2/14 Shooto Gig North Vol. 5

Shooto have announced the 5th Gig North in Zepp Sapporo on February 14.

It looks like a pretty good card too, as usual local talent mixing it with Shooto fighters from other areas. The veteran "Gozo" is makeing the trip to Sapporo to take on the local favorite Fumihiro Kitahara in a fight that will probably be the main event.

The Rookie Tournament has a big addition, Pancrase and ZST veteran Ranki Kawana will have his 1st round fight here against the local Takashi Niikuni.

Announced:
Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda 7-6-0 vs. 6-1-1 Fumihiro Kitahara
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi 7-4-3 vs. 5-4-1 Takuya Mori
Light: Daisuke Ishizawa 4-6-0 vs. 8-7-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
Fly: Kenichi Sawada 4-10-4 vs. 3-2-0 Tatsuya Yamamoto
54kg: Keisuke Kurata 4-7-1 vs. 1-2-0 Atsushi Mochizuki

Rookie Tournament:
Feather: Takashi Niikuni 1-1-0 vs. 12-2-6 Ranki Kawana
Bantam: Isao Yoshida 1-0-0 vs. Yusuke Honma

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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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6/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS

An action packed day in Korakuen Hall, as Pancrase put on what looks to have been an awesome event! I just flew back to Japan today, so didnt get to this one, but wish I did...

Main-Event
Keiichiro Yamamiya Def. Hiromitsu Kanehara by Decision 3-0

Izuru Takeuchi Def. Junior by Heel-hook Round 1 4:49
Shinsuke Shoji Def. Takafumi Ito by TKO Round 2 4:01
Rafael dos Anjos Def. Takaichi Hirayama by Arm-lock Round 1 1:25
Seiya Kawahara Def. Masaki Yanagisawa by KO Round 1 0:41
Yukio Sakaguchi Def. Masakazu Kuramochi by KO Round 1 2:01
Ranki Kawana Def. Tomoki Murayama by TKO Round 1 2:17
Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Guilliotine Round 0:31

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