2/28 DEEP 46 Impact - Light-Heavyweight Tournament Announced

Deep have announced a light-heavyweight tournament for their event on February 28 in Korakuen Hall. It looks like it will be interesting, but I thought Bernard Ackah would be in there somehow. We will have to wait and see what happens.

In addition to that, there are some good fights added to the card too. Riki Fukuda will take on Rings veteran Hiromitsu Kanehara.

Paraestra Chiba's Toshiaki Kitada will take on another tough opponent in DEEP favorite "Barbaro44".

DEEP Light-Heavyweight Tournament Round 1:
-Ryuta Noji 8-5-0
-Katsuhisa Fujii 9-17-1
-Shunsuke Inoue 7-4-2
-Yuji Sakuragi 11-15-1
-Yoshiyuki Nakanishi 5-1-0
-Minoru Kato  2-8-3
-Carlos Toyota 3-3-1
-Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu 14-2-1

Non-Tournament Fights
Riki Fukuda 15-4-0 vs 18-22-2 Hiromitsu Kanehara
Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka 14-7-6 vs. 10-4-3 Toshiaki Kitada
Eiji Ishikawa 18-15-2 vs. 8-12-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura 9-3-5 vs. 7-9-4 Isao Terada
Yasushi Kitazaki 10-6-1 vs. 0-1-1 Yuta Aoyama
Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa 2-1-0 vs. 2-0-0 Yoshiki Harada

Participating:
Hidehiko Hasegawa 18-12-6

Tickets:
VIP 15,000円　
SRS 10,000円
A 8,000円　
B 6,000円
C 5,000円

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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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3/7 SRC 12 - Participants Announced

Sengoku have announced 2 participants for their upcoming event. There are some rumors that Misaki will take on Santiago for the title and Joe Doerksen will fight Mamed Khalidov for the #1 challenger spot. These fights are not confirmed yet.

Today Jorge Santiago and Maximo Blanco were announced as participants, since Maximo Blanco is a Sengoku training player, it looks as though he might have left Yoshida Dojo after the friction that has been between Sengoku and Yoshida Dojo in the last few months.

Participants:
Jorge Santiago
Maximo Blanco

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2/11 Valkyrie 04 - Fights Announced

Valkyrie has announced a very good and interesting card for february 11. This event is held before the the Cage Force event in Differ Ariake.

Yuka Tsuji will defend her featherweight title against "V Hajime". This is a rematch of the first Valkyrie event, on that occation the champion come out on top.

Also on the card is a tournament to determine the first ever Valkyrie Flyweight champion.

I am very excited to see Rin Nakai back in the ring, she is my favorite female fighter (next to Megumi Fuji) and hope to see her more in the future.

Announced:
Female Fetherweight Title fight (3x5min):
Yuka Tsuji 22-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi

Female Flyweight (45.4kg) Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
Naoko Omuro 10-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Yuko Takagi
Yasuko Tamada 9-4-3 vs. 5-3-0 "Happy" Fukuko Hamada

Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai 5-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Mizuho Sato
Feather（52.2kg 3x3min）: Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto 6-4-1 vs. 0-1-1 Emi "sakura" Okada
Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Mamiko Mizoguchi 2-3-1 vs. Megumi Morioka

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2/11 Cage Force - Fights Announced

Cage Force have announced the first few fights for their first event of 2010. The main fight announced today is DREAM and Hero's veteran Katsuhiko Nagata, who will take on Sengoku and Cage Force veteran Koji Ando.

Team Cloud's Yusuke Sakashita comes in with a good record and should win his fight here.

Announced:
Light(70.3kg 3x5min): Katsuhiko Nagata 5-6-1 vs. 2-1-2 Koji Ando
Middle (83.9kg 3x3min): Yusuke Sakashita 5-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takeshi Ogawa
Fly (56.7kg 3x3min 3x3min): Hirotaka Miyakawa 4-6-2 vs. 1-5-1 Hayato "Cat" Sato
Feather: (65.7kg 3x3min): Ryo Takagi 1-1-0 vs. Kaoru Yamaguchi

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1/23 The Way of SHOOTO "Like a Tiger、Like a Dragon" - "Lion"'s Opponent announced

Today "Lion" Takeshi finally had his opponent announced, it is Gerald Lovato. Lovato is an experienced fighter and a veteran of KOTC. He is on a 2 fight winning streak, coming into his Shooto debut.

"Lion" will not be putting the title on the line here, and he has stated that would like to defend against Hioki on a future date. This might very well be a warm-up to that fight.

It also looks like that completes the Shooto card for January 23.

Announced:
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 17-3-0 vs. 9-6-0 Gerald Lovato

Previously Announced:
Shoot Pacific Title Fight:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2 vs. 5-2-0 Taiki Tsuchiya

Light: Wataru Miki 15-9-3 vs. 3-3-0 Jin Suk Jung
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 1-2-3 vs. 1-1-0 Keiji Koizumi
Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
Middle: Tetsuo Seto vs. Hiroki Okano
Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. 0-4-1 Yuya Kaneuchi

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1/23 The Way of SHOOTO "Like a Tiger、Like a Dragon" - Pacific Lightweight Title Fight Announced

Shooto promoter Sustain have announced an additional fight for this event, it will be the lightweight Pacific titlefight between former world champion, Hideki Kadowaki and the Roots fighter Daiki Tsuchiya.

Former champion, Hideki Kadowaki only fought once (in Sengoku) last year, and that ended in a loss. This will be the first time since losing his title to "Lion" Inoue that he fights in Shooto.

The current champion, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue is also scheduled to fight on this card, and has stated that he would like to defend his title against Hioki. But no opponent is announced yet.

Shoot Pacific Title Fight:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2 vs. 5-2-0 Taiki Tsuchiya

Previously Announced:
Light: Wataru Miki 15-9-3 vs. 3-3-0 Jin Suk Jung
Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun
Bantam: Masumi Tozawa 1-2-3 vs. 1-1-0 Keiji Koizumi
Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
Middle: Tetsuo Seto vs. Hiroki Okano
Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. 0-4-1 Yuya Kaneuchi

Participants:
"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 17-3-0

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2/13 ShootBoxing - Hironaka Competing

ShootBoxing have announced the first fight for their February 13 event. And it will be very interesting to see how the Cage Force lightweight chamption, Kuniyoshi Hironaka does in Shootboxing. He will be taking on the Shootboxing Yount Ceasar Osaka Vol. 1 MVP, Shinichiro Kuroki.

Announced:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Shinichiro Kuroki

Participants:
Hiroki Shishido (East Pacific welterweight champion)
Takaaki Umeno (Japan superwelterweight champion)
RENA (Female S-Cup 2009 Champion)
Fuuka Kakimoto (Pro-wrestler)

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3/22 Pancrase Passion Tour 2 - First Fight Announced

The first fight in the 2nd Passion tour event has been announced. It is the welterweight battle between Masahiro Toryu and Yu Shiori.

In addition to this fight, the 2010 Neo-Blood tournament will kick off at this event in Osaka's Azeria Hall.

Welter: Masahiro Toryu 7-4-4 vs. 8-2-0 Yu "Yuushi Edaori" Shiori

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1/10 Pancrase Gate 4th Chance - RESULTS

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Tournament Finals:
27. Light: Kensaku Nakamura Def. Daiei Ri by Decision 3-0
26. Feather: Yuji Saito def. Yuya Nagai by armbar Round 1 3:39
25. Bantam: Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Def. Takatoshi Urasaki by decision 3-0
24. Fly: Daichi Kitakata Def. Yosuke Hatori by Decision 3-0

Non Tournament Fights:
23. Light-Heavy: Jason Symak Def. Husa Watanabe by TKO Round 1 2:08
22. Light-Heavy: Yuhei Fukuda Def. Tasuku 高洋 by TKO Round 1 4:18
21. Welter: Junya Nishikawa Def. Shigeaki Kusayanagi by TKO Round 2 2:40

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Semi-Finals:
20. Light: Kensaku Nakamura Def. Issei by armbar ext. round 2:30
19. Light: Daiei Ri Def. Haruto by Decision 2-0
18. Feather: Yuya Nagai Def. Haruto by decision 3-0
17. Feather: Yuji Saito Def. 誉仁 Iwara by Decision 3-0
16. Bantam: Tsuyoshi Yamanaka vs. Masataka Obuchi by Decision 3-0
15. Bantam: Takatoshi Urasaki Def. Ryuta Aikyo by Decision 3-0

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Tournament Round 1:
14. Fly: Yosuke Hatori Def. Satoshi Usui by Decision 3-0
13. Fly: Daichi Kitakata Def. Tsukasa Arai by Decision 3-0
12. Light: Kensaku Nakamura Def. Masaomi Saito by TKO ext. round
11. Light: Issei Def. Akihiro Ono by Decision 2-0
10. Light: Daiei Ri Def. Makoto Sasaki by Decision 3-0
9. Light: Haruto Def. Kenta Okuyama by TKO Round 1 1:39
8. Feather: Yuya Nagai Def. 鉄人238号(T-Pleastre) by Decision
7. Feather:
6. Feather: Haruto Def. Tatsuro "Pitan" Ikehata by armbar Round 1 3:36
5. Feather: 誉仁 Iwara Def. Satoru Takahashi by Decision 2-0
4. Bantam: Masataka Obuchi Def. Kota Higashitani by TKO Round 1 0:26
3. Bantam: Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Def. Daisuke Oishi by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Ryuta Aikyo Def. Kazuki Itaya by Decision 3-0
1. Bantam: Takatoshi Urasaki Def. Ben Henry by rear-naked choke Round 1 4:30

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