7/18 HEAT 10 - Sentoryu vs. Kaminishi!

This event will be HEATs second in Tokyo, and again it will be in Differ Ariake. If you are in the area, I highly recommend this event. They normally have lots of fights on the card and there is a mix of kickboxing rule (Kick-rule) and MMA rules. It makes for a very entertaining night.

The last HEAT event had the finals in the welterweight (MMA) and Middleweight (Kick) finals. This event will be the finals of the HEAT heavyweight tournaments, and the fights should be very good.

The MMA rules final will see Sentoryu take on Cristiano Kaminishi in what is a rematch from DEEP 29. On that occation Kaminishi won a decisive win, and I am sure Sentoryu is eager to revenge that loss.

The kick-rule final will see the K-1 veteran Hiromi Amada take on another K-1 veteran in Makoto Uehara.

HEAT Heavyweight Tournament Finals:
MMA-Rule: Sentoryu 5-7-0 vs. 6-1-0 Cristiano Kaminishi
Kick-rule: Hiromi Amada vs. Makoto Uehara

Non-Tournament - MMA-Rule:
Welter: Yoshitaro Niimi 6-4-2 vs. 2-3-0 Hiroshi Masabuchi

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6/30 DEEP Impact 42 - Fights Announced

DEEP have announced a few fights for their DEEP 42 card. The event will take place in Korakuen Hall on Tuesday June 30. The main event should be the DEEP Middleweight title fight between challenger Riki Fukuda and last year's tournament winner Yuichi Nakanishi, this will be a repeat of the final.

But there are more interesing fights on this card.

2 true veterans of the Japanese MMA scene will face off. Ryuta Sakurai will take on Hiromitsu Kanehara, and between them they have almost 30 years experience. Kanehara's career has been on a slump over the last few years, since 2002 he has only won 2 fights. However, he got a win in his DEEP debut in April and will be looking to build on that. Sakurai on the other hand has had some ok years, but he tends to loose to top fighters like Ryo Chonan and Riki Fukuda. It will be a very interesting battle between the veterans.

A lot of fans will also be excited to see Bernard Ackah on this card. He is returning to the MMA ring after getting a strong win in the ShootBoxing ring in April. He is taking on the experinced Korean Young Choi, Choi has had a mixed start to his DEEP career, with 1-2 record so far.

The undefeated Kazuhisa Tazawa will take on a Korean fighter, and I am not sure of the name, I think it is Jae Young Kim. I believe he is also scheduled to fight on the Art of War card on May 23.

Also look for the talented Hiryu Okamoto, there are lots of good fighters coming from the Mach Dojo and he is one of them. This time he is taking on the veteran Tomoya Miyashita.

Announced:
Ryuta Sakurai 18-15-4 vs. 17-22-1 Hiromitsu Kanehara
Bernard Ackah 2-2-0 vs. 10-5-1 Young Choi
Kazuhisa Tazawa 4-0-1 vs. Jae Young Kim (?) 金親尊氏
Hiroko 2-0-1 vs. 5-8-2 Kenji Nagai
Tomoya Miyashita 10-5-5 vs. 3-1-1 Hiryu Okamoto
Ryota Uozomi 3-1-0 vs. Pat Uncangco

Previously Announced:
DEEP Middleweight Title Fight:
Yuichi Nakanishi 9-8-3 vs. 14-4-0 Riki Fukuda

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6/1 ShootBoxing - Champion Carnival - Mamoru Added

ShootBoxing have announced an additional fight for their Champions Carnival. The Shootboxing ranked #1 featherweight Nagurachun M16 will take on Shooto ledgend Mamoru Yamaguchi. Mamoru seems to have put his Shooto career on hold and has not fought there since July last year and would be in risk of losing his spot in the Shooto rankings if he doesnt fight there soon.

Mamoru lost his last fight in ShootBoxing in April and will looking to get another win. He is 1-1 in his ShootBoxing career.

Added:
Nagurachun Martha M16 vs. Mamoru

Previously announced:
Japan Super Featherweight Title Fight:
(Champion)Tomohiro Oikawa vs. (Challenger) Hiroaki Suzuki

Japan Super Werlterweight Title Fight:
(Champion) Kenji Kanai vs. (Challenger) Takaaki Umeno

Koji Iga vs. Kengo Shimizu

Participants:
Hiroki Shishido
Kenichi Ogata

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7/20 DREAM 10 - Welterweight Semi-Finals Announced

FEG have announced the semi-finals for their welterweight GP. They will take place in Saitama Superarena July 20. The final will be held the same night, true to tradition.

The Japanese favorite is, of course, "Mach" Sakurai. He sent Aoki back to the lightweight division with a crushing win in DREAM 8, and will be very hard to beat with the crowd on his side here. He is taking on Marius Zaromskis, who I am sure impressed a few people with the way he got past DEEP champion Ikemoto in round 1.

The other sem-final is no less interesting, with Brazilian standout Andre Galvao taking on Jason High. Both of these fighters stopped their opponents in round 1 and it should be a very interesting fight.

Welterweight GP:
Semi-final 1: Hayato "Mach" Sakurai 35-8-2 vs. 9-2-0 Marius Zaromskis
Semi-final 2: Andre Galvao 3-0-0 vs. 7-1-0 Jason High

Final: Winner Semi-final 1 vs. Winner semi-final 2

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5/16 Jewels 3rd Ring - RESULTS

Jewels had their 3rd event in Shinjuku Face earlier today.

In the main event the tall Japanese fighter, Hiroko took on the American fighter Shannon Hooper. Hiroko got a decision win.

Also on the card was Harumi, going in she was 0-10, now she is 0-11. Hopefully she will get a win soon, and she is certainly showing a lot of heart.

Main-Event - Open:
10- Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka Def. Shannon Hooper by Decision 3-0

ShootBoxing Rules Fights:
9- 53.5kg: Saori Ishioka Def. Kanako Oka by Decision 3-0
8- 53.5kg: AZUMA Def. Misato Tomita by Decision 3-0

Jewels Rule:
8- 48kg: Misaki Takimoto Def. Yukiko Seki by armbar Round 1 3:40
7- 58kg: Shizuka Sugiyama Def. Celina by Decision 3-0
6- 54kg: Mika Nagano Def. Shinsaki Ozawa by TKO Round 1 2:09
5- Open: Chihiro Oikawa Def. HARUMI by armbar Round 1 2:22
4- 57kg: Yuko "Amiba" Oya Def. Hanako Kobayashi by Decision 3-0
3- 60kg: Miki Morifuji Def. Mayu by KO Round 1 0:16

Opening Fight:
JEWELS Amature Rule 5min x 1R
2- 54kg: Hiroko Kitamura Def. Emi Murata by armbar Round 1 2:31
1- 52kg: Miyoko Def. Yuko Kagoshima by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:50

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5/15 KSW Martial Arts Confrontation - RESULTS

KSW put on a very good card last night. As usual there was a 8-Man tournament on the card, the final will be held in December and it will be between Vitor Nobrega vs. Aslanbek Saidov.

The fight that got all the attention before the event was KSW fighter Mamed Khalidov who took on Pride veteran Daniel Acacio. Khalidov was able to do some damage with his knees in the clinch and Acacio went down early. A very good win for the Polish fighter in front of his home crowd.

8-Man Tournament:
Vitor Nobrega Def. Lukasz Christ by Arm-Triangle choke Round 1 2:03
Artur Kadlubek Def. Sergei Nikitin by Decision 3-0
Aslanbek Saidov Def. Michael Verginelli by Decision 3-0
Krzysztof Sadecki Def. Andre Reinders by Decision (ext) 3-0

Non-Tournament Fights:
Lukasz Jurkowski Def. Atila Vegh by Decision 3-0
Antoni Chmielewski Def. Michael "Hammer" Knaap by Decision 3-0
Mamed Khalidov Def. Daniel Acacio by KO Round 1 1:10

Tournament Sem-Finals:
Vitor Nobrega Def. Artur Kadlubek by Arm-Triangle choke Round 1 3:32
Aslanbek Saidov Def. Lukasz Christ by Armbar Round 4:53

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7/19 Shooto - Fights Announced

Shooto have announced fights for their next big event. It probably wont be as big as the final tradition card, but it is looking interesting after 5 fights have been announced.

The main event should be the featherweight title fight between the undefeated champion Masakatsu Ueda. The challenger is the very talented Brazilian Eduardo Dantas. Dantas has picked off his competition in Shooto Brazil, then he came to Japan to introduce "BJ" to the featherweight division. His only loss is a disqualification and this fight should be very interesting.

Also returning to Shooto after 2 years away is Alive's Yasuhiro Akagi, who will be taking on Masaaki Sugawara.

Featherweight Title Fight:
Masakatsu Ueda 9-0-2 vs. 7-1-0 Eduardo Dantas

Bantam: Yasuhiro Akagi 6-4-0 vs. 7-3-1 Masaaki Sugawara
Fly: "Heat" Takeshi Sato 8-6-1 vs. 6-4-2 Atsushi Takeuchi

Neo-Blood Tournament 2nd Round:
Welter: Hiroki "KG Shinto" Kuga 2-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 Munehiro "Mike" Kin
Feather: Kota Onojima 1-0-0 vs. Inagaki
Welter: Koji Nishioka 0-0-1 vs. Harada

Participant:
Shinichi "BJ" Kojima

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6/27 Cage Force - Fights Announced

GCM will hold their next Cage Force event in Differ Ariake on June 27. 2 fight have been announced. It will be very interesting to see how the Cage Force and Shooto veteran Yuta Nezu does against DEEP veteran Isao Terada. Nezu is coming off a win in Shooto in April while Terada is coming off a loss in his last fight in DEEP.

Also announced is the match-up between grappling specialist Takase and Cage Force veteran Shuji Morikawa.

K-Taro will compete in ADCC in September, but he will also be on the card here.

Announced:
Middle: Daiju Takase 7-13-1 vs. 2-2-1 Shuji Morikawa
Bantam: Isao Terada 5-7-4 vs. 7-2-1 Yuta Nezu

Participant:
Keita Nakamura "K-Taro" 15-4-2

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5/16 Jewels 3rd Ring - Fight Order

Jewels have announced the addition of opening fights and the fight order today. A total of 11 fights on the card and lots of interesting fighters on the card. Shannon Hooper is in the main event and she is getting a lot of attention in Japan. She will be taking on "Hiroko", who has done very well against Japanese opponents, her only loss coming to Hitomi Akano.

Making her MMA debut is Norwegian Celina, she will be taking on the very popular Shizuka.

Main-Event - Open:
10- Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka 6-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shannon Hooper

ShootBoxing Rules Fights:
9- 53.5kg: Saori Ishioka vs. Kanako Oka
8- 53.5kg: Misato Tomita vs. AZUMA

Jewels Rule:
8- 48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-10-4 vs. 4-14-0 Yukiko Seki
7- 58kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 2-0-0 vs. Celina (Team Hellboy Hansen)
6- 54kg: Mika Nagano 1-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
5- Open: HARUMI 0-10-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chihiro Oikawa
4- 57kg: Hanako Kobayashi 0-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yuko "Amiba" Oya
3- 60kg: Mayu 0-1-0 vs. 6-5-0 Miki Morifuji

Opening Fight:
JEWELS Amature Rule 5min x 1R
2- 54kg: Hiroko Kitamura vs. Emi Murata
1- 52kg: Miyoko vs. Yuko Kagoshima

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6/28 DEEP Toyama Impact

DEEP is going to put on an Impact event in Toyama Techno Hall on June 28, and the card is looking very interesting. DEEP Female lightweight champion, Miku Matsumoto will put her title on the line against Lisa Ward. It is over 3.5 years and 10 fights since Miku lost a fight, and it was against Lisa Ward. Miku has revenged all her losses except the one to Lisa Ward and this will be a good fight, it will also be the main event.

Also on the card will be another Club Barbarian star, Barbaro44. He is taking on Pancrase super veteran Takafumi Ito.

And looking down the line-up, there are a lot of Pancrase fighters on this card, including Kenji Arai and Yuichi Ikari.

Main-Event - Female Lightweight Title Fight:
Miku Matsumoto 20-4-0 vs. 12-4-0 Lisa Ward

Co-main event: Yoshihiro Tomioka 12-7-4 vs. 34-28-10 Takafumi Ito
Takahiro Kajita 9-9-3 vs. 4-3-1 Yuya Osugi
Yuichi Ikari 10-6-3 vs. 4-4-0 Takaaki Aoki
Kenji Arai 13-13-3 vs. 4-3-0 Kunihiro Watanabe
Seigo vs. Tokuzo

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