7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - RESULTS

When it comes to the quality of fights, there is not a lot that can compare to Shooto... They dont have the ring-girls (as you will see in my pictures tomorrow), but the fights make up for that. The atmosphere is awesome and the fights live up to it! Today was no different!

There will be some pictures soon, and I have some good ones. BTW, my guy Shinya Murofushi was AWESOME!

Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima Def. Mamoru Yamamguchi by Guilliotine Round 3 3:42

Pacific Title-fight: Yusuke Endo Def. Kenichiro Togashi by Decision 3-0
"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura Def. Matteus Lahdesmaki by TKO Round 3 2:17
Hiromasa Ogikubo Def. Hiroyuki Tanaka by TKO Round 1 1:35
Shinji Sasaki Def. Jin Kazeta By Rear-naked choke Round 1 2:42
Shinya Murofushi Def. Takehiro Harusaki by Decision 3-0
Akihiro Yamazaki Def. Naoko Hirayama by decision 2-0
Takahiro Hosoi Def. Nobuhiro “Mike” Hayakawa by Triangle-Choke Round 2 1:31

Rookie Tournament:
Haruo Ochi Def. Yuta Nezu by rear-naked choke
Naohiro Mizuno "Chokugeki Gamon" Def. Daiki Tsuchiya by Decision 2-0
Ikuo Usuda Def. Junpei Konno by Rear-naked Choke Round 2 3:41

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - Fight Order

MMA-Weekend's second event is on tonight, I am about to leave for it now, and this should be a good one!

Note to self "There are too many Japanese guys calling themselves "Mike"..."

11. Main-Event: Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima 8-3-4 vs. 20-4-3 Mamoru Yamamguchi

10. Pacific Title-fight:
Yusuke Endo 11-2-1 vs. 7-5-5 Kenichiro Togashi

9. "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1 vs. 5-3-3 Matteus Lahdesmaki
8. Hiroyuki Tanaka 6-4-1 vs. 4-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
7. Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
6. Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
5. Akihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko Hirayama
4. Nobuhiro “Mike” Hayakawa 1-3-2 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi

Rookie Tournament:
3. Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi
2. Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
1. 臼田育男　Ikuo Usuda (?) vs. Junpei Konno

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7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - "Wicky" Akiyo's opponent announced

Finally Shooto have announced the opponent for "Wicky" Akiyo. It is Finnish Shooto fighter Matteus Lahdesmaki who will make his Japan debut.

**Correction***
Matteus Lahdesmaki has Has fought in Japan once before, that was in 2006 the organization that time was MARS and the arena Shinjuku Face.He lost that fight to Un Sik Song by rear naked choke.

This card is looking awesome!

Added:
"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1 vs. 5-3-3 Matteus Lahdesmaki

Previously announced:
Main-Event: Shooto Bantamweight Title-fight:
Shinichi “BJ” Kojima 8-3-4 vs. 20-4-3 Mamoru Yamamguchi
Co-main event: Pacific Title-fight:
Yusuke Endo 11-2-1 vs. 7-5-5 Kenichiro Togashi
Hiroyuki Tanaka 6-4-1 vs. 4-0-1 Hiromasa Ogikubo
Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin Kazeta
Takehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya Murofushi
Teriyuki Matsumoto 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro Hosoi
Akihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko Hirayama

Rookie Tournament Round 2:
Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro Mizuno
Yuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo Ochi
Rookie Tournament:
臼田育男　Ikuo Usuda (?)　vs. Junpei Konno

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