6/7 Shooto GIG North Vol. 4 - Results

Shooto's GIG North was overshadowed by the Pancrase card yesterday, but that doesnt mean that there werent some interesting fights taking place in ZEPP Sapporo.

The main event on this 5 fight card saw local favorite, Takuya Mori, take on the experienced Akimoto pupil, Daiji Takahashi.

Of the fights to take note of, 2 Rookie tournament champions faced of. Fumihiro Kitahara was the winner in 2008, and he took on the 2007 champion, Kenji Hosoya.

Daiji Takahashi Def. Takuya Mori by Decision 2-0
Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Kenji Hosoya by Rear-Naked Choke Round 2 4:49
Paolo Milano Def. Michiyuki "Aroi" Ishibashi by Decision 3-0
Tatsuya Yamamoto Def. Keisuke Kurata by Decision 2-0
Kenichi Sawada Def. Atsushi Mochizuki by Decision 3-0

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11/22 Shooto GIG North Vol. 3 - RESULTS

Shooto kicked off a busy few weeks in Japanese MMA yesterday. A good event in Sapporo which saw home town favorite Mori face the veteran Ikoma.

There was a lot of talent on this card, in addition to a great exhibition fight. The results are below the jump.

Takuya Mori vs. Junji Ikoma DRAW
Tatsuya Yamamoto Def. Kazuyuki Yoshida by Rear-naked Choke Round 2 2:09
Exhibition: Fumihiro Kitahara vs. Yusuke Honma
Taro Kusano Def. Hidekazu "Aniki" Asakura by Decision 3-0
Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura Def. Michiyuki "Aroi" Ishibashi by decision 3-0
Junpei Chikano Def. Yoshiki Noguchi by Decision 3-0
Atsushi Mochiduki Def. Takeshi Sato by decision 3-0
Takashi Nikuni Def. Toshiaki Hayasaka by arm-bar Round 2 4:03

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11/22 Shooto GIG North Vol. 3 - ***REMINDER***

***Reminder*** This event is being held today in ZEPP Sapporo. I will update the results as soon as they become available.

Shooto have announced Takuya Mori's opponent for Shooto Gig North on November 22. With that the card is complete.

There is no surprise that Mori is in the main event, this time he will face the veteran Junji Ikoma who is currently ranked #6. If Mori was to win this, it would mean a boost to his ranking, and he would have to be considered an outsider against the 9 years older Ikoma.

It should be a good night of fights, and some of these fighters will get their first taste of victory.

Main Event:
7. Bantam: Takuya Mori 5-3-0 vs. 11-9-3 Junji Ikoma

6. Fly: Tatsuya Yamamoto 1-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kazuyuki Yoshida
5. Welter: Hidekazu "Aniki" Asakura 1-4-0 vs. 0-2-1 Taro Kusano
4. Welter: Michiyuki "Aroi" Ishibashi 1-4-1 vs. Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura
3. Welter: Yoshiki Noguchi 0-3-0 vs. 0-3-0 Junpei Chikano
2. Fly: Takeshi Sato 0-1-0 vs. Atsushi Mochiduki
1. Light: Takashi Nikuni vs. Toshiaki Hayasaka

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