3/14 HEAT 13 - Title Fight Announced

HEAT had a welterweight MMA tournament earlier, and it had some very good fighters in it. The main event was between Max Fernandez and Justin Holdaas, two very good fighters. Fernandez tood the title by armbar just 1 minute into the 1st round and was crowned with the HEAT title belt. Shortly after I saw that the welterweight title was vacant (I have no clue what happened), and they will fill that spot at HEAT 13!

The fight will be between Shooto and Heat veteran Yoshitaro Niimi and Sengoku favorite Yoon Young Kim. Kim really got noticed at Sengoku 11, mostly for his enterance handing out noodles, but he also put on a very good performance against Akihiro Gono.

Also announced is the popular Shingo Garyu.

Heat MMA Welterweight Title Fight:
Yoshitaro Niimi 7-5-2 vs. 12-5-0 Yoon "Snake Eater" Young Kim

Middle (Kick-Rule): Yuzo Matsumoto vs. Shingo Garyu

HEAT NEW AGE:
Kick - 57kg (3x2min): Marcus Maejima vs. Taichiro Kusakabe

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7/13 HEAT 7 - Results

Yesterday HEAT 7 kicked off what will be a very busy week for me. It was never part of MMA-Week, but it almost made it when SmackGirl was postponed.

In the event yesterday, 2 Kiwi fighters went into the ring in Nagoya and I was ment to post this earlier... Anyway, Rogue Magazine had an interview with Andrew Peck and Jason Suttie before their flight out to Japan. Unfortunately, the results were not what they expected, but I am sure they will fight back!

Also, for those who are FightLinker fans (I am one myself), I know you want to have a look at the ring-girls for this one. For this event we had Kana Kusumaki (top left), Yuzuki Kondo, Shizuki (bottom left) and Mana.

The event was mainly a round 1 of the various tournaments Heat will have this year, here are the results (in no particular order):

MMA-Rule Heavyweight Tournament Round 1:
Lee Sang Soo Def. Amazon Juninho by decision 3-0
Christiano Kaminishi Def. Minoru Kato by Decision 3-0

Kick-Rule Heavyweight Tournament Round 1:
Gotoku Onda Def. Jason Suttie by decision 2-0

Kick-Rule Middleweight Tournament　Round 1:
Yuzo Matsumoto Def. Nathan Willet by decision 3-0
Kinji Def. Park Eun Seok by KO Round 1 1:28

MMA-Rule Welterweight Tournament Round 1:
Yoshitaro Nimi Def. Jun Kito by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:49
Justin Holdaas Def. Pedro Akira by KO Round 2 4:34

Kick-Rule Heavyweight Special Fight:
Ali Reza Kabasi Def. Andrew Peck by KO Round 2 2:03

New-Age Fights:
Kick-Rule: Gaku Sakai vs. Masaaki Noiri Draw
Kick-Rule: Takao Niki Def. Yoshiharu Ono by decision 3-0
MMA-Rule: Kazuyosi Hioki Def. Kozaburo Muramatsu by decision 3-0
MMA-Rule: Hironobu Yoshida vs. YUSUKE Draw

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