Fernendes perseveres, defends featherweight title at DREAM 13....

Tuesday 23 March 2010


Thanks to Kris Hartrum who has sent me this report from yesterday's event.

It was another solid event for FEG's DREAM as the promotion succeeded in delivering their 13th installment on Monday March 22, 2010 in Yokohama Japan.


Defending champ Bibiano Fernandes kept the championship belt after narrowly defeating former lightweight standout Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen by a close split decision in the night's headlining bout.

The first round clearly went to fast paced Fernandes who managed to dominate the former DREAM lightweight champ on the feet for the majority of the first. The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ace impressed from the opening seconds of round 1, throwing an assorted arsenal of strikes including a head kick, followed by an aggressive double-leg take down, landing Hansen on his back. Hellboy managed to keep the distance with up-kicks and was quickly back to his feet, to the crowd's approval. Hansen, the more experienced of the two, seemed to have little to offer the 2009 DREAM featherweight GP winner in first period. Fernandes continuously took advantage of Hansen's lack of takedown defense, but failed to profit from the dominant position due to the Norwegian's ferocious up-kicks and quick recovery.

Round 2 saw more of the same with the champ taking Joachim down with relative ease only to find Hansen standing, but not before avoiding the lone submission attempt of the fight as Bibiano reached for a leg-lock to no avail. As the first minute rolled away it was clear that the Pride FC veteran Hansen was gaining the upper-hand in the striking game. The resilient Brazilian remained stalwart and did not take enough damage to sway judges Gen Isono and Matt Hume, both giving Bibiano Fernandes the win by split decision after 2 rounds of featherweight action.


In the only unfortunate happening of the evening, Josh Barnett defeated Siala-Mou (Mighty Mo) Siligia, in a surprisingly “at odds," groin smashing heavyweight competition that saw an effective Mighty Moe knock-down # 3 ranked Barnett in the first moments of Round 1.

After a pair of ineffective takedown attempts, the pro-wrestling veteran Barnett nearly crippled the American/Samoan K1 kickboxer when he landed a powerful, yet off target savate (which Barnett has been recently training) kick to Siligia's groin. The shot resulted in a excruciatingly long time-stop where it seemed that Mighty Moe would not be able to continue. To the crowd's delight a reluctant Siligia decided he was able to battle on only to be thrown to the mat with a double-leg and submitted by straight armlock at 4:41 in the first round.

Post fight, an apologetic Barnett spoke the crowd and allowed Mighty Moe a free shot to the groin of his own that sent Barnett down to a knee. He told the fans in Japanese that he would fight "Anyone...anywhere!"

In his anticipated comeback fight, Boxer K.J. Noons returned successfully in defeating striker Andre "Dida" Amade with superior hands in a lightweight 5th fight of the night. Brazilian banger Amade could do little to penetrate the game of K.J. Noons who used hard boxing combinations to punish the K1 fighter's midsection. Amade used the ring to his advantage circling and evading, but Noons ability proved to be too much as he continued to pepper the Brazilian with punches.


Round 2: Amade exploded from his corner with a flying knee from across the ring but it was easily evaded. Both fighters landed impressive blows, with Noons coming out the better man in the exchanges. Amade managed to stir up the crowd by edging Noons to come at him, all the while continuing to defend and circle, throwing a few wild punches along the way. Noons continued to stalk, screaming with every punch landed. In the last minute, both fighters went for broke unleashing a fury of hay-makers, but lacking the "finishing touch," with all three judges giving the nod to Noons after 2 rounds.


In the post fight presser, Noons expressed disappointment that he was not able to knock-out his opponent and was excited to be fighting for Strikeforce in Japan.

Other Bouts:

In a battle of the Karate fighters, Ryo Chonan worked his way to a unanimous decision after 2 rounds against Kyokushin fighter Andrews Nakahara. Chonan had the upper hand in first round staying on top of the Brazilian and chipped away with punches after transitioning to a crucifix.

The second round saw more of the same save a shinning moment where Nakahara shot for the stars, nearly putting away UFC and Pride FC veteran in Chonan with heavy strikes in the clinch. Chonan held on and dragged Nakahara to the ground once more where he sealed the deal punching to the back of the head and neck in full mount taking the unanimous.


Osaka born Yoshihiro Maeda lost to Cole Escoveda by way of the most terrifying KO of the night. Pride, WEC and Pancrase veteran Maeda dominated from the start using speed and overhand punches to break through Escovedo's reach advantage, but it did not last as Escovedo planted a leg kick followed by a devastating high kick to Maeda's chin, knocking Maeda through the air, only to be finished (for good measure) by a graceful falling punch, ending the featherweight match by way of KO at 2 mintues 20 seconds in the first. Maeda was visibly shaken after the fight, and even vomited. The American WEC veteran was thrilled and told the fans he had always dreamed of fighting for the Japanese fans.

Karate bad-ass and DEEP promotion champ Katsunori Kikuno entered the ring valiantly to We are the World to meet UFC veteran Kuniyoshi Hironaka in the second bout of the evening. In the first exchanges of the match, Kikuno jumped in, throwing his famous crescent-style front kick, Hironaka defending and opting for the safety of the clinch. After a 1 minute. Kikuno landed his dreaded kick to Kuniyoshi's midsection and then followed through with a right hook, KO-ing the recent shootbox victor at 1 minute and 20 seconds. Post fight, Kikuno told the crowd he hoped to move up further in the LW ranks.


"The pressure was great and I knew that if I lost I would lose a lot more than just the match," said Kikuno in the post fight interviews

In the first bout of the evening, Japan's favorite giant killing superhero Ikuhisa Minowa managed to brave the storm and submit former King of The Cage super heavy-weight champ Jimmy Ambriz by way of toe hold in 2 minutes 42 seconds in the second round. Amrbiz was successful in stuffing Minowaman's wrestling game in the first, but seemed exhausted after punching the Japanese Super Hulk champ into oblivion. At the post fight interview a happy Minowaman said Ambriz "...was able to meet me on my terms and I was able to grow as a result."

During the opening ceremony, DREAM stylistically plugged their 2010 DREAM /Strike Force inter-promotion deal, focusing heavily on Shinya Aoki and Strikeforce LW champ Gilbert Melindez's fight in mid April.

Yokohama Arena- March 22, 2010

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3/22 DREAM 13 - LIVE RESULTS

Monday 22 March 2010


I will be putting up the live results here, discussion is in the forum.

Main Event - Featherweigth Title Fight:
7. Bibiano Fernandes (c) Def. Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen by Decision 2-1

6. Heavy: Josh Barnett Def. Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga by straight armbar Round 1

5. Light: K.J. Noons Def. Andre Dida by Decision 3-0

4. Welter: Ryo Chonan Def. Andrews Nakahara by Decision 3-0

3. Feather: Cole Escovedo Def. Yoshiro Maeda by KO Round 1
Inside legkick sets up the highkick and a BIG KO!

2. Light: Katsunori Kikuno Def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka by KO Round 1
Set up, as expected, by the cresent kick.

1. Open: Ikuhisa Minowa Def. Jimmy Ambriz by heel-hook Round 2

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3/22 Shooto "The way of Shooto 2"- Fight Order

Sunday 21 March 2010


With the big DREAM event tomorrow, it is easy to forget the Shooto event in Korakuen Hall. But Sustain is putting on an awesome card with 2 belts on the line.

There are 9 fights on the card, including 4 in the traditional Rookie tournament.

Shooto World Title Fight:
9. Masakatsu Ueda 10-0-2 vs. 10-7-3 Shuichiro Katsumura

Shooto Pacific Rim Middlweight Title Fight:
8. Jung Min Kang 1-0-0 vs. 6-2-1 Yoichiro Sato

7. Bantam: Yuki Shojo 9-5-2 vs. 7-6-2 Jesse Taitano
6. Light: Katsuya Toida 11-9-3 vs. 3-0-0 Yusuke Yachi
5. Welter: Paolo Milano 8-5-1 vs. 7-4-1 Hisaki "Kotobukimaru" Hiraishi

Rookie Tournament:
4. Bantam: Yoshiyuki Takano 2-2-0 vs. 0-0-1 Kosuke "Rambo" Suzuki
3. Welter: Fumihiko Kawamura 0-1-0 vs. Shotoku Suzuki
2. Fly: Shuichiro Okumura 1-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Tomokazu "Kewpie" Sato
1. Light: Satoshi Inaba 3-3-1 vs. Kensuke Nakamura

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3/22 DREAM 13 - Fight Order and Weigh-in

DREAM

DREAM held the weighin for their 13th event today. It should be a good one, but I wish there were a few more fights on the card.

The main event should be an awesome fight, and with "Hellboy" dropping to featherweight, it will be interesting to see how he handles the challenge of meeting the DREAM champion.

The fighters have made weight, and I can't wait for tomorrow!

Main Event - Featherweigth Title Fight:
7. Bibiano Fernandes (c) (62.9kg) 7-2-0 vs. 19-8-1 (63kg) Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen

6. Heavy: Josh Barnett (115kg )24-5-0 vs. 3-1-0 (115kg) Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga
5. Light: K.J. Noons (71.8kg) 7-2-0 vs. 6-3-1 (71.5kg) Andre Dida
4. Welter: Ryo Chonan (75.8kg) 16-10-0 vs. 2-1-0 (75.4kg) Andrews Nakahara
3. Feather: Yoshiro Maeda (62.5kg) 26-7-2 vs. 15-4-0 (62.8kg) Cole Escovedo
2. Light: Katsunori Kikuno (70kg) 12-2-2 vs. 16-6-0 (70kg) Kuniyoshi Hironaka
1. Open: Ikuhisa Minowa (89kg) 44-30-8 vs. 14-12-1 (125kg) Jimmy Ambriz

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3/19 Jewels 7th Ring - RESULTS

Friday 19 March 2010

Jewels had their 7th event in a packed Shinjuku Face today.

A few upsets, Hiroko gets her revenge in a close decision.

Main Event:
9. -65kg: Hiroko Yamanaka Def. Hitomi Akano by Decision 2-1

8. -52kg: Mika Nagano Def. Mai Ichii by Decision 3-0
7. -58kg: Miki Morifuji Def. Shizuka Sugiyama by Decision 3-0

ShootBoxing Rule:
6. -54kg: Ai Takahashi Def. ASAKO by TKO Round 2 1:08

5. Exhibition Fight: 5. Rena vs. Seo Hee Ham
4. -52kg: Hiroko Kitamura Def. Celine Haga by armlock Round 1 2:07
3. -48kg: Miyoko Kusaka Def. Kikuyo Ishikawa by Decision 2-1
2. -52kg: Sakura Nomura Def. Yuko Kagoshima by armbar Round 2 4:35

Opening Fight Grappling Rule:
1. -48kg: Shiho Yaginuma Def. Satoko Kameda by armbar Round 1 2:20

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3/19 Jewels 7th Ring - Weigh-in and Fight Order

Thursday 18 March 2010


Tomorrow Jewels will hold their 7th event, and again it is sold out. If you want to go, they will have some standing tickets on sale.

The main event will see StrikeForce veteran Hitomi Akano take on HIROKO in a rematch. Akano is the only loss on Hiroko's record, it will be interesting to see if she can get her revenge.

Lots of good promising fighters on the card, and it should be a good event.

Main Event:
9. -65kg: Hitomi Akano (64.7kg) 15-6-1 vs. 7-1-1 (64.2kg) Hiroko Yamanaka

8. -52kg: Mika Nagano (52.0kg) 5-2-0 vs. 3-1-0 (51.6kg) Mai Ichii
7. -58kg: Miki Morifuji (58.0kg) 8-6-0 vs. 6-1-0 (58.0kg) Shizuka Sugiyama

ShootBoxing Rule:
6. -54kg: Ai Takahashi (53.9kg) vs. (not available) ASAKO

Exhibition Fight:
5. Rena vs. Seo Hee Ham

4. -52kg: Hiroko Kitamura (52.0kg) 3-0-0 vs. 0-2-0 (51.9kg) Celine Haga
3. -48kg: Kikuyo Ishikawa (48.0kg) 2-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 (47.8kg) Miyoko Kusaka
2. -52kg: Yuko Kagoshima (51.6kg) 1-2-0 vs. (52.0kg) Sakura Nomura

Opening Fight Grappling Rule:
1. -48kg: Shiho Yaginuma vs. Satoko Kameda

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4/25 ASTRA - Enson Inoue Added

Tuesday 16 March 2010

Enson Inoue have been added to the Astra card on April 25. His opponent will be Antz "Notorious" Nansen, a kickboxer that defeated judoka Izumi in his Sengoku debut.

Makoto Takimoto announced his retirement and he will not be participating in this event.

Added:
Light-Heavy: Enson Inoue 11-8-0 vs. 1-0-0 Antz "Notorious" Nansen

Previously announced:
Yuya Shirai vs. 8-3-0 Che Mills
Michihiro Omigawa 9-8-1 vs. 13-3-0 Micah Miller
Tatsunao Nagakura 5-0-0 vs. 8-7-1 Akihiko Mori

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

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3/22 DREAM 13 - Official FEG Looking for Opponent for Barnett

Friday 12 March 2010

The rumors have been more or less confirmed, but FEG have today announced that Josh Barnett will be fighting in DREAM 13, but they have yet to find an opponent.

Also announced for the card is a featherweight fight between two WEC veterans. The Japanese will be behind Yoshiro Maeda as he takes on Cole Escovedo.

Added:
Feather: Yoshiro Maeda 26-7-2 vs. 15-4-0 Cole Escovedo
Heavy: Josh Barnett 24-5-0 vs. TBA

Previously Announced:
Featherweigth Title Fight:

Bibiano Fernandes (champion) 7-2-0 vs. 19-8-1 Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen

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

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3/27 K-1 World Max Japan Tournament

Wednesday 10 March 2010


FEG will have their World Max Japan tournament later this month, and it should be a good one again.

Outside of the tournament, I cant wait to see Petrosyan back in the ring again. He missed out on a HUGE fight on the Dynamite card due to injury, but a fight with Yoshihiro Sato should be a good way to return.

Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

Semi-Finals:
SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4
SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2

Japan Tournament Round 1 (3x3min, 1 round ext.):
QF4: Yasuhiro Kido vs. Ryuji
QF3: Taishin Kohirumaki vs. Yoichiro☆Jienotsu☆Nagashima
QF2: Hiroki Nakajima vs. TATSUJI
QF1: Yuta Yamamoto vs. Hinata

Superfights:
Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Yoshihiro Sato
63kg: Kazuhisa Watanabe vs. DJ.taiki
63kg: Kosuke Komiyama vs. Murahama "TAKE HERO"

Opening Fights:
Hiroyuki Owatari vs. Shintaro Matsukura
Yukihiro Komiya vs. Danilo Zanolini

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3/22 Shooto "The way of Shooto 2"- Big Rematch Announced

Tuesday 9 March 2010


It is almost 5 months since Jung Min Kang burst on to the scene with a big win over Yoichiro Sato. Now they will meet again, and this time the winner will get a shot at the Shooto Pacific Middleweight title. That means a meeting with the current champion, Xavier Lucas.

Added:
Jung Min Kang 1-0-0 vs. 6-2-1 Yoichiro Sato

Previously Announced:
Shooto World Title Fight:
Masakatsu Ueda vs. Shuichiro Katsumura

Light: Katsuya Toida 11-9-3 vs. 3-0-0 Yusuke Yachi
Bantam: Yuki Shojo 9-5-2 vs. 7-6-2 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
Welter: Fumihiko Kawamura 0-1-0 vs. Shotoku Suzuki

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4/11 ShootBoxing - Hisae is Back!


Just as DEEP is losing their champion, the former champion re-surfaces in ShootBoxing. She has had an exhibition fight earlier, but this time its for real. She will be taking on the winner of the female S-Cup in 2009, Rena.

Added:
Hisae Watanabe vs. Rena

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

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4/25 ASTRA - Omigawa vs. Miller Announced

Monday 8 March 2010


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

Sunday 7 March 2010


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!

Saturday 6 March 2010


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

Wednesday 3 March 2010


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

Tuesday 2 March 2010


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

Monday 1 March 2010


"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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