4/25 ASTRA - Yoshida's Farewell Event - Fighters missing weight

Astra is hosting the final fight in Hidehiko Yoshida's long career. The event will take place in Nippon Budokan, and it should be a perfect setting for this event. Yoshida will face Kazuhiro Nakamura, a team mate and friend in this fight. He also outweights his opponent with almost 20kg going in.

3 fighters missed weight in the weigh-in, but the fights will go as planned. Naoyuki Kotani managed to cut the 0.1kg and make weight on his second attempt, but Jorge Masvidal and Che Mills also missed weight.

Also on this card, Enson Inoue will return to the ring against Antz Nansen.

There are lots of good fights on this card, that can only be seen by the people in attendence or by ordering it on SkyPerfect PPV.

Main-Event - Hidehiko Yoshida Retirement Fight:
11. Open: Hidehiko Yoshida (113.0kg) 9-7-1 vs. 13-10-1 Kazuhiro Nakamura (95.7kg)

10. Feather: Michihiro Omigawa (65.0kg) 9-8-1 vs. 13-3-0 Micah Miller (65.0kg)
9. Light-Heavy: Enson Inoue (92.9kg) 11-8-0 vs. 1-0-0 Antz Nansen (94.5kg)
8. Welter: Ryo Chonan (76.8kg) 17-10-0 vs. 6-5-1 Jung Hwan Cha (76.1kg)
7. Light: Naoyuki Kotani (70.1kg→70.0kg) 20-9-7 vs. 19-5-0 Jorge Masvidal (70.5kg)
6. Light: Daisuke Nakamura (69.3kg) 20-12-0 vs. 9-4-2 Ganjo Tentsuku (69.5kg)
5. Welter: Yuya Shirai (76.9kg) 18-8-0 vs. 8-3-0 Che Mills (77.4kg)
4. Feather: Tatsunao Nagakura (64.8kg) 5-0-0 vs. 8-7-1 Akihiko Mori (64.8kg)

Opening Fight:　
3. Heavy: Seigo Mizuguchi 7-5-0 vs. 0-1-0 Baru Harn
2. Middle: Yusuke Sakashita 6-2-0 vs. 6-10-2 Kenji Nagai
1. Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-2-0 vs. 7-11-6 Takumi Murata

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2/20 ZST 23 - Results

ZST held their ZST 23 in Shinjuku Face earlier today, and on the card was a bantamweight title fight. The defending champion Keisuke Fujiwara came out on top in a fight that went to a rare decision in ZST.

In the co-main event, Naoyuki Kotani was not able to build on his impressive win in ZST 22, and his fight ended in a draw.

Bantamweight Title Fight (5x5min.):
Keisuke Fujiwara (Champion) Def. Shunichi Shimizu by Decision

Light: Naoyuki Kotani vs. Kenichi Ito DRAW
Light: LUIZ Def. Genki Osako by Guillotine Choke Round 1 1:34
Bantam: Tetsuya Fusano vs. Toshihiro Shimizu DRAW
Fly: Yuichiro Yajima Def. Yuru Hayasaka by armlock Round 1 1:45
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka Def. Masamitsu Nakamura by KO Round 1 1:28

SWAT Fights:
Light: Yosuke Akahiro vs. Takashi Yasui DRAW
Feather: Takahiro Baba Def. Kotaku Kawazu by spinning choke Round 2 1:00
Feather: Ryota Kobayashi Def. Akira Omura by TKO (towel) Round 2 1:29
Bantam: Makoto Takenaka Def. Kengo Okubo by armbar Round 2 1:43

Genesis Fight:
Bantam: Teppei Shimizu Def. Fumitaka Iizuka by KO Round 1 0:30

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2/20 ZST 23 - Title Fight Announced

ZST have announced most of the fights for February 20. The event will take place in Shinjuku Face, and the main-event will probably be the bantamweight title fight between Keisuke Fujiwara and Shunichi Shimizu. This is the second time these fighters meet, the first time Fujiwara came out on top with a KO.

Also announced is an interesting matchup with Naoyuki Kotani and Kenichi Ito. Kotani is coming of a very strong win over Daisuke Nakamura, and Ito had a strong win over Masayuki Okude on the same card.

Kohei Kuraoka and Masamitsu Nakamura fought to a draw in November and will meet again on this card.

Bantamweight Title Fight (5x5min.):
Keisuke Fujiwara (Champion) vs. 16-5-7 Shunichi Shimizu

Light: Naoyuki Kotani 20-9-6 vs. 7-3-4 Kenichi Ito
Light: LUIZ 10-8-3 vs. TBA
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-1 vs. 3-0-1 Masamitsu Nakamura
Bantam: Tetsuya Fusano 5-1-1 vs. TBA
Fly: Yuichiro Yajima 9-10-1 vs. 5-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka

SWAT Fights:
Light: Yosuke Akahiro 5-6-1 vs. 0-3-1 Takashi Yasui
Feather: Kotaku Kawazu vs. 1-2-2 Takahiro Baba
Feather: Akira Omura 0-14-1 vs. 0-0-2 Ryota Kobayashi
Bantam: Makoto Takenaka vs. 1-4-1 Kengo Okubo

Genesis Fight:
Bantam: Fumitaka Iizuka vs. Teppei Shimizu

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11/23 ZST 22 - Results

Daisuke Nakamura was the big draw on this event, but Naoyuki Kotani managed to pull out the upset win with an leg scissor submission in less than 2 minutes. I was thinking that a win here would secure Nakamura a place on the Dynamite! card, but now we have to wait and see if that spot goes to Kotani.

Omura has 15 fights without a win now, you got to give him A for effort and determination.

Main-event:
22. Light: Naoyuki Kotani Def. Daisuke Nakamura by leg-scissors Round 1 1:37

21. Light-Heavy (2x5min): Nobutatsu Suzuki Def. Osami Shibuya by KO Round 2 4:03
Light tag-team(grappling Rule 1x15min.):
20. Masanori Kanehara & Baret Yoshida vs. Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada Draw
19. Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito Def. Masayuki Okude by TKO (doc stop) Round 1 5:00
18. Feather: Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura Def. Ko Inatsu by armbar Round 1 1:35
Featherweight Tag-Team (1x15min.)
17. Ryuko Wada/Ryosuke Komori Def. Shunichi Shimizu/Ichiro Sugita by KO Round 1 1:50(Wada KOs Sugita)

SWAT Bouts:
16. Bantam: Toshihiro Shimizu Def. Goro Kobayashi DQ Kobayashi didnt show due to the flu
15. Feather: Kohei Kuraoka vs. Masamitsu Nakamura Draw
14. Fly: Yuru Hayasaka Def. Hiroyuki Aoh by heelhook Round 1 1:49
13. Light: Ryoji Suzuki Def. Motoki Osako by KO Round 1 3:43
12. Middle: Keisuke Onuma vs. Hidenobu Koike Draw
11. Light: Kota Okazawa Def. Takashi Yasui by armbar Round 1 4:00
10. Feather: Shinya Irei Def. Akira Omura by KO round 1 3:33
9. Light: Yoshihiro Sato Def. Hiroshi Sato by KO Round 1 2:15
8. Bantam: Kengo Okubo vs. Satoshi Shinbori Draw
7. Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi Def. Hiroshi Takahashi by armlock Round 1 2:10
6. Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori Draw
5. Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. Kohei Seirin Draw

Genesis Bouts:
4. Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo draw
3. Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe draw
2. Fly: Keita Fukuhara Def. Hiroshi Koda by rear-naked choke Round 1 0:46
1. Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos Draw

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11/23 ZST 22 - Kanehara's Tag Team Partner Announced!

ZST have announced the tag team partner in the BIG tag team grappling fight on their 7 year anniversary card. The Sengoku featherweight champion will team up with Baret Yoshida to face Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada. This should be good!

The fight order is also announced now.

Fight card:
Main-event:
22. Light: Naoyuki Kotani 19-9-6 vs. 20-10-0 Daisuke Nakamura

21. Light-Heavy (2x5min): Osami Shibuya 38-32-16 vs. 5-0-2 Nobutatsu Suzuki
Light tag-team(grappling Rule 1x15min.):
20. Masanori Kanehara & Baret Yoshida vs. Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada
19. Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito 6-3-4 vs. 7-9-8 Masayuki Okude
18. Feather: Ko Inatsu vs. 8-3-5 Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
Featherweight Tag-Team (1x15min.)
17. Shunichi Shimizu & Ichiro Sugita vs. Ryuko Wada/Ryosuke Komori

SWAT Bouts:
16. Bantam: Goro Kobayashi 5-4-5 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
15. Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-0 vs. 3-0-0 Masamitsu Nakamura
14. Fly: Hiroyuki Aoh 1-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka
13. Light: Ryoji Suzuki 4-3-3 vs. 3-0-1 Motoki Osako
12. Middle: Keisuke Onuma 1-5-1 vs. 11-10-5 Hidenobu Koike
11. Light: Kota Okazawa 6-3-3 vs. 0-2-0 Takashi Yasui
10. Feather: Akira Omura 0-13-1 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-1 Shinya Irei
9. Light: Yoshihiro Sato 0-3-0 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Sato
8. Bantam: Kengo Okubo 1-3-0 vs. 5-5-3 Satoshi Shinbori
7. Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi 2-2-3 vs. Hiroshi Takahashi
6. Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori
5. Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. TBA

Genesis Bouts:
4. Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo
3. Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe
2. Fly: Keita Fukuhara vs. Hiroshi Koda
1. Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos

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11/23 ZST 22 - Kanehara in Tag-Team Fight

ZST have announced an additional 3 fights for their 7 year anniversary card. Sengoku champion is making his highly anticipated return to ZST, but as expected it will not be a MMA rules fight. I am sure he already has one eye on NYE and he will be in a tag-team grappling fight against anothe Sengoku veteran, Tetsuya Yamada.

Daisuke Nakamura is fighting MMA rule though, and he is facing Naoyuki Kotani in a fight that will be very interesting.

Added:
Light: Naoyuki Kotani 19-9-6 vs. 20-10-0 Daisuke Nakamura
Light tag-team(grappling Rule 1x15min.):
Masanori Kanehara ＆ TBA vs. Takumi Yano & Tetsuya Yamada
Feather: Ko Inatsu vs. 8-3-5 Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura

Previously Announced:
Light-Heavy (2x5min): Osami Shibuya 38-32-16 vs. 5-0-2 Nobutatsu Suzuki
Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito 6-3-4 vs. 7-9-8 Masayuki Okude

SWAT Bouts:
Fly: Hiroyuki Aoh 1-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka
Bantam: Goro Kobayashi 5-4-5 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
Bantam: Kengo Okubo 1-3-0 vs. TBA
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-0 vs. 3-0-0 Masamitsu Nakamura
Feather: Akira Omura 0-13-1 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-1 Shinya Irei
Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. TBA
Light: Ryoji Suzuki 4-3-3 vs. 3-0-1 Motoki Osako
Light: Kota Okazawa 6-3-3 vs. 0-2-0 Takashi Yasui
Light: Yoshihiro Sato 0-3-0 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Sato
Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori
Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi 2-2-3 vs. Hiroshi Takahashi
Middle: Keisuke Onuma 1-5-1 vs. 11-10-5 Hidenobu Koike

Genesis Bouts:
Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe
Fly: Keita Fukuhara vs. Hiroshi Koda
Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo
Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos

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11/23 ZST 22 - Fights Announced

This will be a big ZST card in Differ Ariake. Participating will be Sengoku champion Masanori Kanehara, but today they have announced 16 fights, adding to the 2 they already had announced making it 18. Lots of good talent here, and with some awesome fighters yet to have opponents announced.

It will be a huge card! Doors open at 15:00, Genesis bouts start at 15:10.

SWAT Bouts:
Fly: Hiroyuki Aoh 1-1-0 vs. 4-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka
Bantam: Goro Kobayashi 5-4-5 vs. 7-7-4 Toshihiro Shimizu
Bantam: Kengo Okubo 1-3-0 vs. TBA
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-0 vs. 3-0-0 Masamitsu Nakamura
Feather: Akira Omura 0-13-1 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-1 Shinya Irei
Feather (GT-F Rule): Hitoshi Makino vs. TBA
Light: Ryoji Suzuki 4-3-3 vs. 3-0-1 Motoki Osako
Light: Kota Okazawa 6-3-3 vs. 0-2-0 Takashi Yasui
Light: Yoshihiro Sato 0-3-0 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Sato
Light (GT-F Rule): Hiroyuki Ota vs. Takahiro Futatsumori
Welter: Masayuki Hamagishi 2-2-3 vs. Hiroshi Takahashi
Middle: Keisuke Onuma 1-5-1 vs. 11-10-5 Hidenobu Koike

Genesis Bouts:
Fly: Tomoaki Ota vs. Shohei Watanabe
Fly: Keita Fukuhara vs. Hiroshi Koda
Bantam: Yosuke Hatori vs. Masatoshi Kondo
Light (GT-F Rule): Toshihisa Shinomiya vs. Evardo Santos

Previously Announced:
Light-Heavy (2x5min): Osami Shibuya 38-32-16 vs. 5-0-2 Nobutatsu Suzuki
Light (2x5min): Kenichi Ito 6-3-4 vs. 7-9-8 Masayuki Okude

Participants:
Masanori Kanehara 15-7-5
Naoyuki Kotani 19-9-6
Tetsuya Yamada 3-2-0
Shunichi Shimizu 15-5-7

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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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1/25 ZST 19 - Results

This is the main ZST card of the day. This event starts at 6PM (Japan time and it should be a very good event.

The main-event is the welterweight title fight between 2 experienced fighters, crowd favorite "Mini-Hong Man Choi" Masayuki Okude is taking on Pancrase super-veteran Osami Shibuya, who has more than 80 professional fights to his name.

Other than the main event, there are some good ZST fighters on this card, Keisuke Fujiwara and Shunichi Shimizu to name a couple.

Making his ZST debut is Korean "RYO". "RYO" participated in the DEEP Middleweight tournament last year, but lost by decision to Daijiro Matsui (a fight I thought he should have won), he went on to loss again in the tournament reserve fight to Ryuta Sakurai. He is a very good fighter though, and I look forward to seeing him in ZST.


Quick results
Genesis Fights (1x5min):
1. Feather: Ryota Kobayashi vs. Masato Arai DRAW
2. Feather: Takahiro Baba vs. Takeshi Otaki DRAW (entertaining fight)

Opening Fights (1x7min.):
3. Welter: Yoichiro Karasuyama vs.Teruhiko Higashitani DRAW
4. Feather: Toshihiro Shimizu Def. Hiroyuki Yamashiro by arm-bar
5. Minimum (Female GT-F): Miki Aiba vs. Miyoko Kusaka DRAW
6. Feather (GT-F Rule): Daisuke Yokoyama Def. Yasuo Munakata by Guilliotine choke

Main-Card:
7. Bantam: Keisuke Fujiwara Def. Ryosuke Tanuma by Ko Round 2
8. Light: Kenichi Ito Def. Taku Aramaki by arm-bar round 1
9. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu Def. Takeaki Miyakawa by arm-bar round 1
10. Light-Heavy: Kenji Nagai vs. Young "RYO" Choi Draw
11. Lightweight Tag-Team (1x15 min.):
Naoyuki Kotani ＆ Tatsuya Yamada Def. Yojiro Uchimura ＆ Koji Tomiyama by Banana-split
Uchhimura called out Kotani to continue the fight after Tomiyama was carried out on a streacher, but Kotani declined.

12. Main-Event - Welterweight Title fight:
Osami Shibuya Def. Masayuki Okude by straight arm-bar Round 5

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1/25 ZST. 19 - Fight Order

The other ZST event on the 25 is ZST 19. In general terms, this should be the event with the bigger fights on it, but I actually think the entertainment should be very good on both of these cards.

I will be there for both, and will be updating the results live! This event is almost sold out, so if you are planning to get tickets I would try to get there as early as possible (doors open at 17.00).

The main-event is the ZST welterweight title fight between Osami Shibuya and Masayuki Okude. This should be a good fight, Shibuya is by far the more experienced competitor, but Okude is a very popular guy and the crowd is sure to get into this one.

Other fighters to look for on this card include up and coming ZST star Keisuke Fujiwara, the experienced Shunichi Shimizu taking on Takeaki Miyakawa (on a 4 fight winning streak) and making his ZST debut is Korean Young "Ryo" Choi.

There are 12 fights on the card, and is should be a good way to finish a long day of fights! I cant wait for Sunday!

12. Main-Event - Welterweight Title fight:
Osami Shibuya 36-32-15 vs. 5-5-5 Masayuki Okude

11. Lightweight Tag-Team (1x15 min.):
Naoyuki Kotani ＆ Tatsuya Yamada vs. Yojiro Uchimura ＆ Koji Tomiyama

10. Light-Heavy: Kenji Nagai 5-7-1 vs. 10-5-0 Young "RYO" Choi
9. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 13-4-4 vs. 6-3-1 Takeaki Miyakawa
8. Light: Kenichi Ito 3-3-2 vs. 6-8-0 Taku Aramaki
7. Bantam: Keisuke Fujiwara 5-1-3 vs. 2-1-0 Ryosuke Tanuma

Opening Fights (1x7min.):
6. Feather (GT-F Rule): Daisuke Yokoyama vs. Yasuo Munakata
5. Minimum (Female GT-F): Miki Aiba vs. Miyoko Kusaka
4. Feather: Toshihiro Shimizu 3-6-2 vs. 2-2-1 Hiroyuki Yamashiro
3. Welter: Yoichiro Karasuyama 1-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Teruhiko Higashitani

Genesis Fights (1x5min):
2. Feather: Takahiro Baba 1-1-0 vs. 0-0-1 Takeshi Otaki
1. Feather: Ryota Kobayashi vs. 0-1-0 Masato Arai

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11/23 ZST 18 - RESULTS

This weekend is a very busy one, there are 3 events in 3 days and yesterday ZST held their event in Differ Ariake. The card had lots more fights on it, but I have only been able to find the results for the main-card.

The main event was the grappling tag-team fight between Imanari/Tokoro and Yano/Yokoyama.

Also on the card was the Sydney Olympics silver medalist, Nagata vs. the veteran Kotani. I have a feeling that Nagata might leave the wrestling shoes at home next time...

Anyway, for the results:

Main-Event - GT-F (grappling) Tag-Team Final:
Makazu Imanari/Hideo Tokoro Def. Takumi Yano/Daisuke Yokoyama by Decision 2-1

Osami Shibuya Def. Yojiro Uchimura by arm triangle choke Round 1 1:38
Naoyuki Kotani Def. Katsuhiko Nagata by Heel-Hook Round 2 4:38
Tag-team: Kenichi Ito/Yuki Ito vs. Masayuki Okude/Shinya Sato DRAW
Minoru Toyonaga vs. Hiroki Kotani DRAW
Keisuke Fujiwara Def. Shunichi Shimizu by KO Round 2 0:56

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11/23 ZST 18 - Fight Order

November 23 ZST is holding their event in Differ Ariake. This has some good names on the card and some interesting fights. There is also a lot of talent, and a lot of fights.

The main event is the grappling tag team fight, which is the final in the GT-F rule tournament. The finalists are the Imanari/Tokoro vs. Yano/Yokoyama teams.

Also on the card is the lightweight fight between UFC and Pride veteran Naoyuki Kotani and Sydney Olympic wrestler silver medalist Katsuhiko Nagata.

21. Main-Event - GT-F (grappling) Tag-Team Final:
Makazu Imanari/Hideo Tokoro vs. Takumi Yano/Daisuke Yokoyama

20. Middleweight: Yojiro Uchimura 6-3-0 vs. 34-32-16 Osami Shibuya
19. Lightweight: Naoyuki Kotani 17-8-6 vs. 4-3-0 Katsuhiko Nagata

18. Lightweight Tag-team:Kenichi Ito 3-3-2/Yuki Ito 7-2-3
vs. Masayuki Okude 5-5-5/Shinya Sato 8-12-6

17. GT-F (Grappling): Minoru Toyonaga vs. Hiroki Kotani
16. Featherweight: Shunichi Shimizu 13-3-4 vs. 4-1-3 Keisuke Fujiwara

Opening Fights:
15. Lightweight 6 man Tag-Team: Hiroyuki Ota/Koji Hirotaka/Taku Aramaki
vs. Kota Okazawa/Takahiro Futsumori/Yujiro Yamamoto

14. Bantamweight (Pancrase Rule) Yuichiro Yajima 6-6-1 vs. 3-5-2 Toshihiro Shimizu
13. Bantamweight (SB-X Rule) Ryosuke Tanuma 2-1-0 vs. Hiroaki Okuwa
12. Featherweight: Emerson Azuma 5-2-1 vs. Hiroyuki Yamashiro
11. Middleweight: Kenji Nagai 5-7-1 vs. 0-3-0 Shinya Miura
10. Featherweight: Ichiro Sugita 6-2-5 vs. Yasuo Munakata
9. Female Flyweight (GT-F): Miki Aiba vs. Megumi Iwamoto
8. Middleweight (GT-F): Keisuke Onuma 1-2-0 vs. Hisaya Saeki

Genesis Fights:
7. Lightweight: Yoshihiro Sato 0-2-0 vs. 1-2-0 Makoto Toriumi
6. Featherweight: Kotaku Kawazu vs. Ryota Kobayashi
5. Welterweight: Yoichiro Toriyama vs. Satoru Hasegawa
4. Featherweight: Makoto Takenaka vs. Shinya Kurosawa
3. Lightweight:Keisuke Ikai 0-0-1 vs. Hiroyuki Aoi
2. Bantamweight: Masatoshi Kondo vs. Hayasaka 優瑠 (?)
1. Lightweight: Shobu Ono vs. Yosuke Akahiro

Tickets:
VIP　17,000円
SRS　10,000円
SS　8,000円
S　6,000円
A　5,000円
At the door +500

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11/23 ZST 18 - Kotani fighting Nagata

ZST is really pulling out some stars for this card, they had Kotani on the card, now they added his opponent. It will be Katsuhiko Nagata, who holds a 4-3 record from HEROs and DREAM fights. Nagata won silver medal in Sydney Olympics Greco Roman wrestling and is a good competitor. Kotani is a veteran of UFC, Pride and Rings. This should be a good fight.

Also added is a lightweight tagteam fight between the Alliance Square team (Ito/Ito) and the pairing of Okude/Sato

ZST have a bit different rules, you can read more on them here.

Added:
Lightweight: Naoyuki Kotani 17-8-6 vs. 4-3-0 Katsuhiko Nagata

Lightweight Tag-team:
Kenichi Ito 3-3-2/Yuki Ito 7-2-3 vs. Masayuki Okude 5-5-5/Shinya Sato 8-12-6

Card so far:
GT-F (grappling) Tag-Team Final:
Makazu Imanari/Hideo Tokoro vs. Takumi Yano/Daisuke Yokoyama

Middleweight: Yojiro Uchimura 6-3-0 vs. 34-32-16 Osami Shibuya
Lightweight: Naoyuki Kotani 17-8-6 vs. 4-3-0 Katsuhiko Nagata
Featherweight: Shunichi Shimizu 13-3-4 vs. 4-1-3 Keisuke Fujiwara
GT-F (Grappling): Minoru Toyonaga vs. Hiroki Kotani
Lightweight Tag-team:
Kenichi Ito 3-3-2/Yuki Ito 7-2-3 vs. Masayuki Okude 5-5-5/Shinya Sato 8-12-6

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11/23 ZST 18 - Tokoro teams with Imanari

ZST have announced the first few fights for their event November 23. The event takes place in Differ Ariake, and will also be the debut for the new ring girls. They are currently accepting applicants and if you would like to apply, you can get information here.

Anyway, one of the fights is a tag-team final, where Hideo Tokoro is teaming up with Masakazu Imanari against Takumi Yano and Daisuke Yokoyama.

Also on the card is ZST veteran Yojiro Uchimura against Pancrase super veteran Osami Shibuya.

The fights announced so far are:

GT-F (grappling) Tag-Team Final:
Makazu Imanari/Hideo Tokoro vs. Takumi Yano/Daisuke Yokoyama

Middleweight: Yojiro Uchimura 6-3-0 vs. 34-32-16 Osami Shibuya
Lightweight: Naoyuki Kotani 17-8-6 vs. TBA
Featherweight: Shunichi Shimizu 13-3-4 vs. 4-1-3 Keisuke Fujiwara
GT-F (Grappling): Minoru Toyonaga vs. Hiroki Kotani

Participating:
Wataru Inasu 3-3-1
Masashi Takeda 10-4-1
Kenichi Ito 3-3-2

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS

Just came back from the Pancrase event tonight, upgraded my camera and the pictures will be up this Friday. After the event there are a couple of things that stick out... The 4 last fights were AWESOME!! I have seen Hisamatsu fight 3 times now, but only today did he show me anything, this was a very good fight and extremely entertaining, even though he lost the decision.

With Kei Yamamiya in the main event I have the same feeling, he has been boring every time I have watched him, until tonight! Ryo Kawamura really brought the action and handed it to Yamamiya. Yamamiya on his hand really answered the challenge and it turned out to be a fight worthy of a King of Pancrase title fight. Good job to both the fighters! It should be mentioned that Kawamura was out in the lobby just minutes after the fight, signing t-shirts for fans as they were walking home. It is really the sort of thing I like to see from a figher.

Again Maximo Blanco, the Sengoku sponored fighter was close to controversy... There was a discussion of whether this should be a NC today as well... A fighter HAS to stop when the ref says so... Babalu had a similar experience in UFC and Blanco REALLY(!) needs to learn the lesson of respecting his opponent! He needs to stop when the ref says so.

Ok, so I am little hard on him right now, but he is walking a very thin line and this is an important lesson. No one will fight him if he continues. That being said, he is a HUGE talent, and if he learns (as I am sure he will) he is a force.

King of Pancrase Light-Heavy weight Title fight:
8. Ryo Kawamura Def. Keiichiro Yamamiya by decision 3-0

7. Koji Oishi Def. Naoyuki Kotani by decision 3-0
6. Ichiro Kanai Def. Hiromitsu Kanehara by decision 3-0
5. Takenori Sato Def. Yuji Hisamatsu by decision 3-0
4. Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" vs. Ranki Kawana 0-1 DRAW
3. Maximo Blanco Def. Hiroki "AB" Aoki by TKO Round 1 0:22
2. Yasutomo Tanaka vs. Hayato Shimizu DRAW
1. Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. Takuma Ishii DRAW

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fights added/Fight Order announced

Pancrase have added 2 fights to the October 1 event, one of these I predict will be a masacre. Maximo Blanco destroyed his previous opponent, but got a NC for an accidental headbut leading to a cut. It was a controversial fight, but there is no doubt that this guy is talented. "AB" fought agaist Steve Magdaleno in the same event. He suffered a loss, and never really showed anything. Magdaleno was better standing and on the ground. I predict a very tough fight for "AB".

The other fight added today is between Yasutomo Tanaka, who also fought in the Neo-Blood finals, he lost the final to Hirotoshi Saito in a very good fight. Hayato Shimizu last to Hirotoshi Saito in the Neo-Blood semi-final, so this looks like it will be an interesting fight.


Added:
Maximo Blanco 0-0-0 (1NC) vs. 0-1-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-3 vs. 4-2-0 Hayato Shimizu

Fight Order:
King of Pancrase Ligh-Heavy weight Title fight:
8. Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-22-9 vs. 8-3-2 Ryo Kawamura

7. Lightweight: Koji Oishi 16-6-6 vs. 17-7-6 Naoyuki Kotani
6. Middleweight: Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-21-1 vs. 7-9-3 Ichiro Kanai
5. Middleweight: Yuji Hisamatsu 11-14-4 vs. 5-5-4 Takenori Sato
4. Bantamweight: Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 4-5-3 vs. 9-1-5 Ranki Kawana
3. Lightweight: Maximo Blanco 0-0-0 (1NC) vs. 0-1-0 Hiroki "AB" Aoki
2. Featherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-2-3 vs. 4-2-0 Hayato Shimizu
1. Flyweight: Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. 1-3-0 Takuma Ishii

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fight added

Pancrase have added 1 fight to the event taking place on October 1 in Korakuen Hall. Returning to the Pancrase ring is the excentric Pink Typhoon (Yuji Hisamatsu).

Announced today:
Middleweight: Yuji Hisamatsu 11-14-4 vs. 5-5-4 Takenori Sato

Previously announced:
King of Pancrase Ligh-Heavy weight Title fight:
Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-22-9 vs. 8-3-2 Ryo Kawamura

Koji Oishi 16-6-6 vs. 17-7-6 Naoyuki Kotani
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 4-5-3 vs. 9-1-5 Ranki Kawana
Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. 1-3-0 Takuma Ishii
Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-21-1 vs. 7-9-3 Ichiro Kanai

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10/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - Fights added

The Shining Tour goes on, and so far this year there has been some very good events. Today, they announced another 4 fights for their October 1. event in Korakuen Hall.

The main event will most likely be the Light-Heavy weight title fight between Kei Yamamiya and Sengoku veteran Ryo Kawamura. It should be a very interesting fight, Yamamiya has been very good this year, and beat Kawamura in their last fight. Lets see if he can repeat that performance. Yamamiya tends to go the distance and is on a 3 fights winning streak. Kawamura lost his last fight against Kevin Randleman by decision in Sengoku 2.

Announced today:
King of Pancrase Ligh-Heavy weight Title fight:
Keiichiro Yamamiya 34-22-9 vs. 8-3-2 Ryo Kawamura

Koji Oishi 16-6-6 vs. 17-7-6 Naoyuki Kotani
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 4-5-3 vs. 9-1-5 Ranki Kawana
Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. 1-3-0 Takuma Ishii

Previously announced:
Hiromitsu Kanehara 16-21-1 vs. 7-9-3 Ichiro Kanai

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