11/8 Pancrase Changing Tour 7 - Fight Order

The fight order for the 8. November event in Azelea Taisho Hall, Osaka have been announced.

The veteran, Takafumi Ito will take on Takahiro Kajita in what will be the main event.

There are also 5 Pancrase Gate fights announced as a bonus for those who make their way there. Of course there will be goods on sale too, a bonus is that Yoshiro Maeda will be there signing and selling stuff from DREAM 12.

Tickets will be 6 500yen and 5 500yen at the door, they start selling at 14:30. If you buy upfront it is 500yen cheaper (or a beer).

Main-Event:
6. Light: Takafumi Ito 33-29-10 vs. 10-10-4 Takahiro Kajita

5. Light: Daisuke "13" Hanazawa 12-11-5 vs. 1-1-0 Koji Nakamura
4. Welter: Kiichi "Strasser" Kunimoto 7-3-0 vs. 1-7-1 Yoshifumi Dogaki
3. Welter: Yu Shiori 7-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Yuta Nakamura
2. Feather: Soyu Tanabe 4-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Hiroshi Tomita
1. Bantam: Nobuhiro "Punch" Yamauchi 6-5-0 vs. 3-6-1 Nobuhiro Yoshitake

Pancrase Gate:
Welter: Shinji Shimamura vs. Yu Kitada
Light: 普源 Morita vs. Masayuki Ino
Bantam: Ken Ishida vs. Daiki Nakahara
Bantam: Sho Nonaka vs. Yuji Ogawa
Fly: Yuya Ono vs. Hideaki Tanaka

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11/8 Pancrase Changing Tour - Fights Announced

Pancrase is finishing the year by haveing 2 events in the next 2 months. They have announced fights for both cards, but I will take the November 8 card in Osaka first. As usual, it will be in the Azelea Taisho Hall in Osaka.

The Osaka events have some regulars that are on here again, Daisuke Hanazawa and "Strasser" Kunimoto are usually on these events. Both are very good fighters and Hanazawa is still the only fighter to defeat Maximo Blanco (DQ doesnt count).

Super veteran Takafumi Ito is also on the card, he has been fighting since 1995 but is on a 2 fight losing streak.

Light: Takafumi Ito 33-29-10 vs. 10-10-4 Takahiro Kajita
Welter: Kiichi "Strasser" Kunimoto 7-3-0 vs. 1-7-1 Yoshifumi Dogaki
Welter: Yu Shiori 7-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Yuta Nakamura
Light: Daisuke "13" Hanazawa 12-11-5 vs. 1-1-0 Koji Nakamura
Feather: Soyu Tanabe 4-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Hiroshi Tomita
Bantam: Nobuhiro "Punch" Yamauchi 6-5-0 vs. 3-6-1 Nobuhiro Yoshitake

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6/28 DEEP Toyama Impact

DEEP is going to put on an Impact event in Toyama Techno Hall on June 28, and the card is looking very interesting. DEEP Female lightweight champion, Miku Matsumoto will put her title on the line against Lisa Ward. It is over 3.5 years and 10 fights since Miku lost a fight, and it was against Lisa Ward. Miku has revenged all her losses except the one to Lisa Ward and this will be a good fight, it will also be the main event.

Also on the card will be another Club Barbarian star, Barbaro44. He is taking on Pancrase super veteran Takafumi Ito.

And looking down the line-up, there are a lot of Pancrase fighters on this card, including Kenji Arai and Yuichi Ikari.

Main-Event - Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto 20-4-0 vs. 12-4-0 Lisa Ward

Co-main event: Yoshihiro Tomioka 12-7-4 vs. 34-28-10 Takafumi Ito
Takahiro Kajita 9-9-3 vs. 4-3-1 Yuya Osugi
Yuichi Ikari 10-6-3 vs. 4-4-0 Takaaki Aoki
Kenji Arai 13-13-3 vs. 4-3-0 Kunihiro Watanabe
Seigo vs. Tokuzo

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4/12 Shooto GIG Central Vol. 17 - RESULTS

Shooto had pulled out some of their Nagoya regulars to fight on this card, and in addition to the 5 fights on the main-card, there were 3 amature fights. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find the results for the amature fights, but here are the results for the other fights.

In the main event, Hiroshi Shiba was able to get Hattori's back and finish the fight with a rear-naked choke. Hattori showed that he was a dangerous fighter though, and Shiba left the fight with a bloody nose, it also meant a stop to Hattori's 3 fight winning streak.

Paolo Milano had gone winless for 3 fights, and finally got back on the winning streak, even if it was a very close decision.

Welter: Hiroshi Shiba Def. Kenichi Hattori by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:53

Welter: Paolo Milano Def. Takahiro Kajita by Decision 2-1
Middle: Takesuke Kume Def. Hirosumi Sugiura by Decision 2-0
Bantam: Joji Shimada Def. Hiroshi Sakamoto by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:49

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Doraku Mori Def. Daiki Yamaishi by Decision 3-0

Amature Fights:
Light: Yuta Sasaki vs. Masaru Kadowaki
Feather: Naoki Kawai vs. Takeshi Kasugai
Yutaka Umeya vs. Masashi Maeguchi

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4/12 Shooto GIG Central Vol. 17

Its going to be a great week for MMA in Nagoya. First tomorrow DREAM is holding their first event in Nagoya, then next week Shooto will have their event there. The only negative for the hard core fans in Nagoya is the absence of their local star Hatsu Hioki.

The GIG Central cards dont really feel the same without Hioki fighting, but it should still be an entertaining event.

The main-event will feature a regular at the Shooto Nagoya events, Kenichi Hattori has fought in 9 of the 16 GIG Central events to date. Outside of that, he has 3 fights. Hattori is now on a 3 fight winning streak, and he is awarded with the main-event here. He is taking on Purebred Kyoto's Hiroshi Shiba.

Also on the card is Paolo Milano, who has gone winless for 3 fights and will be looking to get back on the winning track, and Nagoya local Takesuke Kume, who is undefeated home in Nagoya.

Main-Event:
Welter: Kenichi Hattori 6-3-3 vs. 5-5-0 Hiroshi Shiba

Welter: Takahiro Kajita 9-8-3 vs. 6-4-1 Paolo Milano
Middle: Hirosumi Sugiura 3-4-2 vs. 3-1-2 Takesuke Kume
Bantam: Hiroshi Sakamoto 3-4-0 vs. 1-4-0 Joji Shimada

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Doraku Mori vs. Daiki Yamaishi

Amature Fights:
Light: Yuta Sasaki vs. Masaru Kadowaki
Feather: Naoki Kawai vs. Takeshi Kasugai
Yutaka Umeya vs. Masashi Maeguchi

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8/30 DEEP - ClubDEEP Kyoto

Deep is holding ClubDEEP in Kyoto on August 30. The arena is Kyoto Terrsa Hall. On the card is an exhibition fight between the two newly crowned DEEP Champions Mishima and Ikemoto.

Fights announced:
Tomoyuki Fukami 7-1-4 vs. 9-8-3 Takahiro Kajita
Exhibition: Seichi Ikemoto vs. 18-6-2 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
Yoshiyume Chodo 4-2-2 vs. 0-1-0 Miyamonta
Makoto Kamaya 8-5-1 vs. 6-1-0 Hiroto
Hiroki Tanaka “Goodman” 14-4-3 vs. 督 Kondo (?)

Participating:
Ken Hamamura 14-5-4
Yasuaki Kishimoto 2-2-0
Takayuki 栗納 (SFK) (?)
...and more

Tickets:
RRS 10,000
RS 6,000
A 4,000

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8/3 Shooto - Gig Central Vol. 15 - RESULTS

The results from tonights Shooto event in Nagoya. The main event had home-town favorite Hatsu Hioki against Hiroshi Nakamura. Hioki is not going to be happy with this result, and it wont do him any favors in the rankings either...

Also worth a mention, Teppei “Bull” Masuda got his first win in the only fight of the night that didnt go the distance.

Hatsu Hioki vs. Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura Draw 0-1
(Grappling) Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie vs. Max Fernandez No result available yet
Takahiro Kajita Def. Komei Okada by decision 3-0
Akira Kibe Def. Takeshi Okada by decision 3-0
Kenichi Hattori Def. Hisaki Hiraishi “Kotobukimaru” by decision 3-0
Hiroshi Sakamoto Def. Keisuke Kurata by decision 3-0
Teppei “Bull” Masuda Def. Kenya Kato by TKO Round 1 0:25

Rookie Tournament:
MW: Takesuke Kume vs. Yoichiro Sato Draw
WW: Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura Def. Kunio Nakajima by decision 3-0
FeatherW: Keita Yoshida Def. Yasuaki Nagamoto “Aki” by decision 3-0
FlyW: Mikiyomi Yamagami Def. Run by decision 2-0

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8/3 Shooto - Gig Central Vol. 15

Shooto will have their Gig Central Vol. 15 on August 3. As usual, Hioki appears as the main-event on a Nagoya card. This looks like a very interesting card, and should be a good event.

Main-Event:
11. Hatsu Hioki 15-3-1 vs. 5-3-3 Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura

10. Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie vs. Max Fernandez
9. Komei Okada 5-7-1 vs. 8-8-3 Takahiro Kajita
8. Takeshi Okada 5-3-2 vs. 6-9-2 Akira Kibe
7. Kenichi Hattori 4-3-3 vs. 4-1-1 Hisaki Hiraishi “Kotobukimaru”
6. Hiroshi Sakamoto 2-3-0 vs. 4-5-0 Keisuke Kurata
5. Kenya Kato 1-3-0 vs. 0-2-0 Teppei “Bull” Masuda

Rookie Tournament:
4. MW: Takesuke Kume 3-0-1 vs. 1-0-0 Yoichiro Sato
3. WW: Kunio Nakajima 1-2-1 vs. 7-1-3 Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura
2. FeatherW: Yasuaki Nagamoto “Aki” 3-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Keita Yoshida
1. FlyW: Run vs. Mikiyomi Yamagami

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