12/23 Shooto Alternative 1

Shooto will be putting on an event in Osaka's Sumiyoshi Kumin Hall.

There are some good talent on the card, as well as some debutants.

Tomohiko Yoshida has won 4 fights in a row since his last fight in Shooto and all the debutants here have a lot of experience with amature shooto.

There are also 3 rookie tournament champtions on the card (Konishi, Shiba and Eda), this should be a good event.

Announced:
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-4-2 vs. 4-1-1 Masaki Konishi
Welter: Hiroshi Shiba 8-5-0 vs. 9-3-5 Yukinari Tamura
Feather: Kosuke Eda 7-3-4 vs. 6-2-0 Makoto Akazawa
Welter: Kenichi Hattori 7-4-4 vs. 1-3-1 Hiroshi Sugimoto
Light: Takayoshi Ono 6-8-1 vs. 0-2-0 Hiroaki Nakayama
Fly: Teppei "Bull" Masuda 3-2-1 vs. Tadaaki Yamamoto
Fly: Tomohiko Yoshida 4-6-1 vs. Jun Nakamura
Bantam: Takeshi Kasugai vs. Yuki Nishigo

Participants:
Hiroyuki Tanaka 7-6-2
Hirosumi Sugiura 3-6-2

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8/30 Shooto Gig Central Vol. 18 - Results

Alive held the 18h Gig central last yesterday, the main event ended in a draw when Taisuke Okuno and Takesuke Kume won one round each.

The fight between Hiroshi Sakamoto and Paraestra Matsudo's Hayato Sato was cancelled as Sakamoto came in overweight. That left 3 fights on the main card, in addition 2 amature fights (that delivered some action) and a gappling fight between last year's rookie champion, Kosuke Eda and Akira Kibe.

Taisuke Okuno vs. Takesuke Kume Draw
Hisaki Hiraishi Def. Takahiro Kajita by Decision 3-0
Hiroshi Sakamoto vs. Hayato Sato Cancelled (Sakamoto overweight)

Rookie Tournament:
Light: Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo Def. Koji Kishimoto by Decision 3-0

Grappling: Akira Kibe Def. Kosuke Eda by point 10-1

Amature:
Hiroki Matsubara Def. Yosuke 森賀 by arm-bar Round 1 1:54
Shingo Hashimoto Def. 李　相寿 by achills lock Round 1 0:20

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1/31 Shooting Disco 7 - RESULTS

The Shooto event in Shinjuku Face is over. I was not able to make it to this one, but I will be at Pancrase tomorrow.

It was a strong card, good talents and match-ups on this one. Takuya Sato got a strong win over Taisuke Okuno and Guy Delameau is continuing his strong form. Will be be able to climb into the Shooto rankings?

10. Main-Event - Bantam: Ryuichi Miki Def. Homare Kuboyama by TKO (GnP) Round 1 4:58
9. Middle: Takuya Sato Def. Taisuke Okuno by Decision 3-0
8. Light: Daiki Tsuchiya Def. Masatoshi Kobayashi by Decision 3-0
7. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Kunio Nakajima by Rear-Naked choke Round 2 1:33
6. Bantam: Hiroaki Iijima Def. "Akki" Kota Funaki by Decision 3-0
5. Fly: Katsuya Murofushi Def. Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii by Decision

Rookie Tournament Fights:
4. Middle: Yoichiro Sato Def. Hiroaki Sakuma by TKO Round 2 1:04
3. Light: Kenichiro Marui Def. Toshiaki Hayasaka by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka vs. Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima DRAW
1. Welter: Mitsushi Matsumoto Def. Keiji Sakuta by kneebar Round 2 2:23

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1/31 Shooto - Shooting Disco 7 - Card Complete / Rookie Tournament Fights Added

The card for Shooting Disco 7 is now complete. As always this card is relying on talent and matchmaking to ensure that it is an exciting event. The main event will have an impact on the bantamweight rankings though. Ryuichi Miki is ranked #3 and Homare Kobuta is ranked #10.

Last year's Rookie Tournament winner, Takuya Sato gets a chance to climb in the rankings, as he takes on Pacific Rim ranked #1 Taisuke Okuno.

The main card was announced in December, but now there are some Rookie Tournament fights added.

The card looks complete and this is the fight order:

10. Main-Event - Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 7-2-3 vs. 7-6-1 Homare Kuboyama
9. Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-2-1 vs. 3-2-2 Takuya Sato
8. Light: Masatoshi Kobayashi 3-5-0 vs. 2-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya
7. Welter: Guy Delameau 8-4-0 vs. 1-3-1 Kunio Nakajima
6. Bantam: Hiroaki Iijima 1-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 "Akki" Kota Funaki
5. Fly: Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii 5-6-2 vs. 3-4-0 Katsuya Murofushi

Rookie Tournament Fights:
4. Middle: Yoichiro Sato (Gracie Barra Tokyo) 1-1-1 vs. 2-2-0 Hiroaki Sakuma (Mach Dojo)
3. Light: Kenichiro Marui (Academia Az) 0-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Toshiaki Hayasaka (Paraestra Sendai)
2. Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka (Team Locks) 1-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Toikatsu Dojo)
1. Welter: Mitsushi Matsumoto (FSFA) vs. Keiji Sakuta (Paraestra Chiba)

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1/31 Shooto - Shooting Disco 7

Gutsman Promotion have announced 6 fights for their 1st "Shooting Disco" event of 2009. These are smaller events held in Shinjuku Face, but they had some of the best fights of 2008. The secret of these events are good match-ups and great talent.

Added to the card is 2008 Rookie Tournament winner, Takuya Sato and winner of one of the best fights of 2008, Daiki Tsuchiya. Add to that the talent of Ryuichi Miki, Taisuke Okuno and Guy Delameau and you should have a very good event!

Fights announced so far:
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 7-2-3 vs. 7-6-1 Homare Kuboyama
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-2-1 vs. 3-2-2 Takuya Sato
Light: Masatoshi Kobayashi 3-5-0 vs. 2-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya
Fly: Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii 5-6-2 vs. 3-4-0 Katsuya Murofushi
Bantam: Hiroaki Iijima 1-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 "Akki" Kota Funaki
Welter: Guy Delameau 8-4-0 vs. 1-3-1 Kunio Nakajima

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11/29 Shooot Tradition 04 - Pictures

Saturday's Shooto event was awesome, I was there and took some pictures.

Hayakawa has an ability to get stuck in some submissions in the 2nd round. Here Nezu is close to ending the fight early, something that would have been a shame. Hayakawa was the better fighter in the 1st round, but Nezu took the second and it ended in a deserved draw.


Atsushi Takeuchi was better than Katsuya Murofushi standing, and got in some good punches.


When the fight hit the ground, he looked in control there too.


Eventually Takeuchi get a guiliotine choke in that ended the fight in the second round.


Ogikubo wanted to take Tazawa down, and he did that in all the rounds. Unfortunately, Tazawa defended well and it ended in a draw.


The last 3 fights on this card were awesome on paper, first out was Takashi Nakakura against Bendy Casimir. I had picked this as a very close fight, and was wrong... Casimir looked good once the fight was standing, but on the ground Nakakura proved to be the better grappler. Nakakura landed some heavy punches.


Casimir was forced to give up his back and Nakakura took full advantage. With just seconds remaining in the first round he sunk in a deep rear-naked choke.


I think Casimir thought he could last the round and did not tap. But with 2 seconds left the ref was forced to stop the fight and Casimir was left unconcious.


A very strong performance by Nakakura!


The next fight was between Rumina Sato and Hatsu Hioki. In this fight Hioki didnt take long to get Rumina on the ground, and once there he got mount. The ref had to step in, Hioki's gnp was too much for the veteran.


The main event was the title fight between Hideki Kadowaki and "Lion" Takeshi. I think everyone expected Kadowaki to take this to the ground. I was surprised that he didnt immediately do that though. He was able to land some good shots on the challenger and for a second it looked like "Lion" was in danger.


Unfortuantely for Kadowaki, the fight did not end that way. "Lion" took round 2 and 3. In the end he also get the decision and was crowned the new champion.

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11/29 Shooto Tradition 4 - Results

Just came home form the event, and it was a good one!! For the ones who have been waiting for the results.

Kadowaki came out like a champion, he tried his best on his feet and actually hit "Lion" a couple of times. As the rounds went on though, it went more and more the way of the challenger, and he got the decision in the end.

For me, the big fight was Ogikubo. I actaully thought he controlled most of the fight on the ground... The judges disagreed and gave them a draw. Which is hard to argue with, I guess...

"Mike" really showed his stuff in the 1st round, but as is too common... He gassed in the 2nd. He got a draw this time, but he will be back!!! "Mike" will get a win one of these days, it was exciting again today!

In the other BIG fights today, I was surprised how easy the favorites dealt with the issue... Nakakura dominated Casimir and Hioki dominated Rumina.

On another note, there were a couple of famous fighters there, Gomi was enjoying the fights, posing for pictures with fans. Also "Wicky" Akiyo was relaxing before his final in Cage Force next week! Both very nice guys, and "Wicky" is READY!


1. Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa vs. Yuta Nezu DRAW
2. Taisuke Okuno Def. Daisuke "Hunt" Okumiya by Decision 3-0
3. Atsushi Takeuchi Def. Katsuya Murofushi by rear-naked choke Round 2 1:44
4. Yutaka Ueda Def. Jin Kazeta by TKO Round 1 3:23
5. So Tazawa vs. Hiromasa Ogikubo DRAW
6. Takashi Nakakura Def. Bendy Casimir by Rear-naked choke Round 1 4:58
7. Hatsu Hioki Def. Rumina Sato by TKO Round 1 3:32
8. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue Def. Hideki Kadowaki by decision 3-0

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11/29 Shooot Tradition 04 - Weigh-!n - Tazawa misses weight?

The weigh-in for today's Shooto event happened yesterday. So Tazawa had 2 attempts at making weight, but was over both times. He should have another shot at it, but I dont know the result.

Anyway, here are the rest of the weigh-in results:

Hideki Kadowaki 65.0 kg
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 65.0 kg

Hatsu Hioki 64.9 kg
Rumina Sato 65.0 kg

Takashi Nakakura 70.0 kg
Bendy Casimir 70.4 kg → 70.0 kg

So Tazawa 60.2kg → 60.1kg → X
Hiromasa Ogikubo 59.9 kg

Jin Kazeta 69.6 kg
Yutaka Ueda 69.7 kg

Atsushi Takeuchi 52.2 kg → 52.0 kg
Katsuya Murofushi 52.0 kg

Taisuke Okuno 75.8 kg
Daisuke "Hunt" Okumiya 75.1 kg

Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa 59.8 kg
Yuta Nezu 59.8 kg

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11/29 Shooot Tradition 04 - Warm-Up

Shooto is putting on a really good event tomorrow. The mix of stars and talent should make this one of the better Shooto events this year.

If you want to see what a professional thinks of this event, you should read Jordan Breen's preview on this event here. There is no doubt this will be a good event.

Anyway, here is what I expect from the main card at tomorrow's event. I will be there taking pictures, so might be a bit late with the results...

So Tazawa 8-3-2 vs. 5-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
I am really looking forward to watching Hiromasa Ogikubo, he is still undefeated, Training under Ryota Matsune and Hiroshi Tsuruya in Paraestra Matsudo. He will be a force in the Shooto featherweight division. This time he is facing his toughest opponent yet in So Tazawa.

So Tazawa has been in there with the best of them and he still has a good record. I still think Ogikubo will be too strong on the ground.

Predicition: I am sort of bias in this, as Ogikubo is from my gym, so there is no surprise who I am picking in this fight. I see Ogikubo taking the fight to the ground and getting a decision win.

Hiromasa Ogikubo:
vs. Hiroyuki Tanaka
vs. Yasuhiro Kanayama
vs. Kazuya Tamura

So Tazawa:
vs. Masakatsu Ueda Part 1
vs. Masakatsu Ueda Part 2
vs. Masakatsu Ueda Part 3

Takashi Nakakura 10-2-1 vs. 16-4-2 Bendy Casimir
This could very well end up being fight of the night, both these guys are Shooto champions (Nakakura world champion, Casimir european champion) but there is no title on the line. Maybe because I am used to this in Japan, but I dont care. This is a fight I want to see, even if its not a title fight.

Predicition: Be careful not to underestimate Bendy Casimir in this fight. Nakakura is the favorite and I see him getting the decision, but Casimir was very good in his last fight in Japan.

Takashi Nakakura:
vs. Ray Cooper
vs. Yusuke Endo Round 1
vs. Yusuke Endo Round 2
vs. Yusuke Endo Round 3
vs. Ganjo Tentsuku Part 1
vs. Ganjo Tentsuku Part 2
vs. Mizuto Hirota Round 1
vs. Mizuto Hirota Round 2
vs. Mizuto Hirota Round 3

Bendy Casimir:
vs. Juri Ivlev
vs. Ian Jones
vs. Shinji Sasaki Part 1
vs. Shinji Sasaki Part 2

Hatsu Hioki 16-3-2 vs. 24-12-2 Rumina Sato
This is a fight between 2 of them most popular Shooto fighters. This will really get the crowd going and it should be a good fight. Personally, I would like to see Rumina Sato get this win, but I dont think he will.

Rumina Sato took most of 2006 off to start his own gym, since coming back he has a record of 1-2, in his last 5 he is 1-4. Hioki on the other hand is undefeated in his last 5.

Prediction: As much as I want Rumina Sato to win, I cant see it happening. Hioki will take it, but dont count Rumina off completely.

Rumina Sato:
vs. Charles Taylor
vs. Bao Quach
vs. Augusto Frota
vs. Katsuya Toida
vs. Antonio Carvalho
vs. Ali Mihoubi
vs. Rafael Cordeiro

Hatsu Hioki:
vs. Antonio Carvalho Part 1
vs. Antonio Carvalho Part 2
vs. Antonio Carvalho Part 3
vs. Baret Yoshida
vs. Joe Pearson
vs. Hideki Kadowaki

Hideki Kadowaki 13-7-2 vs. 14-3-0 "Lion" Takeshi Inoue
Hideki Kadowaki is the champion, and in some ways he had a sudden rise to the belt. He is a very experienced fighter, but before he pulled out a "Kadowaki Special" on Rumina Sato I was not expecting to see him in a title fight. Then pieces fell his way, he had some luck and got the title shot. He won a deserved victory against Akitoshi Tamura.

Even if Kadowaki is the defending champion coming in, I think he is also viewed as the underdog here. "Lion" Takeshi has only had 3 losses in his career, he lost he last fight though. "Lion" would like to keep this fight standing, Kadowaki wants "Lion" Takeshi on his back.

Prediction: I am really torn on this, I see it either as an exciting fight where "Lion" picks Kadowaki apart standing OR a fight that goes the distance ending in a draw or decision win to Kadowaki. I am leaning towards a decision to Kadowaki, actually changed my mind since I started writing.

Hideki Kadowaki:
vs. Akitoshi Tamura Part 1
vs. Akitoshi Tamura Part 2
vs. Akitoshi Tamura Part 3
vs. Hatsu Hioki
vs. Naoya Miyamoto
vs. "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura Part 1
vs. "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura Part 2

"Lion" Takeshi Inoue:
vs. Antonio Carvalho
vs. Navid Yousefi
vs. Katsuya Toida
vs. Akitoshi Tamura Part 1
vs. Akitoshi Tamura Part 2
vs. Savant Young Part 1
vs. Savant Young Part 2

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11/29 Shooot Tradition 04 - Fight Order

Shooto have announced the fight order for their event on Saturday. No big surprise that the title fight between Champion Hideki Kadowaki and "Lion" Takeshi take that honor.

It is a very good card with a mix of very talented fighters, such as Ogikubo and Ueda mixed with a lot of established stars.

Again, I hope that "Mike" Hayakawa adds to his win. I think he deserves it, as he is better than his record shows.

Main-Event - Shooto Lightweight World Title Fight:
8. Hideki Kadowaki 13-7-2 vs. 14-3-0 "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

7. Light: Hatsu Hioki 16-3-2 vs. 24-12-2 Rumina Sato
6. Welter: Takashi Nakakura 10-2-1 vs. 16-4-2 Bendy Casimir
5. Feather: So Tazawa 8-3-2 vs. 5-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
4. Welter: Jin Kazeta 8-8-2 vs. 5-1-1 Yutaka Ueda
3. Fly: Atsushi Takeuchi 4-4-2 vs. 3-3-0 Katsuya Murofushi
2. Middle: Taisuke Okuno 6-2-1 vs. 2-2-1 Daisuke "Hunt" Okumiya
1. Feather: Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa 1-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Yuta Nezu

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11/29 Shooto - Tradition 04 - Nakakura fighting Casimir

After a quiet week there has been a lot of announcements today, Shooto have announced another fight for their event on November 29. I am so happy I got my tickets for this one!

Shooto World Welterweight chamption, Takashi Nakakura is taking on Shooto's European Champion, Bendy Casimir. This is a non-title fight, but it will be awesome! Both these fighters have been undeteated since 2005!! Casimir is 12-0-1 (12 figtht winning streak) since then, Nakakura is 4-0-1. This will be a fight with a LOT of pride at stake!

Added:
Welter: Takashi Nakakura 10-2-1 vs. 16-4-2 Bendy Casimir

Previously Announced:
Shooto Lightweight World Title Fight:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-7-2 vs. 14-3-0 "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

Light: Hatsu Hioki 16-3-2 vs. 24-12-2 Rumina Sato
Feather: So Tazawa 8-3-2 vs. 5-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
Welter: Jin Kazeta 8-8-2 vs. 5-1-1 Yutaka Ueda
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 6-2-1 vs. 2-2-1 Daisuke "Hunt" Okumiya
Fly: Atsushi Takeuchi 4-4-2 vs. 3-3-0 Katsuya Murofushi
Feather: Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa 1-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Yuta Nezu

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disco 6 - RESULTS

Today Shooting Disco 6 is happening in Shinjuku Face. As always, these cards are full of talents and in the main event we see the experienced Jin Akimoto as well.

Also making his return to the ring is Daiji Takahashi, after a 2 year layoff. He is taking on Saiji "OZ" Otsuka. Takahashi's last fight was August 2006 against Urushitani.

The event is happening now, and I will update the results as they become available.

11. Bantam: Ryuichi Miki Def. Jin Akimoto by Decision 2-0
10. Middle: Taisuke Okuno Def. Yoichiro Sato by Decision 3-0
9. Bantam: Daiji Takahashi vs. Seiji Otsuka DRAW
8. Light: Sakae Kasuya Def. Hidenori Nishino by decision 2-0
7. Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda Def. Kenji Hosoya by Decision 3-0
6. Light: Daiki Tsuchiya Def. Daisuke Matsumoto by TKO (3down) Round 1 4:57
5. Bantam: "Heat" Takeshi Sato Def. Nozomi Otsuka by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:41
4. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Hisaki Hiraishi "MaruKotobuki" by Decision 3-0

Shooto Rookie Tournament:
3. Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami Def. Yusuke Sato by KO Round 2 0:18
2. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Hiroaki Ijima by Decision 3-0
1. Feather: Kosuke Eda Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0

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10/5 Shooto - Shooting Disco 6 - Fights Added

Shooto have annouced a couple more fights for their Shooting Disco 6 in Shinjuku Face. Added to the card is the Rookie Tournamet fight between Haruo Ochi and Kosuke Eda. Ochi was being dominated in the previous round, but managed to get a choke in and get the win. Will be interesting to see how he does against the much more experienced Eda.

Added:
Middleweight: Taisuke Okuno 5-2-1 vs. 1-0-1 Yoichiro Sato
Lightweight: Daisuke Matsumoto 3-4-0 vs. 1-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Featherweight: Haruo Ochi 2-0-0 vs. 5-2-2 Kosuke Eda

Previously announced:
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 6-2-3 vs. 10-11-4 Jin Akimoto
Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda vs. 2-3-0 Kenji Hosoya
Light: Sakae Kasuya 3-3-3 vs. 1-2-1 Hidenori Nishino
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 1-0-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima

Shooto Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara 2-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Hiroaki Ijima
Fly: Mikiyomi Yamagami 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yusuke Sato

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7/21 GCM Demolition - RESULTS

GCM changed their July 21 event from an Eastern Bound event to a Demolition event. No doubt due to the financial problems they are having. Still, with 9 fights on the card, it should have been an entertaining event and the ticket prices were resonable as well.

The previously undefeated Emi Fujino got her first loss at the hands of the very experienced Megumi Yabushita.

The results:

Wataru Miki Def. Tetsuo Uehata by TKO Round 2:28
Taisuke Okuno Def. Masayoshi Ichikawa by KO Round 1 0:26
Masaaki Hasegawa Def. Tomoaki Ueyama by Decision 3-0
Megumi Yabushita Def. Emi Fujino by decision 3-0
Shinpei Sotoyama Def. Shin Fujimoto by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:48
Hirokazu Nishimura vs. Hidenori Nishino Draw
Koji Ando Def. Shibata by Rear-naked choke Round 1 2:09
Tomoyuki Miyaji Def. Yoshihiro Matsunaga by Triangle choke
Asato Hashimoto vs. Koji Obata Draw

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7/21 GCM Demolition - Fight Order

Its not only DREAM that has an event tomorrow, GCM holds a Demolition event in Differ Ariake. There are 9 fights on the card and a few of them look interesting.

Main-Event:
9. Featherweight 5min. x3 R: Wataru Miki 12-8-2 vs. TBA

8. Welterweight 3min x 3R: Taisuke Okuno 4-2-1 vs. Masayoshi Ichikawa
7. Featherweight 3min x 3R: Tomoaki Ueyama 0-2-0 vs. Masaaki Hasegawa
6. Female 58kg 3min x 3R（no-GnP）: Megumi Yabushita 13-15-0 vs. 8-0-0 Emi Fujino
5. Lightweight 3min x 3R: Shinpei Sotoyama 6-3-2 vs. Shin Fujimoto
4. Featherweight 3min x 3R: Hirokazu Nishimura 2-2-0 vs. 1-2-0 Hidenori Nishino
3. Lightweight 3min x 3R: Koji Ando 0-0-1 vs. Shibata
2. Featherweight 3min x 3R: Tomoyuki Miyaji 2-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 Yoshihiro Matsunaga
1. Lightweight 3min x 3R: Asato Hashimoto 0-2-2 vs. 0-1-0 Koji Obata

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6/21 Shooto - Shooting Disc 5 - RESULTS

The main event for yesterday's Shooto even was the re-match between the 2 veterans Jin Akimoto and Junji Ikoma. They fought in January in what was an exciting draw. Yesterday they fought again, the result being much the same...

All the results:
Jin Akimoto vs. Junji Ikoma DRAW
So Tazawa Def. Junya Kudo “KODO” by decision 3-0
Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara Def. Atsushi Takeuchi by arm-bar Round 2 3:25
Yoshitaro Niimi Def. Taisuke Okuno by decision 2-1
Eiji Murayma Def. Yuji Inoue by triangle choke Round 1 4:40
Seiji Otsuka Def. Ayumu “GOZO” Shioda by KO Round 2 0:59
Daisuke “Hunt” Okumiya vs. Shin Kochiwa DRAW
Hidenori Nishino Def. Kenichiro Marui by TKO Round 1 0:52

Rookie Tournament Bantamweight:
Hiroaki Ijima Def. Nari Fujita by decision 2-1

Nozomu Otsuka Def. Yosuke Saruta “Flying Monkey☆No.2” by TKO Round 2 3:25

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6/21 Shooto - Shooting Disc 5

Shooting Disc 5 will be held in Shinjuku Face and this are the card for the event on June 21. I think this looks like an interesting card. Akimoto and Ikoma is haveing a re-match of their fight just 5 months ago, but it will be a good fight again.

Jin Akimoto 10-11-3 vs. 10-9-2 Junji Ikoma
So Tazawa 7-3-2 vs. 6-0-2 Junya Kudo “KODO”
Atsushi Takeuchi 4-3-2 vs. 4-2-0 Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara
Taisuke Okuno 4-1-1 vs. 4-2-2 Yoshitaro Niimi
Yuji Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 3-4-2 Eiji Murayma
Seiji Otsuka 7-8-4 vs. 3-5-0 Ayumu “GOZO” Shioda
Daisuke “Hunt” Okumiya 1-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Shin Kochiwa
Hidenori Nishino 0-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kenichiro Marui

Rookie Tournament Bantamweight:
Hiroaki Ijima vs. Nari Fujita

Yosuke Saruta “Flying Monkey☆No.2” 0-1-0 vs. Nozomu Otsuka

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