Shooto Ranking February 2010

Its been a while since I have updated the Shooto rankings, but here are the latest from earlier this month.

There have been some big climbers, Taiki Tsuchiya comes straight into lightweight #3 after a win over Kadowaki.

In the welterweight rankings, Yoshihiro Koyama comes into #10 but I am expecting him to climb into top 5 within 2010.

Hiryuki Abe has climbed into #2 flyweight, and is there for in contention for "M-16"'s title. Will be interesting to see who gets the title shot next time.

Flyweight:
Champion: Ramba “M-16” Somdet
-From November 23 2009, defeated Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara.

1. Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara
2. Hiryuki Abe
3. Atsushi Takeuchi
4. Katsuya Murofushi
5. Junji Ikoma
6. Junji Ito
7. “Heat” Takeshi Sato
8. Shinya Murofushi
8. Hiroaki Yoshioka

Bantamweight:
Champion: Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi, Urushitani and Shojo.

1. Yasuhiro Urushitani
2. Ryuichi Miki
3. Mamoru Yamaguchi
4. Jucie Formiga
5. Yuki Shoujou
6. Ayumu “Gozo” Shioda
7. Masaaki Sugawara Shimokawa Yusei
8. Yusei Shimokawa
9. Jesse Taitano
10. Daiji Takahashi


Featherweight:
Champion: Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 3 Times against Galvao, Tazawa and Dantas

1. Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. Koetsu Okazaki
3. Eduardo Dantas
4. Hiromasa Ogikubo
5. Tetsu Suzuki
6. Shuichiro Katsumura
7. So Tazawa
8. Carlos Roberto “Betinho” (?)
9. Teruyuki Matsumoto
10. Rodolfo Marques



Lightweight:
Champion: “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008. Defended 1 Time against Rumina Sato.

1. Hatsu Hioki
2. Renan Barao
3. Taiki Tsuchiya
4. Hideki Kadowaki
5. Issei Tamura
6. Gustavo Falciroli
7. Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
8. Matteus Lahdesmaki
9. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura
10. Akitoshi Tamura



Welterweight:
Champion: Willamy Freire " Chiquerim"
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times.

1. Yusuke Endo
2. Takashi Nakakura
3. Takanori Gomi
4. Bendy Casimir
5. Kenichiro Togashi
6. Mizuto Hirota
7. Koutetsu Boku
8. Ganjo Tensuku
9. Hamid Corassani
10. Yoshihiro Koyama



Middleweight:
Champion: Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 1 time against Kikuchi

1. Xavier Lucas
2. Luis Ramos
3. Yoichiro Sato
4. Takuya Wada
5. Igor Fernandes
6. Hernani Perpetuo
7. Zelim Felican
8. Shiko Yamashita
9. Akihiro Murayama
10. David Baron


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: Siyar Bahadourzada
- From July 15 2007, defended 0 times

1. Sauli Heilimo
2. Carlos Alexandre Pereira
3. Andre Silva
4. Petras Morkevicius
5. Leandro Silva
6. Grazhuydas Smailis
7. Nathan Schouteren
8. Rolandas Agrba
9. Mikkel Guldbaek Masashi Yozen
10. Bastiaan Rejen

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Shooto August Ranking

Shooto have updated their rankings for August. I have not updated these for a while, so there are lots of changes. Tahara is now ranked #1 in the flyweigt division, and notice Ogikubo who have climbed into the #3 spot in the featherweight division.

Also Australian Gustavo Falciroli has come into the lightweight rankings after a strong win in Shooto Australia.

Flyweight:
Champion: Open
1. Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara
2. Ramba “M-16” Somdet
3. Atsushi Takeuchi
4. "Heat" Takeshi Sato
5. Shinya Murofushi
6. Hiryuki Abe
7. Takehiro Harusaki
8. Hiroaki Yoshioka


Bantamweight:
Champion: Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi and Urushitani

1. Ryuichi Miki
2. Yasuhiro Urushitani
3. Jucie Formiga
4. Junji Ikoma
5. Yuki Shoujou
6. Mamoru Yamaguchi
7. Shimokawa Yusei
8. Jesse Taitano
9. Daiji Takahashi
10. Masaaki Sugawara


Featherweight:
Champion: Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 2 Times against Galvao and Dantas

1. Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. Hiromasa Ogikubo
3. Eduardo Dantas
4. Koetsu Okazaki
5. Atsushi Yamamoto
6. So Tazawa
7. Junya "Kodo" Kudo
8. Tetsu Suzuki
9. Daniel Lima
10. Kenji Osawa

Notice Hiromasa Ogikubo who has now climbed into title contention. Since Galvao has already had a title hot, Ogikubo might be next in line.


Lightweight:
Champion: “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008. Defended 1 Time against Rumina Sato.

1. Akitoshi Tamura
2. Hatsu Hioki
3. Hideki Kadowaki
4. Savant Young
5. Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
6. Renan Barao
7. Gustavo Falciroli
8. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura
9. Rumina Sato
10. Antonio Carvalho

Notice Gustavo Falciroli who has come into the #7 spot after a win over "Wicky" in Shooto Australia.


Welterweight:
Champion: Takashi Nakakura
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times.

1. Willamy Chiquerim "Chiqueirinho"
2. Yusuke Endo
3. Kenichiro Togashi
4. Takanori Gomi
5. Bendy Casimir
6. Mizuto Hirota
7. Koutetsu Boku
8. Ganjo Tensuku
9. Hamid Corassani
10. Grzegorz Trendowski

Champion Nakakura suffered an eye injury in his last loss to Gomi, there was some doubt that he will make it back to the ring, but I hope we will see the champion defend his title soon. This is a very strog division now, with the additon of Gomi and Sengoku champion Hirota.


Middleweight:
Champion: Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 0 times

1. David Baron
2. Xavier Lucas
3. Wim Deputter
4. Niek Tromp
5. Igor Fernandes
6. Yoichiro Sato
7. Hernani Perpetuo
8. Zelim Felican
9. Akihiro Murayama
10. Akihiro Yamazaki


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: Siyar Bahadourzada
- From July 15 2007, defended 0 times

1. Leandro Silva
2. Andre Silva
3. Sauli Heilimo
4. Grazhuydas Smailis
5. Nathan Schouteren
6. Petras Morkevicius
7. Rolandas Agrba
8. Mikkel Guldbaek
9. Masashi Yozen
10. Ginardi Lima (?)

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Shooto March Rankings

Only minor changes this month, mainly due to the fights at the first Gig Tokyo event in Shinjuku Face.

Most notably, flyweight ranked #2 Shinya Murofushi suffered his first loss.

The welterweight division saw unranked Kenichiro Togashi defeat #3 ranked Ganjo Tentsuku.

Flyweight:
Champion: Open

1. → Ramba “M-16” Somdet
2. ↑ Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara
3. ↑ "Heat" Takeshi Sato
4. ↓ Shinya Murofushi
5. ↓ Takehiro Harusaki
6. ↓ Atsushi Takeuchi
7. ↓ Hiroaki Yoshioka

"Heat" Takeshi submitted #2 ranked Shinya Murofushi at GIG Tokyo Vol. 1 and comes in at #3, "Shinpei" Tahara climbs into the vacant #2 spot.


Bantamweight:
Champion: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi and Urushitani

1. → Yuki Shoujou
2. → Ryuichi Miki
3. → Yasuhiro Urushitani
4. → Junji Ikoma
5. → Mamoru Yamaguchi
6. → Jucie Formiga
7. ↑ Shimokawa Yusei
8. ↑ Jesse Taitano
9. ↓ Masatoshi Abe
10. → Yasuhiro Akagi

Masatoshi Abe has not fought for a year and a half and is moved down in the ranking.


Featherweight:
Champion: → Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 1 Time against Galvao

1. → Eduardo Dantas
2. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
3. → Daniel Lima
4. → Koetsu Okazaki
5. → So Tazawa
6. → Atsushi Yamamoto
7. → Hiromasa Ogikubo
8. → Kenji Osawa
9. → Junya "Kodo" Kudo
10. → Tetsu Suzuki

No Change


Lightweight:
Champion: → “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008.

1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Hatsu Hioki
3. → Hideki Kadowaki
4. → Antonio Carvalho
5. → Savant Young
6. → Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
7. → Renan Barao
8. → Bao Quach
9. → Rumina Sato
10. → David Lejenas




Welterweight:
Champion: → Takashi Nakakura
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)

1. → Yusuke Endo
2. → Willamy Chiquerim "Chiqueirinho"
3. ↑ Bendy Casimir
4. ↑ Kenichiro Togashi
5. ↓ Ganjo Tensuku
6. ↓ Hamid Corassani
7. → Grzegorz Trendowski
8. ↑ Mizuto Hirota
9. ↑ Koutetsu Boku
10. ↓ Jani Lax

Kenichiro Togashi gets a strong win against Ganjo Tentsuku at Gig Tokyo vol. 1 and climbs into 4th spot. Brian Cobb goes out of the ranking due to inactivity.


Middleweight:
Champion: → Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 0 times

1. → David Baron
2. → Xavier Lucas
3. → Wim Deputter
4. → Niek Tromp
5. → Igor Fernandes
6. → Zelim Felican
7. → Roemer Trumpert
8. → Hernani Perpetuo
9. → Akihiro Yamazaki
10. → Tommy Depret

No Change


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)

1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Andre Silva
4. → Sauli Heilimo
5. → Grazhuydas Smailis
6. → Masashi Yozen
7. → Nathan Schouteren
8. → Petras Morkevicius
9. → Rolandas Agrba
10. → Shiko Yamashita

No Change

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Shooto Ranking - February

Shooto have released their rankings for February and following Tradition 5 and Shooting Disco 7, there are some changes and new additions.

I am very happy that they have included Jesse Taitano in the bantamweight division, he is a fighter I really hope they bring back.

Flyweight:
Champion: Open

1. → Ramba “M-16” Somdet
2. → Shinya Murofushi
3. → Shinpei Tahara
4. → Takehiro Harusaki
5. → Atsushi Takeuchi
6. ↑ Hiroaki Yoshioka

Hiroaki Yoshioka comes in... No idea why.

Bantamweight:
Champion: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi and Urushitani

1. → Yuki Shoujou
2. ↑ Ryuichi Miki
3. ↓ Yasuhiro Urushitani
4. → Junji Ikoma
5. → Mamoru Yamaguchi
6. → Jucie Formiga
7. → Masatoshi Abe
8. → Shimokawa Yusei
9. ↑ Jesse Taitano
10. ↓ Yasuhiro Akagi

Jesse Taitano comes into the ranking after his draw with Shinichi Kojima at Tradition 5.

Ryuichi Miki moves up one spot after winning his main-event fight at Shooting Disco 7 against Homare Kuboyama, who drops out of the ranking.


Featherweight:
Champion: → Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 1 Time against Galvao

1. → Eduardo Dantas
2. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
3. → Daniel Lima
4. → Koetsu Okazaki
5. → So Tazawa
6. → Atsushi Yamamoto
7. → Hiromasa Ogikubo
8. → Kenji Osawa
9. ↑ Junya "Kodo" Kudo
10. ↓ Tetsu Suzuki

Junya Kudo moves into the rankings after his win in Shooto Tradition 5, this comes at the expense of Takeya Mizugaki who is fighting in Cage Force these days.


Lightweight:
Champion: → “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008.

1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Hatsu Hioki
3. → Hideki Kadowaki
4. → Antonio Carvalho
5. → Savant Young
6. ↑ Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
7. ↓ Renan Barao
8. ↓ Bao Quach
9. → Rumina Sato
10. → David Lejenas

Hiroshi Nakamura moves up into 6th place after defeating Hayate Usui at Shooto Tradition 5.


Welterweight:
Champion: → Takashi Nakakura
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)

1. → Yusuke Endo
2. → Willamy Chiquerim "Chiqueirinho"
3. → Ganjo Tensuku
4. → Bendy Casimir
5. → Hamid Corassani
6. → Grzegorz Trendowski
7. → Jani Lax
8. → Brian Cobb
9. → Mizuto Hirota
10. ↑ Koutetsu Boku

Koutetsu Boku comes in at #10 after fighting in Tradition 5. He drew his fight with Yusuke Endo. Out of the ranking goes Eiji Mitsuoka, who is a Sengoku fighter now.


Middleweight:
Champion: → Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 0 times

1. → David Baron
2. → Xavier Lucas
3. → Wim Deputter
4. → Niek Tromp
5. → Igor Fernandes
6. → Zelim Felican
7. → Roemer Trumpert
8. → Hernani Perpetuo
9. ↑ Akihiro Yamazaki
10. ↓ Tommy Depret

Akihiro Yamazaki comes into the ranking after a strong performance at Shooto Tradition 5, out of the ranking goes Scott Henze.


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)

1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. ↑ Andre Silva
4. ↑ Sauli Heilimo
5. ↑ Grazhuydas Smailis
6. ↑ Masashi Yozen
7. ↑ Nathan Schouteren
8. ↑ Petras Morkevicius
9. ↑ Rolandas Agrba
10. ↓ Shiko Yamashita

Shiko Yamashita is moved down to #10 due to inactivity.

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Shooto January Rankings

There are not many fighters changing positions in this ranking, but there is a MAJOR change. Shooto have now added the flyweight division to this ranking. And some would say that it was about time! The have had a very strong division, and the fights are exciting. But until now, there has not be a champion, nor have there been a ranking. Now we have the ranking, so hopefully we get the champion soon too!

Flyweight:
Champion: Open

1. Ramba “M-16” Somdet
2. Shinya Murofushi
3. Shinpei Tahara
4. Takehiro Harusaki
5. Atsushi Takeuchi

This is the first time for the flyweight ranking to be published, hence all these are new.

Bantamweight:
Champion: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi and Urushitani

1. → Yuki Shoujou
2. →Yasuhiro Urushitani
3. → Ryuichi Miki
4. → Junji Ikoma
5. → Mamoru Yamaguchi
6. → Jucie Formiga
7. → Masatoshi Abe
8. → Shimokawa Yusei
9. → Yasuhiro Akagi
10. → Homare Kuboyama

No Change

Featherweight:
Champion: → Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 1 Time against Galvao

1. → Eduardo Dantas
2. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
3. → Daniel Lima
4. → Koetsu Okazaki
5. → So Tazawa
6. → Atsushi Yamamoto
7. → Hiromasa Ogikubo
8. → Kenji Osawa
9. → Tetsu Suzuki
10. → Takeya Mizugaki

No change


Lightweight:
Champion: → “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008.

1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Hatsu Hioki
3. → Hideki Kadowaki
4. → Antonio Carvalho
5. → Savant Young
6. → Renan Barao
7. → Bao Quach
8. → Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
9. → Rumina Sato
10. → David Lejenas

No change


Welterweight:
Champion: → Takashi Nakakura
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)

1. → Yusuke Endo
2. → Willamy Chiquerim "Chiqueirinho"
3. → Ganjo Tensuku
4. → Bendy Casimir
5. → Hamid Corassani
6. → Grzegorz Trendowski
7. → Jani Lax
8. → Brian Cobb
9. → Mizuto Hirota
10. → Eiji Mitsuoka

No change


Middleweight:
Champion: → Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 0 times

1. → David Baron
2. → Xavier Lucas
3. → Wim Deputter
4. → Niek Tromp
5. → Igor Fernandes
6. → Zelim Felican
7. → Roemer Trumpert
8. → Hernani Perpetuo
9. → Tommy Depret
10. → Scott Henze

No change


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)

1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Shiko Yamashita
4. → Andre Silva
5. ↑Sauli Heilimo
6. ↓ Grazhuydas Smailis
7. ↓ Masashi Yozen
8. ↓ Nathan Schouteren
9. ↓ Petras Morkevicius
10. ↓ Rolandas Agrba

Sauli Heilimo comes into the ranking at #5 on the back of a win in FinnFight 10.

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Shooto December Rankings

Focus the last few weeks have been on the end of the year shows, but there have been things happeing in the smaller organizations also. Shooto have announced their last rankings for 2008.

There have been lots of changes to the Shooto rankings for December. Most of them coming from Shooto Brazil 9, which was held the same day as Shooto Tradition 4, November 29. We also got a new Shooto world Champion (Lightweight), "Lion" Takeshi defeated Hideki Kadowaki.

In Shooto Brazil 9, there were several Shooto South American titles on the line, and here are the new champions:
Bantamweight: Jucie Formiga
Featherweight: Eduardo Dantas
Lightweight: Renan Barao
Middleweight: Igor Fernandes
Light-Heavyweight: Andre Silva

Bantamweight:
Champion: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi and Urushitani

1. → Yuki Shoujou
2. →Yasuhiro Urushitani
3. → Ryuichi Miki
4. → Junji Ikoma
5. → Mamoru Yamaguchi
6. ↑ Jucie Formiga
7. ↓ Masatoshi Abe
8. ↓ Shimokawa Yusei
9. ↓ Yasuhiro Akagi
10. ↓ Homare Kuboyama

Out ↓ Masaaki Sugawara

Jucie Formiga claims the Shooto South American title in Shooto Brazil 9 (November 29) and climbs up into 6th place on the world ranking; this pushes Masaaki Sugawara out of the ranking.

Featherweight:
Champion: → Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 1 Time against Galvao

1. ↑ Eduardo Dantas
2. ↓ Marcos “Louro” Galvao
3. → Daniel Lima
4. → Koetsu Okazaki
5. → So Tazawa
6. → Atsushi Yamamoto
7. ↑ Hiromasa Ogikubo
8. ↓ Kenji Osawa
9. → Tetsu Suzuki
10. → Takeya Mizugaki

Eduardo Dantas won his fight in Shooto Brazil 9, and climbs one spot, into 2nd place on the December ranking. Ogikubo drew with So Tazawa November 29, and he also climbs one spot in the ranking.


Lightweight:
Champion: ↑ “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008.

1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. ↑ Hatsu Hioki
3. ↓ Hideki Kadowaki
4. ↓ Antonio Carvalho
5. ↓ Savant Young
6. ↑ Renan Barao
7. → Bao Quach
8. → Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
9. ↓ Rumina Sato
10. → David Lejenas

Out: Katsuya Toida

Lots of changes here:
-“Lion” Takeshi claims the title on November 29. Kadowaki drops to 3rd place.
-Hatsu Hioki wins his fight with Rumina Sato November 29 and advances to 2nd place. Rumina Sato drops to 9th.
-Renan Barao debuts in the Shooto rankings at 6th place after his win in Shooto Brazil 9. that pushes Katsuya Toida out of the ranking.

Welterweight:
Champion: → Takashi Nakakura
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)

1. → Yusuke Endo
2. ↑ Willamy Chiquerim "Chiqueirinho"
3. ↓ Ganjo Tensuku
4. ↓ Bendy Casimir
5. ↑ Hamid Corassani
6. ↓ Grzegorz Trendowski
7. ↓ Jani Lax
8. ↓ Brian Cobb
9. ↓ Mizuto Hirota
10. ↓ Eiji Mitsuoka

Out: Giovani Diniz

-Chiquerim wins his fight in Shooto Brazil 9 and climbs to 2nd place in the ranking, puching Tensuku and Casimir down.
-Hamid Corassani defeats Trendowski and debuts at 5th places, pushing everyone behind him down 1 spot and out of the ranking goes Giovani Diniz.


Middleweight:
Champion: → Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 0 times

1. → David Baron
2. ↑ Xavier Lucas
3. ↓ Wim Deputter
4. ↓ Niek Tromp
5. ↑ Igor Fernandes
6. ↓ Zelim Felican
7. ↓ Roemer Trumpert
8. ↓ Hernani Perpetuo
9. ↓ Tommy Depret
10. ↓ Scott Henze

Out: Amilcar Alves

-Xavier Lucas jumps another 2 spots (for no obvious reason)
-Igor Fernandes debuts in the ranking after a strong win against Hernani Perpetuo in Shooto Brazil 9. This pushes Amilcar Alves out of the ranking.


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)
1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Shiko Yamashita
4. ↑ Andre Silva
5. ↓ Grazhuydas Smailis
6. ↓ Masashi Yozen
7. ↓ Nathan Schouteren
8. ↓ Petras Morkevicius
9. ↓ Rolandas Agrba

Out: Edward O’Daniel
Out: Dustin Denes

-Andre Silva wins in Shooto Brazil 9 and debuts at 4th place in the ranking.
-Edward O’Daniel and Dustin Denes are taken out of the rankings.

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Shooto November Rankings

This month there are changes to the Bantamweight and Middleweight divisions.

The big mover is of course Xavier Lucas, after claiming the Pacific Shooto title he comes in at 4th place on the global rankings.

Also moving up are Ryuichi Miki, Junji Ikoma and Masaaki Sugawara.

Bantamweight:
Champion: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi and Urushitani

1. → Yuki Shoujou
2. →Yasuhiro Urushitani
3. ↑ Ryuichi Miki
4. ↑ Junji Ikoma
5. ↓ Mamoru Yamaguchi
6. ↓ Masatoshi Abe
7. → Shimokawa Yusei
8. → Yasuhiro Akagi
9. → Homare Kuboyama
10. ↑ Masaaki Sugawara

Masaaki Sugawara pushes veteran Jin Akimoto out of the rankings with his win against Takuya Mori in Shooot Tradition 3. Ryuichi Miki and Junji Ikoma moves up after wins in the last month.

Featherweight:
Champion: → Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 1 Time against Galvao

1. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. → Eduardo Dantas
3. → Daniel Lima
4. → Koetsu Okazaki
5. → So Tazawa
6. → Atsushi Yamamoto
7. → Kenji Osawa
8. → Hiromasa Ogikubo
9. → Tetsu Suzuki
10. → Takeya Mizugaki

No change.


Lightweight:
Champion: → Hideki Kadowaki
-From March 28 2008, Defending title for the first time against “Lion” Takeshi November 29.

1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Antonio Carvalho
3. → Savant Young
4. →“Lion” Takeshi Inoue
5. → Hatsu Hioki
6. → Rumina Sato
7. → Bao Quach
8. → Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
9. → Katsuya Toida
10. → David Lejenas

No change.


Welterweight:
Champion: → Takashi Nakakura
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)

1. → Yusuke Endo
2. → Ganjo Tensuku
3. → Bendy Casimir
4. → Grzegorz Trendowski
5. → Willamy Chiquerim "Chiqueirinho"
6. → Jani Lax
7. → Brian Cobb
8. → Mizuto Hirota
9. → Eiji Mitsuoka
10. → Giovani Diniz

No change.


Middleweight:
Champion: → Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 0 times

1. → David Baron
2. → Wim Deputter
3. → Niek Tromp
4. ↑ Xavier Lucas
5. ↓ Zelim Felican
6. ↓ Roemer Trumpert
7. ↓ Hernani Perpetuo
8. ↓ Tommy Depret
9. ↓ Scott Henze
10. ↑ Amilcar Alves

Xavier Lucas moves up into 4th place on the back of his win Shooto Gig Central. He is now also the Shooto Pacific Rim Champion. Also into the ranking comes Brazilian Amilcar Alves.

Out goes Ronald Jhun and Brent Weedman.


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)
1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Shiko Yamashita
4. → Grazhuydas Smailis
5. → Masashi Yozen
6. → Nathan Schouteren
7. → Petras Morkevicius
8. → Rolandas Agrba
9. → Edward O’Daniel
10. → Dustin Denes

No change.

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Shooto August Rankings

Bantamweight:
Champ: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima (From October 14 2006, Defended 2 times)
1. ↑ Yasuhiro Urushitani
2. ↑ Yuki Shoujou
3. ↓ Mamoru Yamaguchi
4. → Masatoshi Abe
5. → Ryuichi Miki
6. → Junji Ikoma
7. → Shimokawa Yusei
8. → Yasuhiro Akagi
9. → Homare Kuboyama
10. → Jin Akimoto

BJ retains his title after submitting Mamoru Yamaguchi on July 18. Mamoru moves down to #3.

Featherweight:
Champ: → Masakatsu Ueda (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 Times)
1. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. → Eduardo Dantas
3. → Daniel Lima
4. → Koetsu Okazaki
5. → So Tazawa
6. → Atsushi Yamamoto
7. → Kenji Osawa
8. ↑ Hiromasa Ogikubo
9. ↓ Tetsu Suzuki
10. ↓ Takeya Mizugaki

In to the ranking after this win at Shooto Tradition 2, at #8: Hiromasa Ogikubo
Out of the ranking: Ryota Matsune

Lightweight:
Champ: → Hideki Kadowaki (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 times)
1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Antonio Carvalho
3. → Savant Young
4. →“Lion” Takeshi Inoue
5. → Hatsu Hioki
6. → Rumina Sato
7. → Bao Quach
8. → Katsuya Toida
9. → David Lejenas
10. ↑ “Wicky” Akiyo Nishiura

After beating Matteus Lahdesmaki at Shooto Tradition 2, “Wicky” Akiyo comes in to the ranking at #10 at the expense of Hiroyuki Takaya.

Welterweight:
Champ: → Takashi Nakakura (from May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)
1. → Yusuke Endo
2. → Ganjo Tensuku
3. → Bendy Casimir
4. ↑ Grzegorz Trendowski
5. ↓ Jani Lax
6. ↓ Brian Cobb
7. ↓ Mizuto Hirota
8. ↓ Willian Chiqueirinho
9. ↓ Eiji Mitsuoka
10. ↓ Giovani Diniz

Grzegorz Trendowski (I am not 100% sure on the spelling) has moved from Middleweight to Welterweight and comes in at #4, out of the ranking goes Tatsuya Kawajiri.

Middleweight:
Champ: → Shinya Aoki (From February 17 2006, defended 1 times)
1. → David Baron
2. → Scott Henze
3. → Wim Deputter
4. ↑ Niek Tromp
5. ↑ Zelim Felican
6. ↑ Roemer Trumpert
7. ↑ Hernani Perpetuo
8. ↑ Tommy Depret
9. ↓ Ronald Jhun
10. ↓ Brent Weedman

Trendowski moves to welterweight, Niek Tromp moves up to #4. In to the ranking comes Hernani Perpetuo with a 5-0 record and Tommy Depret with a 3-0 record. Out of the ranking goes “K-Taro”.

Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)
1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Shiko Yamashita
4. → Grazhuydas Smailis
5. → Masashi Yozen
6. → Nathan Schouteren
7. → Petras Morkevicius
8. → Rolandas Agrba
9. → Edward O’Daniel
10. → Dustin Denes

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Shooto July Rankings

Shooto has updated the July rankings. There are a few movements in the featherweight division, with Eduardo Dantas moving up to #2 and So Tasawa moving to #5. Maybe we will see Dantas back in Japan soon?

In the bantamweight division, Homare Kuboyama moves in to #9 , taking Junji Ikoma's spot.

Bantamweight:
Champ: → Shinichi “BJ” Kojima (From October 14 2006, Defended 1 times)
1. → Mamoru Yamaguchi)
2. → Yasuhiro Urushitani
3. → Yuki Shoujou
4. → Masatoshi Abe
5. → Ryuichi Miki
6. → Junji Ikoma
7. → Shimokawa Yusei
8. → Yasuhiro Akagi
9. ↑ Homare Kuboyama
10. → Jin Akimoto

Featherweight:
Champ: → Masakatsu Ueda (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 Times)
1. → Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. ↑ Eduardo Dantas
3. ↓ Daniel Lima
4. ↓ Koetsu Okazaki
5. ↑ So Tazawa
6. ↓ Atsushi Yamamoto
7. ↓ Kenji Osawa
8. → Tetsu Suzuki
9. → Takeya Mizugaki
10. → Ryota Matsune

Lightweight:
Champ: → Hideki Kadowaki (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 times)
1. → Akitoshi Tamura
2. → Antonio Carvalho
3. → Savant Young
4. →“Lion” Takeshi Inoue
5. → Hatsu Hioki
6. → Rumina Sato
7. → Bao Quach
8. → Katsuya Toida
9. → David Lejenas
10. → Hiroyuki Takaya

Welterweight:
Champ: → Takashi Nakakura (from May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)
1. → Yusuke Endo)
2. → Ganjo Tensuku
3. → Bendy Casimir
4. → Jani Lax
5. → Brian Cobb
6. → Mizuto Hirota
7. → Willian Chiqueirinho
8. → Eiji Mitsuoka
9. → Giovani Diniz
10. → Tatsuya Kawajiri

Middleweight:
Champ: → Shinya Aoki (From February 17 2006, defended 1 times)
1. → David Baron
2. → Scott Henze
3. → Wim Deputter
4. → Grzegorz Trendowski
5. → Niek Tromp
6. → Zelim Felican
7. → Roemer Trumpert
8. → Ronald Jhun
9. → Brent Weedman
10. → Keita Nakamura “K-Taro”

Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: → Siyar Bahadourzada (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)
1. → Leandro Silva
2. → Akihiro Murayama
3. → Shiko Yamashita
4. → Grazhuydas Smailis
5. → Masashi Yozen
6. → Nathan Schouteren
7. → Petras Morkevicius
8. → Rolandas Agrba
9. → Edward O’Daniel
10. → Dustin Denes

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Shooto Rankings

I have been asked if there are any rankings in Japan. The answer is that there is none that I know of, exept for he ones the different organizations maintain. This is the latest Shooto ranking, and it is NOT new. This is more a post signaling that I will try to keep you up to date with the latest Shooto and Pancrase (coming soon) rankings.

The June rankings look like this (appologies, I had to guess on 2 names):

Bantamweight:
Champ: Shinichi “BJ” Kojima (8-3-4)
(From October 14 2006, Defended 1 times)1. Mamoru Yamaguchi (20-4-3)
2. Yasuhiro Urushitani (14-3-6)
3.Yuki Shoujou (7-4-2)
4. Masatoshi Abe (8-2-1)
5. Ryuichi Miki (6-2-3)
6. Junji Ikoma (10-9-3)
7. Shimokawa Yusei (5-3-0)
8. Yasuhiro Akagi (6-4-0)
9. Setsu Iguchi (8-2-1)
10. Jin Akimoto (10-11-4)

Featherweight:
Champ: Masakatsu Ueda (8-0-1) (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 Times)
1. Marcos “Louro” Galvao (6-2-0)
2. Daniel Lima (8-3-2)
3. Koetsu Okazaki (5-1-1)
4. Eduardo Dantas (5-1-0)
5.Atsushi Yamamoto (11-5-1)
6. Kenji Osawa (13-7-2)
7. So Tazawa (8-3-2)
8. Tetsu Suzuki (8-5-3)
9. Takeya Mizugaki (9-2-2)
10. Ryota Matsune (15-1-1)

Lightweight:
Champ: Hideki Kadowaki (13-7-2) (From March 28 2008, Defended 0 times)
1. Akitoshi Tamura (12-6-2)
2. Antonio Carvalho (10-4-0)
3. Savant Young (9-7-0)
4. “Lion” Takeshi Inoue (14-3-0)
5. Hatsu Hioki (15-3-1)
6. Rumina Sato (24-4-2)
7. Bao Quach (14-8-1)
8. Katsuya Toida (10-9-3)
9. David Lejenas (5-3-0)
10. Hiroyuki Takaya (9-5-1)

Welterweight:
Champ: Takashi Nakakura (10-2-1) (from May 3 2008 Defended 0 times)
1. Yusuke Endo (11-2-1)
2. Ganjo Tensuku (9-3-2)
3. Bendy Casimir (14-4-2)
4. Jani Lax (8-7-0)
5. Brian Cobb (12-4-0)
6. Mizuto Hirota (9-2-0)
7. Willian Chiqueirinho (6-0-0)
8. Eiji Mitsuoka (13-5-2)
9. Giovani Diniz (6-2-0)
10. Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-4-2)

Middleweight:
Champ: Shinya Aoki (From February 17 2006, defended 1 times)
1. David Baron (15-2-0)2. Scott Henze (21-10-2)
3. Wim Deputter (18-2-0)
4. Grzegorz Trendowski (5-0-1)
5. Niek Tromp (4-2-2)
6. Zelim Felican (2-1-0)
7. Roemer Trumpert (7-6-0)
8. Ronald Jhun (22-23-2)
9. Brent Weedman (9-4-1)
10. Keita Nakamura “K-Taro” (14-3-2)

Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: Siyar Bahadourzada (13-3-1) (From July 15 2007, defended 0 times)
1. Leandro Silva (10-5-0)
2. Akihiro Murayama (9-3-4)
3. Shiko Yamashita (10-4-3)
4. Grazhuydas Smailis (8-4-0)）
5. Masashi Yozen (5-2-1)
6. Nathan Schouteren (12-6-2）
7. Petras Morkevicius (17-6-2)
8. Rolandas Agrba (3-3-0)
9. Edward O’Daniel (1-2-0)
10. Dustin Denes (12-4-3)

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