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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2/27 Shooting Disco 11 "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" - RESULTS

Gutsman Production held their 11th Shooting Disco in Shinjuku Face earlier today.

There are always a lot of young talented fighters on this card, and looking at the results here I think Keita Kono will be one to look for in the future. Ochi is a strong competitor, but Kono remains undefeated.

11. Fly: Junji "Sarumaru" Ito Def. Hiroaki Yoshioka by Decision 3-0
10. Light: Komei Okada Def. Hidenori Nishino by rear-naked choke Round 2 0:54
9. Bantam: Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima Def. Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:54
8. Feather: Keita Kono Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0
7. Light: Yohei Suzuki Def. Yuji Inoue by KO Round 1 1:13
6. Light: Kosuke Kindaichi Def. Kenichiro Marui by TKO Round 2 2:35

Shooto Rookie Tournament:
5. Bantam: Hiroshi Osato Def. Akinobu Watanabe by Decision 2-0
4. Middle: Yusaku Inoue Def. Taijiro Iseki by Decision 3-0
3. Feather: Keita Ishibashi Def. Hiroaki Ijima
2. Fly: Jun Nabeshima Def. Takafumi Ato by Decision 2-0
1. Light: Yoshifumi Nakamura Def. Takayuki Hiose by Decision 3-0

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2/28 DEEP 46 Impact - Weigh-in Results

The fighters have made weight for tomorrow's big event in Korakuen Hall.

I am very excited to see how the light-heavy weight tournament plays out. The big favorite is Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu, but Japanese fighters at home should not be underestimated.

The main event on the card will see DEEP featherweight champion, Takafumi Otsuka take on Dream veteran Takeshi Yamazaki.

The event is close to a sell out, and it should be a very good one!

Main Event:
13. Feather: Takafumi Otsuka (65.7kg) 9-4-1 vs. 14-10-3 (65.3kg) Takeshi Yamazaki
12. Middle: Riki Fukuda (83.8kg) 15-4-0 vs 18-22-2 (83.6kg) Hiromitsu Kanehara

DEEP Lightheavyweight Tournament Opening Round:
11. Ryuta Noji (91.7kg) 8-5-0 vs. 9-17-1 (93kg) Katsuhisa Fujii
10. Minoru Kato (92.4kg) 2-8-3 vs. 7-4-2 (93.1kg → 93kg) Shunsuke Inoue
9. Christian “Tonton” M’Pumbu (93.5 → 93kg) 14-2-1 vs. 11-15-1 (90.9kg) Yuji Sakuragi
8. Tomoaki Hata (92.5kg) 3-0-1 vs. 5-1-0 (93kg) Yoshiyuki Nakanishi

Non-Tournament Fights:
7. Feather: Yoshihiro "Barbaro44" Tomioka (65.7kg) 14-7-6 vs. 10-4-3 (65.8kg) Toshiaki Kitada
6. Welter: Hidehiko Hasegawa (77.15 → 77.1kg) 18-12-6 vs. 8-4-2 (77.5 → 77.1kg) Taisuke Okuno
5. Welter: Eiji Ishikawa (76.9kg) 18-15-2 vs. 8-12-3 (76.9kg) Shigetoshi Iwase
4. Bantam: Hiroshi “Iron” Nakamura (62kg) 9-3-5 vs. 7-9-4 (62kg) Isao Terada
3. Bantam: Takashige "Crazy Hill" Hirukawa (62kg) 2-1-0 vs. 2-0-0 (62kg)Yoshiki Harada
2. Welter: Yasushi Kitazaki (77.3 → 77.1kg) 10-6-1 vs. 0-1-1 (77kg) Yuta Aoyama

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

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4/25 ASTRA - First Fight Announced, Denis Kang Added

J-Rock have announced their first fight for the Astra card on April 25. DEEP champion, Yuya Shirai will take on Che Mills in a welterweight fight.

Also announced as a participant is Denis Kang, who is returning to Japan after his disapointing loss in the Dream middleweight tournament in 2008. Kang will be eager to get back to winning here.

Announced:
Yuya Shirai vs. 8-3-0 Che Mills

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
Denis Kang 32-12-1

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

FEG have announced the first fight for this year's world GP event in Yokohama. The champion, Kyotaro Fujimoto will take on super veteran Peter Aerts.

FEG have also announced the participation of some of their biggest stars. Among them is Alistair Overeem, and it them seems that he will not be fighting in DREAM 13, which is just over a week earlier.

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

Participants:
-Semmy Schilt
-Badr Hari
-Remy Bonjasky
-Alistair Overeem
-Jerome Le Banner
-Errol Zimmerman
-Ruslan Karaev
-Melvin Manhoef

Tickets:
SRS 25,000円　
RS 15,000円　
S 10,000円　
A 5,000円

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3/22 DREAM 13 - Fights Announced

FEG have announced some very interesting fights for the upcoming event in Yokohama Arena.

Former EliteXC champion, K.J. Noons, will make his Dream debut against Andre Dida. DEEP lightweight and Cage Force lightweight champions, Katsunori Kikuno and Kuniyoshi Hironaka will face each other.

Added:
Light: Katsunori Kikuno 12-2-2 vs. 16-6-0 Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Light: K.J. Noons 7-2-0 vs. 6-3-1 Andre Dida
Open: Ikuhisa Minowa 44-30-8 vs. 14-12-1 Jimmy Ambriz
Welter: Ryo Chonan 16-10-0 vs. 2-1-0 Andrews Nakahara

Previously Announced:
Featherweigth Title Fight:
Bibiano Fernandes (champion) 7-2-0 vs. 19-8-1 Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen

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3/7 SRC 12 - Fight Announced, Hoshino gets a new opponent

Sengoku have announced the replacement for Wilson Reis, Yuji Hoshino will take on Nick Denis.

Sengoku have also added a fight, the Pancrase champion Marlon Sandro will take on the fighter ranked just behind him in Pancrase, Tomonari Kanomata. That means we wont get to see the fight in Pancrase, but it will be a good one for Pancrase fans.

With those fights official, I am still hoping for 1 or 2 more but with less than 2 weeks to go, this might be the complete card.

Added:
Feather: Marlon Sandro vs. Tomonari Kanomata

Changed:
Fether: Yuji Hoshino 16-7-7 vs. 9-1-0 Nick Denis

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

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

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3/28 ClubDEEP Tokyo - Venue and Fights Announced

ClubDEEP Tokyo will be in Kabukicho's "Pink Big Pig" restaurant, this event will be produced bu C-Wave, and of course there are some C-Wave fighters on the card.

The experienced Hiroyuki Nozawa will take on DEEP's Future King Tournament winner, Yutaka Ueda.

Hiroyuki Nozawa 10-5-4 vs. 3-0-0 Yutaka Ueda
Makoto Kamaya 13-8-1 vs. 4-2-0 Takeshi Numajiri
Jun Ando 5-5-1 vs. 0-0-1 Juri Ohara
Tatsuya Tsuchida 4-4-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chiaki Wakana
Riki (?) Shimabukuro vs. Koyo
Yoshitaka Ebina vs. GANTARO

Grappling: Shinichiro Eguchi vs. Ueda SAN

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2/20 ZST 23 - Results

ZST held their ZST 23 in Shinjuku Face earlier today, and on the card was a bantamweight title fight. The defending champion Keisuke Fujiwara came out on top in a fight that went to a rare decision in ZST.

In the co-main event, Naoyuki Kotani was not able to build on his impressive win in ZST 22, and his fight ended in a draw.

Bantamweight Title Fight (5x5min.):
Keisuke Fujiwara (Champion) Def. Shunichi Shimizu by Decision

Light: Naoyuki Kotani vs. Kenichi Ito DRAW
Light: LUIZ Def. Genki Osako by Guillotine Choke Round 1 1:34
Bantam: Tetsuya Fusano vs. Toshihiro Shimizu DRAW
Fly: Yuichiro Yajima Def. Yuru Hayasaka by armlock Round 1 1:45
Feather: Kohei Kuraoka Def. Masamitsu Nakamura by KO Round 1 1:28

SWAT Fights:
Light: Yosuke Akahiro vs. Takashi Yasui DRAW
Feather: Takahiro Baba Def. Kotaku Kawazu by spinning choke Round 2 1:00
Feather: Ryota Kobayashi Def. Akira Omura by TKO (towel) Round 2 1:29
Bantam: Makoto Takenaka Def. Kengo Okubo by armbar Round 2 1:43

Genesis Fight:
Bantam: Teppei Shimizu Def. Fumitaka Iizuka by KO Round 1 0:30

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