6/6 Shooting Disco 12 "Stand by Me" - Fight Order

The popular Shooting Disco series is set to continue with their 12th event on June 6. As usual the event will take place in Shinjuku Face, and the card will focus around good matchmaking.

The main event will make a difference in the Shooto featherweight rankings as number 6 ranked So Tazawa takes on number 8 Teriyuki Matsumoto.

Main-Event:
10. Feather: So Tazawa 8-5-4 vs. 6-3-0 Teriyuki Matsumoto

9. Light: Komei Okada 6-10-2 vs. 8-8-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
8. Feather: Yuta Nezu 8-4-1 vs. 2-0-0 Keita Kono
7. Welter: Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi 7-4-2 vs. 2-4-5 Shinobu Miura
6. Fly: Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii 6-7-2 vs. 3-1-1 Yusuke "Tenkaze" Sato

Rookie Tournament:
5. Light: Koji Nakamura 4-4-1 vs. 3-3-2 Satoshi Inaba
4. Welter: Shotoku Suzuki 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yoshikazu "Kotetsu" Fujishi

Non-Tournament:
3. Fly: Takafumi Ato 0-1-0 vs. 0-3-0 Takahiro Kobori
2. Bantam: Yuya Kaneuchi 0-4-2 vs. 1-2-0 Keiji Koizumi
1. Bantam: Hiroaki Ijima 3-2-1 vs. 1-0-1 Kosuke "Rambo" Suzuki

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Tournament Finals - RESULTS

Earlier today Shooto held their traditional Rookie Tournament finals. There were lots of close fights on the card, and 3 of the rookie tournament finals had to go an extra (3rd) round before the judges could pick the winner.

Krazy Bee's Yusuke Yachi won the lightweight final, and got the MVP award.

9. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Mateus Irie Nechio by decision 3-0
8. Fly: Junji "Sarumaru" Ito Def. "Heat" Takeshi Sato by Decision 3-0
7. Feather: Naohiro "Chokugeki Gamon" Mizuno Def. Yuta Nezu by decision 3-0

Rookie Tournament Finals:
6. Light: Yusuke Yachi Def. Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura by chickenwing Round 2 2:21
5. Fly: Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo Def. Yusuke Sato by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
4. Feather: Keita Yoshida Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
3. Welter: Koji Matsumoto Def. "Gypsy" Taro Kusano by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta Def. Nozomi Otsuka by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
1. Heavy: Takahiro "Jaian" Suzuki Def. Takashi Goto by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:52

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Tournament Finals

The traditional Rookie tournament finals take place in Shinjuku Face on December 13.

As usual there are some talented fighters. The welterweight final should be very interesting, Matsumoto has won all his fights within the distance and is coming in with a lot of comfidence. As usual the best fights should be in the featherweight and lightweight divisions, it looks that way this year as well.

This year they have added a heavyweight tournament as well.

In non-tournament fights, Yuta Nezu will be looking to build on his impressive Shooto record, but he is facing a very tough opponent in Naohiro Mizuno, the loser in last years rookie tournament final.

Non-Tournament Fights:
Welter: Guy Delameau 11-5-1 vs. 5-3-0 Mateus Irie Nechio
Fly: "Heat" Takeshi Sato 8-8-1 vs. 4-2-0 Junji "Sarumaru" Ito
Feather: Yuta Nezu 8-3-1 vs. 6-2-1 Naohiro "Chokugeki Gamon" Mizuno

Rookie Tournament Finals:
Heavy: Takashi Goto 1-0-1 vs. 2-1-0 Takahiro "Jaian" Suzuki
Welter: Koji Matsumoto 3-0-0 vs. 3-3-2 "Gypsy" Taro Kusano
Light: Yusuke Yachi 2-0-0 vs. vs. 5-1-0 Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura
Feather: Keita Yoshida 4-0-2 vs. vs. 4-1-0 Haruo Ochi
Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka 3-1-1 vs. 2-2-0 Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta
Fly: Yusuke Sato 3-1 vs. 3-2- Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo

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10/18 Shooto GIG Tokyo Vol. 3 - RESULTS

A very interesting event in Shinjuku Face right now. I started updating the results a bit late, and will update the early fights later. The 3 last fights will be close to live.

Okazaki defeats Ogikubo in the fight for the Shooto Pacific Rim featherweight title!

Main-Event Pacific Shooto Featherweight Title Fight:
Koetsu Okazaki Def. Hiromasa Ogikubo by KO Round 2 2:08

Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Jin Kazeta by Decision 3-0
Light: Masaki Yanagisawa Def. Kazuhiro Ito by Triangle Choke Round 2 1:07
Feather: Yuta Nezu Def. Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa by TKO Round 2 4:38
Mddle: Mateus Irie Nechio Def. Yoshinori Takahashi by armbar Round 1 2:58
Feather: Makoto Sannai Def. Keita Ishibashi by armbar Round 1 3:09
Light: Yoshitaka Okigi Def. Hiroki Kita by armbar Round 1 3:28

Rookie Tournament:
Welter: Koji Matsumoto Def. Munehiro "Mike" Kin by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:28
Bantam: Yosuke "Flying Monkey No*2" Saruta Def. Jun Nagasoe by Decision 3-0
Fly: Yusuke Sato Def. Tomokazu "Kewpie" Sato by Decision 3-0

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10/18 Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 3 - Fight Order

Shooto promotor Sustain and Shooto Gym Tokyo have announced the fight order for their event in Shinjuku Face on October 18. It should be a good event and the main event will be a awesome fight for the Shooto featherweight Pacific rim title fight. Both Koetetsu Okazaki and Hiromasa Ogikubo are awesome fighters and the winner of this fight will be a very deserved champion.

But this card has a lot of talented and interesting fighters on it. Some fighters worth mentioning are Guy Delameau and Yuta Nezu, I am picking both of them for a win even though I like cheering for the eternal underdog "Mike" Hayakawa (he is a much better fighter than his record indicates).

Featherweight Pacific Title Fight:
10. Koetsu Okazaki 5-1-1 vs. 6-0-2 Hiromasa Ogikubo

9. Welter: Jin Kazeta 8-9-2 vs. 10-5-1 Guy Delameau
8. Light: Kazuhiro Ito 5-4-0 vs. 7-7-1 Masaki Yanagisawa
7. Feather: Yuta Nezu 7-3-1 vs. 1-4-3 Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa
6. Middle: Mateus Irie Nechio 4-3-0 vs. 0-6-0 Yoshinori Takahashi
5. Feather: Makoto Sannai 1-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 Keita Ishibashi
4. Light: Hiroki Kita 2-5-1 vs. 0-1-0 Yoshitaka Okigi

Rookie Tournament Semi Finals:
3. Welter: Koji Matsumoto vs. 2-1-0 Munehiro "Mike" Kin
2. Bantam: Yosuke Saruta 1-2-0 vs. 2-3-0 Jun Nagasoe
1. Fly: Yusuke Sato 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Tomokazu Sato

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6/27 Cage Force - K-Taro's Opponent Announced

It is 7 months since "K-Taro" was in the cage last. GCM had announced that he would participate in this event, and today they have confirmed the opponent.
The UFC and DREAM veteran is going to take on Pancrase veteran Tomoyoshi Iwamiya.

Iwamiya had a good 2008, going 4-1 for the year. In the process he won a Pancrase tournament that earned him a title shot against champion Takuya Wada. That fight took place in April and Iwamiya lost by a majority dicision.

Normally Iwamiya should not be able to match "K-Taro", however "K-Taro" is coming off a suprise loss to Korean Jang Yong Kim. You never know what happens and Iwamiya is very hard to put away.

Added:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2 vs. 6-8-0 Tomoyoshi Iwamiya

Previously Announced:
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

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6/27 Cage Force - Fights Announced

GCM will hold their next Cage Force event in Differ Ariake on June 27. 2 fight have been announced. It will be very interesting to see how the Cage Force and Shooto veteran Yuta Nezu does against DEEP veteran Isao Terada. Nezu is coming off a win in Shooto in April while Terada is coming off a loss in his last fight in DEEP.

Also announced is the match-up between grappling specialist Takase and Cage Force veteran Shuji Morikawa.

K-Taro will compete in ADCC in September, but he will also be on the card here.

Announced:
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

Participant:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2

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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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2/28 Cage Force-EX - RESULTS

Cage Force held an event in Tokorozawa in Saitama yesterday. It was a big card for them, lots of interesting matchups.

The main event saw Pancrase champion Katsuya Inoue take on Cage Force champion Mizuto Hirota. Hirota had a good 2008 and had his Sengoku debut, this was the first time for him to defend his title. Katsuya Inoue is no easy opponent, he was the last man to defeat Satoru Kitaoka. Hirota is a very different fighter though, and the fight went the distance, ending in a draw. That means that Hirota retains his title.

Lots of fights went the distance, it is worth noting that in the co-main event, Koyama fought his way to a decision win over the veteran Kanomata.

Ligtweight Title Fight: Mizuto Hirota vs. Katsuya Inoue Draw
Light: Yoshihiro Koyama Def. Tomonari Kanomata by Decision 3-0
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Yasunori Kanehara Draw
Middle: Rikuhei Fuji Def. Sojiro Orui by Decision 3-0
Welter (3x3): Yusaku Tsukumo Def. Kenta Takagi by Decision 2-0
Bantam (3x3): Yuta Nezu Def. Seiji Otsuka by KO (high-kick) Round 1 2:39
Light (3x3): Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi vs. Koji Ando Draw
Light (3x3): Naoto Miyazaki vs. Shin Kochiwa Draw

Opening Fights - Valkyrie:
Light (female) (3x3): Kinuka Sasaki Def. Kazue Matake by Decision 2-0
Light (female) (3x3): Kayo Nagayasu vs. Maho Muranami Draw

Preliminary Fight:
Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura Def. Ryo Taguchi by TKO Round 2 2:15Yoshihiro Koyama

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2/28 Cage Force EX - Fight Order

GCM have today announced the fight order for this Saturday's event in Tokorozawa. That also means that the card is complete.

It is a good card, and should be a good night of fights. The main event is between 2 very experienced lightweight, and probably 2 of the better lightweights in Japan today (I would put them in the top 10). Add to that the very interesting matchup between Tomonari Kanomata and Yoshihiro Koyama, and this should be good.

As far as talent go, look out for the fight between "Bancho" Takahashi and Koji Ando.

Main-Event - Ligtweight Title Fight:
Mizuto Hirota 10-3-0 vs. 18-6-3 Katsuya Inoue

Light: Tomonari Kanomata 13-3-3 vs. 11-2-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-4-0 vs. 1-5-1 Yasunori Kanehara
Middle: Rikuhei Fuji 3-3-0 vs. 5-3-4 Sojiro Orui
Welter (3x3): Yusaku Tsukumo vs. 2-0-0 Kenta Takagi
Bantam (3x3): Yuta Nezu 5-2-1 vs. 8-8-5 Seiji Otsuka
Light (3x3): Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi 4-1-0 vs. 2-0-1 Koji Ando
Light (3x3): Naoto Miyazaki 1-1-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shin Kochiwa

Opening Fights - Valkyrie:
Light (female) (3x3): Kazue Matake 3-1-0 vs. 2-6-1 Kinuka Sasaki
Light (female) (3x3): Kayo Nagayasu 7-6-1 vs. 4-5-1 Maho Muranami

Preliminary Fight:
Bantam: Hirokazu Nishimura 2-3-1 vs. 0-1-0 Ryo Taguchi

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2/28 Cage Force-EX - Pancrase Champion vs. Cage Force Champion

GCM have announced that Mizuto Hirota will defend his title against Pancrase lightweight champion Katsuya Inoue. None of these fighters are really submission artists, and it should be a very good fight (I guess it wont go to the ground). This fight will be the main event.

In addition to the main event, GCM have added another awesome fight to the card. Tomonari Kanomata will fight Yoshihiro Koyama in what should be a very good fight.

Added:
Main-Event - Ligtweight Title Fight:
Mizuto Hirota 10-3-0 vs. 18-6-3 Katsuya Inoue

Light: Tomonari Kanomata 13-3-3 vs. 11-2-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Bantam (3x3): Yuta Nezu 5-2-1 vs. 8-8-5 Seiji Otsuka
Light (3x3): Yoshiaki "Bancho" Takahashi 4-1-0 vs. 2-0-1 Koji Ando
Light (3x3): Naoto Miyazaki 1-1-1 vs. 3-0-0 Shin Kochiwa

Previously Announced:
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-4-0 vs. 1-5-1 Yasunori Kanehara
Middle: Rikuhei Fuji 3-3-0 vs. 5-3-4 Sojiro Orui
Welter (3x3): Yusaku Tsukumo vs. 2-0-0 Kenta Takagi
Light (female) (3x3): Kazue Matake 3-1-0 vs. 2-6-1 Kinuka Sasaki
Light (female) (3x3): Kayo Nagayasu 7-6-1 vs. 4-5-1 Maho Muranami

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02

Shooto has announced some fights for the 2nd Tradition event, this is to celebrate their 20th anniversary and they put on some very good fights in the first event. For this, the ticket prices are cheaper, but the fights announced look interesting. Personally I am looking forward to seeing Murofushi, I believe this will be his first Class A fight and I think he has been very good in his previous fights.

Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
Teriyuki Matsumoto 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi

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