7/12 Cage Force & Valkyrie - RESULTS

Yesterday Cage Force held an event in Differ Ariake and the main focus was on the main event, even is there were more interesting fights on the card.

The Pride and IFL veteran Kazuhiro Hamanaka take on DREAM and Pancrase veteran Alavutdin Gadjiev. Personally I had Alavutdin winning this, but the fight ended in controversial fashion. In a fight where both fighters had their chances, Alavutdin suffered a DQ loss after landing a second illegal knee to a grounded opponent.

"V Hajime" should be a step closer to the Valkyrie featherweight title after a very close decision win against Takabayashi Kyoko.

Nobuhiro Tsurumaki got his 12th straight loss, and is now 0-12. This time it was a right that dropped Tsurumaki, who is much tougher than his record indicates. I hope he gets the win soon.

Main-Event:
Kazuhiro Hamanaka Def. Alavutdin Gadjiev by DQ Round 3 1:04

Tomonori Taniguchi Def. Wataru Takahashi by Decision 2-0
Ikkei Nagamura Def. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki by TKO Round 1 0:38
Valkyrie: Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi Def. Kyoko Takabayashi by Decision 2-1
Tetsuo Seto Def. Sapp Nishinari by Decision 3-0
Toshihiro Taguchi Def. Satoshi Nishino by TKO Round 1 2:05
Masaki Yokoyama vs. Hayato Shimizu Draw

Valkyrie Fights:
Mayumi Aoki Def. Mizuho Sato by TKO Round 3 2:48
Madoka "♂ha＠ＴＨＥ♀" Ebihara vs. Emi "Sakura" Okada by Heel-hook Round 1 2:00

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7/12 Cage Force & Valkyrie - Fight Order

Cage Force have published their card for July 12. The main-event made in onto the Sherdog's 10 fights to watch in July. It should be a good fight between to fighters that have fought on the big stage, but have yet to break through there. Hamanaka is on a 4 fight losing streak, but he has not fought often. Alavutdin has done very well since 2007, but lost in his DREAM debut against Ralek Gracie.

Of the Valkyrie fight, V hajime facing Kyoko Takabayashi should be a very good fight. V Hajime is a very talented fighter and Kyoko Takabayashi should be a good test for her.

Main-Event:
9. Middle: Alavutdin Gadjiev 14-8-0 vs. 4-6-1 Kazuhiro Hamanaka

8. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 8-10-3 vs. 5-6-2 Tomonori Taniguchi
7. Middle: Ikkei Nagamura 2-1-1 vs. 0-11-0 Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
6. Valkyrie Feather: Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 4-2-0 vs. 9-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi
5. Welter: Tetsuo Seto 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Sapp Nishinari
4. Feather: Satoshi Nishino 5-4-2 vs. 2-2-0 Toshihiro Taguchi
3. Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-2-3 vs. 4-3-1 Hayato Shimizu

Valkyrie Fights:
2. Welter: Mizuho Sato 4-2-0 vs. Cyou Benkei
1. Feather: ♂ha＠ＴＨＥ♀ vs. Sakura

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7/12 Cage Force & Valkyrie

GCM is holding a combination event on July 12 in Differ Ariake, by combination I mean that this will be both a Cage Force and a Valkyrie event.

There are some very interesting fight on this card. For one, we will see the return of the one time Pancrase ranker, Alavutdin Gadjiev taking on the IFL and Hero's veteran Kazuhiro Hamanaka. Hamanaka is coming of 4 straight losses and will be looking to get a win here. Gadjiev is not an easy opponent though, and he would be my pick here.

Also on the card is veteran Nobuhiro Tsurumaki. A record of 0-11, but this guy has been in the game for a long time and fought some very tough fighters. Lets see how he does against Team Cloud's Ikke Nagamura.

Cage Force:
Middle: Ikkei Nagamura 2-1-1 vs. 0-11-0 Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
Middle: Alavutdin Gadjiev 14-8-0 vs. 4-6-1 Kazuhiro Hamanaka
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 8-10-3 vs. 5-6-2 Tomonori Taniguchi
Feather: Satoshi Nishino 5-4-2 vs. 2-2-0 Toshihiro Taguchi
Bantam: Masaki Yokoyama 2-2-3 vs. 4-3-1 Hayato Shimizu
Welter: Tetsuo Seto 4-2-2 vs. 1-0-0 Sapp Nishinari

Valkyrie Fights:
Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 4-2-0 vs. 9-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi
Mizuho Sato 4-2-0 vs. Cyou Benkei
♂ha＠ＴＨＥ♀ vs. Sakura

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Results

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

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Fight Order

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

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4/25 Cage Force - Fights Announced

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

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4/25 Cage Force 10 - Fights Announced - Kuniyoshi Hironaka Participating

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

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