9/27 Cage Force 8 - Semi-Finals Announced!

Cage Force have announced the semi-finals for their tournaments. There has already been a few surprises, not to mention changes due to the fianancial problems they are having. But the semi-finals are looking awesome!!! I was a bit dissapointed last time, but otherwise the Cage Force events have been very good. As this is on a Saturday, I think there is a good chance I will make my way to Differ Ariake again this time.

For those who didnt know Yamazaki before his DREAM fight with Hideo Tokoro, he is in this semi-final (he also fought in DREAM 3 btw). There are some really big Japanese names in these semi-finals!

Announced today, the tournament semi-finals:
Bantamweight Semi-Finals:
Takeya Mizugaki 9-2-2 vs. 10-6-0 Taiyo Nakahara
Masahiro Oishi 18-9-7 vs. 8-5-3 Tetsu Suzuki

Featherweight Semi-Finals:
Yuji Hoshino 14-7-7 vs. 14-8-2 Takeshi Yamazaki
”Wicky” Akiyo Nishiura 8-2-1 vs. 5-2-0 Fanjin Son

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4/5 Cage Force 06 - RESULTS

Apologies for being late with these. It was a very good event, even though there were lots of last minute changes they put together a very good card.

Paul McVeigh didn't win his fight, but the first round was definitely his. Oishi is a very good and experienced fighter and managed to defend himself well in that round. James Doolan was the better fighter as long as the fight was standing. He didn't want the fight to go to the ground, but Uematsu caught a leg an manged to get a quick submission.

In the main event, Hirota was the stronger and he is now the new Cage Force Lightweight champion.

Just so its mentioned, Tsurumaki is now 0-10. It was not a very good fight and easy to see why he has that record, but one of these days he will get a victory...

Lightweight Title fight:
Mizuto Hirota Def. Tomonari Kanomata by TKO Round 1 1:00

Bantam Tournament:
Masahiro Oishi Def. Paul McVeigh by TKO Round 2 3:13
Taiyo Nakahara Def. Ryota TKO Round 2 5:00

Non-Tournament/Title Fights:
Yoshihiro Koyama Def. Wataru Miki by Decision 3-0
Naoya Uematsu Def. James Doolan by Heel-Hook Round 1 2:26
Tetsuya Suzuki Def. Daichi Fujiwara by Kimura Round 2 4:06
Yuta Nezu Def. Tomoaki Ueyama by TKO Round 3 1:48
Keitaro Maeda Def. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki by decision 3-0

Preliminary fights:
Yuta Nakamura Vs. Shuji Morikawa Draw
Nobutaka Hiyoshi Def. Tomoyuki Miyaji by KO Round 1 0:11
Junichi Ota Def. Naoto Miyazaki by DQ (Low Blow)
Yasutaka Shimizu Def. Kenji Ikeda by TKO Round 1 1:15

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