2/14 Shooto Gig North Vol. 5

Shooto have announced the 5th Gig North in Zepp Sapporo on February 14.

It looks like a pretty good card too, as usual local talent mixing it with Shooto fighters from other areas. The veteran "Gozo" is makeing the trip to Sapporo to take on the local favorite Fumihiro Kitahara in a fight that will probably be the main event.

The Rookie Tournament has a big addition, Pancrase and ZST veteran Ranki Kawana will have his 1st round fight here against the local Takashi Niikuni.

Announced:
Bantam: Ayumu "Gozo" Shioda 7-6-0 vs. 6-1-1 Fumihiro Kitahara
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi 7-4-3 vs. 5-4-1 Takuya Mori
Light: Daisuke Ishizawa 4-6-0 vs. 8-7-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
Fly: Kenichi Sawada 4-10-4 vs. 3-2-0 Tatsuya Yamamoto
54kg: Keisuke Kurata 4-7-1 vs. 1-2-0 Atsushi Mochizuki

Rookie Tournament:
Feather: Takashi Niikuni 1-1-0 vs. 12-2-6 Ranki Kawana
Bantam: Isao Yoshida 1-0-0 vs. Yusuke Honma

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10/25 Shooto GIG Central Vol. 19 - RESULTS

Shooto promotor Alive held the 19th Gig central yesterday. In the main-event Takesuke Kume got a good win and is undefeated in 2009. He defeated the very promising Kenta Takagi and it will be interesting to see how they do going forward.

Toshimichi Akagi got his 2nd win in a row by KO, and is also having a good 2009.

Main-event:
7. 78.0kg: Takesuke Kume Def. Kenta Takagi by Decision 3-0
6. Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi Def. Ichaku Murata by KO Round 1 4:18

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
5. Akira Hosokawa Def. Marcelo Shigeo Kobayashi by Omoplata 3:31

4. Feather: Akira Kibe Def. Shinobuy Aoyama by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:04
3. Fly: Kenichi Sawada vs. Keisuke Kurata Draw (1-1)

Neo-Blood Tournament:
2. Fly: Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo Def. Masanobu Mori by Decision 3-0

1. Class C+ Bantam: Ayuka Hamazaki Def. Kinuka Sasaki by armbar Round 2 2:00

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9/4 Shooto Kitazawa Shooto 2009 Vol. 2 - RESULTS

On Friday in Kitazawa Townhall, K'z Factory held "Kitazawa Shooto 2009 Vol. 2", without the biggest Shooto stars, but ith some stars in the making. Yoshioka's record might not have been the best going in, and just looking at that he was probably the underdog here. He did however bring tons of experience against top fighters. Yoshioka was able to use an omopalata to sweep Hiroyuki Abe, in the process getting in top position and finishing the fight with a guillotine choke. This was a fight that will impact the flyweight Shooto rankings.

In the co-main event Matsufuji's 3 fight winning streak was broken just 39 seconds into the fight, when Akagi landed a left hook that KOed the 31 year old fighter.

Fly: Hiroaki Yoshioka Def. Hiroyuki Abe by guillotine choke Round 2 3:08
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi Def. Hiroharu Matsufuji by KO Round 1 0:39
Welter: Shin Kochiwa Def. Junpei Chikano by KO Round 1 3:06
Welter: Shinobu Miura vs. Koji Nishioka Draw 1-1
Light: Masaki Yanagisawa Def. Takamaro Watari by TKO Round 1 1:17
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa Def. Yuya Kaneuchi by Decision 3-0
Bantam: Akinobu Watanabe Def. Keiji Koizumi by TKO Round 4:45
Feather: Isao Yoshida Def Keita Ishibashi by Decision 3-0

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9/4 Shooto Kitazawa Shooto 2009 Vol. 1 - Fight Order

Shooto have announced the fight order for their next event in Kitazawa Town Hall on September 4.

The main-event will be a Class A fight between KZ Factory's Hiroyuki Abe and Hiroaki Yoshioka. Yoshioka has fought some good fighters, but does only have 2 wins in his last 10 fights and Abe will be another tough opponent.

Hiroharu Matsufuji had a bad start to his career, losing his first 4 fights. That has turned and he has won his last 3. He will be taking on Toshimichi Akagi who has not had a win in his last 4 fights.

Returning to professional Shooto on this card will be the soon to be 40 year old Hiroki Kita. He will be taking on the 9 year younger Yasuhiro Kanayama.

Fly: Hiroyuki Abe 5-1-0 vs. 5-9-2 Hiroaki Yoshioka
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi 5-4-3 vs. 3-4-0 Hiroharu Matsufuji
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 5-1-2 vs. 2-5-0 Junpei Chikano
Welter: Shinobu Miura 2-4-4 vs. 0-1-1 Koji Nishioka
Light: Yasuhiro Kanayama 3-5-3 vs. 2-5-1 Hiroki Kita
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 0-2-3 vs. 0-2-1 Yuya Kaneuchi
Bantam: Akinobu Watanabe 0-0-1 vs. 1-0-0 Keiji Koizumi
Feather: Keita Ishibashi vs. Isao Yoshida

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4/19 Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 2 - Results

Earlier today the stars of the UFC entertained the north-American fans, in Japan it was the stars of tomorrow that entered the ring in Shinjuku Face.

2 of last year's rookie tournament champions will enter the ring, in the main event the MVP, Issei Tamura took on Hayate Usui. Also the Bantamweight champion, Fumiko Kitahara was taking on the more experienced Toshimichi Akagi.

The MVP proved that he will be a force at lightweight in Shooto, and he is still undefeated.

Main-Event - Lightweight:
Issei Tamura Def. Hayate Usui by Decision 3-0 (2x20-19 and 20-18)
Light: Daisuke Ishizawa Def. Sakae Kasuya by KO Round 1 1:15
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi vs. Fumihiro Kitahara DRAW
Fly: Junji Ito Def. Kenichi Sawada by rear-naked choke Round 2 0:47
Feather: Yuta Nezu Def. Makoto Yamauchi by Decision 3-0 (20-17, 20-18, 20-19)
Feather: Haruo Ochi Def. Seiji Akao by TKO (towel thrown) Round 1 2:18

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Tomokazu Sato Def. Atsushi Mochizuki by Decision 3-0 (3x20-18)

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4/19 Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 2 - Fight Order

Gig Tokyo Vol. 2 is going to be held in Shinjuku Face on April 19. As with the first event, there are some very exciting talents participating. This time the talent includes last year's rookie tournament winner and MVP, Issei Tamura.

Tamura is set to take on the veteran Hayate Usui. This fight will probably go the distance, but it will be interesting to see how Tamura handles such an experienced veteran.

Daisuke Ishizawa is making a return after almost a year away. He started his career by going 3-1, then he faced fighters like "Wicky" Akiyo and Hideki Kadowaki. Now he has a 4 fight losing streak, but will be looking to get back on the winning track here.

Tamura is not the only Rookie tournament winner on this card, last years bantamweight champion, Fumihiro Kitahara, is coming of a loss to the veteran Junji Ikoma. Kitahara is facing Toshimichi Akagi, Akagi is on a 3 fight losing streak and this should be a good fight.

An interesting fact, Seiji Akao is making his Shooto debut. He has had 7 fights, mainly in DEEP, 3 of them has been against Tatsumitsu Wada and Seiji Akao is 3-0 against Wada. Wada on his hand is 0-5 in his career.

Main-Event - Lightweight:
Issei Tamura 3-0-0 vs. 10-7-1 Hayate Usui
Light: Sakae Kasuya 5-3-3 vs. 3-5-0 Daisuke Ishizawa
Bantam: Toshimichi Akagi 5-4-2 vs. 4-1-0 Fumihiro Kitahara
Fly: Kenichi Sawada 3-9-3 vs. 3-2-0 Junji Ito
Feather: Yuta Nezu 6-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Makoto Yamauchi
Feather: Haruo Ochi 2-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Seiji Akao

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Atsushi Mochizuki 1-0-0 vs. Tomokazu Sato

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