7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - Wicky Akio Participating

Shooto have added to their Tradition 02 card. I have made a comment earlier about value for money in these events, and as an audience I have to say that this card looks like very good value, with a ringside seat costing 10,000 yen!

Today it was announced that Wicky Akiyo will be participating. Earlier it has been announced that "BJ" Kojima is fighting also, so this should be a very good event if you add that to the fights that are already announced.

Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
Teriyuki Matsumoto 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi
Akihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko Hirayama
Naohiro Mizuno 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Daiki Tsuchiya

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi

Participating:
Shinichi "BJ" Kojima 8-3-4
"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02

Shooto has announced some fights for the 2nd Tradition event, this is to celebrate their 20th anniversary and they put on some very good fights in the first event. For this, the ticket prices are cheaper, but the fights announced look interesting. Personally I am looking forward to seeing Murofushi, I believe this will be his first Class A fight and I think he has been very good in his previous fights.

Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
Teriyuki Matsumoto 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi

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5/3 Shooto - Road to 20th Anniversary - Warm-Up

Tomorrow Shooto will hold a BIG event, it is huge! The first evet to be held in the new JCB Hall in the Tokyo Dome area.

I have also decided to do a live Play-by-Play, if you are in Japan you should be watching on SkyPerfect (PPV).

The event provides some very interesting match-ups and here are some videos of some of the fighters participating:

Takashi Nakakura
vs. Jani Lax (very good fight!)
vs. Yusuke Endo (rd 1)
vs. Yusuke Endo (rd 2)
vs. Yusuke Endo (rd 3)

Ganjo Tentsuke
vs. Emmanuel Fernandez

Hayato Sakurai
vs. Hidetaka Monma
vs. Haroldo Bunn
vs. Caol Uno
vs. Jens Pulver
Highlights
vs. Olaf Alfonso
vs. Ronny Rivano
vs. Frank Trigg

David Baron
vs. Dan Hardy
Highlights

Akitoshi Tamura
vs. Hayate Usui
vs. Masaomi Saito
vs. Sakae Kasuya

Rumina Sato
Highlight
vs. Erikas Petraikis
vs. Alan Fried
vs. Bao Quach
vs. Augusto Fronta

"Lion" Takeshi Inoue
vs. Jin Kazeta
vs. Marc Duncan
vs. Hayate Usui
vs. Antonio Carvalho

Shinji Sasaki
vs. Michiyuki Ishibashi
vs. Paulo Milano

Bendy Casimir
Highlight
vs. Chris Stringer
vs. Ian Jones
vs. Juri Ivlev

Yusuke Endo
vs. Koumei Okada
vs. Clay Guida
vs. Seiki Uchimura

Ryuichi Miki
vs. Kenji Hosoya (pt. 1)
vs. Kenji Hosoya (pt. 2)

Yasuhiro Urushitani
vs. Lorenzo Coca
vs. Daniel Lima
vs. Shinichi Kojima (pt. 1)
vs. Shinichi Kojima (pt. 2)
vs. Mamoru Yamaguchi (pt. 1)
vs. Mamoru Yamaguchi (pt. 2)

Sakae Kasuya
vs. Takumi Ota

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5/3 Shooto - Road to 20th Anniversary - Fight Order Announced

Shooto has released the fight order for their awesome card on Saturday. I am not going, but have ordered this on PPV so if the SkyPerfect gods are with me, I will be able to do a PBP of this event. It is Golden Week in Japan, so I am expecting a decent crowd in for this event.

7. Takashi Nakakura 9-2-1 vs. 9-2-2 Ganjo Tentsuku
6. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. 13-2-0 David Baron
5. Akitoshi Tamura 11-6-2 vs. 24-11-2 Rumina Sato
4. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue 14-2-0 vs. 8-7-0 Savant Young
3. Shinji Sasaki 6-1-0 vs. 13-4-2 Bendy Casimir
2. Yusuke Endo 10-2-1 vs. Vince Ortiz
1. Ryuichi Miki 6-2-2 vs. 14-3-5 Yasuhiro Urushitani

Opening fights:
Hayate Usui 8-6-1 vs. 3-2-3 Sakae Kasuya
Katsuya Murofushi 3-2-0 vs. Shinpei Tahara

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5/3 Shooto - Road to 20th Anniversary - Fights added

Shooto has announced a couple of fights for the awesome event they will hold on May 3.

Added:
Shinji Sasaki 6-1-0 vs. 13-4-2 Bendy Casimir
Yusuke Endo 10-2-1 vs. Vince Ortiz

Previously announced:
Takashi Nakakura 9-2-1 vs. 9-2-2 Ganjo Tentsuku
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. 13-2-0 David Baron
Akitoshi Tamura 11-6-2 vs. 24-11-2 Rumina Sato
Ryuichi Miki 6-2-2 vs. 14-3-5 Yasuhiro Urushitani
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 14-2-0 vs. 8-7-0 Savant Young

Opening fights:
Hayate Usui 8-6-1 vs. 3-2-3 Sakae Kasuya
Katsuya Murofushi 3-2-0 vs. Shinpei Tahara

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5/3 Shooto - Road to 20th Anniversary - Participants announced

Shooto have added 2 participants to their BIG May 3. card. This will be an awesome event, and one I am really looking forward to.

They have added 2 very talented fighters, Yusuke Endo 10-2-1 and Shinji Sasaki 6-1-0 to this card, their opponets are yet to be announced.

The card now looks like this:

Takashi Nakakura 9-2-1 vs. 9-2-2 Ganjo Tentsuku
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. 13-2-0 David Baron
Akitoshi Tamura 11-6-2 vs. 24-11-2 Rumina Sato
Ryuichi Miki 6-2-2 vs. 14-3-5 Yasuhiro Urushitani
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 14-2-0 vs. 8-7-0 Savant Young

Opening fights:
Hayate Usui 8-6-1 vs. 3-2-3 Sakae Kasuya
Katsuya Murofushi 3-2-0 vs. Shinpei Tahara

Participating:
Yusuke Endo 10-2-1
Shinji Sasaki 6-1-0

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