1/25 ZST 19 - Results

This is the main ZST card of the day. This event starts at 6PM (Japan time and it should be a very good event.

The main-event is the welterweight title fight between 2 experienced fighters, crowd favorite "Mini-Hong Man Choi" Masayuki Okude is taking on Pancrase super-veteran Osami Shibuya, who has more than 80 professional fights to his name.

Other than the main event, there are some good ZST fighters on this card, Keisuke Fujiwara and Shunichi Shimizu to name a couple.

Making his ZST debut is Korean "RYO". "RYO" participated in the DEEP Middleweight tournament last year, but lost by decision to Daijiro Matsui (a fight I thought he should have won), he went on to loss again in the tournament reserve fight to Ryuta Sakurai. He is a very good fighter though, and I look forward to seeing him in ZST.


Quick results
Genesis Fights (1x5min):
1. Feather: Ryota Kobayashi vs. Masato Arai DRAW
2. Feather: Takahiro Baba vs. Takeshi Otaki DRAW (entertaining fight)

Opening Fights (1x7min.):
3. Welter: Yoichiro Karasuyama vs.Teruhiko Higashitani DRAW
4. Feather: Toshihiro Shimizu Def. Hiroyuki Yamashiro by arm-bar
5. Minimum (Female GT-F): Miki Aiba vs. Miyoko Kusaka DRAW
6. Feather (GT-F Rule): Daisuke Yokoyama Def. Yasuo Munakata by Guilliotine choke

Main-Card:
7. Bantam: Keisuke Fujiwara Def. Ryosuke Tanuma by Ko Round 2
8. Light: Kenichi Ito Def. Taku Aramaki by arm-bar round 1
9. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu Def. Takeaki Miyakawa by arm-bar round 1
10. Light-Heavy: Kenji Nagai vs. Young "RYO" Choi Draw
11. Lightweight Tag-Team (1x15 min.):
Naoyuki Kotani ＆ Tatsuya Yamada Def. Yojiro Uchimura ＆ Koji Tomiyama by Banana-split
Uchhimura called out Kotani to continue the fight after Tomiyama was carried out on a streacher, but Kotani declined.

12. Main-Event - Welterweight Title fight:
Osami Shibuya Def. Masayuki Okude by straight arm-bar Round 5

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1/25 ZST. 19 - Fight Order

The other ZST event on the 25 is ZST 19. In general terms, this should be the event with the bigger fights on it, but I actually think the entertainment should be very good on both of these cards.

I will be there for both, and will be updating the results live! This event is almost sold out, so if you are planning to get tickets I would try to get there as early as possible (doors open at 17.00).

The main-event is the ZST welterweight title fight between Osami Shibuya and Masayuki Okude. This should be a good fight, Shibuya is by far the more experienced competitor, but Okude is a very popular guy and the crowd is sure to get into this one.

Other fighters to look for on this card include up and coming ZST star Keisuke Fujiwara, the experienced Shunichi Shimizu taking on Takeaki Miyakawa (on a 4 fight winning streak) and making his ZST debut is Korean Young "Ryo" Choi.

There are 12 fights on the card, and is should be a good way to finish a long day of fights! I cant wait for Sunday!

12. Main-Event - Welterweight Title fight:
Osami Shibuya 36-32-15 vs. 5-5-5 Masayuki Okude

11. Lightweight Tag-Team (1x15 min.):
Naoyuki Kotani ＆ Tatsuya Yamada vs. Yojiro Uchimura ＆ Koji Tomiyama

10. Light-Heavy: Kenji Nagai 5-7-1 vs. 10-5-0 Young "RYO" Choi
9. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 13-4-4 vs. 6-3-1 Takeaki Miyakawa
8. Light: Kenichi Ito 3-3-2 vs. 6-8-0 Taku Aramaki
7. Bantam: Keisuke Fujiwara 5-1-3 vs. 2-1-0 Ryosuke Tanuma

Opening Fights (1x7min.):
6. Feather (GT-F Rule): Daisuke Yokoyama vs. Yasuo Munakata
5. Minimum (Female GT-F): Miki Aiba vs. Miyoko Kusaka
4. Feather: Toshihiro Shimizu 3-6-2 vs. 2-2-1 Hiroyuki Yamashiro
3. Welter: Yoichiro Karasuyama 1-3-1 vs. 1-0-0 Teruhiko Higashitani

Genesis Fights (1x5min):
2. Feather: Takahiro Baba 1-1-0 vs. 0-0-1 Takeshi Otaki
1. Feather: Ryota Kobayashi vs. 0-1-0 Masato Arai

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