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6/8 Sengoku III - Live Play-by-Play ***SPOILERS***
2008-06-08 04:52:00
Sengoku holds their 3rd event today, this might be the weakest card so far, in the biggest arena, but lets wait and see. There are some exciting fighters on the card, and it should be good event.We are 5 hours out now, the event is being shown on SkyPerfect, if you are in Japan. I am not aware of it being shown anywhere else.Coming up:1. Fabio Silva 9-4-0 vs. 28-22-3 Kazuo Takahashi 2. Rodrigo Damm 7-1-0 vs. 13-2-0 Jorge Masvidal3. Choi Mu Bae 7-2-0 vs. 3-2-0 Marcio Cruz4. Sanae Kikuta 26-6-3 vs. 12-5-0 Chris Rice5. Nick Thompson 35-9-1 vs. 9-3-0 Michael Costa 6. Kazuo Misaki 19-8-2 vs. 11-1-0 Logan Clark7. Kazuyuki Fujita 15-6-0 vs. 53-11-0 Travis Wiuff8. Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice Smith
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Sengoku III vs. DREAM 4
2008-06-07 15:54:00
The 2 main organizations in Japan at the moment is, of course Sengoku and DREAM. They are both "new" of this year and have both had some sort of problems getting off the ground.They are both now holding an event each, a week a part, in the same arena. As such they can be seen as direct competitors. After Sengoku I and DREAM 1, I had the feeling that the fans thought Sengoku was the favorite to fill the gap after Pride (at least they did seem to have a lot of the momentum). As time has passed, and the organizations have gotten a few more events behind them, my feeling has changed. Momentum seems to be on DREAM's side now. But am I correct in this? What do you think? I have added a poll on the top right and would like to know which card you think is better, i.e. if you had a choice, which event would you go to? For the record, ticket prices are the same.Sengoku card for tomorrow:8. Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice Smith 7. Kazuyuki Fujita 15-6-0 vs. 53-11-0 Travis Wiuff6. K...
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Who is Kazuo Yoshiki?
2008-06-07 13:56:00
In tomorrow's Sengoku event, there is a fighter named Kazuo Takahashi. Do you know who he is? Sherdog mentions his merrits in this article and it took me a while to look him up before this artice... But it is not that difficult, his name in the Sherdog fighter data base is Yoshiki Takahashi. The article is well worth the read, so if you are planning to follow the event tomorrow, this is a good read before it all goes down: http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp? n_id=13100So, if you were not sure, here you go: http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightf inder.asp?FighterID=153

6/15 DREAM 4 - CroCop Fight Off!
2008-06-07 13:50:00
NoB an article in Croation (a language I am not very good in), it seems CroCop has had to pull out due to injury. That means no special grappling match with Ralek Gracie. ***Update*** I put DREAM 5 in the header of this post, the fight was of course scheduled for DREAM 4, next weekend.
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6/8 Sengoku III - Fight Order Announced
2008-06-07 09:44:00
Sengoku have announced that the main event for tomorrows big show is Yoshida vs. Smith. It also looks like they were unable to find an opponent for Duane Ludwig... Nothing official on that yet, but he is not on the card presented at SportsNavi and I therefore doubt that he will participate... It is the day before the event, so they should have announced it by now.Be aware that GBR has a different fight order than this, but they are only mentioning the main event, so in this case I trust that SportsNavi has gotten it correct.We will have to wait and see if Ludwig appears, but I doubt it at this stage... So that means "only" 8 fights.***Update*** Duane Ludwig's opponent (who was never named) seems to have suffered an injury and the fight is therefore cancelled.Again, I will be doing the Play-By-Play for this event.8. Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice Smith 7. Kazuyuki Fujita 15-6-0 vs. 53-11-0 Travis Wiuff6. Kazuo Misaki 19-8-2 vs. 11-1-0 Logan Clark5. Nick Thompson 35-9-1 v...
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6/29 ClubDEEP Nagoya
2008-06-07 05:04:00
ClubDEEP Nagoya will be held in ZEPP Nagoya. They have added a tag-team grappling fight to this card, participating will be Hidehiko Hasegawa. Also in this event there are a mix of rules including MMA, grappling and Kick rule.I was confused by what seems to be the main event... Less than 3 months ago, Ryan Bow and Naoki Matsushita fought a draw in ClubDEEP Tokyo, now they get a re-match.It will be interesting to see if Kunihiro Watanabe can continue to finish his opponent inside the first minute, but in this one he might be considered the underdog against the more experienced Umemura, who also likes to finish his fights early.MMA:Naoki Matsushita 9-9-9 vs. 16-8-0 Ryan BowTakashi Matsushita 2-5-1 vs. 0-4-1 Hideo MatsuiHiroshi Umemura 10-7-3 vs. 4-2-0 Kunihiro Watanabe Atsuhiro Tsuboi 5-10-2 vs. 1-3-0 Henrik "Wolverine" Kakiuchi Seiji Akao 3-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsumitsu WadaTadao Kimura vs. 4-2-0 Yoshiyume ChodoGrappling Tag-team: Hidehiko Hasegawa/Taishi vs. Christian/KodaKick-rule:?? Os...
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6/15 DEEP Glove 2
2008-06-07 04:44:00
If you're not going to the DREAM event next Sunday, DEEP has an alternative. In Shinjuku Face Arena they will hold DEEP Glove 2. These Glove events have fight that go under different rule, so I will try to go through as best as I can.The card for this Sunday:MMA: Takashi Ono vs. Hiroki OkanoMMA: Hikaru Shinohara 4-6-0 vs. TBAKick-Boxing Rule: Taisuke Degai vs. Yusuke ShimizuMMA: Hiroaki Chishima vs. Reiji ManbuBoxing (exhibition): Koji Arisawa vs. Noritsugu OshimaMMA: Kazuya Tamura 1-2-2 vs. 0-2-0 Kota IshibashiMMA: Yashinori Takahashi vs. Tatsyua NakamaKick-Boxing Rule: Takashi Makoyama vs. Masakazu NagaseMMA: Shinya Kateda vs. DanMMA: Yoko Yamada vs. Nanachan Chin (?)
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New Shooto Site
2008-06-06 15:54:00
Shooto has updated their site, the URL to the new site is: http://www.shootodenshou.com/ .It looks like most of the information is still on the old site, but lets see if they can update some more. This is of course in relation to the 20th anniversary.There are some videos on the site, I recommend the one in the middle. You can have a good look at Tamura's eye after his fight with Rumina Sato.
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7/21 DREAM 5 - Akiyama announced as participant
2008-06-05 09:39:00
DREAM have announced today that Yasuhiro Akiyama will fight in DREAM 5 in Osaka. This event is really shaping up.Participating:Yasuhiro Akiyama 10-1-0 (1NC)Previously Announced:Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto 17-1-0 vs. 7-0-0 Joseph BenavidezLightweight Tournament Semi-Finalists:Caol Uno 25-10-4Eddie Alvarez 14-1-0Tatsuya Kawajiri 22-4-2Shinya Aoki/Katsuhiko Nagatahttp://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight /other/headlines/etc/20080605-00000024-sp navi-fight.html
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6/8 Sengoku 3 - Can they compete??
2008-06-05 08:58:00
Zach Arnold at FightOpinion has called the 3rd Sengoku event "the Mystery Sengoku Event", pointing to the fact that there has been very little publicity surrounding this event. I have to agree with him... Maybe its just too close to Sengoku 2? After Sengoku 1 everyone was singing WVR's praises, but the momentum seems to have shifted towards DREAM.This weekend Sengoku will hold their first event on a really big stage, filling the Saitama Super Arena is not easy. It will be intersting to see if they are able to compete with the attendences DREAM has put up.For the record, here are the attendences for the first 3 DREAM events (all were held in Saitama Super Arena):DREAM 1 - 19,120DREAM 2 - 21,397DREAM 3 - 21,789The card for this Sunday looks interesting and does have some big Japanese stars, but does it draw the crowd the same way the DREAM cards have? We will see on Sunday.I will be doing a live Play-by-Play from this event.The card:Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice SmithKaz...
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8/27 Pancrase Shining Tour - Neo-Blood Finals
2008-06-05 08:04:00
Pancrase have announced the Neo-Blood finals. I am looking forward to seeing Steve Magdaleno in this, but so far he is listed without an opponent. Hopefully they are able to change that, his last fight was very impressive despite injuring his knee early on in the fight.The Neo-Blood finals are always entertaining and last years event sticks out in my mind as one of the best I have been to. Hopefully this year will prove to be just as good. If you are in Japan, this is one you should not miss (even though it is on a Wednesday).Bantamweight: Takuya Eizumi 1-0-0 vs. 2-0-0 Isao HiroseFeatherweight: Yasutomo Tanaka 5-1-3 vs. 1-0-0 Hirotoshi SaitoLightweight: Steve Magdaleno 4-0-1 vs. X
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"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura
2008-06-05 03:58:00
When Shooto presented "Wicky" Akiyo as a participant of their July 18 I was very excited. But I realize a lot of people might not be familiar with his work, and if you are, there is nothing wrong with seeing some more. He is a very unorthodox fighter and always entertaining.So here are some of his fights:- vs. Hiroshi Nakamura- vs. Kim Jong Man - vs. Daisuke Ishizawa

7/18 Shooto - Tradition 02 - Wicky Akio Participating
2008-06-04 14:49:00
Shooto have added to their Tradition 02 card. I have made a comment earlier about value for money in these events, and as an audience I have to say that this card looks like very good value, with a ringside seat costing 10,000 yen!Today it was announced that Wicky Akiyo will be participating. Earlier it has been announced that "BJ" Kojima is fighting also, so this should be a very good event if you add that to the fights that are already announced.Shinji Sasaki 6-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Jin KazetaTakehiro Harusaki 5-3-0 vs. 4-0-1 Shinya MurofushiTeriyuki Matsumoto 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-1 Takahiro HosoiAkihiro Yamazaki 9-2-1 vs. 1-0-0 Naoko HirayamaNaohiro Mizuno 2-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Daiki TsuchiyaRookie Tournament Round 2:Daiki Tsuchiya 1-0-0 vs. 2-1-0 Naohiro MizunoYuta Nezu 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Haruo OchiParticipating:Shinichi "BJ" Kojima 8-3-4"Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura 7-2-1
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6/21 Shooto - Shooting Disc 5
2008-06-04 14:18:00
Shooting Disc 5 will be held in Shinjuku Face and this is the card for the event on June 21. I think this looks like an interesting card. Akimoto and Ikoma is haveing a re-match of their fight just 5 months ago, but it will be a good fight again.Jin Akimoto 10-11-3 vs. 10-9-2 Junji IkomaSo Tazawa 7-3-2 vs. 6-0-2 Junya Kudo ?KODO?Atsushi Takeuchi 4-3-2 vs. 4-2-0 Noboru "Shinpei" TaharaTaisuke Okuno 4-1-1 vs. 4-2-2 Yoshitaro NiimiYuji Inoue 4-3-1 vs. 3-4-2 Eiji MuraymaSeiji Otsuka 7-8-4 vs. 3-5-0 Ayumu ?GOZO? ShiodaDaisuke ?Hunt? Okumiya 1-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Shin KochiwaHidenori Nishino 0-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Kenichiro MaruiRookie Tournament Bantamweight:Hiroaki Ijima vs. Nari FujitaYosuke Saruta ?Flying Monkey?No.2? 0-1-0 vs. Nozomu Otsuka
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7/21 DREAM 5 - "Kid" Fighting
2008-06-03 12:54:00
July 21 is the finals for the DREAM Lightweight Tournament. These fights alone should justify the enterance fee, but today Sherdog has an article confirming one of the other fights.Japanese favorite and definitly one of the biggest stars in the MMA circus will take on Joseph Benavidez who is undefeated.NoB is also reporting that DREAM 5 will mark the return of DREAM to Prime Time TV in Japan. And we are likely to find even more big stars on this card.Another thing that came out, that I am not happy about... FEG is saying they want an open draw to determine the match-ups for the Lightweight Semi-finals... Why ask the fans to vote if you are just going to disregard it? Maybe the vote didn't go the way they wanted...Anyway, announced for DREAM 5:Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto 17-1-0 vs. 7-0-0 Joseph BenavidezLightweight Tournament Semi-Finalists:Caol Uno 25-10-4Eddie Alvarez 14-1-0Tatsuya Kawajiri 22-4-2Shinya Aoki/Katsuhiko Nagata
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6/15 DREAM 4 - Fights Added
2008-06-02 14:51:00
DREAM have added 2 more fights to their event June 15. Added to the card is Dutch fighter Alistair Overeem , it will be good to see him back in Japan. Also added it the very exciting Alavutdin Gaddzhiyev, who as been outstanding in his Pancrase fights, he has 7 wins in a row and most finished within the first minute of the fight. He is facing BTT's Alexandre Cacareco who is on a 5 fight winning streak. This will be a Lightheavyweight fight and I think Cacareco is slightly heavier than Alavutdin.Added:Alistair Overeem 26-11-0 vs. 1-1-0 Tae Hyun LeeAlavutdin Gadzhiyev 7-1-0 vs. 16-5-0 Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira Previously Announced:Grappling Fight: Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic vs. Ralek GracieHideo Tokoro 19-13-1 vs. 4-1-0 Darren UyenoyamaMiddleweight Tournament:Kazushi Sakuraba 24-10-1 vs. 21-4-1 Melvin ManhoefGegard Mousasi 21-2-1 vs. 4-4-0 Dong Sik YoonRonaldo "Jacare" Souza 8-1-0 vs. 21-5-0 Jason "Mayhem" MillerZelg "Benkei" Galesic 8-3-0 vs. 3-2-0 Taiei Kin
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6/1 ClubDEEP Toyama - RESULTS
2008-06-02 14:02:00
Deep held a ClubDEEP event in Toyoma yesterday. Fighters included DEEP stars such as Barbaro 44 and female champion MIKU in a kick-rule fight. DEEP will definately feel the need for a star to challenge MIKU after the retirement of Hisae Watanabe, but lets hope Saeki is able to find someone. Watanabe was a huge star in DEEP, even though she lost the title to Miku last year.Yoshihiro Tomioka ?Barbaro44? Def. Takahiro Kajita by Arm-lock Round 2 2:59MIKU vs. Rena DRAW (Kick-rule)Ryo Kibe Def. Masayuki Demise by Decision 2-0Yuichi Ikari Def. Kosuke Umeda by Decision 3-0Yuya Osugi Def. Shinichiro Tanaka by Decision 2-0Teruhiko Kubo Def. Yu Kitada by Arm-bar Round 2 0:49Akimitsu Tsuchiya Def. Yoshinori Kawamura by TKO ROund 2 2:24NEGAO Def. Kazumasa Sakakibara by TKO Round 1 0:17Daisuke Orito Def. Muneo Nakajima by TKO Round 1 0:07Yosuke vs. Makoto Sekikawa DRAWSatoshi Shitano Def. Passion Nakamura by KO Round 2 0:10 Oyaji-RuleYoshimoto Def. Piroshi by Decision 3-0
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6/1 Pancrase Shining Tour - RESULTS
2008-06-01 13:27:00
An action packed day in Korakuen Hall, as Pancrase put on what looks to have been an awesome event! I just flew back to Japan today, so didnt get to this one, but wish I did...Main-EventKeiichiro Yamamiya Def. Hiromitsu Kanehara by Decision 3-0Izuru Takeuchi Def. Junior by Heel-hook Round 1 4:49Shinsuke Shoji Def. Takafumi Ito by TKO Round 2 4:01Rafael dos Anjos Def. Takaichi Hirayama by Arm-lock Round 1 1:25Seiya Kawahara Def. Masaki Yanagisawa by KO Round 1 0:41Yukio Sakaguchi Def. Masakazu Kuramochi by KO Round 1 2:01Ranki Kawana Def. Tomoki Murayama by TKO Round 1 2:17Yuichiro Shirai "Yukito" Def. Toshihiro Shimizu by Guilliotine Round 0:31
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6/22 Cage Force 07 - More Fights Announced
2008-06-01 13:01:00
Cage Force have announced a few more fights for their next event on June 22. I am expecting to see Carvalho in this event, if the featherweight tournament is going to happen... He should have fought Yuji Hoshino in Cage Force 06, but Hoshino had to pull out due to injury. Hopefully Carvalho will get his Cage Force debut in this event.To the fights announced today, they are all non-tournament fights:Shiko Yamashita 10-3-3 vs. 3-0-0 Motoki MiyazawaAkihiro Murayama 9-2-4 vs. 2-2-0 Rikuhei FujiPreliminary Fights :Daisuke Hoshino vs. Junichi OtaSaito (?) vs. Nobutaka HiyoshiPreviously announced:Bantamweight Tournament Fights:Katsuya Toida 10-8-3 vs. 7-5-3 Tatsu SuzukiTakeya Mizugaki 8-2- vs. 6-2-1 Daichi Fujiwara
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6/8 Sengoku III - More Fights Announced
2008-06-01 12:21:00
Sengoku have announced 2 more fights for the event next week. This is a very special event for Sengoku, as it will be their first attempt at filling Saitama Superarena.Today they have announced the opponent for Rodrigo Damm and also Sanae Kikuta will participate in this event. Their opponents will be Jorge Masvidal and Chris Rice, both very good fighters and these fights will be interesting. It also looks like Sengoku will go above the 8 fight barrier that both DREAM and Sengoku have been struggling with (I really think these events should have close to 10 fights, like DREAM 1 had)...Fights announced:Rodrigo Damm 7-1-0 vs. 13-2-0 Jorge MasvidalSanae Kikuta 26-6-3 vs. 12-5-0 Chris RicePreviously announced:Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice SmithKazuo Misaki 19-8-2 vs. 11-1-0 Logan ClarkFabio Silva 9-4-0 vs. Kazuo TakahashiChoi Mu Bae 7-2-0 vs. 3-2-0 Marcio Cruz Kazuyuki Fujita 15-6-0 vs. 53-11-0 Travis WiuffNick Thompson 35-9-1 vs. 9-3-0 Michael CostaParticipating:Duane Ludwi...

Hisae Watanabe Retire!
2008-05-31 08:09:00
Just to get on the plane back to Japan, and then I see this news on Gryphon's blog. DEEP star and former champion, Hisae Watanabe has announced her retirement through her management. She will send a message to her fans in the coming days. She lost her championship belt last May to Miku Matsumoto.http://d.hatena.ne.jp/gryphonja pan/20080531
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5/28 Shoot Boxing - RESULTS
2008-05-28 13:05:00
Main Event:Kenichi Ogata Def. "Iron" Jusokku (??) by Decision 2-0Daiki Shishido Def. Antonio Carvalho by Decision (after extention) 3-0Kenji Kanai Def. Andy Ologun by Decision 3-0Marfio Canoletti Def. Koichi Kikuchi by Decision 2-0Akito Sakimura Def. Setsu Iguchi by Decision 2-0Yasuhiro Motomura Def. Hiroaki Suzuki by KO Round 1 1:37Koya Shimada Def. Noriaki Ninomiya by Decision 3-0Tatsuya Kusakabe Def. Kazuyuki Fushimi by Decision (after extention) 3-0 Misato Tomita Def. Hitomi Sakamoto by Decision 3-0Yuta Nogami Def. Tatsumi Yuda by Decision 3-0
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6/15 DREAM 4 - CroCop Grappling Fight Official
2008-05-28 10:16:00
Well, it is official, Crocop will fight a grappling fight against Ralek Gracie. Will this be a highlight in this event? Probably not, will it be good practice for Crocop? Most definately. Then I guess the question is if people want to pay to watch... I have a feeling the Japanese fans will be happy to and the average UFC fan would probably not.Also added to the card is the fight between Hideo Tokoro and Darren Uyenoyama who holds a win agaist Rambaa Somdet in his last fight in Japan.Added:Grappling Fight :Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic vs. Ralek GracieFeatherweight Fight:Hideo Tokoro 19-13-1 vs. 4-1-0 Darren UyenoyamaPriviously announced:Middleweight Tournament:Kazushi Sakuraba 24-10-1 vs. 21-4-1 Melvin ManhoefGegard Mousasi 21-2-1 vs. 4-4-0 Dong Sik YoonRonaldo "Jacare" Souza 8-1-0 vs. 21-5-0 Jason "Mayhem" MillerZelg "Benkei" Galesic 8-3-0 vs. 3-2-0 Taiei KinLightweight Tournament:Shinya Aoki 15-2-0 vs. 4-2-0 Katsuhiko Nagata
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5/28 Shoot Boxing
2008-05-27 14:27:00
Shoot Boxing is holding a very interesting event in Korakuen Hall this Wednesday. It starts at 6 and there is no doubt that I would have been there if I were in Japan.On the card are some very good fighters including: Antonio Carvalho, Marfio Canoletti, Andy Ologun, Akito Sakimura, Kenji Kanai and Daiki Shishido.Tatsumi Yuda vs. Yuta NogamiMisato Tomita vs. Hitomi SakamotoKazuyuki Fushimi vs. Tatsuya KusakabeKoya Shimada vs. Noriaki NinomiyaHiroaki Suzuki vs. Yasuhiro MotomuraAkito Sakimura vs. Setsu IguchiMarfio Canoletti vs. Koichi KikuchiKenji Kanai vs. Andy OlogunDaiki Shishido vs. Antonio CarvalhoKenichi Ogata vs. "Iron" Jusokku (??)
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6/15 DREAM 4 - CroCop fighting
2008-05-27 14:18:00
NoB has come across some interesting news on Crocop 's site. It seems a grapplig fight between Crocop and Ralek Gracie will happen in DREAM 4. This will not be a MMA match, but a grappling rules fight. If it goes the distance it will be a draw.Not sure if that is what the fans want to see, either way, very good practice for Crocop. In the same article, it looks like Frank Trigg is set to debut for Sengoku.http://nightmareofbattle.wordpres s.com/2008/05/27/mirko-vs-ralek-in-grappl ing-match/http://www.nokaut.com/?id=12&am p;solo_news=1621http://www.mma-id.com/CRO COP/?mod=blog&uid=35&blid=582
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2/11 Cage Force EX Eastern Bound - Change of Result
2008-05-26 23:20:00
For those that remember, in the Cage Force EX Eastern Bound Norman Paraisy fought Hiroki Ozaki in a non-tournament fight. The result at the time was a key-lock win to Ozaki. This has later been changed due to a complaint from Paraisy. For those that have seen the fight, it was clear that Paraisy never tapped. The result is therefore changed to a no-contest and Paraisy remains undefeated.http://www.g-c-m.net/news/0805 17.html
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5/25 Shooto GIG North Vol 2 - RESULTS
2008-05-26 17:57:00
Tomonori Taniguchi Def. Daisuke Ishizawa by Decision 3-0Kunio Nakajima Def. Hidekazu Asakura by Decision 2-0Akihito Adachi Def. Nobuyasu Fujikawa by TKO Round 2 1:00Fumihiro Kitahara Def. Hayato Sato by arm-bar Round 2 2:45Shooto Rookie Tournament Flyweight:Yusuke Sato Def. Tatsuya Yamamoto by TKO Round 1 0:56?KG Shinto? Hiroki Kuga Def. Yoshiki Noguchi by Decision 3-0Shooto Rooki Tournament Lightweight:Mitsuru Kobayashi Def. Toshihiko Yokoyama ?Yokosai? by TKO Round 1 3:48
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6/1 Pancrase Shining Tour 5 - Fight Order Announced
2008-05-26 16:42:00
Pancrase has announced the fight order for their event next Sunday. There are some big Pancrase stars on this card and it should be a good event. Added to the card is exciting Brazilian Rafael Dos Anjos, who will make his Japan debut against Takaichi Hirayama. Also fighting is Yukio Sakaguchi, who is always fun to watch, even if his record is not the best.Main-EventKeiichiro Yamamiya 33-22-9 vs. 16-20-1 Hiromitsu KaneharaIzuru Takeuchi 24-9-6 vs. 9-0-0 JuniorTakafumi Ito 33-26-10 vs. 5-3-2 Shinsuke ShojiTakaichi Hirayama 7-9-6 vs. 9-2-0 Rafael dos AnjosSeiya Kawahara 4-0-0 vs. 5-5-1 Masaki YanagisawaYukio Sakaguchi 1-3-0 vs. 4-10-2 Masakazu KuramochiTomoki Murayama 1-4-0 vs. 8-1-5 Ranki KawanaYuichiro Shirai "Yukito" 3-5-3 vs. 1-3-2 Toshihiro ShimizuPancraseGate:Yuki Yashima 2-4-1 vs. Wataru Yoshikawa
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5/25 Pancrase Shining Tour 4 - RESULTS
2008-05-26 12:29:00
Not surprising, lots of fights ending spectacular fashion. Pancrase has put on some very good shows this year.Daisuke Hanasawa13 Def. Takefumi Hanai by decision 3-0Soyu Tanabe Def. Kenji Takeshige by KO Round 1 3:44Masahiro Toryu Def. Shuji Morikawa by Guillotine Choke Round 1 3:36Kenji Shimada Def. Takashi Hasegawa by KO Round 1 1:58 Kiichi Kunimoto "Strasser" Def. Yushi Shiori by Decision 3-0Isao Hirose Def. Nobuhiro "Punch" Yamauchi by decision 3-0PancraseGate fights:Keiichi Funako Def. Koji Toyota by TKO Round 1 0:29Takamasa Miki Def. Ryunosuke Yamamoto by KO Round 1 1:08Yuki Uejima Def. Akinobu Furumi by TKO Round 2 2:10Shinichiro Ryuno Def. Kosuke Oku by TKO Round 1 0:44Toshiaki Kobayashi Def. Wataru Nakahara by arm-bar Round 2 2:47
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5/24 DEEP Megaton GP 2nd Round - RESULTS
2008-05-24 17:06:00
DEEP held the 2nd round of the Megaton GP earlier today. This is an interesting concept and the fights finish early, none of the fights today made it to the 2nd round. The finals will be fought August 2.There were also some Club DEEP fights today, so a good day of DEEP fights.Megaton GP: Shunsuke Inoue (103 kg) Def. Wakaarashi (126.5 kg) by TKO Round 1 1:33Yusuke Kawaguchi (106.5 kg) Def. Youichi Babakuchi (139 kg) by TKO Round 1 0:16Shunji Kosaka (116 kg) Def. Katsuhiko Kumasato (150 kg) by TKO Round 1 0:10Ken Orihashi (112 kg) Def. Mamoru Nakamura (106 kg) by TKO Round 1 4:36Megaton Reserve Fights:Kazuki Wakamusashi (114.5 kg) Def. Kose Matsumoto (130 kg)IRO Seki (121 kg) Def. Itomo Ariyama (136 kg)ClubDEEP:Misaki Takimoto Def. Naoko Omuro by Decision 3-0 Toshiaki Kitada vs. Ippo Watanuki DRAWYasushi Kitazaki Def. Sotaro Yamada by Decision 2-1Takafumi Otsuka Def. Isamu Sugiuchi by TKO Round 1 3:51Kazuya Hirose Def. Guy Delameau by KO Round 1 1:40Sen Nakadai vs. Yoshitomo Watanabe DRAW
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