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Phil Baroni not fighting in Sengoku??
2008-02-10 08:07:00
Five Ounce of Pain reports today that Phil Baroni has signed with EliteXC. His first fight for EliteXC is confirmed and will be agianst Kala Kolohe Hose on March 15. There is no doubt that this would conflict with a fight in Sengoku against Sanae Kikuta.The problems with having 2 management teams were mentioned on FightOpinion soon after the fight was announced. As you remember there was some controversy around the announcement of Baroni for Sengoku. There is more likely more controversy to come...It would not be good for Sengoku to lose a fight like that just a month away from their first event.The card as it looks now:Sanae Kikuta 26-6-3 vs. 10-8-0 Phil Baroni (?)Makoto Takimoto 4-3-0 vs. 15-10-0 Evangelista "Cyborg" SantosKazuo Misaki 18-8-2 (1NC) vs. 13-1-1 Siyar BahadurzadaHidehiko Yoshida 7-5-1 vs. 20-5-0 Josh BarnettAlso participating:-Ryo Kawamura 7-1-2-Takanori Gomi 27-3-0-Fabricio Monteiro (?) 16-6-0
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The Pancrase Ring-girls
2008-02-10 01:01:00
Ok, so I feel a little guilty after Fightlinker's review of the Pancrase Ring -girl (maybe both of them). Either way, I feel that my skills as a photographer might have influenced the reviewer. Here is a photo gallery taken by professionals: http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other /photo/2008020901/index.htmlThe Pancrase girls are my personal favorites (at least they were last year). As far as I know, Pancrase was the only organization to stick with the same girls. Why? -They do a very good job.
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2/22 DEEP Impact 34 - Hisae Watanabe injured, fight cancelled
2008-02-09 06:02:00
Hisae Watanabe and Motoyuki Takinishi got injured during training, due to this there are some changes to this card.This fight is cancelled:Hisae Watanabe 19-6-0 vs. 6-4-2 Yasuko TamadaToshiaki Kitada will fight Isao Terada instead of Motoyuki Takinishi.It is a bit disappointing that the Watanabe fight is cancelled, I was looking forward to it, luckily there is the 1-day tournament that makes up for it. I will be in the crowd and think this should be a good show, hope to get some good pictures.Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 10-4-3 vs. 3-1-1 Seigo InoueYasuhito Namekawa 19-15-3 vs. 1-2-1 Carlos ToyotaShigetoshi Iwase 7-9-2 vs. 12-4-3 Ken HamamuraToshiaki Kitada 7-3-0 vs. 4-4-2 Isao TeradaYoshiyuki Nakanishi 2-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Shunsuke Inoue?Female Flyweight 1-Day tournament Semi-finals:Satoko Shinashi 26-1-2 vs. 4-1-0 Fukuko HamadaSACHI 3-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kayoko NagashimaMiddleweight Tournament:-Ryuta Sakurai (15-13-4)-Yuichi Nakanishi (6-7-3)-Riki Fukuda (8-3-0)-Daijiro Matsui (9-18-4)-Eiji...
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Sumo Video - A Great Fight
2008-02-09 02:50:00
Ok, I am not going to make a habit of this and I have considered whether to post this for a long time. But the last sumo tournament featured a great fight between 2 Yokozuna (grand champions). They met on the last day and were fighting it out for the Emprors Cup. This is the first time since 2002 (Musashimaru vs. Takanohana) that two Yokozuna meet on the last day to fight for the title.Sumo went through a lot of controversy in 2007, but this should be a great start to 2008. Hope you enjoy the video. And yes... I am a big fan of Sumo as well as MMA... Hakuho (on the left) is 192cm weight 155kg. Asashoryu (one of the greatest Yokozunas of all time) is 185cm and 145 kg.
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2/14 SmackGirl - World ReMix Tournament 2008
2008-02-09 00:23:00
This is the fight setup for SmackGirl on Valentines Day. Su Hi Ham is the last fighter in the Lightweight tournament. The Korean could cause problems for most of these fighters as long as the fights don?t go too much to the ground. Her most notable win was against Hisae Watanabe, a fight which was mostly fought on their feet.The openweight tournament sees the addition of Tama-chan and Megumi Yabushita (both on a 4 fight losing streak). No doubt they will be looking to put a stop to the losing streak. Should be a very good event!Openweight Tournament Fights:Hitomi Akano 11-5-0 vs. 13-13-0 Megumi YabushitaAtsuko Emoto 1-1-0 vs. 16-13-0 ?Tama-chan? Keiko TamaiLightweight Tournament Fights:Megumi Fujii 13-0-0 vs. Cindy Hales 1-0-0Kyoko Takabayashi 8-2-0 vs. Anna Michelle Tavarez (?)Ayumi Saito "EDGE" 8-4-0 vs. Lisa Ward 10-3-0Saori Ishioka 4-2-0 vs. 2-2-0 Su Hi HamDiscovery Fights:Masako Yoshida 13-12-5 vs. 2-1-0 Asami KoderaHARUMI 0-6-0 vs. MeguThe tournament schedule is as follows:2/1...
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3/28 Shooto - Back to Our Roots 8 - Baret Yoshida Returns!
2008-02-08 14:07:00
The Shooto card for March 28 is looking very good. Today they confirmed Baret Yoshida 's opponent for his return to shooto after 6 years absence. No doubt the fans will be looking forward to seeing him back. His opponent for the return? None other than Hatsu Hioki. This will be a fight I am really looking forward to! Also on the card, Akitoshi Tamura puts his title on the line against Hideki Kadowaki. Kadowaki is no easy opponent, last year he choked out Rumina Sato with a Kadowaki-special. Can he do it agian?Other fighters to mention, Tenkei Fujimiya, Lion Takeshi, Masakatsu Ueda (fighting Koetsu Okazaki!). I thought Back to Our Roots 7 was a pretty average card, but this one is awesome!Main Event:Akitoshi Tamura 11-5-2 vs. 12-7-2 Hideki KadowakiBaret Yoshida 5-5-1 vs. 14-3-1 Hatsu HiokiMasakatsu Ueda 7-0-1 vs. 5-0-1 Koetsu OkazakiTenkei Fujimiya 7-2-2 vs. Hiroshi NakamuraRookie Lightweight Tournament:Kenichiro Marui vs. Hiroshige TanakaAlso participating:"Lion" Takeshi Inoue 14-2-0

2/24 ZST .16
2008-02-08 12:56:00
ZST will hold ZST .16 February 24. ZST always pulls out some good talents and this should be no exception. The event will be held in Shinjuku Face.Yojiro Uchimura 4-1-0 vs. 3-4-5 Masayuki OkudeMasashi Takeda 9-3-0 vs. 3-3-1 Ryo Nakajima ?Toraji?Masanori Kanehara 7-2-5 vs. 5-2-4 Shunichi ShimizuKenji Nagai 2-6-1 vs. 1-1-0 Keisuke OnumaShinya Sato 7-12-6 vs. 5-0-1 Emerson AzumaHiroyuki Ota 6-4-3 vs. Toriyama YoichiroHirotaka Tomiyama 0-5-0 vs. 1-0-0 Tetsuya YamadaYuichiro Yajima 5-4-1 vs. Hiroaki OkunaTakanori Fujiwara vs. Tatsuya Uematsu Also participating:Tatsuhiko Nishizaka 3-1-0

Mark Munt signs with...
2008-02-06 14:17:00
Mark Munt signs with Hustle. As you might remember, Mark Hunt was a guest of the Pro-wresting organization last year. Now he has signed with them, and will make his debut as a pro-wrestler later this year.What this means for his MMA career, I am not sure about, but mixing pro-wrestling and MMA is not unusual in Japan.http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight /other/headlines/wrestling/20080206-00000 018-spnavi_ot-fight.html
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Cage Force Tournament - Who is RYOTA?
2008-02-06 14:11:00
One of the contestants in the bantamweight tournament I knew absolutely nothing about... Except the name, RYOTA. Today, I decided to do some research to try to find out a bit about the "mystery" contestant in the Cage Force Bantamweight tournament. His Cage Force profile (http://www.g-c-m.net/fighter/ryota/index .html)lists these facts:-MMA Record 2-0-0 (1 KO (it's a TKO), and 1 submission)-Kingdom grapple record 14-0-2 (12 submissions)-2005 The Streetfighter Catch Wrestling champion-2007 World catch wrestling runner upHis MMA fights are in DEEP: http://mma.client.jp/RYOTA.html-DEEP 16 vs. Takehiko Ueno - Won by TKO, punches from back mountposition Round 1, 1:44-DEEP 24 vs. Tsuyoshi (or Takeshi) Yamasaki - Won by arm-bar, Round 1,2:03 Both these fights were on the under-card, and not listed on Sherdog (Ihave not found any English sources that have recorded these fights). The DEEP web-site still has the DEEP 24 results up.http://www.deep2001.com/24/index.html What to expect from Ryot...
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Yahya complains about the kick
2008-02-06 14:04:00
Yahya has complained about the kick in the Yamoto "Kid" vs. Yahya NYE fight, FRG has decided to let the result stand.Make of it what you want... The kick was illegal, there can be no doubt about that, and "Kid" pretty much had the fight sealed at that moment. In my mind that makes the kick unnecessary and the result should have been the same as the Misaki/Akiyama contest.http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fig ht/other/headlines/etc/20080206-00000020- spnavi-fight.html
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2/23 Shooto - Shooting Disc 4
2008-02-05 22:57:00
Shooto will have their Shooting Disc 4 event in Shinjuku Face later this month. The main event should be a very good fight. Also on the card, Hiroki Sato, the winner of last year's light-heavyweight rookie tournament, will try to go 4-0 against Murayama.Main-Event:Yuki Shoujou 7-3-2 vs. 18-4-3 Mamoru YamaguchiAkihiro Murayama 8-2-4 vs. 3-0-0 Hiroki SatoRyuichi Miki 5-2-2 vs. 2-2-0 Kenji HasoyaShintaro Ishiwatari 4-1-2 vs. 3-1-0 Kazuhiro ItoMasatoshi Kobayashi 2-5-0 vs. 2-4-0 Tomonori TaniguchiTakehiro Ishii ?Tiger? 5-5-2 vs. 2-2-0 Noboru ?Shinpei? TaharaRookie Tournament fights:Light weight: Hideki Nishino vs. Daiki TsuchiyaFeather weight: Yuki vs. NakashiLight-heavy weight: Soujiro Iseki vs. ??? ??Feather weight: Masumi Tozawa 0-0-2 vs. ?? Haruo
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Shooto 2008 Rookie Tournament Set-up
2008-02-05 14:49:00
No other post has taken me longer to prepare, so I hope it works out once I post this... Anyway, here is the setup for the 2008 Rookie tournament. I have update the fight results for the fights that are already held, and the dates for the fights where it is determined. No doubt these tournaments will provide some good entertainment through the year.The setup I have here is pretty much taken from the shooto site, just updated so I could get it in here. For the fighters I haven't been able to translate the names, hopefully I will be able to update that throughout the year.?Flyweight/ 9 participants??? ? ??Mikio Yamakami??? ?????? ????Run?? ?????Fighting 3.16?? ???? ?Gou Sato????????????Yusuke Sato??????????? ??1-1-0 Tatsuya Yamamoto ??????? ?? 0-1-0 Masuda ?Bull? Teppei???????????????? ??????????? ??? 2-1-0 Junji Ito???? ???? ? ????Kazuyuki Tori (Lost round 1, 1.26)?Bantamweight/7 participants??? ???1-0-0 Fumihara Kitahara???????????Fujita ????????????? ?Hiroaki Ijima ??????...
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Cage Force 2008 Tournament - Bantamweight Participants
2008-02-04 17:00:00
Cage Force have announced a futher 3 fighters for their Bantamweight tournament to start in April. None of the match-ups are comfirmed yet, but this should be a very interesting tournament.RyotaDaichi Fujiwara 6-1-1Taiyo Nakahara 8-6-0Takeya Mizugaki 8-2-2Paul McVeigh 12-4-0Masahiro Oishi 17-9-7Robson Moura 2-1-1+ 1 More fighterYou can read my interview with Paul McVeigh here: http://mmamanjapan.blogspot.com/2008 /01/p aul-mcveigh-interview.htmlThe Featherweight participants are in this post: http://mmamanjapan.blogspot.com/2008/01/c age-force-2008-tournament-participants.ht mlThese tournaments should hopefully two of many highlights in Japanese MMA this year.
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3/5 Sengoku - Yoshida fights Barnett/Cyborg loses
2008-02-03 08:40:00
Sengoku has confrimed , Josh Barnett will take on Hihiko Yoshida . FightOpinon was the first site I read the rumors. A lot of sites (including me) thought Roger Gracie would be Yoshida's opponent.This will be Barnett's long awaited return to MMA, but he has been competing in catch wrestling and will have a pro-wresting fight before this, so ring-rust should hopefully not be an issue. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM BACK!The Sengoku card is looking very strong! There no worries for "Cyborg ", but he lost to Gegard Mousashi by TKO in the 1st round. I have not seen the fight, so dont know too much. From Sherdog's report there should be nothing to worry about, either way, he has just over 1 month to reset and get ready for another fight against another very tough opponent in Takimoto. "Cyborg" has lost 3 of his last 4 fights.Sanae Kikuta 26-6-3 vs. 10-8-0 Phil BaroniMakoto Takimoto 4-3-0 vs. 15-10-0 Evangelista "Cyborg" SantosKazuo Misaki 18-8-2 (1NC) vs. 13-1-1 Siyar BahadurzadaHidehiko Yoshid...
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2/3 ShootBoxing
2008-02-03 07:34:00
There has been some changes to the card. I will post the results later.Koichi Kikuchi?vs. Kenji KaneiTakashi Ono vs. Artur JashkulPhantom Shinya vs. Akito (Akihito)SakimuraTakeshi Ishikawa vs. Jun ByungAlex Roberts vs. Keiichi NishiwakiAkifumi Utakawa vs. ??? YusukeMasahiro Iwashita vs. ???KamikazeShuhou Yamamoto vs. Daiki KawakamiTakaaki Umeno vs. Yoshiyume ChodoKubochunlena M15 vs. Misato TomitaTomonori Suzuki vs. Masanori Minato

2/11 Cage Force Eastern EX - Card Completed
2008-02-03 06:15:00
Cage Force has finalized their card for February 11. The first 2 fighters for the Semi-Finals of the featherweight tournament will be determined here.Also worth looking at is Monma, he made a good impression in last year's tournament and this time he is taking on Korean wrestler Hoon. Main-Event?Semi-Final Cage Force Featherweight Tournament Round 1"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 6-2-1 vs. 3-2-2 Jong Man KimSemi-Final Cage Force Featherweight Tournament Round 1Takeshi Yamazaki 12-7-2 vs. 2-1-0 Daiki OzakiFight #6 Welterweight 5min×?RHidetaka Monma 13-7-3 vs. Lee Yong HoonFight #5 Lightweight 5min×3RMizuto Hirota 7-2-0 vs. 7-5-0 Johnny FracheyFight #4 Lightweight 5min×?RYoshihiro Koyama 8-2-1 vs. 4-5-2 Isamu SugiuchiFight #3 Welterweight ?min×2RTetsuo Seto 4-1-1 vs. 1-1-0 Toshinari TakashimaFight #2 Middleweight ?min×2RHiroki Ozaki 3-1-0 vs. 4-0-0 Norman ParaisyFight #1 Bantamweight 5min X 2RTaiyo Nakahara 8-6-0 vs. 3-1-0 Motonobu TezukaPreliminary fight#2 Featherweight 5min×2RNaohiro Mizun...
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2/2 K-1 World Max 2008 - Results Live updates
2008-02-02 10:48:00
The fights are about to start, and I will update the results as the fights finish.Results :Final - Yasuhiro Kido Def. HAYATO by TKO (3 down), Round 1, 1:07Buakaw Por. Pramuk Def. Yoshihiro Sato by decision (after extention) 2-1HAYATO Def. Hiroyuki Maeda Doctor stop Round 1, 3:00Yasuhiro Kido Def. Andy Olongun by decision 3-0Yasuhito Shirasu Def. Kozo Mitsuyama by KO, Round 2, 2:46HAYATO Def. Ryuji by decision 2-0Hiroyuki Maeda Def. TATSUJI by KO ,Round 1 1:10Yasuhiro Kido Def. Keiji Ozaki by decision 3-0Andy Olongun Def. Yuya Yamamoto By decision 3-0Artur Kyshenko Def. Shingo Garyu by KO, Round 1, 4:57Youth Fights:HIROYA Def. Robby Hageman by KO, Round 2, 2:05Shota Shimada Def. Roy Tan by Decision 3-0Kizaemon Saiga Def. Bappie ?Baby Face? Tetteroo by KO, Round 2, 0:32
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Hansen Fighting in the next HERO's
2008-02-01 16:19:00
Speaking with MMA Weekly3 Joachim Hansen has confirmed that he is fighting in the next HERO's event, most likely to be held March 15. Also rumored to be on this card is the highly anticipated fight between Shinya Aoki and Gesias ?JZ? Calvancante. In addition to fighters such as Denis Kang, "Dida" and Marcelo Garcia.March is shaping up to be a very busy month for MMA fans.
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2/2 K-1 World Max 2008 -Japan Tournament
2008-02-01 16:13:00
All the fights for tomorrow's K-1 event in Tokyo:Fight 10: Tournament Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Winner Fight 7 vs. Winner Fight 8Fight 9: Super Fights - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Yoshihiro SatoFight 8: Tournament Semi-Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Winner Fight 4 vs. Winner fight 5Fight 7: Tournament Semi-Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Winner Fight 2 vs. Winner fight 3Fight 6: Tournament Reserve Fight - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Yasuhito Shirasu vs. Kozo MitsuyamaFight 5: Tournament Qtr. Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.HAYATO vs. RyujiFight 4: Tournament Qtr. Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.TATSUJI vs. Hiroyuki MaedaFight 3: Tournament Qtr. Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Keiji Ozaki vs. Yasuhiro KidoFight 2: Tournament Qtr. Final - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Andy Olongun vs. Yuya YamamotoFight 1: Superfight - 3x3 min. 1R Ext.Artur Kyshenko vs. Shingo GaryuYouth Fights:HIROYA vs. Robby HagemanShota Shimada vs. Roy TanKizaemon Saiga vs. Bappie ?Baby Face? Tetteroo
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Josh Barnett fights in Pro-Wrestling Event
2008-01-30 23:15:00
Josh Barnett is confirmed as a participants in the pro-wresting event IGF - Gnome 3 ???????????????? February 16.He will be fighting another Pride veteran, Naoya Ogawa. Barnett is rumored to be a possible opponent for Hidehiko Yoshida for Sengoku, March 5. This means that he will be in Japan just a few weeks before this event. http://www.fightopinion.com/2008/01/29/wv r-35-tokyo-show-rumors/
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1/30 Pancrase Shining Tour 1 - Pictures
2008-01-30 16:31:00
Another good night of fighting, thanks to Pancrase . This time they had 2 titles on the line (manged to confuse me as one fight was said to be a semi-final). Either way... For me... My favorites didn't do that well... I got in a bit late, just got there in time to watch Windy Tomomi vs. Emi Tomimatsu. Why? Cause the first to fights on the main card took all of 2 minutes... One of the fighters I really wanted to watch, Seiya Kawahara improved to 4-0. His next fight, I will be there on time! I would appreciate if he gave me more than 28 seconds though. So, for the fights I did get to watch. Windy Tomomi was too good for Emi Tomimatsu. After the 2nd round of punishment Emi Tomimatsu could not continue. From what I could see, this was due to a kick to the stomach region while she was on the ground. She was carried out on a streacher, and I hope she recovers quickly.The fight between Daisuke Hanazawa13 and Wataru Takahashi was sloppy and a deserved draw.Killer Bee fighter Yuichi Ikari (m...
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1/30 Pancrase Shining Tour 1 - RESULTS
2008-01-30 16:16:00
I will put comments and pictures in a different post.Katsuya Inoue Def. Satoru Kitaoka by Decision 2-1Shoji Def. Artur Umakhanov by KO, Round 2, 0:21Gadzhiev Alavutdin Def. Yuji Hisamatsu by KO Round 1, 0:41Shinsuke Shoji vs. Yuichi Ikari DrawDaisuke Hanazawa13 vs. Wataru Takahashi DrawWINDY Tomomi Def. Emi Tomimatsu by TKO Round 2, 5:00Sotaro Yamada Def. Strasser Kichi by rear-naked choke, Round 1, 1:42Seiya Kawahara Def. Yuki Yamasawa by KO, Round 1, 0:28
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1/30 Pancrase Shining Tour 1
2008-01-29 13:39:00
Well, I was going to stay late in the office tomorrow (as I do every day), but then Pancrase announced this card... I couldnt miss it. So for what its worth, should be posting some pictures tomorrow or Thursday.Katsuya Inoue 15-5-2 vs. 19-7-9 Satoru KitaokaArtur Umakhanov 7-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 ShojiGadzhiev Alavutdin 5-1-0 vs. 10-13-4 Yuji HisamatsuShinsuke Shoji 4-3-1 vs. 7-3-2 Yuichi IkariDaisuke Hanazawa13 7-9-4 vs. 5-10-2 Wataru TakahashiWINDY Tomomi 9-8-0 vs. 2-3-0 Emi TomimatsuSotaro Yamada 4-3-0 vs. 4-1-0 Strasser KichiYuki Yamasawa 1-4-0 vs. 3-0-0 Seiya KawaharaFights starting at 18.10Hirose Isao vs. Takuya ??Akihiro Ono vs. Taketoshi Suzuki
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2/22 DEEP Impact 34 - Card Updated
2008-01-29 13:01:00
DEEP has updated their card for February 22. This will be a very interesting event, of course most of the excitement is around the tournaments.Yoshihiro Tomioka "Barbaro44" 10-4-3 vs. 3-1-1 Seigo InoueYasuhito Namekawa 19-15-3 vs. 1-2-1 Carlos ToyotaShigetoshi Iwase 7-9-2 vs. 12-4-3 Ken HamamuraToshiaki Kitada 7-3-0 vs. 6-1-2 Motoyuki TakinishiYoshiyuki Nakanishi 2-0-0 vs. 1-1-0 Shunsuke InoueHisae Watanabe 19-6-0 vs. 6-4-2 Yasuko TamadaMiddleweight Tournament:-Ryuta Sakurai (15-13-4)-Yuichi Nakanishi (6-7-3)-Riki Fukuda (8-3-0)-Daijiro Matsui (9-18-4)-Eiji Ishikawa (14-14-2)-Yuya Shirai (9-5-0)-RYO (ZERO-ONE MAX)-Sojiro Orui (5-1-4)Female Flyweight 1-Day tournament:-Satoko Shinashi (26-1-2)-SACHI (3-2-0)-Fukuko Hamada (4-1-0)-Kayoko Nagashima (0-1-0)
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Get Well Soon, Fightlinker!
2008-01-29 12:39:00
Just want to send a quick message to Fightlinker.com, my favorite site. And say that I hope you get well soon! When it comes down to it, someones health is more important than anything else.

Paul McVeigh interview
2008-01-27 01:13:00
My first interview. Paul McVeigh is going to fight in the Cage Force bantamweight tournament this year, this will be his first fight in Japan and hopefully he will make an impact and it will be interesting to see what the Cage Warriors champion can do here.(All photos are copyright Robert Swann/Cage Warriors) JM: Congratulations on making the Cage Force tournament! Have seen in interviews that you wanted to fight in Japan, and now you get a chance, what should the Japanese fans expect from you?PM: An aggressive Irish midget with interesting hair attacking anyone he is locked in a cage with. Ill try not to attack the referee but I make no promises. JM: Have you been to Japan before?PM: Yeah last year I was staying with a friend and was able to visit Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and Miyajima. I have traveled a bit and Japan is my favourite place so far. The Japanese people like otaku, in Scotland they beat me up and steal my comics.JM: Do you have any rituals you go through before a fight?...
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2/11 Cage Force Eastern EX
2008-01-26 14:13:00
Cage Force has announced a few more fights for their Cage FOrce Eastern EX event. Mizuto Hirota 7-2-0 vs. 7-5-0 Johnny FracheyYoshihiro Koyama 8-2-1 vs. 4-5-2 Isamu SugiuchiHiroki Ozaki 3-1-0 vs. 4-0-0 Norman ParaisyPreviously announced:Taiyo Nakahara 8-6-0 vs. 3-1-0 Motonobu TezukaTetsuo Seto 4-1-1 vs. Toshinari TakahashiFeatherweight tournament fightsTakeshi Yamazaki 12-7-2 vs. 2-1-0 Daiki Ozaki"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 6-2-1 vs. 3-2-2 Jong Man Kim Also participating: Hidetaka Monma 13-7-3
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Carvalho interview on MMAWeekly
2008-01-26 13:28:00
MMAWeekly has interviewed Antoni Carvalho , in the interview he gives his reasons for fighting in the Cage Force tournament, and how this conflicted with a Shooto title fight with Tamura (a title fight which has now gone to Hideki Kadowaki)Carvalho goes into the Cage Force tournament as a favorite in my eyes, but admits he has never fought in a cage.http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/ templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5550&am p;zoneid=13I am really looking forward to this tournament!!!
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1/26 Shooto "Back to Our Roots 07"- RESULTS
2008-01-26 12:30:00
Shooto had their first event of the year. The event will probably be mostly remembered as being the farewell for their star Akira Kikuchi. He has chosen to retire at the age of 29, without giving any reason (to my knowledge). The previous Shooto middleweight champion lost his title to Shinya Aoki in February 2006. He retires with a record of 11-4, 2 of the losses coming to Shinya Aoki.The main event was the fight between Toida and Hioki, Hioki got a much needed victory and a boost up the rankings. Another notable result, Tazawa submitted BJ in the 3rd round. BJ has been trying to make a transition to Featherweight but its not going that great...For the results:Hatsu Hioki Def. Katsuya Toida by arm-bar Round 2, 4:30Masakatsu Ueda Def. Atsushi Yamamoto by decision 3-0So Tazawa Def. Shinichi ?BJ? Kojima by arm-bar Round 3, 3:32Junji Ikoma vs. Jin Akimoto DrawHayate Usui Def. Daisuke Ishizawa by decision 3-0Takuya Mori Def. Ayumu ?Gozo? Shioda by decision 3-0Junji Ito Def. Kazuyuki Tori...
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2/11 MARS 11 - 2nd Anniversary
2008-01-25 14:23:00
MARS will have their first event of 2008 on February 11, this is also their 2nd anniversary. Their events always seems to have a lot of inexperienced fighters, but the quality is high and these are always good events.Fights announced:Parky 1-0-0 vs. 5-3-1 Hiroyuki NozawaKozo Urita 5-6-1 vs. (1NC) Kim FungAlso participating:Che Kyu JinKenichiro Shinohara 0-1-0Yuzo MatsumotoFumio UjiwaraTomohiko Hori 4-1-2MikaErika KamimuraBlaster Bout Tournament:Shain Su (???????) (Korea)Kim Yon Su (??????) (Korea)Yuichiro NagashimaK. Uonchai (??????????) (Thailand) Carlos Iida (Brazil)
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