7/12 Cage Force & Valkyrie - RESULTS

Yesterday Cage Force held an event in Differ Ariake and the main focus was on the main event, even is there were more interesting fights on the card.

The Pride and IFL veteran Kazuhiro Hamanaka take on DREAM and Pancrase veteran Alavutdin Gadjiev. Personally I had Alavutdin winning this, but the fight ended in controversial fashion. In a fight where both fighters had their chances, Alavutdin suffered a DQ loss after landing a second illegal knee to a grounded opponent.

"V Hajime" should be a step closer to the Valkyrie featherweight title after a very close decision win against Takabayashi Kyoko.

Nobuhiro Tsurumaki got his 12th straight loss, and is now 0-12. This time it was a right that dropped Tsurumaki, who is much tougher than his record indicates. I hope he gets the win soon.

Main-Event:
Kazuhiro Hamanaka Def. Alavutdin Gadjiev by DQ Round 3 1:04

Tomonori Taniguchi Def. Wataru Takahashi by Decision 2-0
Ikkei Nagamura Def. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki by TKO Round 1 0:38
Valkyrie: Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi Def. Kyoko Takabayashi by Decision 2-1
Tetsuo Seto Def. Sapp Nishinari by Decision 3-0
Toshihiro Taguchi Def. Satoshi Nishino by TKO Round 1 2:05
Masaki Yokoyama vs. Hayato Shimizu Draw

Valkyrie Fights:
Mayumi Aoki Def. Mizuho Sato by TKO Round 3 2:48
Madoka "♂ha＠ＴＨＥ♀" Ebihara vs. Emi "Sakura" Okada by Heel-hook Round 1 2:00

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7/12 Cage Force & Valkyrie - Fight Order

Cage Force have published their card for July 12. The main-event made in onto the Sherdog's 10 fights to watch in July. It should be a good fight between to fighters that have fought on the big stage, but have yet to break through there. Hamanaka is on a 4 fight losing streak, but he has not fought often. Alavutdin has done very well since 2007, but lost in his DREAM debut against Ralek Gracie.

Of the Valkyrie fight, V hajime facing Kyoko Takabayashi should be a very good fight. V Hajime is a very talented fighter and Kyoko Takabayashi should be a good test for her.

Main-Event:
9. Middle: Alavutdin Gadjiev 14-8-0 vs. 4-6-1 Kazuhiro Hamanaka

8. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 8-10-3 vs. 5-6-2 Tomonori Taniguchi
7. Middle: Ikkei Nagamura 2-1-1 vs. 0-11-0 Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
6. Valkyrie Feather: Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 4-2-0 vs. 9-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi
5. Welter: Tetsuo Seto 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Sapp Nishinari
4. Feather: Satoshi Nishino 5-4-2 vs. 2-2-0 Toshihiro Taguchi
3. Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-2-3 vs. 4-3-1 Hayato Shimizu

Valkyrie Fights:
2. Welter: Mizuho Sato 4-2-0 vs. Cyou Benkei
1. Feather: ♂ha＠ＴＨＥ♀ vs. Sakura

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7/12 Cage Force & Valkyrie

GCM is holding a combination event on July 12 in Differ Ariake, by combination I mean that this will be both a Cage Force and a Valkyrie event.

There are some very interesting fight on this card. For one, we will see the return of the one time Pancrase ranker, Alavutdin Gadjiev taking on the IFL and Hero's veteran Kazuhiro Hamanaka. Hamanaka is coming of 4 straight losses and will be looking to get a win here. Gadjiev is not an easy opponent though, and he would be my pick here.

Also on the card is veteran Nobuhiro Tsurumaki. A record of 0-11, but this guy has been in the game for a long time and fought some very tough fighters. Lets see how he does against Team Cloud's Ikke Nagamura.

Cage Force:
Middle: Ikkei Nagamura 2-1-1 vs. 0-11-0 Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
Middle: Alavutdin Gadjiev 14-8-0 vs. 4-6-1 Kazuhiro Hamanaka
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 8-10-3 vs. 5-6-2 Tomonori Taniguchi
Feather: Satoshi Nishino 5-4-2 vs. 2-2-0 Toshihiro Taguchi
Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-2-3 vs. 4-3-1 Hayato Shimizu
Welter: Tetsuo Seto 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Sapp Nishinari

Valkyrie Fights:
Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 4-2-0 vs. 9-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi
Mizuho Sato 4-2-0 vs. Cyou Benkei
♂ha＠ＴＨＥ♀ vs. Sakura

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