GCM have announced 3 participants for their December 5 card. It looks good so far, with Katsuya Toida and the very promising Motoki Miyazawa among them.
This event will as usual be in Differ Ariake.
Participants:
Katsuya Toida 10-9-3
Motoki Miyazawa 6-1-0
Hiroki Ozaki 3-2-0
... and more
Tickets:
SRS 10,000円
RS 8,000円
S 6,000円
A 5,000円
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I have been a bit late with these results, it was a great grappling card and it created a lot of attention.
I saw the results were posted in Japanese in the comment field, but if you were not able to see that, here they are in English.
Main-Card:
16. Marcos "Marquinhos" Souza Def. Motoki Miyazawa by point 42-7
15. Rafael Mendes Def. Katsuya Toida by rear-naked choke Round 1 0:58
14. Kohei Yasumi Def. Taisho by points 18-1
13. Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki vs. Takayuki Hiose Draw (7-7)
12. Rikako Yuasa Def. Atsuko "Bull Fight - Sora" Emoto by points 13-1
11. Roberto Souza Def. Kotetsu Yamauchi by baseball choke 3:03
10. Yoshinori Fukumoto Def. Yuichi Ozono by guilotine choke 2:38
9. Sotaro Yamada Def. Matius Irie Kineo by point 17-2
Opening Fight:
8. Takumi Murata Def. Leandro Yamashita by points 2-0
7. Yasuyuki Yamamoto Def. Shinichiro Eguchi by points 4-2
6. Koji Shimazaki vs. Takehiro Iseya Draw
5. Ko Kiuchi vs. Kohei Nishibayashi Draw
Future Fight:
4. Yuto Hirao Def. Takamasa Kiuchi by point 9-0
3. Yuji Arai vs. Hideki Sekine Draw
2. Junior Handa Def. Yudai Mori by point 2-0
1. Satoru Enomoto Def. Tatsunori Kikuchi by points 6-2
The 4th DEEP X event will be in Shin-Kiba 1st ring right after the Jewels 4th ring event. It will be an awesome day for anyone who has the time to get to both these events.
The DEEP X events always bring out some of the best grapplers in Japan, this time they are also bringing in some international stars to match them up with.
With fighters like "Marquinhos" Souza, Motoki Miyazawa, Katsuya Toida, "Haidairo", "Taisho" and Rafael Mendes, this will be an awesome event for grappling fans!
Main-Card:
16. Motoki Miyazawa vs. Marcos "Marquinhos" Souza
15. Katsuya Toida vs. Rafael Mendes
14. Kohei Yasumi vs. Taisho
13. Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki vs. Takayuki Hiose
12. Atsuko "Bull Fight - Sora" Emoto vs. Rikako Yuasa
11. Roberto Souza vs. Kotetsu Yamauchi
10. Yuichi Ozono vs. Yoshinori Fukumoto
9. Sotaro Yamada vs. Matius Irie Kineo
Opening Fight:
8. Takumi Murata vs. Leandro Yamashita
7. Shinichiro Eguchi vs. Yasuyuki Yamamoto
6. Koji Shimazaki vs. Takehiro Iseya
5. Ko Kiuchi vs. Kohei Nishibayashi
Future Fight:
4. Yuto Hirao vs. Takamasa Kiuchi
3. Yuji Arai vs. Hideki Sekine
2. Yudai Mori vs. Junior Handa
1. Tatsunori Kikuchi vs. Satoru Enomoto
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
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
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
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
Cage Force had their tournament finals today. I didnt make it there and had to rely on Sherdog's coverage, which this time was better than the Japanese!
Anyway, Cage Force now have a featherweight and a bantamweight champion! Before the tournaments started, I think few people were tipping Yuji Hoshino as the featherweight champion. But as the tournament progressed, he went in the the final as a slight favorite. He did deliver and I have been impressed with his performance. In the bantamweight division, I have to say that the favorite did deliver, I think Mizugaki was the favorite coming in and he has lived up to that. Now we have to see how long these champions stick around... There have been lots of changes this year, but these events always deliver entertaining fights.
I have updated the Preliminary fights as well. I am disappointed that Tsurumaki didn't get the win today either...
Tournament Finals:
Feather: Yuji Hoshino Def. "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura by Decision 3-0
Bantam: Takeya Mizugaki Def. Masahiro Oishi by Decision 3-0
Light: Tomonari Kanomata Def. Eriya Matsuda by arm-bar Round 1 0:30
Welter: Motoki Miyazawa Def. Shigetoshi Iwase by TKO Round 3 1:47
Feather: Wataru Miki Def. Masaaki Hasegawa by arm-bar Round 3 1:40
Fly: Takeyasu Hirono Def. Yoshihiro Matsunaga by decision 3-0
Welter: Kenta Takagi Def. Keitaro Maeda by TKO Round 1 1:30
Feather: Wataru Takahashi Def. Nobutaka Hiyoshi by decision 3-0
Light: Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi Def. Shinpei Sotoyama by decision 2-0
Preliminary Fights:
Middle: Shuji Morikawa Def. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki by TKO Round 2 0:37
Light: Koji Ando Def. Masayoshi Ichikawa by rear-naked choke round 2 1:17
Bantam: Shoko Sato Def. Hirokazu Nishimura by TKO Round 2 1:42
Bantam: Ryota Sasaki Def. Ryo Saito by rear-naked choke Round 3 1:21
Cage Force have announced the fight order for their event tomorrow in Differ Ariake. The main-event is the featherweight tournament final, which should be a good fight. That will follow the bantamweight tournament final.
A total of 13 fights on the card, and there has been a late addition! Kicking off the night will be Nobuhiro Tsurumaki, in his 11 (almost 12) years of fighting he has not yet recorded a win. I hope he gets this one! It should be said that he has fought some really big Japanese names early in his career. This time he is facing another winless fighter in Shuji Morikawa. (I am going by Sherdog when I refer these records, Tsurumaki does have a win in Conterders in 2001 and his first fight was in Rings in 1994).
Main-Events: Cage Force Tournament Finals:
13. Feather: "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 9-2-1 vs. 15-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
12. Bantam: Masahiro Oishi 19-10-7 vs. 10-2-2 Takeya Mizugaki
11. Light: Tomonari Kanomata 12-3-3 vs. 6-5-0 Eriya Matsuda
10. Welter: Motoki Miyazawa 4-1-0 vs. 7-10-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
9. Feather: Wataru Miki 13-8-3 vs. 2-0-0 Masaaki Hasegawa
8. Fly: Takeyasu Hirono 8-15-4 vs. 0-2-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
7. Welter: Keitaro Maeda 3-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Kenta Takagi
6. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-4 vs. 2-0-0 Nobutaka Hiyoshi
5. Light: Shinpei Sotoyama 7-3-2 vs. 3-1-0 Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi
Preliminary Fights:
4. Light: Koji Ando 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-0 Masayoshi Ichikawa
3. Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 2-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato
2. Bantam: Ryo Saito 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
1. Middle: Shuji Morikawa 0-2-1 vs. 0-10-0 Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
THere have been 5 additions to the Cage Force card this weekend. I thought the card looked a bit thin for a Cage Force event, but it is defiantely a full card now. In the fights added we will see some experienced fighters going against some very good talent, and there have been more than a few upsets in Cage Force this year.
This event is of course mainly about the tournament finals, both the bantam- and the featherweight finals should be very good fights. Yuji Hoshino has surprised me in getting this far, and the 33 year old would be a slight underdog again this time (IMO). In the bantamweight final, there is a similar scenario... 40 year old Masahiro Oishi has impressed me, but I would have to favor the younger Takeya Mizugaki in this one. I am really bad at predicting the outcome so I will leave the rest...
It should be a good event, so if you're not going to the K-1 this should be a good alternative. It is being held in Differ Ariake and doors open at 16:00.
Added:
Feather: Wataru Miki 13-8-3 vs. 2-0-0 Masaaki Hasegawa
Welter: Keitaro Maeda 3-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Kenta Takagi
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 6-10-4 vs. 2-0-0 Nobutaka Hiyoshi
Preliminary Fights:
Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 2-2-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shoko Sato
Bantam: Ryo Saito 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-1 Ryota Sasaki
Previously Announced:
Cage Force Tournament Finals:
Feather: "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 9-2-1 vs. 15-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
Bantam: Masahiro Oishi 19-10-7 vs. 10-2-2 Takeya Mizugaki
Non-Tournament Fights:
Motoki Miyazawa 4-1-0 vs. 7-10-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
Takeyasu Hirono 8-15-4 vs. 0-2-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
Tomonari Kanomata 12-3-3 vs. 6-5-0 Eriya Matsuda
Shinpei Sotoyama 7-3-2 vs. 3-1-0 Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi
Preliminary Fight:
Koji Ando 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-0 Masayoshi Ichikawa
Cage Force always put up good events, and there are usually some upsets. This time, again, they are putting talented fighters against more experienced ones and it makes for exciting fights.
Motoki Miyazawa is returning after his loss in DREAM 5, to meet the experienced Shigetoshi Iwase. Eriya Matsuda is fighting Tomonari Kanomata in a fight that should be very exciting.
The tournament finals this year should also be 2 very good fights. Masahiro Oishi, who just turned 40, is on a 5 fight winning streak and will face a big challenge in Takeya Mizugaki. The featherweight final will see the eccentric "Wicky" Akiyo against the veteran Yuji Hoshino. Hoshino is undefeated since 2004 and this should also be a very close fight.
Added:
Motoki Miyazawa 4-1-0 vs. 7-10-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
Takeyasu Hirono 8-15-4 vs. 0-2-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
Tomonari Kanomata 12-3-3 vs. 6-5-0 Eriya Matsuda
Shinpei Sotoyama 7-3-2 vs. 3-1-0 Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi
Preliminary Fight:
Koji Ando 1-0-1 vs. 0-1-0 Masayoshi Ichikawa
Previously announced (Cage Force 2008 Tournament Finals):
Feather: "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 9-2-1 vs. 15-7-7 Yuji Hoshino
Bantam: Masahiro Oishi 19-10-7 vs. 10-2-2 Takeya Mizugaki
I have been waiting for this for a very long time! Finally, DREAM have confirmed that Joachim Hansen is fighting in the tournament reserve fight. His opponent will be Kultar Gill, who I thought was impressive despite the loss to Kawajiri in the opening round.
Just an interesting note, Minowa is moved from this card to the DEEP Gladiators card. To me it seems that DEEP and Dream is building the same/similar sort of relationship that Pride and DEEP used to have. It will be very interesting to see how the DEEP cards will look going forward.
That gives us this card:
Lightweight semi-finals:
Eddie Alvarez 14-1-0 vs. 22-4-2 Tatsuya Kawajiri
Shinya Aoki 16-2-0 vs. 25-10-4 Caol Uno
Tournament Reserve Fight:
Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen 17-7-1 vs. 9-7-0 Kultar "Black Mamba" Gill
Non-tournament:
Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto 17-1-0 vs. 7-0-0 Joseph Benavidez
Yoshihiro Akiyama 10-1-0 vs. 2-4-0 Katsuyori Shibata
Motoki Miyazawa 4-0-0 vs. 11-5-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Participating:
-Mark Hunt 5-3-0
***Update***
I know some of you noticed that I managed to spell Mark Hunt's name wrong, again! Thanks to Five Ounce of Pain I caught this in the office and had to wait all day to make the correction. It is not on purpose and there is no excuse...
Cage Force have announced a few more fights for their next event on June 22. I am expecting to see Carvalho in this event, if the featherweight tournament is going to happen... He should have fought Yuji Hoshino in Cage Force 06, but Hoshino had to pull out due to injury. Hopefully Carvalho will get his Cage Force debut in this event.
To the fights announced today, they are all 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
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
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