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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2/28 Shooto GIG Tokyo Vol. 1 - RESULTS

The first ever Shooto Gig Tokyo event took place yesterday in Shinjuku Face. It was an intersting card with some good talent and fights that, even though there were no title fights, they will have an impact on the Shooto rankings.

An upset, in my opion, in the co-main event. Shinya Murofushi, ranked #2 flyweight, went down to "Heat" Takeshi. I thought it would be a close fight, Takeshi submitting Murofushi is just over a minute is very impressive and will have an impact on the rankings.

The main event saw 2 very experienced competitors in Kenichiro Togashi and Ganjo Tentsuku face off. This was always going to be a close encounter, and Togashi came out on top again. This is the second time they have met, both times the fight has gone the distance and both times Togashi has gotten the decision.

Welter: Kenichiro Togashi Def. Ganjo Tentsuku by Decision 2-0
Fly: "Heat" Takeshi Sato Def. Shinya Murofushi by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:14
Welter: Komei Okada vs. vs. Shinobu Miura Draw
Welter: Hisaki Hiraishi Def. Koichi Taguchi by Decision 3-0

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Welter: Junpei Konno Def. Yohei Ota by Decision 3-0
Welter: Yoshio Tokuhisa vs. Koji Nishioka Draw
Welter: Patrick Doty Def. Fumihiko Kawamura by KO Round 1 1:43
Feather: Yoshihiko Matsumoto Def. Yuki Yasunaga by arm-bar Round 1 1:11
Bantam: Yasutaka Ishigami Def. Yuya Kaneuchi by Decision 3-0

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2/28 Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol.1 - Fight Order

This Saturday there are 2 events in Tokyo, Cage Force and Shooto will kick off Gig Tokyo in Shinjuku Face.

The main event is between 2 shooto veterans that have seen competition at all levels and they have faced eachother before as well, in 2005. On that occation, Kenichiro Togashi came out on top in a fight that went the distance.

In Togashi's last fight, he took on Yusuke Endo for the Shooto Pacific title. Tentsuku went the distance with Shooto title holder Takashi Nakakura and went the distance, but he also lost by decision.

Also on the card is the undefeated #2 ranked flyweight Shinya Murofushi, always worth watching. He has improved his standup, his strength is on the ground though.

9. Main-Event - Welter: Ganjo Tentsuku 9-3-2 vs. 7-6-5 Kenichiro Togashi
8. Fly: Shinya Murofushi 5-0-1 vs. 7-6-1 "Heat" Takeshi Sato
7. Welter: Komei Okada vs. 5-8-1 vs. 2-4-3 Shinobu Miura
6. Welter: Koichi Taguchi 1-3-1 vs. Hisaki Hiraishi "Kotobukimaru"

Rookie Tournament Fights:
5. Welter: Junpei Konno vs. Yohei Ota
4. Welter: Yoshio Tokuhisa vs. Koji Nishioka
3. Welter: MIKE vs. Fumihiko Kawamura
2. Feather: Yuki Yasunaga vs. Yoshihiko Matsumoto
1. Bantam: 保貴 (?) Ishigami vs. Yuya Kaneuchi

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2/28 Shooto GIG Tokyo Vol. 1 - Fights Announced

The first installment to "GIG Tokyo" is looking better and better. The ticket for this event is cheap, but the card is looking very good.

They have now added Shinya Murofushi (shooto ranked #2) against "Heat" Takeshi. Murofushi is one of my favorite fighters to watch, he is very tall for the weight and is therefore a very awkward opponent. "Heat" Takeshi has experience on his side though, so this should be interesting especially since Shooto are now publishing flyweight rankings.

Also added is the welterweight fight between Koichi Taguchi and Hisaki Hiraishi.

Added:
Fly: Shinya Murofushi 5-0-1 vs. 7-6-1 "Heat" Takeshi Sato
Welter: Koichi Taguchi 1-3-1 vs. Hisaki Hiraishi "Kotobukimaru"

Previously announced:
Welter (A): Ganjo Tentsuku 9-3-2 vs. 7-6-5 Kenichiro Togashi
Welter (B): Komei Okada vs. 5-8-1 vs. 2-4-3 Shinobu Miura

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Welter: Junpei Konno vs. Yohei Ota
Welter: Yoshio Tokuhisa vs. Koji Nishioka
Welter: MIKE vs. Fumihiko Kawamura
Feather: Yuki Yasunaga vs. Yoshihiko Matsumoto
Bantam: 保貴 (?) Ishigami vs. Yuya Kaneuchi

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2/28 Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 1 - Fights Announced

Shooto announced the start of a new "tour" on Sunday. It is an extention of the "Gig" tours. This time they are adding "Gig Tokyo" to the gig's they already have (North, Central, West etc.). The first Gig Tokyo event will be held in Shinjuku Face Saturday 28.

There are already a few interesting fights added to this card. Ganjo Tantsuku is currently ranked #3 in the Shooto welterweight division. He has had 3 losses in his career, and this time he gets a chance to re-match the first fighter to defeat him in professional Shooto. Kenichiro Togashi defeated Tentsuku by deceision in their last encounter almost 4 years ago. Since then, Togashi has only won once but he has faced fighters such as Mitsuhiro Ishida, Joachim Hansen and Yusuke Endo to name a few. This should be a good fight and I am guessing it might be the main event.

Announced:
Welter (A): Ganjo Tentsuku 9-3-2 vs. 7-6-5 Kenichiro Togashi
Welter (B): Komei Okada vs. 5-8-1 vs. 2-4-3 Shinobu Miura

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Welter: Junpei Konno vs. Yohei Ota
Welter: Yoshio Tokuhisa vs. Koji Nishioka
Welter: MIKE vs. Fumihiko Kawamura
Feather: Yuki Yasunaga vs. Yoshihiko Matsumoto
Bantam: 保貴 (?) Ishigami vs. Yuya Kaneuchi

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12/10 DEEP Impact 39 - Fights Added

DEEP have announced an additional 4 fights to their December 10 event. DEEP 38 was a very good event, and drew a big crowd as well. Lets hope this time will be as successful.

This event will have some DEEP vs. Wajyutsu Keisyukai 3 have been announced today. In addition to that, DEEP Middle weight champion, Yuichi Nakanishi, will have his first fight since winning the title in the tournament earlier this year. Again this will not be a title fight, but should still be a good fight against Yuya Shirai (another participant in the middleweight tournament earlier this year).

Added:
Yuichi Nakanishi 9-7-3 vs. 13-7-0 Yuya Shirai

DEEP vs. Wajyutsu Keisyukai
Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2 vs. 4-3-0 Yusaki Tsukumo
Yuta Watanabe 8-2-3 vs. 14-4-2 Yukiya Naito
Luiz Andrade I 7-6-3 vs. 2-3-3 Shinobu Miura

Previously announced:
Daiki Hata "DJ Taiki" 8-5-3 vs. 15-7-2 Naoya Uematsu

Participating:
Nobuhiro Obiya 9-3-1
Jutaro Nakao 22-13-4
Katsunori Kikuno 8-1-1
Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-6-4
Toshikazu "ISE" Iseno 6-4-2
Seigo Inoue 4-4-1

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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

Shooto have announced some fights for their event in Kitazawa Townhall. Looks like the main event will be 38 year old veteran Ikoma taking on 27 year old Shimokawa, it should be a very good fight. Otherwise, as always on the Kitazawa Townhall cards, lots of talent.

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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8/17 DEEP 37 - Results

DEEP is holding DEEP 37 in Korakuen Hall now. On the card are 2 title fights, and the card is looking very good.

I will update the results as they become available here. If you are impatient, and read Japanese, thats the place to get them.

Main Event:
DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
15. Masakazu Imanari Def. Hiroshi Umemura by heel-hook Round 1 0:29

DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
14. Miku Matsumoto Def. Misaki Takimoto by KO Round 2 4:40

13. Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) vs. Kim Jong Man DRAW
12. Ryuta Sakurai Def. Sojiro Orui by arm-bar Round 1 3:22
11. Yasuhito Namekawa Def. Claudio Silva by arm-bar Round 1 2:59
10. Katsunori Kikuno Def. Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" by TKO Round 2 2:34
9. Eiji Ishikawa Def. Kousei Kobuta by TKO Round 2 0:55
8. Riki Fukuda Def. Hiroki Ozaki by Decision 3-0
7. Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Seigo Inoue by TKO Round 2 1:32
6. Yusaki Tsukumo Def. Yasushi Kitazaki by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:04
5. LUIZ vs. Shinobu Miura DRAW
4. Hama (?) Def. Jun Soo Lim by achilles hold Round 1 3:08

Future Fights:
3. Muneyuki Sato 1-2-0 vs. 4-2-1 Yuya "Jacare" Osugi
2. Makoto "Mako Dragon" Kawawa 1-2-0 vs. Kenta Takagi
1. Tomohiro Ishii vs. 1-0-0 Teppei Hori

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8/17 DEEP 37 - Fight Order

Not much happening in Japan right now, DEEP have a couple of very interesting cards coming up, other than that it is mainly Obon holidays and the Olympics people care about.

DEEP 37 looks like a very good card though. With 2 title-fights on the card and fighters like Ryuta Sakurai and Riki Fukuda I am sure it will be entertaining.

Main Event: DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
15. Masakazu Imanari 14-6-1 vs. 11-7-3 Hiroshi Umemura

DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
14. Miku Matsumoto (Title-holder) 17-4-0 vs. 8-8-4 Misaki Takimoto

13. Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) 8-5-2 vs. 3-5-2 Kim Jong Man
12. Ryuta Sakurai 16-14-4 vs. 5-2-4 Sojiro Orui
11. Yasuhito Namekawa 23-16-3 vs. 4-2-0 Claudio Silva
10. Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-5-4 vs. 7-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno
9. Eiji Ishikawa 15-15-2 vs. 24-27-10 Kousei Kobuta
8. Riki Fukuda 10-4-0 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroki Ozaki
7. Koichiro Matsumoto 4-1-0 vs. 4-3-1 Seigo Inoue
6. Yasushi Kitazaki 8-4-1 vs. Yusaki Tsukumo
5. LUIZ 7-6-2 vs. 1-3-2 Shinobu Miura
4. Hama (?) vs. 0-3-0 (1NC) Jun Soo Lim

Future Fights:
3. Muneyuki Sato 1-2-0 vs. 4-2-1 Yuya "Jacare" Osugi
2. Makoto "Mako Dragon" Kawawa 1-2-0 vs. Kenta Takagi
1. Tomohiro Ishii vs. 1-0-0 Teppei Hori

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8/17 DEEP 37 - Card complete ?

DEEP have announced some additional fights to their DEEP 37 card. The card looks final now and it looks very good. I have no idea who the Russian fighter Hama is, so fill me in if you know anything.

Due to injury, there has been a change to Ryuta Sakurai's opponent, he is no longer fighting Sojiro Orui but Kozo Urita instead.

Announced:
Yasuhito Namekawa 23-16-3 vs. 4-2-0 Claudio Silva
Hama (?) vs. 0-3-0 (1NC) Jun Soo Lim
Koichiro Matsumoto 4-1-0 vs. 4-3-1 Seigo Inoue

Future Fights:
Tomohiro Ishii vs. 1-0-0 Teppei Hori
Muneyuki Sato 1-2-0 vs. 4-2-1 Yuya "Jacare" Osugi
Makoto "Mako Dragon" Kawawa 1-2-0 vs. Kenta Takagi

Previously Announced:
DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
Masakazu Imanari 14-6-1 vs. 11-7-3 Hiroshi Umemura

DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto (Title-holder) 17-4-0 vs. 8-8-4 Misaki Takimoto

Riki Fukuda 10-4-0 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroki Ozaki
Yasushi Kitazaki 8-4-1 vs. Yusaki Tsukumo
LUIZ 7-6-2 vs. 1-3-2 Shinobu Miura
Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) 8-5-2 vs. 3-5-2 Kim Jong Man
Ryuta Sakurai 16-14-4 vs. 5-2-4 Sojiro Orui
Eiji Ishikawa 15-15-2 vs. 24-27-10 Kousei Kobuta
Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-5-4 vs. 7-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno

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8/17 DEEP 37 - Imanari Fighting for Bantamweight Title

Imanari lost his Featherweight title to Mishima in his last fight. Now he is moving down to Bantamweight to fight Umemura for this title. Riki Fukuda is also returning in what looks like a very good event. The event is being held in Korakuen Hall.

Announced:
DEEP Bantamweight Title-Fight:
Masakazu Imanari 14-6-1 vs. 11-7-3 Hiroshi Umemura

Riki Fukuda 10-4-0 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroki Ozaki
Yasushi Kitazaki 8-4-1 vs. Yusaki Tsukumo
LUIZ 7-6-2 vs. 1-3-2 Shinobu Miura
Daiki Hata (D.J. Taiki) 8-5-2 vs. 3-5-2 Kim Jong Man
Ryuta Sakurai 16-14-4 vs. 5-2-4 Sojiro Orui
Eiji Ishikawa 15-15-2 vs. 24-27-10 Kousei Kobuta

Previously Announced:
DEEP Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto (Title-holder) 17-4-0 vs. 8-8-4 Misaki Takimoto

Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 12-5-4 vs. 7-1-1 Katsunori Kikuno

Participating:
Yasuhito Namekawa 23-16-3
Koichiro Matsumoto 4-1-0
Hama (Russian fighter, I don’t know who this is)

Ticket Prices:
VIP 15,000円
SRS 12,000円
A 8,000円
B 6,000円
C 5,000円
At the door +500円

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6/26 Shooto - Kitazawa Townhall - RESULTS

Sorry, a bit late with these ones... This is a good little Shooto card, with not too many surprises. Hiroyuki Abe continues to add to his wins.

Homare Kuboyama Def. Shinichi Hanawa by decision 3-0
Hiroyuki Abe Def. Kenichi Sawada by arm-bar Round 1 4:13
Miura vs. Paolo Milano DRAW
Kosuke Eda Def. Yuki Baba by arm-bar Round 2 2:31
Issei Tamura Def. Yasuhiro Kanayama 1-3-3 by Decision
Makoto Yamauchi Def. Tatsuya Nakashima by Triangle-choke Round 1 2:28
Ikuko Tamada Def. Kaio Nagayasu by decision 2-0
Yasuko Shigeki Def. Ayumi Takeuchi by Rear-naked choke Round 1 2:45

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6/26 Shooto - Kitazawa Townhall

Shooto is holding an event in Kitazawa Townhall June 26. There are a couple of rookie tournament fights on the card, but no big stars. Should still be a good event.

8. Bantamweight: Homare Kuboyama 6-6-1 vs. 4-6-1 Shinichi Hanawa
7. Flyweight: Kenichi Sawada 3-8-2 vs. 3-1-0 Hiroyuki Abe
6. Welterweight: Shinobu Miura 1-3-1 vs. 5-3-0 Paolo Milano
5. Rookie-Tournament Featherweight: Yuki Baba vs. 4-2-2 Kosuke Eda
4. Rookie-Tournament Lightweight: Yasuhiro Kanayama 1-3-3 vs. Issei Tamura
3. Featherweight: Tatsuya Nakashima 0-1-0 vs. Makoto Yamauchi
2. Class C Female: Ikuko Tamada vs. Kaio Nagayasu
1. Class C Female: Yasuko Shigeki vs. Ayumi Takeuchi

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