10/24 GCM Valkyrie 03 - Results

Valkyrie held their 3rd event earlier today. Not the biggest card they have had, and suffering the loss of a fight with just days to meant that the card had 7 fights.

Most of the favorites took home the win, but there were a few upsets (IMO), debutant Naoko Sugiyama defeated Paraestra Matsudo's Madoka Ebihara. Another debutant that got a good start to the career was "Ayame" Miura.

Main-event- 52.2kg: Misaki Takimoto Def. Yasuko Mogi by TKO Round 3 0:51
46kg: Naoko Omuro Def. Yukiko Seki by Decision 3-0
48.5kg: Sachiko Yamamoto Def. Maho Muranami by arm bar Round 2 2:32
48.5kg: "Sugirock" Naoko Sugiyama Def. Madoka Ebihara by Decision 3-0
45.4kg: "Happy" Fukuko Hamada Def. Yuko Takagi by arm bar Round 2 1:01
56.7kg: "Ayame" Miura Def. Masae Mori by Decision 3-0

Gi-Grappling Pro Rule (no gi...):
46kg: Yuki Sugiuchi Def. Yuki Tanaka by arm bar Round 2 0:47

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10/25 DREAM 12 - James Thompson Added - Filho out!

FEG have today announced the opponent for Alistair Overeem for the this Sundays event in Osaka. James Thompson have been rumored to take the fight, and that has now been confirmed.

Both these fighters are popular with the Japanese crowd, and I think it will be an entertaining fight.

This card has had some setbacks and are missing a few of the fighters that were announced to participate. FEG have had to face some critizism for that, but I think and hope this card delivers.

The card should now be complete, with 9 fights.

Because this card is so close to Sengoku 11, I have added a servey, which card do you think is better? (on the right)

***UPDATE***
Paulo Filho is off the card, no announcement has been made official as to who is replacing him, but the rumor is that it will be Tarec Saffiedine.

Added:
Heavy: Alistair Overeem 30-11-0 vs. James Thompson

The rest of the card:
Light: Katsunori Kikuno 12-1-2 vs. 18-2-0 Eddie Alvarez
Light: "Parky" Won Sik Park 7-1-1 vs. 15-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Middle: Yoon Dong Sik 4-7-0 vs. TBA
Feather: Yoshiro Maeda 25-7-2 vs. 12-5-0 Chase Beebe
Feather: Keisuke Fujiwara 7-1-3 vs. 12-5-6 Tomoya Miyashita
Welter: Myeon Ho Bae 8-4-0 vs. 12-3-0 Marius Zaromskis
Middle: Katsuyori Shibata 3-6-1 vs. 1-4-1 Tokimitsu Ishizawa
Middle: Kazushi Sakuraba 25-12-1 vs. 9-4-0 Zelg Galesic

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10/24 GCM Cage Force and Valkyrie 03 - Fight Order

GCM will have a double header in Differ Ariake on Saturday. First up are the female fighters when Valkyrie holds their 3rd event.

The card suffered a loss though, when Izumi Noguchi had to step down from her fight with Emi Fujino due to injury. It is now a 7 fight event, and the question is if Valkyrie is fighting a losing "battle" with Jewels. They do have some popular fighters on the card though, "Sachi" will have some fans in the crowd for sure and will Naoko Omuro.

Valkyrie 03
Starts: 12:30
Main-Event - Valkyrie Rule 3x3min:
7. Misaki Takimoto 10-11-4 vs. 4-4-0 Yasuko Mogi

6. Naoko Omuro 9-7-3 vs. 5-17-0 Yukiko Seki
5. Maho Muranami 4-5-2 vs. 5-4-1 Sachiko Yamamoto
4. Naoko Sugiyama vs. 4-2-0 Madoka Ebihara

Valkyrie Rule 2x3min:
3. "Happy" Fukuko Hamada 4-3-0 vs. Yuko Takagi
2. Masae Mori 0-1-0 vs. "Ayame" Miura

Gi-Grappling Pro Rule:
1. Yuki Sugiuchi vs. Yuki Tanaka


The Cage Force card in the afternoon is looking stronger. The main event will see former Olympic silvermedalist Katsuhiko Nagata take on the undefeated Daisuke Hoshino. The co-main event should also be very good with Isao Terada taking on the very popular grappler "Hadairo".

CAGE FORCE
Starting at 17:30
Cage Force 3x5min:
Main-Event:
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-6-1 vs. 5-1-0 Daisuke Hoshino

Bantam: Isao Terada 7-8-4 vs. 9-7-3 Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki
Middle: Shuji Morikawa 2-3-1 vs. Atsushi Hamada(?)
Light: Asato Hashimoto 1-2-3 vs. 1-2-2 Hideto Kondo
Bantam: Takumi Murata 6-11-6 vs. Fumiya Sasaki (?)
Fly: Hirotaka Miyakawa 3-6-2 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroya Kaneuchi
Welter: Ken Taisho vs. 7-9-0 Taku Aramaki

Prelimiary Fights 3x3min:
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Takuya Iwai
Light: Daisuke Teramoto vs. Ranki
Bantam: 淳伸 Konishi (?) vs. 1-2-0 Ryo Taguchi

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11/7 Sengoku 11 - Fights added

Sengoku added 2 fights yesterday, and I not yet updated the card for this event. Sengoku have really put together an interesting card here, especially the featherweight fights.

Also one of my favorite, Stanislav Nedkov, gets the biggest fight of his career so far. In addition to that, Mamed Khalidov gets his shot at the Sengoku champion (in a non title fight).

Almost every fight has a world class fighter, and it should be a very good event in Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Feather: Michihiro Omigawa 7-8-1 vs. 20-3-2 Hatsu Hioki
Feather: Marlon Sandro 14-1-0 vs. 16-6-7 Yuji Hoshino
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-0-0 vs. 16-2-1 Ronnie Ushiwaka
Light: Kazunori Yokota 10-2-3 vs. 16-6-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
Light: Satoru Kitaoka 25-9-9 vs. 18-4-0 Jorge Masvidal
Middle: Jorge Santiago 21-7-0 vs. 19-3-1 Mamed Khalidov
Light-Heavy: Kevin Randleman 17-13-0 vs. 7-0-0 Stanislav Nedkov
Heavy: Dave Herman 15-1-0 vs. 11-3-0 "Big" Jim York
Welter: Akihiro Gono 29-15-7 vs. 12-4-0 Yoon Young Kim

Fight Of The Soul:
Feather: Hirokazu "Bull" Konno 1-3-0 vs. 2-3-0 Tomoaki Ueyama

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10/30 Shooto Vale Tudo Japan 09 - Joe Warren Out!

Shooto have lost a big attraction for their Vale Tudo Japan card, Joe Warren is out, and Rumina Sato will instead face another American wrestler in Cory Grant. The undefeated Team Quest fighter should be a good challenge for Rumina who needs a win.

Also added is a fight between Shooto's rookie tournament champion from 2008, Kosuke Eda. Eda is yet to win a fight in 2008, and he will be taking on Makoto Sannai, another talented fighter.

VTJ-Rule 5x5min:
71kg: Takanori Gomi 30-5-0 vs. 11-4-0 Tony Hervey
65kg: Alexandre Franca Nogueira 13-5-2 vs. 16-3-0 "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

VTJ-Rule 3x5min:
63kg: Rumina Sato 24-12-2 vs. 3-0-0 Corey Grant
69kg: Tenkei "Fujimiya" Oda 7-4-2 vs. 6-3-0 Tito Jones

Welterweight Shooto World Title Fight:
Willamy Chiquerim 14-1-0 vs. 10-6-5 Kenichiro Togashi

Bantam: Mamoru Yamaguchi 20-5-3 vs. 6-5-2 Jesse Taitano
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-1-1 vs. Jung Ming Kang (?)

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10/24 GCM Cage Force and Valkyrie 03

GCM are holding another double event in Differ Ariake, the day kicks off with Valkyrie around lunchtime and ends with Cage Force later in the afternoon.

You need seperate tickets, but should be a good way to spend a Saturday.

Highlight fight for the Cage Force event is Katsuhiko Nagata who will be taking on Daisuke Hoshino.

Valkyrie 03
Starting at 12:30
Valkyrie Rule 3x3min:
Misaki Takimoto 10-11-4 vs. 4-4-0 Yasuko Mogi
Naoko Omuro 9-7-3 vs. 5-17-0 Yukiko Seki
"Jet" Izumi Noguchi 5-5-1 vs. 8-3-0 Emi Fujino
Maho Muranami 4-5-2 vs. 5-4-1 Sachiko Yamamoto
Naoko Sugiyama vs. 4-2-0 Madoka Ebihara

Valkyrie Rule 2x3min:
"Happy" Fukuko Hamada 4-3-0 vs. Yuko Takagi
Masae Mori 0-1-0 vs. "Ayame" Miura

Gi-Grappling Pro Rule:
Yuki Sugiuchi vs. Yuki Tanaka

CAGE FORCE
Starting at 17:30
Cage Force 3x5min:
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-6-1 vs. 5-1-0 Daisuke Hoshino
Bantam: Isao Terada 7-8-4 vs. 9-7-3 Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki
Welter: Ken Taisho vs. 7-9-0 Taku Aramaki
Fly: Hirotaka Miyakawa 3-6-2 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroya Kaneuchi
Middle: Shuji Morikawa 2-3-1 vs. Atsushi Hamada(?)
Light: Asato Hashimoto 1-2-3 vs. 1-2-2 Hideto Kondo

Prelimiary Fights 3x3min:
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Takuya Iwai
Bantam: 淳伸 Konishi (?) vs. 1-2-0 Ryo Taguchi
Light: Daisuke Teramoto vs. Ranki

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11/23 Shooto Revolutionary Excanges 3 - "Amazon" Returns!

Some awesome fights are announced for Revolutionary Exchanges 3, they were announced yesterday, but I was not sure for which event. Anyway, the specialist grappler "Amazon" Sugie returns after 4 years away to take on Paolo Milano. This fight will be a highlight for Shooto fans that have been waiting for "Amazon" to return.

I am also happy to see Yoshihiro Koyama return to Shooto after doing very well in Cage Force. He lost his shot at the title against Hironaka and will be looking to bounce back against a very experienced opponent in Tetsuji Kato.

Added:
Welter: Daisuke "Amazon" Sugie 7-6-1 vs. 8-4-1 Paolo Milano
Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 9-3-3 vs. 9-3-1 Masaaki Sugawara
Feather: So Tazawa 8-4-3 vs. 9-7-3 Shuichiro Katsumura
Welter: Yoshihiro Koyama 12-3-1 vs. 19-9-0 Tetsuji Kato

Previously Announced:
Shooto World Flyweight Title Fight:
Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara 7-3-1 vs. 6-2-0 Rambaa "M-16" Somdet

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10/25 DREAM 12 - Sakuraba vs. Galesic Announced!

FEG have announced that Kazushi Sakuraba will step in for an injured Melvin Manhoef to take on Zelg Galesic in the upcoming DREAM 12.

Returning is the DREAM champion, Marius Zaromskis in a non-title fight he is taking on Korean Myeon Ho Bae.

The very popular pro-wrestler Katsuyori Shibata is taking on Tokimitsu Ishizawa, who is returning to the ring for the first time since 2006. This should be a war of the veterans, and I am sure the Japanese crowd will be excited about this one.

Also added to this event is ZST fighter Keisuke Fujiwara agaist DEEP fighter Tomoya Miyashita.

Changed:
Middle: Kazushi Sakuraba 25-12-1 vs. 9-4-0 Zelg Galesic

Added:
Feather: Keisuke Fujiwara 7-1-3 vs. 12-5-6 Tomoya Miyashita
Welter: Myeon Ho Bae 8-4-0 vs. 12-3-0 Marius Zaromskis
Middle: Katsuyori Shibata 3-6-1 vs. 1-4-1 Tokimitsu Ishizawa

The other fights on this card so far:
Light: Katsunori Kikuno 12-1-2 vs. 18-2-0 Eddie Alvarez
Light: "Parky" Won Sik Park 7-1-1 vs. 15-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Middle: Yoon Dong Sik 4-7-0 vs. 18-1-0 Paulo Filho
Feather: Yoshiro Maeda 25-7-2 vs. 12-5-0 Chase Beebe
Heavy: Alistair Overeem 30-11-0 vs. TBA

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10/17 Pancrase Changing Tour - Results

Pancrase held their 5th Changing tour event yesterday in front of a sold out crowd in Shinjuku Face.

The main event saw the #1 ranked welterweight in Pancrase, Tomoyoshi Iwamiya, take on the relatively inexperienced Shingo Suzuki. But on this occation youth got the better of experience. Suzuki might have fought his way into a position to be the next to challenge the champion Takuya Wada.

Main-event:
10. Welter: Shingo Suzuki Def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya by TKO Round 1 2:26
9. Light: Keigo Hirayama Def. Eriya Matsuda by KO Round 1 0:20
8. Feather: Shigeyuki Uchiyama Def. Hirotoshi Saito by Decision 3-0
7. Middle: Kenji Nagai Def. Go Sato by foot choke Round 1 1:28
6. Fly: Yuichiro Yajima Def. Katsuo Katsuo by armbar Round 1 4:47
5. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu Def. Ryo Saito b TKO Round 1 4:25
4. Feather: Yusuke Kawanago Def. Tomoyuki Miyaji by Decision 2-0
3. Bantam: Daisuke Endo Def. Shoko Sato by Decision 2-0
2. Light: Junichi Ota Def. Katsunori Takahashi by TKO Round 1 2:09
1. Fly: Ryosuke Tanuma Def. Keiji Nakamura by TKO Round 2 2:24

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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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