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Shooto 154-pound Champion Takashi Nakakura relinquished his title on Tuesday, officially declaring that he will be unable to defend the belt anytime soon due to a detached retina suffered during his May non-title loss to Takanori Gomi. Though the eye injury was initially rumored to be career-ending, Nakakura said he hopes to return at some point in 2010.

Shooto's #1 and #3 ranked 154-pounders, Willamy Chiquerim and Kenichiro Togashi, will vie for the vacant title at Vale Tudo Japan '09 on October 30th.

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(get it, because the belt is so small. nevermind)

by casey manrique on Sep 22, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got it.

I was going to declare that the saddest looking title belt ever.

by Razreshat on Sep 22, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you ever see the SportFight title belt? It was like a piece of sheet metal cut into an oval.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 22, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like a regular cowboy belt buckle.

"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson

by poundnground on Sep 22, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn, thats a shame.

by Meshuggeth on Sep 22, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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Yes Please

"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson

by poundnground on Sep 22, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Chiquerinho in this one. Five round title fights for the win.

by meyer1244 on Sep 22, 2009 4:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Strangely, even though 5×5 fights will be tested out for VTJ 09, I think the title fight will be 3×5.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 22, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup. But at least it’ll be the last of its kind if we’re to believe Lion Takeshi. He basically came right out and said, “yeah, next year title fights will be 5 rounds!” at the presser for VTJ 09. That got me pretty pumped for the future.

I’ll take whatever the top star at STG Yokohama says as truth, seeing as the gym is owned by Sustain promoter Kazuhiro Sakamoto… who basically is the hand behind the ISC.

by ikari47 on Sep 22, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn , thats too bad then. Still a good scrap.

by meyer1244 on Sep 22, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Vai Chiquerinho!

by Chris Nelson on Sep 22, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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