RESULTS

An action packed event in Differ Arike today. The main event saw UFC veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka took on Paraestra Matsudo's Yoshihiro Koyama. Hironaka landed a knockout punch at the end of round 1, he claims the title that Mizuto Hirota vacated earlier this week and is now the 3rd lightweight champion of Cage Force.

Main-Event - Lightweight Title Fight:
11. Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka Def. Yoshihiro Koyama by KO Round 1 4:27

10. Feather: Wataru Miki Def. Tomonori Taniguchi by rear-naked choke Round 3 4:36
9. Light: Yasunori Kanehara Def. Hiroki "KG Shinto" Kuga by TKO Round 1 0:55
8. Feather: Wataru Takahashi Def. Masayoshi "Randleman" Ichikawa by arm-bar Round 1 3:43
7. Bantam: Yoshihiro Matsunaga Def. Hirokazu Nishimura by Decision 3-0
6. Bantam: Masato Kobayashi Def. Daisuke Sugishima by Decision 3-0
5. Valkyrie Feather: Kyoko Takabayashi Def. Akiko Naito by TKO Round 1 2:25

Preliminary Fights:
4. Feather: Toru Yoshikawa Def. Tokuei Masaki by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:23
3. Welter: Daisuke Teramoto Def. Yosuke Yaguchi by DQ (Yosuke did not make weight)
2. Light: Kazuki Tokutomei Def. Shin Fujimoto by arm-bar Roune 1 2:01
1. Feather: Katsunori Tsuda Def. Yoji Saito by TKO Round 1 2:54

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9/12 Cage Force - Fight Order/Title Fight Announced

Cage Force have today made it official, Mizuto Hirota is returning his lightweight title and the fight between Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Yoshihiro Koyama will be for the vacant title.

Main-Event - Lightweight Title Fight:
11. Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka 14-6-0 vs. 12-2-1 Yoshihiro Koyama

10. Feather: Wataru Miki 14-9-3 vs. 6-6-2 Tomonori Taniguchi
9. Light: Yasunori Kanehara 2-5-2 vs. 2-2-0 Hiroki "KG Shinto" Kuga
8. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 8-11-4 vs. 3-3-0 Masayoshi "Randleman" Ichikawa
7. Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 3-3-1 vs. 1-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
6. Bantam: Masato Kobayashi 3-0-0 vs. 3-2-0 Daisuke Sugishima
5. Valkyrie Feather: Kyoko Takabayashi 9-4-0 vs. 5-7-0 Akiko Naito

Preliminary Fights:
4. Feather: Tokuei Masaki 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Toru Yoshikawa
3. Welter: Yosuke Yaguchi 0-1-0 vs. Daisuke Teramoto
2. Light: Kazuki Tokutomei vs. Shin Fujimoto
1. Feather: Yoji Saito vs. Katsunori Tsuda

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9/12 Cage Force - Fights Announced

**UPDATE**
It looks like the Hironaka vs. Koyama fight will be for the Cage Force title.

Cage Force have announced some fights for their upcoming event in Differ Ariake. And I am really excited to see UFC veteran take on a more quiet performer in Yoshihiro Koyama. Koyama is one of the fighters on my banner (the other more recognizable) and he is IMO one of the best fighters in Japan that have not been picked up by a big organization. Koyama has not lost since February 2006, but this time he is facing a very experineced opponent and the winner here should be the #1 contender to Mizuto Hirota's Cage Force LW title.

Also, look out for the talented Masato Kobayashi on this card, he is 3-0 in his professional career and came 3rd in the 6th amature shooto freshman tournament's featherweight division.

Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka 14-6-0 vs. 12-2-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Light: Yasunori Kanehara 2-5-2 vs. 2-2-0 Hiroki "KG Shinto" Kuga
Feather: Wataru Miki 14-9-3 vs. 6-6-2 Tomonori Taniguchi
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 8-11-4 vs. 3-3-0 Masayoshi "Randleman" Ichikawa
Bantam: Masato Kobayashi 3-0-0 vs. 3-2-0 Daisuke Sugishima
Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 3-3-1 vs. 1-4-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
Valkyrie Feather: Kyoko Takabayashi 9-4-0 vs. 5-7-0 Akiko Naito

Preliminary Fights:
Welter: Yosuke Yaguchi 0-1-0 vs. Daisuke Teramoto
Feather: Tokuei Masaki 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Toru Yoshikawa
Feather: Yoji Saito vs. Katsunori Tsuda
Light: Kazuki Tokutomei vs. Shin Fujimoto

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6/27 Cage Force - RESULTS

Cage Force held their event in Differ Ariake earlier today. The main event was the matchup between the veterans Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Katsuhiko Nagata. Also on the card was the UFC veteran "K-Taro".

The main card kicked of with a fighter that is very entertaining, "Randleman" Ichikawa always comes out hard, and he did so again! The two first fightes were of the very short kind.

The favorites delivered in this action packed event!

Kuniyoshi Hironaka Def. Katsuhiko Nagata by TKO Round 1 3:41
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" Def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya by Decision 2-0
Daiju Takase Def. Shuji Morikawa by Decision 2-1
Kozo Urita Def. Abbasov Shahriyar by TKO Round 2 1:14
Isao Terada Def. Yuta Nezu by rear-naked choke Round 3 0:13
Teruhiko Kobu Def. Keitaro Maeda by TKO Round 1 3:04
Yuta Nakamura Def. Yusuke Sakashita 5-1-0 by TKO Round 1 0:16
Masayoshi "Randleman" Ichikawa Def. Tomoki Miyaji by TKO Round 1 0:14

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6/27 Cage Force - Fight Order

GCM have finalized their card for this Saturday. The card is a little thinner than what I would normaly expect from a Cage Force event, but keeping in mind their financial problems last year, they are probably doing the right thing. Still a very good card, the quality is there and it should be a good event for the fans that make their way out.

The main-event will be a very interesting fight, UFC veteran Hironaka is taking on Olympic medalist Nagata.

There is also another UFC veteran on the card, K-Taro will be trying to get back on the winning track after his upset loss in November.

10. Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka 13-6-0 vs. 4-5-1 Katsuhiko Nagata
9. Welter: Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2 vs. 6-8-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya
8. Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
7. Kozo Urita 6-11-1 vs. Abbasov Shahriyar
6. Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu
5. Welter: Teruhiko Kobu 6-9-1 vs. 3-4-1 Keitaro Maeda
4. Light-Heavy: Yusuke Sakashita 5-1-0 vs. 4-5-1 Yuta Nakamura
3. Feather: Tomoki Miyaji 4-2-0 vs. Masayoshi "Randleman" Ichikawa

Preliminary Fights:
2. Bantam: Seijin Kobayashi vs. 1-0-0 Nobuo Kawana
1. Welter: Yusaku Inoue vs. 0-1-2 Yusuke Horimoto

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6/27 Cage Force - Fights Added

Cage Force have announced another very good addition to the June 27 card in Differ Ariake. UFC veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka will take on DREAM veteran Katsuhiko Nagata. Nagata has not had much luck lately, he has gone 4 fights without a win and will be desperate for a win here. The former Olympian needs this win, and I have a feeling that the winner of this fight might very well be on a DREAM or Sengoku card in the near future.

Also added earlier this week was 2 preliminary fights.

Added:
Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka 13-6-0 vs. 4-5-1 Katsuhiko Nagata

Preliminary Fights:
Welter: Yusaku Inoue vs. 0-1-2 Yusuke Horimoto
Bantam: Seijin Kobayashi vs. 1-0-0 Nobuo Kawana

Previously Announced:
Welter: Teruhiko Kobu 6-9-1 vs. 3-4-1 Keitaro Maeda
Light-Heavy: Yusuke Sakashita 5-1-0 vs. 4-5-1 Yuta Nakamura
Feather: Tomoki Miyaji 4-2-0 vs. Masayoshi "Randleman" Ichikawa
Welter: Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2 vs. 6-8-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

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5/24 ZST 20 - RESULTS

ZST had their ZST 20 in Differ Ariake on Sunday. On the card was a title fight and a very some very interesting fights. On the card were UFC, DREAM and Sengoku veterans.

ZST has some interesting rules and it leads to some very high paced grappling fights, and without the judges a fighter is urged to finish the fight. This eliminates fighters that tend to stay on top and waiting for the judges decisions to go their way.

I am sure a lot of fans made their way to Differ Ariake for the tag-team fight. From what I have seen, it was a spectacular fight with lots of "air" inn the takedowns.

Main-Event: ZST Bantamweight Title fight:
Keisuke Fujiwara Def. Yuichiro "Yukito" Shirai by TKO Round 2 4:37

Co-Main event 2x5min.:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka Def. Naoyuki Kotani by neck-lock Round 2 2:43

Lightweight Tag-Team Fight:　
Masayuki Okude/Tetsuya Yamada vs. Katsuhiko Nagata/Kazuyuki Miyata DRAW

Shuichiro Katsumura Def. Hiroyuki Yamashiro by twister Round 1 2:56
Kenichi Ito Def. Takumi Yano by DQ (3 yellow cards)
Osami Shibuya Def. Ichiro Kojima by arm-bar Round 1 2:37

I have not been able to find the results for the undercard:

SWAT! Bout 2x5min.:
15. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 14-4-5 vs. 6-3-0 Kohei Kuraoka
14. Welter: Shingo Matsuda 4-8-1 vs. 2-0-1 Teruhiko Higashitani
13. Bantam: Ichiro Sugita 8-2-5 vs. 3-1-1 Tetsuya Fusano
12. Bantam: Takeaki Miyakawa 6-4-1 vs. 4-7-2 Toshihiro Shimizu
11. Feather: Takayuki Kishi 1-2-2 vs. 0-0-1 Yasuo Munakata
10. Welter: Yoichiro Toriyama vs. 2-5-0 Takaya Asano

SWAT! Bout 2x5min. GT-F (Grappling Rule):　
9. Female Minimum: Miki Aiba vs. Yoko Milano
8. Female Minimum: Ayumi Funakoshi vs. Miyoko
7. Welter: Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takamichi

Genesis Bout 1x5min.:
6. Feather: Takeshi Otaki 0-0-3 vs. Hayato Sawai
5. Feather: Masamitsu Nakamura 1-0-0 vs. Takahide Kobayashi
4. Bantam: Masatoshi Kondo 0-2-1 vs. 0-1-0 Kengo Okubo
3. Light: Shobu Ono vs. Hisashi Ito

Genesis Bout 1x5min　GT-F (Grappling Rule):
2. Feather: Masato Arai vs. Shinya Irei
1. Light: Kazuto Nakamura vs. Toshihisa Shinomiya

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5/24 ZST 20 - Fight Order

HEROs veteran Katsumura returning to the ring after almost 2 years away, he is taking on Yamashiro in his return to the ZST ring, this fight is a celebration of his 10 year career.

The main event is the ZST bantamweight title fight between Keisuke Fujiwara and Yuichiro Shirai. In this sort of fight the ZST rules come into play, there are no judges and the fight goes until a winner is deceided.

Also look out for the tag-team pairing of Sydney Olympic wrestlers Katsuhiko Nagata and Kazuyuki Miyata. They are taking on the team of ZST fighters in Masayuki Okude and Tetsuya Yamada.

In total there are 21 fights on the card and it should be a good day of fights in Differ Ariake.

Main-Event: ZST Bantamweight Title fight:
(5 minute rounds until a winner is deceided)
21. Keisuke Fujiwara 6-1-2 vs. 4-6-4 Yuichiro "Yukito" Shirai

Co-Main event 2x5min.:
20. Welter: Naoyuki Kotani 18-8-6 vs. 12-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Lightweight Tag-Team Fight:　
19. Masayuki Okude/Tetsuya Yamada vs. Katsuhiko Nagata/Kazuyuki Miyata

18. Feather: Shuichiro Katsumura 8-7-3 vs. 2-3-0 Hiroyuki Yamashiro
17. Light: Takumi Yano 9-8-3 vs. 4-3-2 Kenichi Ito
16. Middle: Osami Shibuya 37-32-15 vs. 6-5-3 Ichiro Kojima

SWAT! Bout 2x5min.:
15. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 14-4-5 vs. 6-3-0 Kohei Kuraoka
14. Welter: Shingo Matsuda 4-8-1 vs. 2-0-1 Teruhiko Higashitani
13. Bantam: Ichiro Sugita 8-2-5 vs. 3-1-1 Tetsuya Fusano
12. Bantam: Takeaki Miyakawa 6-4-1 vs. 4-7-2 Toshihiro Shimizu
11. Feather: Takayuki Kishi 1-2-2 vs. 0-0-1 Yasuo Munakata
10. Welter: Yoichiro Toriyama vs. 2-5-0 Takaya Asano

SWAT! Bout 2x5min. GT-F (Grappling Rule):　
9. Female Minimum: Miki Aiba vs. Yoko Milano
8. Female Minimum: Ayumi Funakoshi vs. Miyoko
7. Welter: Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takamichi

Genesis Bout 1x5min.:
6. Feather: Takeshi Otaki 0-0-3 vs. Hayato Sawai
5. Feather: Masamitsu Nakamura 1-0-0 vs. Takahide Kobayashi
4. Bantam: Masatoshi Kondo 0-2-1 vs. 0-1-0 Kengo Okubo
3. Light: Shobu Ono vs. Hisashi Ito

Genesis Bout 1x5min　GT-F (Grappling Rule):
2. Feather: Masato Arai vs. Shinya Irei
1. Light: Kazuto Nakamura vs. Toshihisa Shinomiya

Tickets:
SRS 10,500
SS 8,500
S 6,500
A 5,500円
Doors Open: 14:00

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5/24 ZST 20 - Fights Added

ZST really has plans to put on a a big show on May 24 in Differ Ariake. They have previously announced the tag team combination of Kazuyuki Miyata and Katsuhiko Nagata.

Today they have added some very interesting additional fights. Most likely the main-event will be the bantamweight title fight between Keisuke Fujiwara and Pancrase veteran "Yukito".

It is also interesting to see Kuniyoshi Hironaka on this card. He was meant to be in the Cage Force main event a few weeks back, you can read about what happened there in the comments here.

It also seems that ADCC veteran, Takumi Yano is making a return on this card.

Added:
Bantamweight Title Fight: Keisuke Fujiwara 6-1-2 vs. 4-6-4 Yuichiro "Yukito" Shirai
Welter: Naoyuki Kotani 18-8-6 vs. 12-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Light: Takumi Yano 9-8-3 vs. 4-3-2 Kenichi Ito
Middle: Osami Shibuya 37-32-15 vs. TBA
Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 14-4-5 vs. TBA

Previously Announced:
ZST Lightweight Tag-Team:
Kazuyuki Miyata/Katsuhiko Nagata vs.
Masayuki Okude/Tetsuya Yamada

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Results

Controversy at the Cage Force event in Differ Ariake today. The main event was cancelled due to Marcus Donahue (I am still not 100% sure of the name) coming in over weight. There was talk of Cage Force doing weigh-ins just before the event, I am not sure if that was the case here but Kuniyoshi Hironaka was announced the winner by disqualification.

What ended up being the main event saw DREAM veteran Motoki Miyazawa win an expected win over Hiroki Nagaoka by rear-naked choke.

Kuniyoshi Hironaka Def. Marcus Donahue by DQ (not making weight)
Motoki Miyazawa Def. Hiroki Nagaoka by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:20
Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura Def. Wataru Miki by Decision 2-0
Yasunori Kanehara Def. Eriya Matsuda by TKO Round 2 3:00
Wataru Takahashi Def. Satoshi Nishino by TKO Round 2 1:05
Akihiro Murayama vs. Ikkei Nagamura Draw
Shuji Morikawa Def. Ken Ogawa by Decision 3-0
Ken Taisho Def. Tetsuya Nagaoka by TKO Round 1 5:00

Preliminary Fight:
Ryo Taguchi Def. Masaki Yokoyama by arm-bar Round 1 1:04

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Fight Order

GCM have announced the last few fights for their Cage Force 10 event in Differ Ariake April 25.

The main event will see the return of Kuniyoshi Hironaka to Cage Force, he is returning after fighting in the UFC and DREAM. It will be his first fight for GCM in over 3 years. He is taking on Team Alpha Male's Marcus Donahue (and I am not sure if I got the name right), I have not been able to find much information about him so help is appreciated.

Also on the card is one of Hironaka's DREAM opponents, Motoki Miyazawa. Miyazawa is a very talented fighter, and his only loss was to Hironaka in DREAM 5.

The fight between Shooto veteran Hiroshi Nakamura and Cage Force veteran Wataru Miki should be a very good fight.

Dont forget about the Valkyrie event earlier that same day, in the same venue.

Main-Event:
9. Light: Kuniyoshi Hironaka 12-6-0 vs. Marcus Donahue

8. Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 5-1-0 vs. 13-13-8 Hiroki Nagaoka
7. Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura 6-3-4 vs. 14-8-3 Wataru Miki
6. Light: Eriya Matsuda 6-6-0 vs. 1-5-2 Yasunori Kanehara
5. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 7-10-4 vs. 5-3-2 Satoshi Nishino
4. Middle: Akihiro Murayama 9-3-4 vs. 2-1-0 Ikkei Nagamura
3. Middle: Shuji Morikawa 1-2-1 vs. 0-3-0 Ken Ogawa
2. Welter: Tetsuya Nagaoka vs. Ken Taisho

Preliminary Fight:
1. Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-1-3 vs. 0-1-0 Ryo Taguchi

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4/25 Cage Force - Fights Announced

Cage Force have added 2 fights to their card this Saturday in Differ Ariake. The star on this card is Kuniyoshi Hironaka, but his opponent is still not announced.

Added today is a preliminary fight, between Ryo Taguchi and Masaki Yokoyamam. Taguchi has had 2 fight in Cage Force and has lost both by TKO (his Sherdog record is not including his fight 2/28). He is taking on the Cage Force and DEEP veteran Masaki Yokoyama.

In the fight added to the main-card, is the fight between Team Cloud's (Akiyama's team) Shuji Morikawa and Cage Force newcomer Ken Ogawa.

Added:
Middle: Shuji Morikawa 1-2-1 vs. 0-3-0 Ken Ogawa
Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-1-3 vs. 0-1-0 Ryo Taguchi

Previously Announced:
Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 5-1-0 vs. 13-13-8 Hiroki Nagaoka
Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura 6-3-4 vs. 14-8-3 Wataru Miki
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 7-10-4 vs. 5-3-2 Satoshi Nishino
Middle: Akihiro Murayama 9-3-4 vs. 2-1-0 Ikkei Nagamura

Participating:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka 12-6-0
Eriya Matsuda 6-6-0

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Fights Announced - Kuniyoshi Hironaka Participating

On the card for this event is Motoki Miyazawa, with his only 1 loss that coming in DREAM 5 I am sure he would like to get into contention for another DREAM fight. He had 3 fights in 6 months in 2008, it was a very active year for him. Miyazawa will be taking on DEEP and Pancrase veteran Hiroki Nagaoka in his 1st fight of 2009.

Making his Cage Force debut is Shooto fighter Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura, Nakamura had a very good 2008 and drew with Hatsu Hioki in August. Now he is taking on Cage Force veteran Wataru Miki and this should be a good fight.

Also returning to the cage is Laughter7's Wataru Takahashi. Takahashi had a very good 2008. In his 4 fights he didn't loose a single one, even picking up a win against Yukio Sakagushi and drawing with Daisuke Hanazawa. He is taking on Satoshi Nishino, who is returning to the cage after 19 months away.

Participating will be DREAM and UFC veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka. Hironaka holds wins against fighters like Nick Diaz and Ryan Schultz. In his last fight in DREAM 6 he lost to Hayato "Mach" Sakurai. It will be very interesting to see who he will be matched up against.

Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 5-1-0 vs. 13-13-8 Hiroki Nagaoka
Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura 6-3-4 vs. 14-8-3 Wataru Miki
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 7-10-4 vs. 5-3-2 Satoshi Nishino
Middle: Akihiro Murayama 9-3-4 vs. 2-1-0 Ikkei Nagamura

Participating:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka 12-6-0
Eriya Matsuda 6-6-0
Shuji Morikawa 1-2-1

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