9/4 Shooto Kitazawa Shooto 2009 Vol. 2 - RESULTS

On Friday in Kitazawa Townhall, K'z Factory held "Kitazawa Shooto 2009 Vol. 2", without the biggest Shooto stars, but ith some stars in the making. Yoshioka's record might not have been the best going in, and just looking at that he was probably the underdog here. He did however bring tons of experience against top fighters. Yoshioka was able to use an omopalata to sweep Hiroyuki Abe, in the process getting in top position and finishing the fight with a guillotine choke. This was a fight that will impact the flyweight Shooto rankings.

In the co-main event Matsufuji's 3 fight winning streak was broken just 39 seconds into the fight, when Akagi landed a left hook that KOed the 31 year old fighter.

Fly: Hiroaki Yoshioka Def. Hiroyuki Abe by guillotine choke Round 2 3:08
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi Def. Hiroharu Matsufuji by KO Round 1 0:39
Welter: Shin Kochiwa Def. Junpei Chikano by KO Round 1 3:06
Welter: Shinobu Miura vs. Koji Nishioka Draw 1-1
Light: Masaki Yanagisawa Def. Takamaro Watari by TKO Round 1 1:17
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa Def. Yuya Kaneuchi by Decision 3-0
Bantam: Akinobu Watanabe Def. Keiji Koizumi by TKO Round 4:45
Feather: Isao Yoshida Def Keita Ishibashi by Decision 3-0

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9/4 Shooto Kitazawa Shooto 2009 Vol. 1 - Fight Order

Shooto have announced the fight order for their next event in Kitazawa Town Hall on September 4.

The main-event will be a Class A fight between KZ Factory's Hiroyuki Abe and Hiroaki Yoshioka. Yoshioka has fought some good fighters, but does only have 2 wins in his last 10 fights and Abe will be another tough opponent.

Hiroharu Matsufuji had a bad start to his career, losing his first 4 fights. That has turned and he has won his last 3. He will be taking on Toshimichi Akagi who has not had a win in his last 4 fights.

Returning to professional Shooto on this card will be the soon to be 40 year old Hiroki Kita. He will be taking on the 9 year younger Yasuhiro Kanayama.

Fly: Hiroyuki Abe 5-1-0 vs. 5-9-2 Hiroaki Yoshioka
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi 5-4-3 vs. 3-4-0 Hiroharu Matsufuji
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 5-1-2 vs. 2-5-0 Junpei Chikano
Welter: Shinobu Miura 2-4-4 vs. 0-1-1 Koji Nishioka
Light: Yasuhiro Kanayama 3-5-3 vs. 2-5-1 Hiroki Kita
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 0-2-3 vs. 0-2-1 Yuya Kaneuchi
Bantam: Akinobu Watanabe 0-0-1 vs. 1-0-0 Keiji Koizumi
Feather: Keita Ishibashi vs. Isao Yoshida

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10/13 Shooto Kitazawa Townhall - RESULTS

Not many events this month, but the Shooto card in Kitzawa Townhall had a lot of talent in the 6 fights on the card. The event has just finished and it looks like another strong performance by Usuda in the Rookie Tournament.

Also worth a mention, Numajiri debuts with a win.

Bantam: Junji Ikoma Def. Yusei Shimokawa by Triangle choke Round 1 2:23
Rookie Tourn Light: Issei Tamura Def. Takumi Ota by Decision 2-0
Rookie Tourn Welter: Ikuo Usuda Def. Kazuya Satomoto by TKO Round 1 1:05
Welter: Shinobu Miura Def. Koichi Taguchi by Decision 3-0
Middle: Shin Kochiwa Def. Taijiro Iseki by TKO (3 down) Round 1 2:55
Feather: Ken Numajiri Def. Masumi Tozawa by Decision 3-0

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10/13 Shooto - Kitazawa Townhall *REMINDER*

Just a reminder of this event. It is happening in Kitazawa Townhall on Monday (which is a public holiday in Japan) and it should be a good event.

One change has happened to the card though, this featherweight fight is taken off due to Yamauchi suffering a rib injury:
Makoto Yamauchi 1-0-0 vs. 1-4-2 Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa
Which is a shame, but there is still good talent on this card.

The complete card and fight order:
Bantam: Junji Ikoma 10-9-3 vs. 5-3-0 Yusei Shimokawa
Rookie Tourn Light: Takumi Ota 4-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Issei Tamura
Rookie Tourn Welter: Kazuya Satomoto 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ikuo Usuda
Welter: Shinobu Miura 1-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Koichi Taguchi
Middle: Shin Kochiwa 0-1-1 vs. 0-1-0 Taijiro Iseki
Feather: Masumi Tozawa 0-1-2 vs. Ken Numajiri

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10/13 Shooto - Kitazawa Townhall - Fights added

Shooto have added 2 more fights to the Kitazawa Townhall event. Not the big stars, but some good talent. Hopefully "Mike" can get a win, sort of starting to cheer for the guy. He was sort of on a run before his loss in July and I think he could get this one. He is facing a though opponent though.

Featherweight: Makoto Yamauchi 1-0-0 vs. 1-4-2 Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa
Middleweight: Shin Kochiwa 0-1-1 vs. 0-1-0 Taijiro Iseki

Previous:
Bantamweight: Junji Ikoma 10-9-3 vs. 5-3-0 Yusei Shimokawa
Welterweight: Shinobu Miura 1-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Koichi Taguchi
Featherweight: Masumi Tozawa 0-1-2 vs. Ken Numajiri

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Lightweight: Takumi Ota 4-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Issei Tamura
Welterweight: Kazuya Satomoto 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ikuo Usuda

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