3/22 DREAM 13 - Featherweight Title Fight Official

FEG have announced the fight we all had been expecting today. Bibiano Fernandes is putting his DREAM title on the line against the former lightweight champion, Joachim Hansen. This should be a very good fight.

Also announced as a participant is UFC veteran Ryo Chonan.

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3/22 DREAM 13

FEG has announced that DREAM 13 will take place in Yokohama Arena on March 22. It is also clear (though not officially announced) that one of the headline fights will be the featherweight title fight between Bibiano Fernandes and Joachim Hansen.

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Mamed Khalidov Interview

Courtesy of Artur Przybysz from KSW. Here is an interview with the Sengoku 12 middlweight title challenger:

MMA fans will soon witness another spectacular Mamed Khalidov’s fight in the Land of the Rising Sun. KSW Team fighter has recently visited Warsaw in order to undergo medical tests to do a photo shoot. Although he had a busy schedule, he found a moment for a short interview:

You are going to fight for the second time in Japan on March 7th. At first there were some talks that you will square off against Canadian Joe Doerksen. However, now you are set to rematch Jorge Santiago for the Sengoku Middleweight Title. Could you tell us a little bit how it happened?

- We were offered Doerksen bout first and I agreed to it. Then it turned out they’d rather see me fight against Santiago. I guess at the beginning Sengoku matchmakers wanted to go in different directions, because I was offered a few other opponents earlier. Finally they decided to book a rematch against Jorge. Obviously I was very eager to fight him... this time for the belt.

We all saw what happened when you first met in the ring. How will this bout unfold this time?

- Last time I didn’t know him and he didn’t know me, we just saw tapes. This time it might not be the same. He may be more cautious or I may behave differently. You cannot tell. I have a feeling that it won’t be as fast as in November. He already knows what to expect.

I really want this to end quickly with my hand raised by the referee. I’ve already started my preparations, whereas before our first fight I had only three weeks to get ready. I want to be fully prepared to win this title.

You mentioned short preparations before the first bout. Ramadan, meals only after dusk and limited training obviously didn’t help. This time will you be more comfortable coming to this rematch?

-Sure! Without a doubt I’ll better prepared than the last time. Most importantly I’ll be mentally ready knowing that I’m 100%. In October I was after Ramadan, I was out of shape with only three weeks to train. It all happened so fast, weight cutting, short time to prepare. I was wondering myself if I would be able to win. This time it’s much better.

Ok. So how will your training camp look like?

- The trainings will be certainly more precise. Everything else is in God’s hands. I hope he’ll give me this strength, this power... this thing which he always gives me!

You underwent conditioning tests in KSW lab a few days ago. How was it? Are you satisfied with your results.

- That’s right I underwent tests supervised by Michal Garnys. The results were much better than before the first fight against Santiago. I had a short break from trainings in the last two weeks, but it’s not like I wasn’t doing anything. You could see that in the test’s results.

Let’s get back to Santiago. You beat him on the ground, where he is most dangerous. Do you think that this time he may want to avoid going to ground and be willing to strike with you.

- I have no idea. Before the last bout he was saying in the interviews that he wants to stand with me and I was ready for it. It turned out that he doesn’t want to trade punches with me and decided to take me down. He made mistake and I capitalized on it. It’s doesn’t mean that the second fight will be alike, I think it might be much tougher, honestly. I just hope it will be a great show and the fans will like it.

Many fans are curious if there is clause in your contract that once you win the title, you have to sign to defend it at least once?

- First I’ll get the title, then we’ll talk about it.

To finish the interview I’d like you to ask you where will be the Sengoku Middleweight belt after March 7th? Will it stay in Brazil or come to Poland?

- Only God knows it. He trains hard and I train hard, but we both can’t predict the outcome of the fight. I think we will both do whatever it takes to be victorious.

Mamed, thanks for the interview and good luck

- Thank you and greetings to all my fans.

Interview by Artur Przybysz.

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2/11 Cage Force & Valkyrie Fights Announced

GCM have announced a couple of additions to their February 11 double header.

In the Cage Force event Laughter7's Wataru Takahashi will take on undefeated Runki. Runki has fought most his fights in Tribelate and won his debut in Cage Force too. Coming in he has a 4-0 record, all finised decisively in the 1st round. It will be interesting to see how he handles the much more experiensed Takahashi.

The Valkyrie fight announced will see 2 veterans face eachother for the 2nd time. "Windy" Tomomi and Masako Yoshida fought in GCM almost 6 years ago, on that occation Yoshida got out on top.

Announced - Cage Force:
Feather: Wataru Takahashi 9-12-4 vs. 4-0-0 Runki

Announced - Valkyrie:
Feather (52.2kg): "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-12-1 vs. 16-15-5 Masako Yoshida

Previously Announced - Cage Force:
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

Previously Announced - Valkyrie:
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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1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - RESULTS

DEEP 45 was held yesterday in Osaka, and the main event was a title fight between 2 DREAM welterweight GP participants in Seichi Ikemoto and Yuya Shirai. Ikemoto won the title in the same arena in July 2008. This time he continue building on his losing streak, in a fight that went all the way to a decision. DEEP employs 5 judges in a title with and all voted for Yuya Shirai to be the new champion.

Tatsunao Nagakura expends his undefeated record to 5 with a very decisive win in the 1st round. Winning by KO over an experienced opponent in Yusuke Kagiyama.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
Yuya Shirai Def. Seichi Ikemoto by Decision 5-0

Seigo Mizuguchi Def. Ryota by armbar Round 1 2:08
Jutaro Nakao Def. Yuki Ito by Decision 3-0
Tomomi "TAISHO" Iwama Def. Makoto Kamaya by Decision 3-0
Rikuhei Fujii Def. Young "RYO" Choi by Decision 3-0
Tatsunao Nagakura Def. Yusuke Kagiyama by KO Round 1 3:28
Yasuaki Kishimoto Def. Akihiko Mouri by Decision 3-0
Koji Nakamura vs. Shinichiro Tanaka Draw (1-0)
Yusaku Nakamura Def. Hiroto Hattori by TKO Round 1 4:21

Next-Level Kick Rule:
Mori 翔之 Def. Takeshi Kai by Decision 3-0
Davis Def. James by Decision 3-0
Hiroto Yamaguchi Def. 義悟Inoue by Decision 3-0
Koki Nakagawa Def. Hirohira Matsuura by Decision 2-0
Akira Sakurai Def. 顕吾 Kishimoto by Decision 3-0
Sho Koike Def. Takeshi Harada by Decision 3-0

Future Fight:
Sho Nonaka Def. Keita Yoshikawa by heel-hold Round 1 2:45
Koji Tomita Def. Yuji Sato by TKO Round 2 4:21

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2/13 ShootBoxing - Fights Announced

ShootBoxing have added a few fights to their event in Korakuen Hall on February 13.

There are a few "ranking fights" announced and I am not sure of the significance as I thought all fights were ranking fights... Either way, some very good fighters facing eachother in these fights.

Popular female pro-wrestler Fuuka will take on another popular fighter in former Hustle pro-wrestler Akari. Akari had a ShootBoxing fight in Jewels, and won that.

ShootBoxing Japan Super-Featherweight Ranking Fight:
Akira Utagawa vs. Koya Shimada

ShootBoxing Japan Super-Bantamweight Ranking Fight:
Akito Sakimura vs. Kazuyuki Fushimi

ShootBoxing Japan Super-Featherweight Ranking Fight:
Takeshi Ishikawa vs. Hiroaki Suzuki

Noriyuki Imai vs. Tatsuhiro Takashima
Fuuka Kakimoto vs. Akari

Previously Announced:
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Shinichiro Kuroki

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

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DREAM 13 Rumor: Bibiano puts his title on the line

Tatame is reporting that Bibiano Fernandes will put his Dream featherweight title on the line against former lightweight champion Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen.

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1/23 The Way of SHOOTO - RESULTS

Shooto is holding their 1st event of 2010 in Korakuen hall now. Sherdog has a Live PBP going and it is an interesting card.

Fight #4 was cancelled due to Kochiwa being dehydrated. Spoilers if you read on.

10. Shoot Pacific Title Fight:
Taiki Tsuchiya Def. Hideki Kadowaki by Decision 3-0

9. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue Def. Gerald Lovato by armbar Round 3 4:11
8. Fly: Hiroyuki Abe Def. Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi by decision 3-0
7. Welter: Yoshihiro Koyama Def. Yutaka Ueda by decision 3-0
6. Middle: Yoichiro Sato Def. Takuya Sato by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:25
5. Light: Wataru Miki Def. Jin Suk Jung by KO round 1 3:15
4. Welter: Shin Kochiwa 6-1-2 vs. Kim Ho Sun cancelled
3. Bantam: Masumi Tozawa Def. Keiji Koizumi by Decision

Rookie Tournament (2x5min):
2. Middle: Hiroki Okano Def. Tetsuo Seto by decision 3-0
1. Bantam: "Rambo" Kosuke vs. Yuya Kaneuchi DRAW ("Rambo" gets the must decision)

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3/22 Shooto "The way of Shooto 2"- Fights Announced

Announced at today's event in Korakuen Hall.

Shooto World Title Fight:
Masakatsu Ueda vs. Shuichiro Katsumura

Other Fights:
Noboru "Shinpei" Tahara vs. Katsuya Murofushi
Yuki Shojo vs. Jesse Taitano
Shuichiro Okumura vs. Tomokazu "Kewpie" Sato

Also participating:
Hiromasa Ogikubo
Yusuke Yachi
Masato Sannai

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3/7 SRC 12 - Title Fight Rumored

Polish organization KSW have announced that one of their favorite fighters, Mamed Khalidov is set for a title fight with Jorge Santiago in the next Sengoku event March 7.

I think everyone remember their last fight, which was a non-title encounter.

I am putting is at rumored, even though this is coming from a very reliable source!




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