10/26 Shooto - Gig Central Vol. 16 - RESULTS

The results from Shooto GIG Central Vol. 16. Unfortunately, I had missed 2 fights on the card, but they are included here.

The main event was for the Pacific Rim Middleweight title, and we now have an Australian Shooto champion.

Other than that, we had some Rookie Tournament fights on the card.

Pacific Rim Title Fight:
Middleweight: Xavier Lucas Def. Yoshitaro Niimi by Decision 2-0
Welterweight: Kenichi Hattori Def. Masato Fujiwara by Decision 2-0
Bantamweight: Hiroharu Matsufuji Def. Hiroshi Sakamoto by Decision 3-0
Flyweight: Kenichi Sawada vs. Teppei Masuda DRAW

Rookie Tournament
Lightweight: Naohiro Mizuno Def. Mitsuru Kobayashi by Decision 3-0
Light-Heavyweight: Makoto "Chomoranma 1/2" Maeda Def. Naoji Mikoshiba by TKO Round 2 3:39

Female Class C -58kg: Mutsumi Kasai Def. Kinuka Sasaki by Armbar Round 2 3:53

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10/26 Shooto - Gig Central Vol. 16

Shooto have announced the main event for their October 26 event in Nagoya already. So far there is no Hatsu Hioki on the card (I am a bit surprised, he normally turns up on these cards), but the main event should be a good one. It is the Pacific Rim Title Fight between #1 ranked Yoshitaro Niimi and #3 ranked Xavier Lucas. The Pacific Middleweight title is currently available.

Also returning in Mutsumi Kasai, from Sherdog it looks like her last MMA fight was in 2003... I am not sure if it is the same girl, but it looks like it (a bit unusual name).

Main-Event - Pacific Rim Middleweight Title Fight:
Yoshitaro Niimi 6-2-2 vs. 4-1-1 Xavier Lucas

Welterweight: Masato Fujiwara 5-10-5 vs. 5-3-3 Kenichi Hattori
Bantamweight: Hiroshi Sakamoto 3-3-0 vs. 2-4-0 Hiroharu Matsufuji

Flyweight: Kenichi Sawada vs. Teppei Masuda

Rookie Tournament
Lightweight: Naohiro Mizuno vs. Mitsuru Kobayashi

Rookie Tournament 2nd Round Light-Heavyweight:
Makoto "Chomoranma 1/2" Maeda 1-1-1 vs. 2-0-0 Naoji Mikoshiba

Female Class C -58kg: Kinuka Sasaki 1-6-0 vs. 2-0-0 Mutsumi Kasai

Tickets:
SRS ￥10,000
RS ￥8,000
S ￥7,000
A ￥6,000
B ￥5,000

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