Hironaka TKO's Nagata at Cage Force 11
UFC and DREAM vet Kuniyoshi Hironaka got his second win in as many months at Saturday's Cage Force 11 in Tokyo, dropping former Olympic wrestler Katsuhiko Nagata with a right straight before finishing him off at 3:41 of the opening frame. Afterward, Hironaka made an appeal for a match against Cage Force lightweight ace Mizuto Hirota.
The ADCC-bound "K-Taro" Nakamura and PRIDE vet Daiju Takase picked up decision wins, while Yusuke Sakashita - a recent addition to Yoshihiro Akiyama's Team Cloud - was dropped in 17 seconds by Wajyutsu Keisyukai's Yuta Nakamura.
Full results below; photo via Kamipro.
LW: Kuniyoshi Hironaka (14-6) def. Katsuhiko Nagata (4-6-1) via TKO (Punches) at 3:41 of Round 1
WW: Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura (16-4-2 def. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya (6-9) via Decision (Majority)
MW: Daiju Takase (8-13-1) def. Shuji Morikawa (2-3-1) via Decision (Split)
MW: Kozo Urita (7-11-1) def. Shahriar Abbasov (0-1) via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) at 1:11 of Round 2
BW: Isao Terada (6-7-4) def. Yuta Nezu (7-3-1) via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 0:13 of Round 3
WW: Teruhiko Kubo (7-9-1) def. Keitaro Maeda (3-5-1) via TKO (Punches) at 3:04 of Round 1
LHW: Yuta Nakamura (5-5-1) def. Yusuke Sakashita (5-2) via TKO (Punches) at 0:17 of Round 1
Feather: "Randleman" Ichikawa (3-3) def. Tomoyuki Miyaji (4-3) via TKO (Punches) at 0:14 of Round 1
BW: Masato Kobayashi (3-0) def. Nobuo Kawana (1-1) via Decision (Unanimous)
WW: Yusaku Inoue (2-0) def. Yusuke Horimoto (0-2-2) via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) at the end of Round 2
UPDATE: Tony Loiseleur has a report up at Sherdog:
“If I get a chance to fight Cage Force’s lightweight champion, Mizuto Hirota, I’d [win and] defend the belt for 10 years and can die happy, I think,” Hironaka said. “I’d also like to go back to America again, to challenge myself. Since I was born a man, I want to challenge myself against the strongest.”
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I’d like to see him back in the UFC but I wouldn’t expect him to have the kind of success he has in Japan.
by Ahhhoki on Jun 27, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wish I had a way to watch some of these fights, at least the main event and the Takase/Morikawa one.
by Ahhhoki on Jun 27, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cage Force doesn’t get the love it deserves. Seriously underrated show.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Jun 27, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hironaka is a force at lightweight
would love to see him compete in WVR or DREAM. Or WEC at 155.
He was a tough welterweight — gave Fitch fits, just couldn’t handle the best strikers at that level.
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by Kid Nate on Jun 27, 2009 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or even Goulet
lol
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by Kid Nate on Jun 27, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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