2/28 DEEP 46 Impact - Fight Order

DEEP have announced the fight order for DEEP 46, which will be held in Korakuen Hall. It is looking like a very good card too.

The main event will be DEEP featherweight champion, Takafumi Otsuka, taking on DREAM veteran Takeshi Yamazaki. Yamazaki has not had a win in 4 fights, and will be very hungry, but taking on the champion will not be an easy task.

The light-heavyweight tournament have had a change, Carlos Toyota is out and is replaced by another "Hard Combat" fighter. Edison "Pegaredo" (I think it might be Edison Salman Mishio, but I am not sure).

Main Event:
13. Feather: Takafumi Otsuka 9-4-1 vs. 14-10-3 Takeshi Yamazaki
12. Middle: Riki Fukuda 15-4-0 vs 18-22-2 Hiromitsu Kanehara

DEEP Lightheavyweight Tournament Opening Round:
11. Ryuta Noji 8-5-0 vs. 9-17-1 Katsuhisa Fujii
10. Minoru Kato 2-8-3 vs. 7-4-2 Shunsuke Inoue
9. Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu 14-2-1 vs. 11-15-1 Yuji Sakuragi
8. Edison "Pegaredo" vs. 5-1-0 Yoshiyuki Nakanishi

Non-Tournament Fights:
7. Feather: Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka 14-7-6 vs. 10-4-3 Toshiaki Kitada
6. Welter: Hidehiko Hasegawa 18-12-6 vs. 8-4-2 Taisuke Okuno
5. Welter: Eiji Ishikawa 18-15-2 vs. 8-12-3 Shigetoshi Iwase
4. Bantam: Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura 9-3-5 vs. 7-9-4 Isao Terada
3. Bantam: Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa 2-1-0 vs. 2-0-0 Yoshiki Harada
2. Welter: Yasushi Kitazaki 10-6-1 vs. 0-1-1 Yuta Aoyama

Future Fight:
1. 63kg: Hiroyuki Kobayashi 1-3-0 vs. 1-2-0 Takahiro Masuda

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3/19 Jewels 7th Ring - Fights Announced

Jewels have announced the first 4 fights today, the biggest fight announced so far is a rematch of Hitomi Akano and "Hiroko". Last time they fought Akano won by armbar, and it is Hiroko's only loss.

Also on the card is two very popular Jewels fighters in Mika Nagano and Shizuka Sugiyama.

Announced:
-65kg: Hitomi Akano 15-6-1 vs. 7-1-1 Hiroko Yamanaka
-52kg: Mika Nagano 5-2-0 vs. 3-1-0 Mai Ichii
-58kg: Miki Morifuji 8-6-0 vs. 6-1-0 Shizuka Sugiyama

ShootBoxing Rule:
-54kg: Ai Takahashi vs. ASAKO


Tickets:
VIP Seat 10,000円　
Counter seat 10,000円　
Seat RS 7,000円　
Seat A 5,000円　
Seat B 4,000円

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3/7 SRC 12 - Maximo Blanco's Opponent Announced

Pancrase champion and Sengoku training player has had his opponent for SRC 12 announced. It is the "armbar specialist" Chang Hyun Kim. These are two very promising fighters, and it will be interesting to see if "armbar" Kim is able to resist Maxi's initial rush.

This should be a very interesting fight!

It is also worth noting that the Japanese media still has Wilson Reis on the card.

Added:
Light: Maximo Blanco 4-2-1 vs. 15-5-0 Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim

Previously Announced:
SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
Jorge Santiago vs. Mamed Khalidov

Fether: Yuji Hoshino vs. TBA
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller

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2/11 Valkyrie 04 - RESULTS

The Valkyrie event in Differ Ariake is finished, and the main-event saw us get a new champion! Also a bit of an upset, I think, but it only means that the female rankings in Japan are looking much closer now.

More spoilers for those that read on!

Main-Event: Female Fetherweight Title fight (3x5min):
7. Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi Def. Yuka Tsuji by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:16

Female Flyweight (45.4kg) Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
6. Naoko Omuro Def. Yuko Takagi by Decision 3-0
5. Yasuko Tamada Def. "Happy" Fukuko Hamada by Decision 3-0

4. Feather (52.2kg): "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba Def. Masako Yoshida by Decision 3-0
3. Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai Def. Mizuho Sato by armlock Round 3 1:50
2. -53kg: Hiroko Kitamura Def. Kimie "Sakura" Okada by TKO Round 2
1. Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Megumi Morioka Def. Mamiko Mizoguchi by TKO Round 1 1:27

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2/11 Cage Force & Valkyrie 04 - Fight Order

GCM have announced their 2 cards for tomorrow, and to be honest I think the Valkyrie card is the better one...

Hiroko Kitamura is a late replacement, and comes in for an injured "Sachi", the crowd favorite broke her leg during training and will be sidelined for this event.

The main-event will be the Female featherweight title fight between Yuka Tsuji and "V Hajime". Also on the card is one of my favorite fighters, Rin Nakai.

The main-event for the Cage Force (or the male part) is Katsuhiko Nagata, who will be taking on Koji Ando. This is a great chance for Ando to get a good win, but Nagata will be coming in as the favorite here.

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

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

4. Feather (52.2kg): "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-12-1 vs. 16-15-5 Masako Yoshida
3. Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai 5-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Mizuho Sato
2. -53kg: Hiroko Kitamura 2-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Kimie "Sakura" Okada
1. Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Mamiko Mizoguchi 2-3-1 vs. Megumi Morioka

Cage Force:
Main-Event:
6. Light(70.3kg 3x5min): Katsuhiko Nagata 5-6-1 vs. 2-1-2 Koji Ando

5. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 9-12-4 vs. 4-0-0 Runki
4. Fly (56.7kg 3x3min 3x3min): Hirotaka Miyakawa 4-6-2 vs. 1-5-1 Hayato "Cat" Sato
3. Middle (83.9kg 3x3min): Yusuke Sakashita 5-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takeshi Ogawa
2. Light (3x3min): Kosuto Umeda 7-7-3 vs. Naoki "Ken Taisho" Akimoto
1. Feather: (65.7kg 3x3min): Ryo Takagi 1-1-0 vs. Kaoru Yamaguchi

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From the Japanese Blog World

Some blog entries from Japanese fighters, I will try to do this going forward. Maybe a weekly thing. :)

-Katsuhiko Nagata had to cut down to 70.3kg for his fight in Cage Force tomorrow. After making weight he has gone on a feeding frenzy and by the time he went to bed was up to 76.5. He spent 2 weeks cutting weight.

-Takanori Gomi is "suffering" the effects of having signed with an American organization, being constantly asked if he hasnt moved yet.

-Hidehiko Yoshida has put a confirmation on his blog that 25 April will be his last MMA fight, and he will do his best.

-Katsunori Kikuno will hold a seminar at Alliance gym in Akasaka. It will be held on 2/21, and cost JPY 5000. It will be for 20 people.

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2/20 ZST 23 - Title Fight Announced

ZST have announced most of the fights for February 20. The event will take place in Shinjuku Face, and the main-event will probably be the bantamweight title fight between Keisuke Fujiwara and Shunichi Shimizu. This is the second time these fighters meet, the first time Fujiwara came out on top with a KO.

Also announced is an interesting matchup with Naoyuki Kotani and Kenichi Ito. Kotani is coming of a very strong win over Daisuke Nakamura, and Ito had a strong win over Masayuki Okude on the same card.

Kohei Kuraoka and Masamitsu Nakamura fought to a draw in November and will meet again on this card.

Bantamweight Title Fight (5x5min.):
Keisuke Fujiwara (Champion) vs. 16-5-7 Shunichi Shimizu

Light: Naoyuki Kotani 20-9-6 vs. 7-3-4 Kenichi Ito
Light: LUIZ 10-8-3 vs. TBA
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka 7-3-1 vs. 3-0-1 Masamitsu Nakamura
Bantam: Tetsuya Fusano 5-1-1 vs. TBA
Fly: Yuichiro Yajima 9-10-1 vs. 5-2-0 Yuru Hayasaka

SWAT Fights:
Light: Yosuke Akahiro 5-6-1 vs. 0-3-1 Takashi Yasui
Feather: Kotaku Kawazu vs. 1-2-2 Takahiro Baba
Feather: Akira Omura 0-14-1 vs. 0-0-2 Ryota Kobayashi
Bantam: Makoto Takenaka vs. 1-4-1 Kengo Okubo

Genesis Fight:
Bantam: Fumitaka Iizuka vs. Teppei Shimizu

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3/7 SRC 12 - Fights Added

WVR have announced an additional 3 fights for their event on March 7.

Akihiro Gono will return against Diego Gonzalez. Gonzalez has not lost since 2006, against Dan Hardy, so it will be interesting to see how he does against the very experienced Gono.

Leonardo Santos is also returning to the Sengoku ring after a loss in his debut against Yokota. This time he will take on Pancrase veteran Kiuma Kunioku.

Also announced is the heavyweight clash between "Kiss" Nakao and "Sentoryu".

Added:
Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller

Previously Announced:
SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
Jorge Santiago vs. Mamed Khalidov

Fether: Yuji Hoshino vs. TBA
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang

Participant:

Maximo Blanco

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4/25 ASTRA - Yoshida's Farewell Fight

J-Rock have announced that they are holding an event on April 25. This will be Hidehiko Yoshida's last fight, and Yoshida Dojo is coming out in force. The fighters include Omigawa and Takimoto.

It will be interesting to see if this is a one time thing, or if there are bigger plans for "ASTRA". The event will take place in Nippon Budokan, and is priced similar to the Sengoku and Dream events.

Participants:
Hidehiko Yoshida 9-7-1
Makoto Takimoto 6-5-0
Michihiro Omigawa 9-8-1
Kazuhiro Nakamura 13-10-0
Tatsunao Nagakura 5-0-0

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2/7 Pancrase Passion Tour 1 - RESULTS

Pancrase's first event of 2010 is looking like a very good event. Sherdog has a live PBP going on, and I will post the results here as it becomes available.

Main-Event: Middleweight Intrim King of Pancrase title fight:
11. Yuki Kondo (Champion) Def. Takenori Sato by Decision 3-0

Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
10. Kiyotaka Shimizu Def. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (champion) by Decision 2-0

9. Bantam: Seiya Kawahara Def. Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi by Decision 3-0
8. Middle: Yuji Hisamatsu Def. Keiichiro Yamamiya by Decision 2-0
7. Light: Tetsuya Yamada Def. Takafumi Ito by KO Round 2 2:23
6. Feather: Tomonari Kanomata Def. Shigeyuki Uchiyama by decision 2-0
5. Light: Isao Kobayashi Def. Hiroki "AB" Aoki by TKO Round 1 1:00
4. Fly: Isao Hirose Def. Takuma Ishii by rear-naked choke Round 2 1:34
3. Middle: Hoon Kim Def. Ryuji Ohori by armbar Round 1 3:36
2. Welter: Daisuke Watanabe Def. Kosei Kubota by Decision 2-0
1. Welter: Kengo Ura Def. Shingo Suzuki by TKO Round 1 1:43

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