Bouts Announced for Three August Shooto Cards

by Chris Nelson on Jun 20, 2009 3:58 PM EDT

Shooto released details for their August cards on their website today. There are a lot of Rookie Tournament bouts and fighters from local gyms, but one major scrap will be #2 flyweight "Shinpei" Tahara taking on #8 bantamweight Jesse Taitano in a catchweight bout on August 9th. Last time Taitano was in the ring, he drew with bantamweight champ "BJ" Kojima. Tahara is coming off of a June win, but has gone 1-1-1 in his last three.

Another bout of interest is on August 16th, with 2006 rookie champion "Leo" Konishi making his return to Shooto after three years.

Shooto - GIG Saitama 01
August 9, 2009
Fujimi Culture Hall
Fujimi, Saitama, Japan

54kg / 119 lbs.
Noburo "Shinpei" Tahara (6-3-1 / Hajimail STF)
vs.
Jesse Taitano (4-3-2 / Ground Fu - Spike22)

Flyweight (52kg / 114.6 lbs.)
Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii (5-7-2 / Crosspoint Gym)
vs.
Mikitoshi Yamagami (3-1 / STF MMA Dojo)

Rookie Tournament - Bantamweight (56kg / 123.5 lbs.)
Yosuke "Flying Monkey*No.2" Saruta (0-2 / Purebred Kawaguchi)
vs.
Takahiro "Kotetsu" Kobori (0-1 / Gonzui's Gym)

Flyweight (52kg / 114.6 lbs.)
Kazuyuki "Torii" Yoshida (0-3 / Paraestra Fukashima)
vs.
S. Okumura (debut / STF MMA Dojo)

Scheduled Participants
Komei Okada (5-9-2 / Purebred Omiya)
Kosuke Kindaichi (0-0-1 / STF MMA Dojo)

* * * * *

Shooto Border 2: Advance
August 16, 2009
Hirano Ward Community Hall
Osaka, Japan

Middleweight (76kg / 167.5 lbs.)
Masaki "Leo" Konishi (3-0-1 / Shooting Gym Kobe)
vs.
Takuya Sato (4-2-2 / Purebred Kyoto)

Bantamweight (56kg / 123.5 lbs.)
Tatsuro Kamei (4-3 / Paraestra Hiroshima)
vs.
Kentaro Watanabe (2-1 / Freelance)

Welterweight (70kg / 155.3 lbs.)
Hiroshi Shiba (6-5 / Purebred Kyoto)
vs.
Tatsunori Tanaka (2-3 / Wajyutsu Keisyukai Hyogo)

Rookie Tournament - Welterweight (70kg / 155.3 lbs.)
Kazuya Satomoto (5-2 / Paraestra Hiroshima)
vs.
"Gypsy" Taro Kusano (2-3-1 / Shooting Gym Osaka)

Rookie Tournament - Featherweight (60kg / 132.3 lbs.)
Keita Yoshida (3-0-2 / Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)
vs.
Yasuo "Jinkiba" Niki (1-0 / Freelance)

Featherweight (60kg / 132.3 lbs.)
Nobuhiro "Mike" Hayakawa (1-4-3 / Shooting Gym Osaka)
vs.
Joji Kawamata (3-2-4 / Paraestra Osaka)

Rookie Tournament - Light Heavyweight (83kg / 183 lbs.)
Nobuyasu Fujikawa (0-2 / Team Banana)
vs.
Yoshiyuki Kato (debut / Gonzui's Gym)

Flyweight (52kg / 114.6 lbs.)
Teppei Masuda (2-2-1 / Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)
vs.
Doraku Mori (1-0 / Nascer do Sol)

* * * * *

Shooto GIG Central 18
August 30, 2009
Asunal Kanayama Hall
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Rookie Tournament - Flyweight (52kg / 114.6 lbs.)
Hiroyuki "Ron" Kondo (1-2 / Jiu-Jitsu Brother)
vs.
Koji Kishimoto (1-0 / TK Esperanza)

Scheduled Participants
Takesuke Kume (4-1-2 / Alive)

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Dear Chris,

Which of these fights should I care enough about to seek video of?

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by Mike Fagan on Jun 20, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

The two I mentioned at the top of the post are the ones that really caught my eye. Most of the fights on the Saitama card should be fun, if not particularly important in the grand scheme of things. But the crummy thing is that video of most of these fights won’t surface until months after the fact, if ever. This card on July 19th has some big fights, so hopefully that’ll air fairly soon after it happens. I’ll make sure to post up anything I come across.

by Chris Nelson on Jun 20, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions