12/31 Fields Dynamite! - RESULTS

Thursday 31 December 2009



The event is underway in Saitama. I will be posting results in HDNet time, since that is what most people are watching (still earlier than Japan).

And I can promise that there will be upsets!

Over 37,000 in attendence in a sold out SuperArena!

Read on for spoilers.


K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Semi-Finals:
1. Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
2. SF 1: Masaaki Noiri Def. Hiroya by decision
3. SF 2: Shota Shimada Def. Katsuki Ishida by Decision

Super Hulk Tournament Final:
4. Minowaman Def. Sokoudjou by TKO Round 3
Minowa floors Sokoudjou with a right late in the 3rd round, just about the 1st punch thrown in the round.

5. K-1: Ray Sefo Def. Yosuke Nishijima by Decision
Very one sided fight that somehow goes the distance.

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Final:
6. Final: Masaaki Noiri Def. Masaaki Noiri by Decision

DREAM vs. Sengoku (3x5min.):
7. DREAM vs. SRC: Hiroshi Izumi Def. Katsuyori Shibata by Decision 3-0
Izumi gets a decision in a fight that could have gone either way. Some would say this was controversial.

8. DREAM vs. SRC: Michihiro Omigawa Def. Hiroyuki Takaya by TKO Round 1
Sengoku is off to a flying start. As expected, these fighters didnt wait to exchange! Omigawa pulls of a small upset! Sengoku is in the lead 2-0!

9. DREAM vs. SRC: Akihihiro Gono Def. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai by armbar round 2
Gono pulls out another win for Sengoku!! 3-0 now!

10. DREAM vs. SRC: Melvin Manhoef Def. Kazuo Misaki by TKO Round 1
Manhoef gets the first win for Dream, usual style just came out more carefully this time. Misaki is complaining (maybe rightly) of an early stoppage.

11. DREAM vs. SRC: Hideo Tokoro Def. Jong Man Kim by Decision 3-0
Fight of the night so far!!!

12. DREAM vs. SRC: Tatsuya Kawajiri Def. Kazunori Yokota by Decision 3-0
HUGE War, Kawajiri was the better fighter and it looked like the armbar at the end should finally put Yokota away. It is now 3-3 between Sengoku and Dream, Dream have levelled the score!!

13. DREAM vs. SRC: Masanori Kanehara Def. Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto by Decision
Another fight of the night candidate! Kanehara had a very strong round 2, and it was enough even though Kid came on strong in the end of round 3.

15. DREAM vs. SRC: Alistair Overeem Def. Kazuyuki Fujita by KO Round 1
Huge knee sends Fujita out of the ring. Fujita is grabbing his head, but not getting up! It is 4-4 between Sengoku and Dream!

17. Dream (3x5min): Gegard Mousasi Def. Gary Goodridge by TKO Round 1
Mousasi took Goodridge down with ease and Goodridge never really had an answer.

DREAM vs. Sengoku (3x5min.):
THe fight between DREAM and Sengoku comes down to the 2 champions!
16. DREAM vs. SRC: Shinya Aoki Def. Mizuto Hirota by submission round 1
Aoki litterally took Hirota's arm off, as Hirota didnt tap. I have no idea what it was though.

14. Sengoku: Hidehiko Yoshida Def. Satoshi Ishii by Decision
Yoshida used his experience and got a close win here. A knee to the groin of Yoshida earned Ishii a red card (point reduction) in round 2 that could have tipped the fight in Yoshida's favor.

Main Event:
18. K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.): Masato Def. Andy Souwer by Decision
A good fight to end the night, and Masato's career!

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Fight Order

Wednesday 30 December 2009



The fight order for tomorrows Dynamite! event is announced. Not surprising that Masato gets the honor of fighting in the main event in his last fight.

I am surprised that the last fight to be announced, Mousasi vs. Goodridge is the co-main event though... I was expecting it to be Ishii vs. Yoshida, OR the clash of champions Aoki vs. Hirota.

This card is huge, 18 fights and a lot of the top fighters in Sengoku and DREAM. There are fighters I wish were on the card, I think especially in the lightweight division there are some big names missing.

I also think K-1 fans will be disappointed at this year's card. It has ended up being a MMA event, I think due to the cooperation with Sengoku. The result is 2 K-1 fights (not counting the Koshien tournament (which is really the undercard).

Main Event:
18. K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
17. Dream (3x5min): Gegard Mousasi vs. 23-19-1 Gary Goodridge

16. DREAM vs. SRC: Shinya Aoki 22-4-0 vs. 12-3-1 Mizuto Hirota
15. DREAM vs. SRC: Alistair Overeem 31-11-0 vs. 15-8-0 Kazuyuki Fujita

14. Sengoku: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

13. DREAM vs. SRC: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto 17-2-0 vs. 15-7-5 Masanori Kanehara
12. DREAM vs. SRC: Tatsuya Kawajiri 25-5-2 vs. 11-2-3 Kazunori Yokota
11. DREAM vs. SRC: Hideo Tokoro 25-21-1 vs. 21-10-3 Jong Man Kim
10. DREAM vs. SRC: Melvin Manhoef 23-6-1 vs. 22-9-2 Kazuo Misaki
9. DREAM vs. SRC: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-9-2 vs. 30-15-7 Akihihiro Gono
8. DREAM vs. SRC: Hiroyuki Takaya 12-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 Michihiro Omigawa
7. DREAM vs. SRC: Katsuyori Shibata 4-6-1 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Final:
6. Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2

5. K-1: Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima
4. Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Semi-Finals:
3. SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada
2. SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
1. Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji

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DREAM LHW GP in 2010?

Tuesday 29 December 2009

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Mousasi manager Apy Echteld has said that Mousasi is planning to compete in a DREAM LHW tournament next year.

According to the story, round 1 will be held on May 30, with round 2 in July.

Should be something to look forward to, if DREAM continue to work with Sengoku (and Strikeforce) we might see a dream fight of Mousasi vs. King Mo.

HT: heavymetalnick

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Changes and Additions



There has been a change to the SRC "Team" on the Dynamite! card. Jong Man Kim is stepping in for an injured Marlon Sandro. Kim is a very good fighter, but he has not had a win since his very surprising upset of Hatsu Hioki in 2007, or 7 fights.

Also added to the card is Gegard Mousasi, who will take on the veteran Gary Goodridge in a MMA rules fight. Goodridge is riding a 4 fight losing streak and is facing the former DREAM middleweight title holder and current StrikeForce champion, Mousasi, who has a 14 fight winning streak.

Added:
MMA: Gegard Mousasi vs. 23-19-1 Gary Goodridge

Change:
Hideo Tokoro 25-21-1 vs. 21-10-3 Jong Man Kim

Previously Announced:
DREAM Vs. SRC:
Shinya Aoki 22-4-0 vs. 12-3-1 Mizuto Hirota
Tatsuya Kawajiri 25-5-2 vs. 11-2-3 Kazunori Yokota
Melvin Manhoef 23-6-1 vs. 22-9-2 Kazuo Misaki
Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto 17-2-0 vs. 15-7-5 Masanori Kanehara
Hiroyuki Takaya 12-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 Michihiro Omigawa
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-9-2 vs. 30-15-7 Akihihiro Gono
Katsuyori Shibata 4-6-1 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi
Kazuyuki Fujita 15-8-0 vs. 31-11-0 Alistair Overeem

K-1 Fight:Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

MMA: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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Dynamite! Preview

Sunday 27 December 2009

It is the time of the year where most (if not all) of the focus in Japan is on the NYE and Dynamite. This year there was going to be competition, but now it is only Dynamite.

Here is a preview from the DREAM Youtube channel.

This year there will be loads of interesting fights, and we get to see how the Sengoku and DREAM fighters stack up against eachother.



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1/24 DEEP 45 Impact - Fights Announced



DEEP have announced some fights for their Impact 45 event which will be held in Zepp Osaka. The main event will probably be the title fight between 2 DREAM welterweight tournament participants in Seichi Ikemoto and Yuya Shirai.

But there are some more interesting fights on the card as well, Korean "Ryo" is taking on Rikuhei Fujii and "Taisho" is taking on Makoto Kamaya.

Also a fight I am looking forward to is Jutaro Nakao vs. Yuki Ito.

DEEP Welterweight Title Fight:
(Champion) Seichi Ikemoto 18-16-5 vs. 17-8-0 Yuya Shirai

Young "RYO" Choi 12-7-1 vs. 5-3-0 Rikuhei Fujii
Tomomi "TAISHO" Iwama 7-5-1 vs. 13-7-1 Makoto Kamaya
Jutaro Nakao 22-15-4 vs. 8-4-8 Yuki Ito
Seigo Mizuguchi vs. Ryota
Tatsunao Nagakura 4-0-0 vs. 8-2-1 Yusuke Kagiyama
Akihiko Mouri 8-6-1 vs. 8-3-2 Yasuaki Kishimoto
Hiroto Hattori 8-4-1 vs. Yusaku Nakamura
Koji Nakamura 1-2-0 vs. 2-4-2 Shinichiro Tanaka

NEXT LEVEL - Kick Rule
Mori 翔之(M-BLOW) vs. Takeshi Kai
Koki Nakagawa vs. Hirohira Matsuura
Hiroto Yamaguchi vs. 義悟Inoue
Shinpei Hayashi vs. 顕吾 Kishimoto
Sho Koike vs. Takeshi Harada
James vs. Davis

Future Fight:
Yuji Sato vs. Koji Tomita
Keita Yoshikawa vs. Sho Nonaka

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1/10 Pancrase - Pancrase Gate 4th Chance Fight Order



Pancrase is getting the year started with a qualifier tournament for the Neo-Blood tournament. There are some familiar names here, "Pitan" and Ben Henry were both in last years qualifier tournament. On that occation Ben Henry took Atsushi Masakura's arm with him home, but didnt make it all the way. Lets see if he can this year.

If you are in the area, this is a good event to go to, cheap and lots of fights. Good chance to spot talent.

It is being held in Omori Golds Gym. Doors open at 14:30.

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Tournament Finals:
27. Light: Winner Fight 19 vs. Winner Fight 20
26. Feather: Winner Fight 17 vs. Winner Fight 18
25. Bantam: Winner Fight 15 vs. Winner Fight 16
24. Fly: Winner Fight 13 vs. Winner Fight 14

Non Tournament Fights:
23. Light-Heavy: Jason Symak 1-1-0 vs. Husa Watanabe
22. Light-Heavy: Tasuku 高洋 vs. Yuhei Fukuda
21. Welter: Shigeaki Kusayanagi 1-1-1 vs. Junya Nishikawa

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Semi-Finals
20. Light: Winner Fight 11 vs. Winner Fight 12
19. Light: Winner Fight 9 vs. Winner Fight 10
18. Feather: Winner Fight 7 vs. Winner Fight 8
17. Feather: Winner Fight 5 vs. Winner Fight 6
16. Bantam: Winner Fight 3 vs. Winner Fight 4
15. Bantam: Winner Fight 1 vs. Winner Fight 2

2010 Neo-Blood Qualifier Tournament Round 1
14. Fly: Satoshi Usui vs. Yosuke Hatori
13. Fly: Daichi Kitakata vs. Tsukasa Arai
12. Light: Masaomi Saito vs. TBA
11. Light: Akihiro Ono vs. Issei
10. Light: Daiei Ri vs. Makoto Sasaki
9. Light: Kenta Okuyama vs. Haruto
8. Feather: 鉄人238号(T-Pleastre) vs. TBA
7. Feather: Yuya Nagai vs. 誉仁 Iwara
6. Feather: Tatsuro "Pitan" Ikehata vs. Taito Age
5. Feather: Satoru Takahashi vs. Yoji Saito
4. Bantam: Masataka Obuchi vs. Kota Higashitani
3. Bantam: Tsuyoshi Yamanaka vs. Daisuke Oishi
2. Bantam: Kazuki Itaya vs. Ryuta Aikyo
1. Bantam: Takatoshi Urasaki vs. Ben Henry

Ticket Prices:
SS 3,000円
A 2,000円
Standing 1,500円

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - The Champions will Fight

Saturday 26 December 2009



FEG and WVR have announced 2 additional fights for the NYE Dynamite! event. Everyone was hoping for a DREAM title fight between Aoki and Kawajiri, but that will not happen. Instead Dream champion Shinya Aoki will take on Sengoku champion Mizuto Hirota in a fight that should be very interesting. No doubt Hirota will need to keep this off the ground, while Aoki will be desperate to get it there.

The other fight added could end up being a very good fight. Dream title challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri will take on Sengoku title challenger Kazunori Yokota. Yokota has had a very good 2009 and will be looking to end on a high. Kawajiri will be looking to cement himself as the #1 challenger for Aoki's title when 2010 starts.

A lot on the line in both these fights. There will be 2 more K-1 fights added to the card.

***UPDATE***
Melvin Manhoef vs. Kazuo Misaki has been added to the card during Christmas. Should be a good fight, everyone knows what Manhoef is planning. I am interested in seeing what Misaki is planning to counter though.


Added:
DREAM vs. SRC:

Shinya Aoki 22-4-0 vs. 12-3-1 Mizuto Hirota
Tatsuya Kawajiri 25-5-2 vs. 11-2-3 Kazunori Yokota
Melvin Manhoef 23-6-1 vs. 22-9-2 Kazuo Misaki

Previously Announced:
DREAM Vs. SRC:

Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto 17-2-0 vs. 15-7-5 Masanori Kanehara
Hiroyuki Takaya 12-7-1 vs. 8-8-1 Michihiro Omigawa
Hideo Tokoro 25-21-1 vs. 15-1-0 Marlon Sandro
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai 35-9-2 vs. 30-15-7 Akihihiro Gono
Katsuyori Shibata 4-6-1 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroshi Izumi
Kazuyuki Fujita 15-8-0 vs. 31-11-0 Alistair Overeem

K-1 Fight:Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

MMA Fight: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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2/7 Pancrase Passion Tour - Fights Announced

Wednesday 23 December 2009



Pancrase have announced an additional 6 fights for their first main event of 2010. It will be held in Differ Ariake and will now feature 2 title fights.

Earlier the flyweight title fight was announced, now Yuki Kondo will put his middleweight title on the line against Takenori Sato.

Also added is a flyweight fight between former Neo-Blood tournament winner, Isao Hirose and Takuma Ishii. Hirose had his title shot in his last fight, but lost a decision to the champion Sunabe. He will be looking to get back in contention with a win here.

The popular Seiya Kawahara is also returning to the ring, he has a 2 fight winning streak after losing in the Sengoku featherweight tournamnet early in 2009. Now he is looking to get another shot at the Pancrase bantamweight title.

Added:
Middleweight Intrim King of Pancrase title fight:
(Champion) Yuki Kondo 50-23-7 vs. 9-6-5 Takenori Sato

Welter: Shingo Suzuki 3-2-1 vs. 7-5-1 Kengo Ura
Bantam: Seiya Kawahara 8-2-0 vs. 12-5-10 Tashiro "Akai" Nishiuchi
Welter: Daisuke Watanabe 17-28-4 vs. 24-32-11 Kosei Kubota
Fly: Isao Hirose 6-1-0 vs. 3-4-1 Takuma Ishii
Middle: Keiichiro Yamamiya 36-24-9 vs. 14-17-5 Yuji Hisamatsu

Previously Announced:
Flyweight King of Pancrase title fight:
(champion) Mitsuhisa Sunabe 11-5-3 vs. 4-3-1 Kiyotaka Shimizu

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - RESULTS

Saturday 19 December 2009



The event is underway, will update the results as soon as I can here.

The 1st part is finished, with fighters like Imanari and Atsushi Yamamoto. Spoilers if you read on.

The attendence at this event is reported to be 1764, that means Differ Ariake was packed!

Sherdog is doing a live PBP here.

Part 2 - Main Event:
9. 70.3kg (3x5min): Nobuhiro Obiya Def. Toshikazu "ISE" Iseno by TKO Round 2 1:49

8. 65.8kg (3x5min): Takeshi Yamazaki vs. Toshiaki Kitada 1-1 Draw
7. 83.9kg (2x5min): Ryuta Sakurai Def. Hiroki Sato by KO Round 1
6. 93kg (2x5min): Bernard Ackah Def. Shunji Kosaka by TKO Round 1 0:34
5. Kick-Rule 62kg (3x3min): Yoshiki Harada Def. Kick ☆ by TKO Round 1 2:18
4. 70.3kg (2x5min): Naoki Matsushita Def. Yuki Ito by TKO Round 1 3:05
3. Open (2x5min): Hirohide Fujinuma Def. Makoto by TKO Round 1 2:50
2. 62kg (2x5min): Hiryu Okamoto Def. Kaiji Hirano by decision 3-0

Opening Fight:
1. 70.3kg (2x5min): Yasuhiro Kawasaki Def. Mitsuru "Mike" Yamaguchi by TKO Round 1 3:03


Part 1 - Main Event:
9. 62kg (3x5kg): Masakazu Imanari Def. Justin "The Shocker" Cruz by facelock Round 1 2:39

8. Open (3x5min): Yusuke Kawaguchi Def. Roque Martinez by Decision 3-0
7. 63kg (3x5min): Atsushi Yamamoto Def. Tomoya Miyashita by Decision 3-0
6. 77.1kg (2x5kg): Eiji Ishikawa Def. Yoshitomo Watanabe by Decision 2-0
5. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Koichiro Matsumoto Def. Isamu Sugiuchi by Decision 3-0
4. 77.1kg (2x5min): Kenta Takagi Def. Teruhiko Kubo by TKO (doctor stop) Round 1 3:54
3. 70.3kg (2x5min): Sadao Kondo Def. Atsuhiro Tsuboi by Decision 3-0
2. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Yasuhiro Motomura 2-3-0 vs. Kil Yon Bok

Opening Fight:
1. 65.8kg: Yu Def. Koji Kashikura by TKO Round 1

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12/20 ZST Swat 31! - Fight Order

Thursday 17 December 2009

ZST have announced the fightorder for their last event of 2009. It will be held in Golds Gym South Annex (Omori) and is a card with the up and coming fighters of ZST. Shunichi Shimizu is really the only established fighter on the card, but I am sure it will be a fun event.

Also announced is the schedule for the first part of 2010, and it looks like this:

1/17 SWAT! - GX6 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
2/7 SWAT! - TX2 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
2/20 SWAT! in Face vol. 4 - Shinjuku Face
2/20 ZST.23 in Shinjuku Face
3/14 SWAT! 32 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
4/4 SWAT! 33 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
4/18 ZST.24 in Differ Ariake
5/2 SWAT! - SBRX2 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex
6/6 SWAT! 34 in Golds Gym South Tokyo Annex

Main Event:
10. Feather: Shunichi Shimizu 15-5-7 vs. 1-1-2 Yasuo Munakata

9. Light: Shuya Arimura 1-2-1 vs. Ryota Sakuma
8. Light: Shinichi Taira 0-3-0 vs. 0-3-0 Takashi Yasui
7. Bantam: Kota Higashitani 1-1-1 vs. 1-3-1 Kengo Okubo
6. Feather: Masanori Hirata 1-5-4 vs. 1-3-0 Kei Tanigawa
5. Bantam: Yuji Komori 1-3-0 vs. 0-2-2 Masatoshi Kondo
4. Feather: Takahide Kobayashi 0-0-2 vs. 0-0-1 Ryota Kobayashi
3. Fly: Yosuke Hattori 0-2-4 vs. 1-1-1 Toru Sakakibara
2. Feather (GT-F Rule): Kohei Nishibayashi vs. Yuji Nakamura
1. Bantam (GT-F Rule): Tokuaki Ninomiya vs. Yoshiya Shinba

Ticket Prices:
SRS 5,000円
A 3,000円
Standing 2,000円
At the door, add 500円

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Fights Announced

Tuesday 15 December 2009



FEG have announced an additional 6 fights for the Dynamite card today

6 fights are DREAM vs. SRC. "Kid" is returning to take on Sengoku featherweight champion Masanori Kanehara. And Hiroshi Izumi will have his 2nd MMA fight against Katsuyori Shibata.

Also a K-1 fight is announced. Veteran Ray Sefo is returning to take on former boxing champion Yusuke Nishijima.

DREAM Vs. SRC:
Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto vs. Masanori Kanehara
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Hideo Tokoro vs. Marlon Sandro
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Akihihiro Gono
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Izumi
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alistair Overeem

K-1 Fight:Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

Previously Announced:
MMA Fight: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
K-1 (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Super Hulk Tournament Final: Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

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12/19 DEEP Cage Impact 2009 - Fight Order (Sold out!)

Monday 14 December 2009



The DEEP Cage Impact event tickets were selling very fast, and now its sold out! No wonder, there are lots of good fights on the card and it will be interesting to see what the DEEP cage looks like.

Since there are 2 parts, there will be 2 main events also.

Part 1 is highlighted by DEEP champion and favorite Masakazu Imanari who will take on Justin "The Shocker" Cruz. Also another fighter from Guam has taken the trip to Japan to take part in this event, Roque Martinez is taking on DEEP Megaton champion Yusuke Kawaguchi.

The 2nd part is headlined by former champion Nobuhiro Obiya taking on "ISE".

Thats just a few of the 18 fights on the card! Other fighters on the card include Atsushi Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Toshiaki Kitada, Bernard Ackah and Koichiro Matsumoto.

Part 2 - Main Event:
9. 70.3kg (3x5min): Nobuhiro Obiya 10-3-1 vs. 7-5-2 Toshikazu "ISE" Iseno

8. 65.8kg (3x5min): Takeshi Yamazaki 14-10-2 vs. 10-4-2 Toshiaki Kitada
7. 83.9kg (2x5min): Ryuta Sakurai 19-15-5 vs. 3-3-4 Makoto "Hiroki" Miyazawa
6. 93kg (2x5min): Bernard Ackah 3-3-0 vs. 4-1-1 Shunji Kosaka
5. Kick-Rule 62kg (3x3min): Kick ☆ vs. Yoshiki Harada
4. 70.3kg (2x5min): Naoki Matsushita 11-12-9 vs. 7-4-8 Yuki Ito)
3. Open (2x5min): Hirohide Fujinuma 6-4-2 vs. Inochi (?)
2. 62kg (2x5min): Hiryu Okamoto 3-3-1 vs. 2-1-0 Kaiji Hirano

Opening Fight:
1. 70.3kg (2x5min): Yasuhiro Kawasaki 3-1-1 vs. 1-0-0 Mitsuru "Mike" Yamaguchi


Part 1 - Main Event:
9. 62kg (3x5kg): Masakazu Imanari 17-7-2 vs. 13-3-0 Justin "The Shocker" Cruz

8. Open (3x5min): Yusuke Kawaguchi 10-1-0 vs. 5-1-0 Roque Martinez
7. 63kg (3x5min): Atsushi Yamamoto 13-6-1 vs. 16-6-8 Tomoya Miyashita
6. 77.1kg (2x5kg): Eiji Ishikawa 17-15-2 vs. 7-9-2 Yoshitomo Watanabe
5. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Koichiro Matsumoto 8-2-0 vs. 8-8-3 Isamu Sugiuchi
4. 77.1kg (2x5min): Teruhiko Kubo 8-9-1 vs. 4-2-0 Kenta Takagi
3. 70.3kg (2x5min): Atsuhiro Tsuboi 6-12-4 vs. 4-0-1 Sadao Kondo
2. 65.8kg (2x5kg): Yasuhiro Motomura 2-3-0 vs. Korean Fighter

Opening Fight:
1. 65.8kg: Yu vs. Koji Kashikura

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1/23 Professional Shooto - Fights Announced

Shooto promotor Sustain have announced the first fights for their first event of 2009. No title have been announced yet and I dont know if that means it wont be revolutionary exchanges, but it looks like it will be a good event.

Some very good fights added already. In the flyweight division the current #1 ranked "ATCH Anarchy" will take on Hiroyuki Abe, a fighter I feel should be higher on the rankings than his current #9.

Also added is a very interesting welterweight fight. Yoshihiro Koyama has had just 1 fight in Shooto since returning earlier this year. I feel he is one of the better fighters in Japan at the weight, and this time he is taking on a very good fighter in Yutaka Ueda.

Fly: Atsushi "ATCH Anarchy" Takeuchi 7-4-2 vs. 5-2-0 Hiroyuki Abe
Welter: Yutaka Ueda 7-2-1 vs. 13-3-1 Yoshihiro Koyama
Middle: Yoichiro Sato 5-2-1 vs. 5-2-2 Takuya Sato

Participants:
Hideki Kadowaki 13-9-2
Taiki Tsuchiya 5-2-0

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12/13 Shooto Rookie Tournament Finals - RESULTS

Sunday 13 December 2009



Earlier today Shooto held their traditional Rookie Tournament finals. There were lots of close fights on the card, and 3 of the rookie tournament finals had to go an extra (3rd) round before the judges could pick the winner.

Krazy Bee's Yusuke Yachi won the lightweight final, and got the MVP award.

9. Welter: Guy Delameau Def. Mateus Irie Nechio by decision 3-0
8. Fly: Junji "Sarumaru" Ito Def. "Heat" Takeshi Sato by Decision 3-0
7. Feather: Naohiro "Chokugeki Gamon" Mizuno Def. Yuta Nezu by decision 3-0

Rookie Tournament Finals:
6. Light: Yusuke Yachi Def. Tsuneo "Jackknife" Kimura by chickenwing Round 2 2:21
5. Fly: Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo Def. Yusuke Sato by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
4. Feather: Keita Yoshida Def. Haruo Ochi by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
3. Welter: Koji Matsumoto Def. "Gypsy" Taro Kusano by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Yosuke "Flying Monkey No.2" Saruta Def. Nozomi Otsuka by Decision 3-0 (after ext.)
1. Heavy: Takahiro "Jaian" Suzuki Def. Takashi Goto by rear-naked choke Round 1 3:52

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12/11 Jewels 6th Ring - RESULTS

Saturday 12 December 2009



Jewels held their 6th event earlier today, some talented fighters on the card. Fighters like Mika Nagano and Shizuka Sugiyama is really becoming stars in this organization. They both won their fights earlier today.

Also German fighter Alexandra Sanchez got a very good win in the Rough Stone tournament final, and I hope we get so see more of her.

In the main event Saori Ishioka defeated Sally Krumdiack by TKO.

-52.5kg: Saori Ishioka Def. Sally Krumdiack by TKO Round 1 2:45

ShootBoxing Rule: -52kg: Akari Def. Asako by Decision 3-0

Rough Stone GP 2009 Finals:
-48kg:Asami Kodera Def. Kikuyo Ishikawa by Decision 3-0
-54kg: Mika Nagano Def. Yuko Kagoshima by armbar Round 2 3:56
-60kg: Alexandra Sanchez Def. Tomoko Morii by armbar Round 1 3:39

-60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama Def. Yukiko "Ko" Ozeki by Decision 3-0
-53.5kg: Mari Kaneko Def. Rina Tomita by Decision 3-0
-48kg: Misaki "Patora" Ozawa Def. Yumiko Inoue by Decision 3-0
-48kg: Yoko Yamada Def. Miyoko Kusaka by Decision 3-0

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12/11 Jewels 6th Ring - Fight Order and Weigh-in

Thursday 10 December 2009



Jewels is putting on a sold out event in Shinjuku Face tomorrow. A lot of good fights on the card, and except for the main event I think a lot of people are looking forward to the rough stone finals.

Main-Event:
-52.5kg: Saori Ishioka 7-4-0 (52.4kg) vs. (53kg) 7-2-0 Sally Krumdiack

ShootBoxing Rule: -52kg: Juri- (51.5kg) vs. (51.7kg) Asaka

Rough Stone GP 2009 Finals:
-48kg:Asami Kodera 4-3-0 (48kg) vs.(47kg) 2-0-0 Kikuyo Ishikawa
-54kg: Mika Nagano 4-2-0 (53.7kg) vs. (53.3kg) 1-0-0 Yuko Kagoshima
-60kg: Alexandra Sanchez 2-0-0 (59.6kg) vs. (59.8kg) 1-1-0 Tomoko Morii

-60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 5-1-0 (59.9kg) vs. (59.5kg) Yukiko "Ko" Ozeki
-53.5kg: Mari Kaneko 8-8-1 (53.5kg) vs. (53.4kg) 2-2-0 Rina Tomita
-48kg: Yumiko Inoue (47.3kg) vs. (47.8kg) 0-4-0 Misaki "Patora" Ozawa
-48kg: Yoko Yamada 5-1-0 (47.6kg) vs. (47.6kg) Miyoko Kusaka

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12/23 Shooto Alternative 1



Shooto will be putting on an event in Osaka's Sumiyoshi Kumin Hall.

There are some good talent on the card, as well as some debutants.

Tomohiko Yoshida has won 4 fights in a row since his last fight in Shooto and all the debutants here have a lot of experience with amature shooto.

There are also 3 rookie tournament champtions on the card (Konishi, Shiba and Eda), this should be a good event.

Announced:
Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-4-2 vs. 4-1-1 Masaki Konishi
Welter: Hiroshi Shiba 8-5-0 vs. 9-3-5 Yukinari Tamura
Feather: Kosuke Eda 7-3-4 vs. 6-2-0 Makoto Akazawa
Welter: Kenichi Hattori 7-4-4 vs. 1-3-1 Hiroshi Sugimoto
Light: Takayoshi Ono 6-8-1 vs. 0-2-0 Hiroaki Nakayama
Fly: Teppei "Bull" Masuda 3-2-1 vs. Tadaaki Yamamoto
Fly: Tomohiko Yoshida 4-6-1 vs. Jun Nakamura
Bantam: Takeshi Kasugai vs. Yuki Nishigo

Participants:
Hiroyuki Tanaka 7-6-2
Hirosumi Sugiura 3-6-2

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ShootBoxing 2010 Schedule and Tour Name!



ShootBoxing have announced the schedule for 2010, there are 5 events scheduled and all are in Korakuen Hall.

The name for the 2010 series is "Ishin", and it is the ShootBoxing 25th Anniversary Series.

The events planned:
2/13 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
4/11 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
6/6 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
9/18 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
11/13 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

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Less than 1 Week - Kawajiri Competition in the Forum!

Wednesday 9 December 2009

Just 6 days left! Between 15-20 December I will give away this signed Kawajiri shirt:



Sign up for your shot at the shirt! Details are here:
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12/5 K-1 World GP - TV Ratings

Monday 7 December 2009



The ratings for yesterdays event have been released, and they were ok. Scoring a 15.3% and peaking with the Remy Bonjasky vs. Errol Zimmerman fight getting a rating of 19.9% at 21.54.

Nightmare of Battle can help us put that in perspective, these are the previous ratings:

2008-12-06 K-1 World GP 2008 Finals: 16.1% (Fuji TV)
2009-02-23 K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan GP: 10.6% (TBS)
2009-03-28 K-1 World GP 2009 In Yokohama: 11.1% (Fuji TV)
2009-03-21 K-1 World MAX 2009 FINAL16: 10.9% (TBS)
2009-07-13 K-1 World MAX 2009 FINAL8: 15.0% (TBS)
2009-09-26 K-1 World GP 2009 FINAL16: 13.2% (Fuji TV)
2009-10-26 K-1 World MAX 2009 Finals: 10.7% (TBS)


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12/6 Pancrase Changing Tour 8 - RESULTS

Sunday 6 December 2009

Pancrase have finished their Changing Tour earlier today. It was done in Differ Ariake and there were 2 title fights on the card.

A new Middleweight King of Pancrase was crowned as Kanai defeated Takeuchi in a very close decision. In the other title fight Ryo Kawamura defended his title against Shunsuke Inoue.

Upset of the night was Takuma Ishii who defeated Takuma Eizumi, who really needs to look at what he can do to turn things around.

The first title fight of the Passion tour was also announced! The on February 7 flyweight King of Pancrase title will be on the line when champion Mitsuhisa Sunabe takes on challenger Kiyotaka Shimizu.

Main Event - Middleweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
8. Ichiro Kanai (Challenger) Def. (Champion) Izuru Takeuchi by Decision 2-0

Light Heavyweight King of Pancrase Title Fight:
7. Ryo Kawamura (Champion) Def. Shunsuke Inoue by Decision 3-0

6. Fly: Takuma Ishii Def. Takuya Eizumi by Decision 3-0
5. Light: Takafumi Ito Def. Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi by Decision 3-0
4. Feather: Tomonori Kanomata Def. Kenji Arai by Decision 2-0
3. Light: Yuichi Ikari Def. Keigo Hirayama by Decision 3-0
2. Bantam: Hayato Shimizu Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Rear-Naked choke Round 1 2:06
1. Light: Junichi Ota Def. Juntaro Ami by armbar Round 1 2:05

Under card:
Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
Light: Daisuke Shimoyama Def. Naoki Tajima by decision 3-0
Feather: Takashi Ito Def. Junro Kubota by armbar Round 1 3:40

Professional Pancrase fights:
Bantam: Shoko Sato Def. Yuta Numakura by KO ROund 1 0:20
Fly: Hiroyuki "Katsuo" Nakajima vs. Yoshihiro Matsunaga Draw

Pancrase Gate Pro-promotion Tournament Semi-Finals (Neo-Blood Rule):
SF2 - Light: Naoki Tajima Def. Akihito Hara by KO Round 2 1:28
SF1 - Light: Daisuke Shimoyama Def. Koji Obata by Triangle choke Round 1 2:28

SF2 - Feather: Junro Kubota Def. Kiyama by KO round 1 4:43
SF1 - Feather: Takashi Ito Def. Chuichiro Takahashi by Decision 3-0

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12/5 Cage Force - Results



GCM held their 14th Cage Force event yesterday. The main event saw Katsuya Toida take on Wataru Takahashi. The undefeated Katsunori Tsuda took on the more experienced Satoshi Nishino, and the Pancrase veteran Hiroki "AB" Aoki took on Hiroki Nagaoka.

Main event:
Feather: Katsuya Toida Def. Wataru Takahashi by Rear-naked choke Round 2 0:28

Middle: Sojiro Orui Def Ikkei Nagamura by TKO Round 3 1:10
Light: Hiroki "AB" Aoki Def. Hiroki Nagaoka by triangle armbar Round 1 3:46
Welter: Keitaro Maeda Def. Tetsuya Yoshioka by armbar Round 3 2:40
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda Def. Satoshi Nishino by decision 3-0
Bantam: Daisuke Endo Def. Yuki Yasunaga by rear-naked choke Round 2 0:28

Opening Fights:
Bantam: Shinji Ishida Def. Toru Ogawa by decision 3-0
Feather: Masahito Hisataka Def. Kohei by armbar Round 1 2:21

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12/5 K-1 World GP - Results

Saturday 5 December 2009



The K-1 World GP has just finished, and when I checked the results on the K-1 site I saw this:



Schilt broke the record for the shortest time on his way to the crown. Defeating Hari in the final.

Kharitonov got a loss in his K-1 debut, against a very strong opponent in Daniel Ghita.

World GP Final (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
Semmy Schilt Def. Badr Hari by KO Round 1

Super-Fight (3x3min 1r ext.): Tyrone Spong Def. Kyotaro by Decision 3-0

World GP Semi-Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
Semi-Final 2: Semmy Schilt Def. Remy Bonjasky by KO Round 1 2:38
Semi-Final 1: Badr Hari Def. Badr Hari by KO Round 1 2:14

World GP Quarter Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
Reserve: Daniel Ghita Def. Sergey Kharitonov by KO (leg kicks) Round 3 0:36
QF4: Remy Bonjasky Def. Errol Zimmerman by Decision 3-0
QF3: Semmy Schilt Def. Jerome Le Banner by KO Round 1 1:27
QF2: Alistair Overeem Def. Ewerton Teixeira by KO Round 1 1:06
QF1: Badr Hari Def. Ruslan Karaev by KO Round 1 0:38
Reserve: Peter Aerts Def. Gokhan Saki by Decision 3-0

Opening Fights (3x3min):
Jan Soukup Def. Tsutomu Takahagi by Decision 3-0
Singh "Heart" Jaideep Def. Makoto Uehara by KO Round 2 1:36
60kg: Ryuji Kajiwara Def. Keiichi Samukawa by Decision 3-0

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Pancrase Tour name for 2010 and Schedule until June

Thursday 3 December 2009



The year is getting closer to the end, that means there are some traditions that needs to be completed. One of the traditions is the Pancrase Tour name, they always ask the fans to suggest names. In 2010 they will go from Changing Tour to Passion Tour.

The events the first few months will be these:
1/10 Omori Gold Gym (Neo-Blood Tournament qualifiers)
2/7 Differ Ariake
3/22 Osaka Azeria Hall
4/4 Differ Ariake
4/29 Differ Ariake
5/16 Omori Golds Gym




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Win a signed Kawajiri shirt!

Tuesday 1 December 2009

Kawajiri was sort of unofficially named the forums favorite fighter. And I was able to get a signed shirt.

Now I will give it away in a competition, details are here.

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12/5 K-1 World GP - Halftime Show by AKB48



FEG have announced that the K-1 World GP final's half time show will be by the popular girl group AKB48.

This will probably mean that there will be some fans of theirs in the crowd in addition to the fight fans.

This is their single, River:



World GP Quarter Finals (3x3min. 1r Ext.):
QF1:Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari
QF2: Alistair Overeem vs. Ewerton Teixeira
QF3: Jerome Le Banner vs. Semmy Schilt
QF4: Errol Zimmerman vs. Remy Bonjasky

World GP Reserve Fights (3x3min 1r ext.):
Peter Aerts vs. Gokhan Saki
Daniel Ghita vs. Sergey Kharitonov

Super-Fight (3x3min 1r ext.):
Kyotaro vs. Tyrone Spong

Opening Fights (3x3min):
Singh "Heart" Jaideep vs. Makoto Uehara
Jan Soukup vs. Tsutomu Takahagi
60kg: Keiichi Samukawa vs. Ryuji Kajiwara

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