1/30 King of the Cage "Toryumon"

King of the Cage is making their way to Japan and Okinawa later this month. This will be the first KOTC event in Japan, and its looking like a good card.

The popular Shooto and ShootBoxing veteran, Mamoru, will take on the undefeated Frank Baca for the vacant KOTC Junior Flyweight title.

Another popular Japanese fighter on the card is DREAM and HEROs veteran Kotetsu Boku. Boku is taking on the former KOTC lightweight champion, Tony Hervey. Hervey lost his title in December and will be looking to bounce back here, Boku will be no easy opponent though.

Pancrase veteran Kiichi Kunimoto will take on Bellator tournament finalist Tony Imada.

King of the Cage World Junior Flyweight Championship
Mamoru Yamaguchi 22-5-3 vs. 3-0-0 Frank Baca

Kotetsu Boku 15-6-2 vs. 11-6-0 Tony Hervey
Kiichi Kunimoto 8-3-0 vs. 22-13-0 Toby Imada
Roxanne Modafferi 13-5-0 vs. 8-8-1 Molly Helsel
Tatsuya Sou 4-3-1 vs. Shigeki Matsuda
Koji Kanechika 4-2-0 vs. 6-6-1 Jerry Vrbanovic
Leandro Cussano vs. 4-3-0 Christian Vargas
Shinya Kumazawa 3-6-0 vs. 4-1-0 Steve Hecht
Tsuyoshi Tamaki vs. Bryon Schnell

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4/25 Valkyrie 02 - Valkyrie is Still Alive!

Its been a very long time since the first Valkyrie event, and it lead me to believe that we would not see another event. Luckily, I was wrong! Valkyrie is alive and will hold their second event 25 April in Differ Ariake.

On the card will be some very good fighters, Yuka Tsuji and Roxanne Modafferi are 2 of the fighters announced today.

Participants:
Yuka Tsuji 21-1-0
Naoko Omuro 8-7-3
Kyoko Takabayashi 8-3-0
Roxanne Modafferi 13-4-0

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11/8 Cage Force - EX Eastern Bound - RESULTS

The Eastern Bound event is going on right now in Differ Ariake, there are some big stars on the card and there could be some big upsets.

I would not expect "K-Taro", Monma, Osawa and Urushitani to lose today, but it has been a week with a few upsets so you should never feel safe.

So far, Miyazaki has claimed his first win against the previously undefeated Hoshino.
The BIG upset of the night though, "K-Taro" gets KOed by Kim just 59 seconds into the fight.

I will update results as they are available to me.

8. Main event: Jang Yong Kim Def. Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" by KO Round 1 0:59
7. Hidetaka Monma Def. Andre Mafetoni (??) by Guillotine choke Round 1 4:47
6. Kenji Osawa Def. Tomoya Miyashita by Decision 3-0
5. Yasuhiro Urushitani Def. Kiyotaka Shimizu by TKO (doctor stop) Round 1
4. Yukiya Naito Def. Alex Silva by KO Round 1 4:42
3. Takenori Sato Def. Rikuhei Fuji by Decision 3-0
2. Keitaro Maeda Def. Hiroki "Goodman" Tanaka by Decision 3-0
1. Naoto Miyazaki Def. Daisuke Hoshino by Rear-naked Choke Round 2 4:48

Preliminary fights:
Yoshiaki Takahashi Def. Shin Fujimoto by Armbar Round 1 1:07
Masahiro Sato Def. Yuta Yasunaga by KO Round 1 2:26

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11/8 Cage Force Valkyrie 01 EX - RESULTS

GCM had their first Valkyrie, all female MMA event today. There were 6 fights on the card. A good mix of experienced and new talent. Hopefully they can build of this event and it will be interesting to see going forward.

Of the fights on the card, I think there were couple that got more attention than the others. Roxanne Modaferri was meant to fight in AFL facing Tara Larosa today, instead she was fighting Chisa Yonezawa here in Japan. I hope she is able to get more fights in Japan, and it looks like there should be options going forward with Valkyrie and JEWELS both fighting over the female talent.

SmackGirl champion, Yuka Tsuji was fighting in the SmackGirl Cinderella tournament winner, V Hajime.

Of the fights on the card today, only one didnt go the distance.

For personal reasons, I was not able to get to this event, but I will try to get to the next one.

Yuka Tsuji Def. V Hajime by Decision 3-0
Naoko Omuro vs. Yasuko Tamada DRAW
"Windy" Tomomi Sunabe Def. Emi Fujino by Decision 3-0
Roxanne Modafferi Def. Chisa Yonezawa (?) by Decision 3-0
Madoka Ebihara Def. Akiko Naito by armbar Round 1 2:45
Mamiko Mizoguchi vs. Sakura DRAW

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11/8 Cage Force - Valkyrie 01 & EX Eastern Bound - Fight Order

Today is the big day for Cage Force fans, it is the first event for Valkyrie and a lot of stars on the Eastern EX card. It should be a good day at Differ Ariake.

The Valkyrie card has 6 fights and the doors open at 13:30, fights start at 14:00.

Stars of the card are Yuka Tsuji, "Windy" Tomomi, Emi Fujino and Roxanne Modafferi. There are also some exiting new fighters on this card, like Sakura and V Hajime.

The main event for the Cage Force Eastern Bound EX card is of course "K-Taro". But this card has some very big stars on it. In addition to "K-Taro", Hidetaka Monma, Kenji Osawa and Yasuhiro Urushitani.

The Eastern Bound EX event kicks off at 18:00. Be aware, you would need 2 tickets to go to both of these.


Valkyrie:
6. Main Event: VR: Featherweight: Yuka Tsuji 19-1-0 vs. V 3-1-0 V Hajime

5. VR: Flyweight 3x 3min: Naoko Omuro 8-7-2 vs. 9-4-2 Yasuko Tamada
4. VR: Featherweight: “Windy” Tomomi Sunabe 11-8-0 vs. 8-1-0 Emi Fujino
3. NR: Welterweight: Roxanne Modafferi 12-4-0 vs. Chisa Yonezawa (?)
2. NR: Featherweight No Pound: Akiko Naito 4-6-0 vs. 2-1-0 Madoka Ebihara
1. NR: Featherweight No Pound: Mamiko Mizoguchi 1-3-0 vs. Sakura

*NR=Novice Rule VR=Valkyrie Rule


Cage Force - Eastern Bound EX:
8. Main event: Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-3-2 vs. 1-2-0 Jang Yong Kim

7. Hidetaka Monma 13-8-4 vs. Andre Mafetoni (??)
6. Kenji Osawa 13-8-2 vs. 9-4-5 Tomoya Miyashita
5. Yasuhiro Urushitani 14-4-6 vs. 0-0-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu
4. Yukiya Naito 13-4-2 vs. 1-0-0 Alex Silva
3. Rikuhei Fuji 3-2-0 vs. 6-5-4 Takenori Sato
2. Keitaro Maeda 2-3-1 vs. 14-4-3 Hiroki "Goodman" Tanaka
1. Daisuke Hoshino 4-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Naoto Miyazaki

Preliminary fights:
Yoshiaki Takahashi 1-1-0 vs. Shin Fujimoto
Yuta Yasunaga vs. Masahiro Sato

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11/8 VALKYRIE EX 01- Roxanne Modaferri Fighting!

Valkyrie have announced an additional 2 fights to their first event being held in Differ Arike November 8. I know lots of people (me included) will be happy to see that Roxanne Modafferi is getting a fight after the AFL cancelation.<

So instead of fighting Tara Larosa, Roxy will be fighting Chisa Yonezawa, the rules are Novice rule, i.e. not punches to the face on the ground.

Also added to the card is “Windy” Tomomi against Emi Fujino. Fujino is coming off her first loss and Windy Tomomi has been in awesome shape since returning from her injury in 2007.

Added:
Valkyrie (VR) Rule:
Featherweight: “Windy” Tomomi Sunabe 11-8-0 vs. 8-1-0 Emi Fujino

Novice Rule (NR):
Welterweight: Roxanne Modafferi 12-4-0 vs. Chisa Yonezawa (?)

Previously announced:
VR: Featherweight: Yuka Tsuji 19-1-0 vs. V 3-1-0 V Hajime

VR: Flyweight 3x 3min: Naoko Omuro 8-7-2 vs. 9-4-2 Yasuko Tamada
NR: Featherweight No Pound: Akiko Naito 4-6-0 vs. 2-1-0 Madoka Ebihara
NR: Featherweight No Pound: Mamiko Mizoguchi 1-3-0 vs. Sakura

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