4/25 ASTRA - Omigawa vs. Miller Announced

The Astra card will be all about Yoshida's farewell. But I am sure there will be some other big fights on the card too. Today one of them was announced.

Omigawa really turned his career around with his performance in the Sengoku featherweight tournament. In 2009 he went 5-1-1, making his MMA record 9-8-1. He will be taking on ATT fighter and DREAM, WEC and Shine veteran Micah Miller.

The other fight announced today will see the very promising Tatsunao Nagakura, who will take on the more experienced Akihiko Mori.

Added:
Michihiro Omigawa 9-8-1 vs. 13-3-0 Micah Miller
Tatsunao Nagakura 5-0-0 vs. 8-7-1 Akihiko Mori

Previously announced:
Yuya Shirai vs. 8-3-0 Che Mills

Participants:
Hidehiko Yoshida 9-7-1
Makoto Takimoto 6-5-0
Kazuhiro Nakamura 13-10-0
Denis Kang 32-12-1

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3/7 SRC12 - Results

I will update the results as soon as I have them here. The event is live now, but I am not aware of good places to get live results. I am finding these on japanese twitter accounts.

Hirota has entered the ring, and has returned his belt due to the injury suffered on NYE. He will be a commentator at the next Sengoku event on June 20, and is expecting to be back in the ring in September.

Kanehara is in the ring announcing that he will fight in June. Kanehara askes to fight Sandro. Sandro steps back into the ring saying that he wanted to fight as a Sengoku fighter on NYE, he respects Kanehara but he is #1. He accepts the challenge. I am not sure that it means the fight is official, but at least the fighters agree.

SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
8. Jorge Santiago Def. Mamed Khalidov by decsion 3-0 (48-47, 48-47, 49-47)
*For those waiting for the result: It has gone 2 rounds and it sounds like a close one. Santiago was close with an omoplata attempt at the end of round 2.

The fight is into the last round now!

7. Welter: Akihiro Gono Def. Diego Gonzalez by decison 3-0
6. Light: Maximo Blanco Def. Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim by KO Round 1
5. Feather: Marlon Sandro Def. Tomonari Kanomata by KO Round 1
4. Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao Def. Henry "Sentoryu" Miller by TKO Round 2
3. Fether: Yuji Hoshino Def. Nick Denis by guillotine choke Round 2
2. Light: Leonardo Santos Def. Kiuma Kunioku by rear-naked choke Round 1
1. Feather: Shigeki Osawa Def. Kyung Ho Kang by Decision 3-0

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4/3 K-1 World GP 2010 in Yokohama - Super-Heavyweight Title Fight!

FEG have announced some awesome fights for their K-1 World GP in Yokohama. Already the event had a heavyweight title fight, and now it has a super-heavyweight title fight as well.

Add to that a lot of big stars and this should be an awesome event.

K-1 Super-Heavyweight Title Fight:
Semmy Schilt vs. Errol Zimmerman

Badr Hari vs. Alexey Ignashov
Alistair Overeem vs. Dzevad Poturak
Jerome Le Banner vs. Ruslan Karaev

Previously Announced:
K-1 Heavyweight Title Fight (3x3min, 2 round ext.):
Kyotaro Fujimoto (Champion) vs. Peter Aerts

Participants:
-Melvin Manhoef
-Remy Bonjasky

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4/17 DEEP 47 Impact - Miku's Farewell

DEEP announced earlier this week that Miku Matsumoto will have her farewell fight against Megumi Fuji. It will be an exhibition fight, but its still a fight I really want to see. With that, DEEP have lost most of their female stars. Hisae Watanabe is gone, Satoko Shinashi is on maternity leave and now Miku is going.

Exhibition Farewell Fight:
Miku Matsumoto vs. Megumi Fujii

Light-Heavyweight Tournament Semi-final and Final:
Ryuta Noji
Shunsuke Inoue
Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi

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3/19 Jewels 7th Ring - Fights Announced

Jewels have added 3 fights to their upcoming event. 2 weeks out, the card is filling up and I think this will be another sold out event in Shinjuku Face.

Hellboy is bringing Celine Haga over for another fight, she is 0-2 against some very good Jewels fighters. This time she will take on another undefeated Japanese fighter in Hiroko Kitamura.

Added:
-48kg: Kikuyo Ishikawa 2-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 Miyoko Kusaka
-52kg: Yuko Kagoshima 1-2-0 vs. Sakura Nomura
-52kg: Hiroko Kitamura 3-0-0 vs. 0-2-0 Celine Haga

Previously 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

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3/7 SRC 12 - Fight Order

Sengoku have announced the fight order for their 12th event. The main event is not a big surprise, its a rematch and this time for the title. Mamed Khalidov is takeing on champion Jorge Santiago, and it will be interesting to see if he can repeat what he did last time.

SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
8. Jorge Santiago 21-8-0 vs. 20-3-1 Mamed Khalidov

7. Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
6. Light: Maximo Blanco 4-2-1 vs. 15-5-0 Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim
5. Feather: Marlon Sandro 15-1-0 vs. 15-4-5 Tomonari Kanomata
4. Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller
3. Fether: Yuji Hoshino 16-7-7 vs. 9-1-0 Nick Denis
2. Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
1. Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang

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4/11 ShootBoxing - Fights Announced/TV Deal Announced

ShootBoxing have announced TV Deals with Sun-TV and Chiba-TV. Sun-TV will show the Young Ceasar event from earlier this year on March 6, Chiba TV will air the same event on March 14 at 25:35 (dont know why Japanese write times like that)....

ShootBoxing have also added a couple of fights to their event on April 11. Both feature Japanese ShootBoxing champions against Thai imports.

Super featherweight champion Tomohiro Oikawa will take on Prajonsao Por. Pramuk. And Superwelterweight champion Takaaki Umeno will take on the very strong Bovy Sor Udumson.

Here is a fight with Bovy Sor Udumson taking on Hiroki Shishido.
Part 1


Part 2.


Announced:
Takaaki Umeno vs. Bovy Sor Udumson
Tomohiro Oikawa vs. Prajonsao Por. Pramuk

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3/22 Shooto "The way of Shooto 2"- Toida Added - BJ Returns His Title

"BJ" Kojima has returned his shooto title today. This is due to a knee injury and he will get a title shot once he returns. Meanwhile that opens the door for some of the bantamweight contenders. I have a feeling Mamoru will get this shot, but could also be Urushitani vs. Miki since they are the highest ranked right now.

There is a bantamweight fight on the card this time too, maybe it would serve as a qualifier? Either way, Yuki Shojo taking on Jesse Taitano should be a great fight. Anything else would be a bonus for these guys, but doors might open now that Shooto needs a new champion.

Added to the card is a fight between Katsuya Toida and Yusuke Yachi. Yachi was the Rookie tournament champion and MVP last year. Will be interesting to see if he can handle Toida, who can be a bit inconsistent and hasnt fought in a while.

Added:
Light: Katsuya Toida 11-9-3 vs. 3-0-0 Yusuke Yachi

Shooto World Title Fight:
Masakatsu Ueda vs. Shuichiro Katsumura

Other Fights:
Bantam: Yuki Shojo vs. Jesse Taitano

Rookie Tournament:
Fly: Shuichiro Okumura 1-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Tomokazu "Kewpie" Sato
Light: Satoshi Inaba 3-3-1 vs. Kensuke Nakamura
Light: Yoshitaka Okigi 1-1-0 vs. 憂流迦 (?) Sasaki
Welter: Fumihiko Kawamura 0-1-0 vs. Shotoku Suzuki

Shooto Schedule first half 2010:
3/7 SPIRIT 2010 Spring - Miyagi Accel Hall
3/22 The Way of SHOOTO 02 Korakuen Hall
3/28 BORDER -season 2- Hirano City Centre - Osaka
4/4 GRAPPLINGMAN 10 - Mamakari Forum - Okayama
4/24 SHOOTO GIG TOKYO Vol.4 Shinjuku Face
5/9 Shooto Kitazawa Vol. 3 - Kitazawa Town hall
5/16 GRAPPLINGMAN 11 - 広島産業会館 西第一展示場, Hiroshima
5/30 The Way of SHOOTO 03 - JCB Hall
6/6 SHOOTING DISCO 12 - Shinjuku Face
6/13 SHOOTO GIG CENTRAL Vol.20 - ZEPP NAGOYA
6/27 SPIRIT 2010 Summer - Miyagi Accel Hall

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2/28 DEEP 46 Impact - Live Results

DEEP 46 is underway in Korakuen Hall, and as usual I am following the blows on Sherdog's chat.

There has been a few big upsets already. A very good card, and I thought some of the fights would go the distance. So far though, all early finishes.

As usual, there are some announcements in the ring. Bernard Ackah, Yuya Shirai, Katsunori Kikuno, Ryo Chonan, and Miku Matsumoto enteres.

Bernar Ackah was suppose to be in the LHW tournament, but broke his hand. He now would like to fight on the April card, and I am guessing he would be a reserve fight for the tournament there.

Miku Matsumoto is confirming rumors that she will be retiring, announceing that she would like to have an exhibition fight before that. Very sad, as she is one of the top female fighters out there.

Main Event:
13. Feather: Takafumi Otsuka Def. Takeshi Yamazaki by Decision 3-0
12. Middle: Riki Fukuda Def. Hiromitsu Kanehara by Decision 3-0

DEEP Lightheavyweight Tournament Opening Round:
11. Ryuta Noji Def. Katsuhisa Fujii by TKO Round 1 3:18
*Fujii announces his retirement after this fight.

10. Shunsuke Inoue Def. Minoru Kato by Decision 5-0
9. Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu Def. Yuji Sakuragi by TKO Round 1 2:29
8. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi Def. Tomoaki Hata by armlock Round 1 430

Non-Tournament Fights:
7. Feather: Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka Def. Toshiaki Kitada by Decision 2-0
6. Welter: Taisuke Okuno Def. Hidehiko Hasegawa by TKO Round 1 4:09
5. Welter: Shigetoshi Iwase Def. Eiji Ishikawa by anaconda choke Round 1 2:07
4. Bantam: Isao Terada Def. Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura by KO Round 1 1:11
3. Bantam: Yoshiki Harada Def. Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa by TKO Round 1 2:33
2. Welter: Yuta Watanabe Def. Yasushi Kitazaki by Decision 3-0

Future Fight:
1. 63kg: Hiroyuki Kobayashi Def. Takahiro Masuda by TKO Round 1 3:15

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Shooto Ranking February 2010

Its been a while since I have updated the Shooto rankings, but here are the latest from earlier this month.

There have been some big climbers, Taiki Tsuchiya comes straight into lightweight #3 after a win over Kadowaki.

In the welterweight rankings, Yoshihiro Koyama comes into #10 but I am expecting him to climb into top 5 within 2010.

Hiryuki Abe has climbed into #2 flyweight, and is there for in contention for "M-16"'s title. Will be interesting to see who gets the title shot next time.

Flyweight:
Champion: Ramba “M-16” Somdet
-From November 23 2009, defeated Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara.

1. Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara
2. Hiryuki Abe
3. Atsushi Takeuchi
4. Katsuya Murofushi
5. Junji Ikoma
6. Junji Ito
7. “Heat” Takeshi Sato
8. Shinya Murofushi
8. Hiroaki Yoshioka

Bantamweight:
Champion: Shinichi “BJ” Kojima
-From October 14 2006, Defended 3 times against Mamoru, Akagi, Urushitani and Shojo.

1. Yasuhiro Urushitani
2. Ryuichi Miki
3. Mamoru Yamaguchi
4. Jucie Formiga
5. Yuki Shoujou
6. Ayumu “Gozo” Shioda
7. Masaaki Sugawara Shimokawa Yusei
8. Yusei Shimokawa
9. Jesse Taitano
10. Daiji Takahashi


Featherweight:
Champion: Masakatsu Ueda
-From March 28 2008, Defended 3 Times against Galvao, Tazawa and Dantas

1. Marcos “Louro” Galvao
2. Koetsu Okazaki
3. Eduardo Dantas
4. Hiromasa Ogikubo
5. Tetsu Suzuki
6. Shuichiro Katsumura
7. So Tazawa
8. Carlos Roberto “Betinho” (?)
9. Teruyuki Matsumoto
10. Rodolfo Marques



Lightweight:
Champion: “Lion” Takeshi Inoue
-From November 29 2008. Defended 1 Time against Rumina Sato.

1. Hatsu Hioki
2. Renan Barao
3. Taiki Tsuchiya
4. Hideki Kadowaki
5. Issei Tamura
6. Gustavo Falciroli
7. Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura
8. Matteus Lahdesmaki
9. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura
10. Akitoshi Tamura



Welterweight:
Champion: Willamy Freire " Chiquerim"
-From May 3 2008 Defended 0 times.

1. Yusuke Endo
2. Takashi Nakakura
3. Takanori Gomi
4. Bendy Casimir
5. Kenichiro Togashi
6. Mizuto Hirota
7. Koutetsu Boku
8. Ganjo Tensuku
9. Hamid Corassani
10. Yoshihiro Koyama



Middleweight:
Champion: Shinya Aoki
-From February 17 2006, defended 1 time against Kikuchi

1. Xavier Lucas
2. Luis Ramos
3. Yoichiro Sato
4. Takuya Wada
5. Igor Fernandes
6. Hernani Perpetuo
7. Zelim Felican
8. Shiko Yamashita
9. Akihiro Murayama
10. David Baron


Light-Heavyweight:
Champ: Siyar Bahadourzada
- From July 15 2007, defended 0 times

1. Sauli Heilimo
2. Carlos Alexandre Pereira
3. Andre Silva
4. Petras Morkevicius
5. Leandro Silva
6. Grazhuydas Smailis
7. Nathan Schouteren
8. Rolandas Agrba
9. Mikkel Guldbaek Masashi Yozen
10. Bastiaan Rejen

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