1/23 The Way of SHOOTO - RESULTS

Shooto is holding their 1st event of 2010 in Korakuen hall now. Sherdog has a Live PBP going and it is an interesting card.

Fight #4 was cancelled due to Kochiwa being dehydrated. Spoilers if you read on.

10. Shoot Pacific Title Fight:
Taiki Tsuchiya Def. Hideki Kadowaki by Decision 3-0

9. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue Def. Gerald Lovato by armbar Round 3 4:11
8. Fly: Hiroyuki Abe Def. Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi by decision 3-0
7. Welter: Yoshihiro Koyama Def. Yutaka Ueda by decision 3-0
6. Middle: Yoichiro Sato Def. Takuya Sato by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:25
5. Light: Wataru Miki Def. Jin Suk Jung by KO round 1 3:15
4. Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun cancelled
3. Bantam: Masumi Tozawa Def. Keiji Koizumi by Decision

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
2. Middle: Hiroki Okano Def. Tetsuo Seto by decision 3-0
1. Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. Yuya Kaneuchi DRAW ("Rambo" gets the must decision)

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1/23 The Way of SHOOTO "Like a Tiger、Like a Dragon" - "Lion"'s Opponent announced

Today "Lion" Takeshi finally had his opponent announced, it is Gerald Lovato. Lovato is an experienced fighter and a veteran of KOTC. He is on a 2 fight winning streak, coming into his Shooto debut.

"Lion" will not be putting the title on the line here, and he has stated that would like to defend against Hioki on a future date. This might very well be a warm-up to that fight.

It also looks like that completes the Shooto card for January 23.

Announced:
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 17-3-0 vs. 9-6-0 Gerald Lovato

Previously Announced:
Shoot Pacific Title Fight:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2 vs. 5-2-0 Taiki Tsuchiya

Light: Wataru Miki 15-9-3 vs. 3-3-0 Jin Suk Jung
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 1-2-3 vs. 1-1-0 Keiji Koizumi
Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
Middle: Tetsuo Seto vs. Hiroki Okano
Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. 0-4-1 Yuya Kaneuchi

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1/23 The Way of SHOOTO "Like a Tiger、Like a Dragon" - Pacific Lightweight Title Fight Announced

Shooto promoter Sustain have announced an additional fight for this event, it will be the lightweight Pacific titlefight between former world champion, Hideki Kadowaki and the Roots fighter Daiki Tsuchiya.

Former champion, Hideki Kadowaki only fought once (in Sengoku) last year, and that ended in a loss. This will be the first time since losing his title to "Lion" Inoue that he fights in Shooto.

The current champion, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue is also scheduled to fight on this card, and has stated that he would like to defend his title against Hioki. But no opponent is announced yet.

Shoot Pacific Title Fight:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2 vs. 5-2-0 Taiki Tsuchiya

Previously Announced:
Light: Wataru Miki 15-9-3 vs. 3-3-0 Jin Suk Jung
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 1-2-3 vs. 1-1-0 Keiji Koizumi
Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
Middle: Tetsuo Seto vs. Hiroki Okano
Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. 0-4-1 Yuya Kaneuchi

Participants:
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 17-3-0

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1/23 The Way of SHOOTO "Like a Tiger、Like a Dragon" - Fights Announced

Added today is Cage Force veteran Wataru Miki, but he is listed as fighting for Natural9 (for the fans following him). This will be his first fight in Shooto in over 4 years! The opponent this time will be taking shooto debutant Jin Suk Jung, who has fights from Pancrase and Spirit MC.

Joining the middleweight Shooto Rookie tournament is the Cage Force veteran, Tetsuo Seto.

Shooto lightweight champion "Lion" Takeshi Inoue.

Added:
Light: Wataru Miki 15-9-3 vs. 3-3-0 Jin Suk Jung
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 1-2-3 vs. 1-1-0 Keiji Koizumi

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
Middle: Tetsuo Seto vs. Hiroki Okano
Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. 0-4-1 Yuya Kaneuchi

Previously Announced:
Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Participants:
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 17-3-0
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2
Taiki Tsuchiya 5-2-0


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1/23 Professional Shooto - Fights Announced

Shooto promotor Sustain have announced the first fights for their first event of 2009. No title have been announced yet and I dont know if that means it wont be revolutionary exchanges, but it looks like it will be a good event.

Some very good fights added already. In the flyweight division the current #1 ranked "ATCH Anarchy" will take on Hiroyuki Abe, a fighter I feel should be higher on the rankings than his current #9.

Also added is a very interesting welterweight fight. Yoshihiro Koyama has had just 1 fight in Shooto since returning earlier this year. I feel he is one of the better fighters in Japan at the weight, and this time he is taking on a very good fighter in Yutaka Ueda.

Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Participants:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2
Taiki Tsuchiya 5-2-0

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8/16 Shooto Borders Season 1 "Advance" - RESULTS

The second event of the Borders Season 1 series was held yesterday in a sold out Hirano City Hall. There were 3 rookie tournament champions on the card, and the main-event saw 2 rookie tournament champions face off. Masaki Konishi was the champion in 2006, but has not fought since. He returned to take on the 2008 rookie tournament champion, Takuya Sato.

The 3rd champion was Hiroshi Shiba, who is having an awesome 2009 so far.

Takuya Sato Def. Masaki Konishi by Decision 3-0
Kentaro Watanabe Def. Tatsuro Kamei by Decision 3-0
Hiroshi Shiba Def. Tatsunori Tanaka by triangle choke Round 2 2:19
Taro Kusano Def. Kazuya Satomoto by Decision 3-0
Keita Yoshida Def. Yasuo Niki by Decision 3-0
Teppei Masuda Def. Doraku Mori by Decision 3-0
Yutaka Kimura vs. Joji Kawamata Draw
Yasushi Kato Def. Nobuyasu Fujikawa by TKO Round 2 0:28

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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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12/13 Shooto - Rookie Tournament Finals - LIVE Results

Tonight we are sure to see some Shooto stars born, the Rookie Tournament never fails to deliver. Who will it be this year? I will for the first time give live updates from the event.

I will just post small comments and the results as I am taking pictures and enjoying the event at the same time :).

Read on for spoilers! Of course the success of this depends on the reception in the arena, lets hope it works out! The event starts at 6PM Japan time.

The event has started, I will be updating the results live!

A very good event, the crowd really go into it and it makes these kind of events special! A lot of fun!

MVP was the Killer Bee figher Issei Tamura, he won the hotly contested lightweight final and will be one to look for in the future. "Kid" Yamamoto was there to cheer him on, and its easy to see why. A very talented fighter.

The crowd was backing Mikitoshi Yamagami though, he has always been a popular guy in Shinjuku Face, and you wont find a more vocal crowd in Japan.

The main event was a very good fight, Guy came out strong and go the take down. Milano was strong and avoided most of the damage in the 1st round. If the round was 30 seconds longer he would even have the fight. But to his enthusiastic fans, Delameau was saved by the bell when Milano had a rear-naked choke sunk in deep. In the second round, Delameau continued his powerful gnp and it paid dividend (unlike the Lehman sotck I had earlier this year), Milano defended well for a long time but in the end the ref had to save him from the Delameau onslaught. A stroung win for Guy Delameau in tonights main event!

8. Main-Event: Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Paulo Milano by TKO (gnp) Round 2 4:09

Rookie Tournament Finals:
7. Flyweight: Mikitoshi Yamagami Def. Junji “Sarumaru” Ito by Guilliotine choke ROund 2 Fight of the night so far!!
6. Lightweight: Issei Tamura Def. Naohiro Mizuno by Decision 3-0

Retirement ceremony of Adachi.

5. Featherweight: Kosuke Eda Def. Yoshihiko Oyama by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:02
4. Light-Heavy: Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½” Def. Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” by KO (BIG KO) Round 1
3. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Kentaro Watanabe by Decision 3-0
2. Middle: Takuya Sato Def. Takesuke Kume by Decision after extra round
1. Welter: Ikuo Usuda Def. Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura by Decision 3-0

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Finals - Weigh-In

The weight-in for tomorrow's Rookie Tournament finals are done and there were no major drama, everyone made weight even if both 2 and 3 attempts were needed.

8. Main-Event: Welterweight:
Paulo Milano 69.8kg
Guy Delameau 69.9kg

Rookie Tournament Finals:
7. Flyweight:
Mikitoshi Yamagami 51.8kg
Junji “Sarumaru” Ito 52.0kg

6. Lightweight:
Issei Tamura 64.9kg
Naohiro Mizuno 64.8kg

5. Featherweight:
Kosuke Eda 59.8kg
Yoshihiko Oyama 59.8kg

4. Light-Heavyweight:
Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 82.8kg
Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½” 82.8kg

3. Bantamweight:
Fumihiro Kitahara 56.0kg
Kentaro Watanabe 55.3kg

2. Middleweight:
Takesuke Kume 76.1kg→76.0kg
Takuya Sato 75.5kg

1. Welterweight:
Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 70.2kg→70.1kg→70.0kg
Ikuo Usuda 70.0kg

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12/13 Shooto - Rookie Tournament Finals - Fight Order

Next Saturday is one of the highlights of the year for me. I really like going to these kind of finals, whatever they call it... The Shooto tournament always produces some great talent, and this year should be no different. In addition to that, they have added a main-event to the card that should be really good!

Also scheduled is the retirement ceremony of Akihiko Adachi (4-4-2), winner of the rookie tournament in 2003.

Fight order:
8. Main-Event: Welter: Paulo Milano 6-3-1 vs. 7-4-0 Guy Delameau

Rookie Tournament Finals:
7. Flyweight: Mikitoshi Yamagami 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-0 Junji “Sarumaru” Ito
6. Lightweight: Issei Tamura 2-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno

Retirement ceremony of Akihiko Adachi.

5. Featherweight: Kosuke Eda 6-2-2 vs. 0-1-1 Yoshihiko Oyama
4. Light-Heavy: Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 2-1-0 vs. 2-1-1 Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½”
3. Bantam: Fumihiro Kitahara 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kentaro Watanabe
2. Middle: Takesuke Kume 3-0-2 vs. 2-2-2 Takuya Sato
1. Welter: Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 8-1-4 vs. 2-0-0 Ikuo Usuda

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12/13 Shooto - Rookie Tournament Finals - Fight Added

This should be a good event, held in Shinjuku Face Saturday December 13. The rookie tournament finals is always a good place to spot the next Shooto stars. Last year's MVP was Ogikubo, who is defietely one to look out for.

This year, there are some very good fighters to look out for as well.

Added to the card is a non-tournament fight, but it should still be a good one! 2 foreigners fighting in Japan will square off. Paulo Milano will fight Guy Delameau

Added:
Paulo Milano 6-3-1 vs. 7-4-0 Guy Delameau

Previously Announced - Rookie Tournament Finals:
Flyweight: Mikitoshi Yamagami 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-0 Junji “Sarumaru” Ito
Bantamweight: Fumihiro Kitahara 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kentaro Watanabe
Featherweight: Kosuke Eda 6-2-2 vs. 0-1-1 Yoshihiko Oyama
Lightweight: Issei Tamura 2-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Welterweight: Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 8-1-4 vs. 2-0-0 Ikuo Usuda
Middleweight: Takesuke Kume 3-0-2 vs. 2-2-2 Takuya Sato
Light-Heavyweight: Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 2-1-0 vs. 2-1-1 Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½”

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Finals - Fights Announced

For me the Rookie tournament are a highlight every year. Pancrase finished their Neo-Blood tournament earlier this year, and as always it was an awesome event. The Shooto finals have some exciting fighters in it too.

There are so many good fighters and fights on this card already, add to that the ticket price and you should have a very good Saturday night in Shinjuku! I am definately not missing this one!

Flyweight Rookie Tournament Final
Mikitoshi Yamagami 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-0 Junji “Sarumaru” Ito

Bantamweight Rookie Tournament Final
Fumihiro Kitahara 3-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Kentaro Watanabe

Featherweight Rookie Tournament Final
Kosuke Eda 6-2-2 vs. 0-1-1 Yoshihiko Oyama

Lightweight Rookie Tournament Final
Issei Tamura 2-0-0 vs. 4-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno

Welterweight Rookie Tournament Final
Yukinari “Hibiki” Tamura 8-1-4 vs. 2-0-0 Ikuo Usuda

Middleweight Rookie Tournament Final
Takesuke Kume 3-0-2 vs. 2-2-2 Takuya Sato

Light-Heavyweight Rookie Tournament Final
Takaaki Oban “C-Boy” 2-1-0 vs. 2-1-1 Makoto Maeda “Chomolangma ½”


Tickets:
RS 8,000円
S 6,000円
A 5,000円
At the door +500円
Includes 500円 drink coupon

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