2007 in Shooto | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 26, 2007 | |||
Last date | December 8, 2007 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 22 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 168 | |||
Title fights | 4 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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The year 2007 is the 19th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2007 Shooto held 22 events beginning with, Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 1.
Title fights in 2007 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Shinya Aoki (c) | def. | Akira Kikuchi | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | Shooto: Back To Our Roots 1 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Flyweight | Shinichi Kojima (c) | vs. | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | Shooto: Back To Our Roots 2 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Featherweight | Akitoshi Tamura | def. | Takeshi Inoue (c) | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Middleweight | Siyar Bahadurzada | def. | Shiko Yamashita | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Shooto: Back To Our Roots 4 | [lower-alpha 4] |
Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 1 [1] was an event held on January 26, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Atsushi Takeuchi | def. | Kenichi Takeda | KO (Punches) | 1 | 4:42 | ||
Hayate Usui | def. | Hiroki Kita | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Megumi Fujii | def. | Masako Yoshida | Submission (Heel Hook) | 1 | 0:51 | ||
Kayo Nagayasu | def. | Maho Muranami | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Eri Kaneya | def. | Emi Tomimatsu | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 3:46 | ||
Chie Chie | def. | Nanako Yamaseki | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:03 |
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 1 [2] was an event held on February 17, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Shinya Aoki (c) | def. | Akira Kikuchi | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Takashi Nakakura | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Akitoshi Tamura | def. | Tenkei Oda | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Takeshi Inoue | def. | Hiroyuki Abe | KO (Punch) | 1 | 4:05 | ||
Yusuke Endo | def. | Ganjo Tentsuku | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Kotetsu Boku | vs. | Kenichiro Togashi | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Atsushi Yamamoto | def. | Takeya Mizugaki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Shooto: It's Strong Being a Man [3] was an event held on March 4, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Akihiro Murayama | def. | Seiji Furukawa | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 0:39 | ||
Yuki Shojo | def. | Ayumu Shioda | KO (Punches) | 2 | 0:45 | ||
Akihiro Yamazaki | def. | Mateus Irie Nechio | Submission (Ankle Lock) | 1 | 1:38 | ||
Yuji Inoue | def. | Nobuyuki Minami | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 2 | 3:21 | ||
Hiromasa Ougikubo | vs. | Naoki Yahagi | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Shintaro Ishiwatari | def. | Tomonori Taniguchi | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 3:41 | ||
Yosuke Ebihara | def. | Yuichiro Takase | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:49 | ||
Kunio Nakajima | vs. | Shinobu Miura | Draw | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 2 [4] was an event held on March 16, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Shinichi Kojima (c) | vs. | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Rumina Sato | def. | Augusto Frota | TKO (Cut) | 1 | 1:21 | ||
Akiyo Nishiura | def. | Hideki Kadowaki | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Masakatsu Ueda | def. | So Tazawa | Submission (Brabo Choke) | 3 | 2:00 | ||
Shinya Murofushi | def. | Takehiro Ishii | KO (Knee) | 1 | 1:33 | ||
Yoshitaro Niimi | def. | Ivan Musardo | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 4:21 | ||
Tatsuya Yamamoto | def. | Katsuya Murofushi | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Kosuke Eda | vs. | Kazuya Tamura | Draw | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Gig Central 12 [5] was an event held on March 25, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Yasuhiro Akagi | def. | Homare Kuboyama | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 2:06 | ||
Yoshihiro Koyama | def. | Takahiro Kajita | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroshi Umemura | def. | Takamaro Watari | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:03 | ||
Teruyuki Matsumoto | def. | Akira Kibe | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroshi Sakamoto | def. | Teppei Masuda | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 1:05 | ||
Tomokazu Yuasa | vs. | Takasuke Kume | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Satoru Ota | def. | Yuta Nezu | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Makoto Maeda | vs. | Takashi Goto | Draw | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 2 [6] was an event held on March 30, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Junji Ikoma | def. | Toshimichi Akagi | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Takehiro Harusaki | def. | Kenichi Sawada | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Toshikazu Iseno | def. | Guy Delumeau | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Keisuke Sakai | def. | Paolo Milano | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 2:26 | ||
Megumi Yabushita | def. | Mizuho Sato | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Yasuko Tamada | def. | Kayo Nagayasu | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Kyoko Takabayashi | def. | Yuko Yamazaki | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 3:06 |
Shooto: Gig West 7 [7] was an event held on April 21, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Junya Kodo | def. | Yasuaki Nagamoto | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Daisuke Okumiya | def. | Hirotoshi Konishi | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Toshihiko Sugimoto | def. | Toru Ishinaka | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 2:37 | ||
Yasuhiro Kanayama | vs. | Nobuhiro Hayakawa | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Daisuke Matsumoto | def. | Tsutomu Shiiki | KO (Punch) | 1 | 0:38 | ||
Takao Tamura | def. | Manabu Kano | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:41 |
Shooto: Grapplingman 6 [8] was an event held on May 13, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Tsuyoshi Okada | def. | Takeyasu Hirono | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Shinji Sasaki | def. | Masato Fujiwara | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 3:04 | ||
Yutaka Ueda | def. | Kazuya Satomoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Kazuhiro Ito | def. | Takumi Ota | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:26 | ||
Takaaki Oban | def. | Seiji Furukawa | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 3:43 | ||
Tatsuro Kamei | def. | Kenya Kato | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:32 |
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3 [9] was an event held on May 18, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Akitoshi Tamura | def. | Takeshi Inoue (c) | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Antonio Carvalho | def. | Hatsu Hioki | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Marcos Galvao | def. | Kenji Osawa | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Koetsu Okazaki | def. | Atsushi Yamamoto | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Masatoshi Abe | def. | Daniel Otero | DQ | 2 | 4:38 | ||
Hayate Usui | def. | Eiji Murayama | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Shinya Murofushi | vs. | Kenichi Sawada | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Masashi Yozen | def. | Akihiko Adachi | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 1:26 | ||
Michiyuki Ishibashi | def. | Kunio Nakajima | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hidekazu Asakura | def. | Masakazu Taguchi | KO (Punch) | 1 | 3:50 | ||
Naohiro Mizuno | def. | Yoshiki Noguchi | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 2:54 |
Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 3 [10] was an event held on May 26, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Takehiro Harusaki | def. | Atsushi Takeuchi | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Tomonori Taniguchi | def. | Yohei Suzuki | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:41 | ||
Junya Kodo | def. | Atsushi Asano | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 2 | 3:21 | ||
Takehiro Ishii | def. | Hiroyuki Ikeda | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Kenji Hosoya | def. | Yosuke Ebihara | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroharu Matsufuji | def. | Joji Shimada | Submission (Kimura) | 2 | 3:40 | ||
Kyoko Takabayashi | def. | Masako Yoshida | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:57 | ||
Mizuho Sato | def. | Kinuka Sasaki | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Shooting Disco 1: Saturday Night Hero [11] was an event held on June 2, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Mamoru Yamaguchi | def. | Yusei Shimokawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Masaaki Sugawara | def. | Toshimichi Akagi | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:27 | ||
Komei Okada | def. | Shinobu Miura | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Masatoshi Kobayashi | def. | Yuji Inoue | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Takahiro Hosoi | def. | Naoki Yahagi | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Shintaro Ishiwatari | def. | Toshihiko Yokoyama | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:45 | ||
Hiroshi Shiba | def. | Guy Delumeau | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 1:58 |
Shooto 2007: 6/30 in Kitazawa Town Hall [12] was an event held on June 30, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Ryuichi Miki | def. | Shinichi Hanawa | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Sakae Kasuya | def. | Daisuke Matsumoto | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 0:57 | ||
Takeshi Sato | def. | Katsuhisa Akasaki | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Katsuya Murofushi | def. | Tomohiko Yoshida | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiromasa Ougikubo | def. | Satoru Ota | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroyuki Abe | def. | Noboru Tahara | Technical Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 0:42 | ||
Hiroki Sato | def. | Tsuneyoshi Kashimura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hideru Inoue | def. | Hiroshi Sakamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 4 [13] was an event held on July 15, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Siyar Bahadurzada | def. | Shiko Yamashita | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Shinichi Kojima | def. | Yasuhiro Akagi | TKO (Cut) | 3 | 3:36 | ||
Takashi Nakakura | def. | Jani Lax | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 2:54 | ||
Takeshi Inoue | def. | Marc Duncan | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:16 | ||
Masakatsu Ueda | vs. | Takeya Mizugaki | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Yuki Shojo | def. | Masatoshi Abe | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2 | 3:33 | ||
Keisuke Yamada | def. | Kyotaro Nakao | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Tomonori Taniguchi | def. | Naohiro Mizuno | TKO (Eye Injury) | 1 | 3:53 | ||
Junji Ito | def. | Takahisa Toyoshima | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:53 |
Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 4 [14] was an event held on July 20, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Rambaa Somdet | def. | Takehiro Harusaki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Shinji Sasaki | def. | Komei Okada | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 2:03 | ||
Paolo Milano | def. | Takayuki Okochi | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:16 | ||
Junya Kodo | vs. | Seiji Ozuka | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Yuta Nezu | def. | Atsushi Asano | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Sachiko Yamamoto | def. | Yukiko Seki | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Shooting Disco 2: The Heat Rises Tonight [15] was an event held on August 5, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Ganjo Tentsuku | def. | Mizuto Hirota | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
So Tazawa | vs. | Tetsu Suzuki | Draw | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Akihiro Murayama | def. | Akihiko Adachi | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 2:29 | ||
Ayumu Shioda | def. | Yosuke Ebihara | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 1:36 | ||
Shintaro Ishiwatari | vs. | Hiroshi Nakamura | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Ryuichi Miki | vs. | Takeshi Sato | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Nobuhiro Hayakawa | def. | Yoshihiko Oyama | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 0:37 | ||
Takumi Ota | def. | Hideki Nishino | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 3:37 |
Shooto: Gig North 1 [16] was an event held on September 2, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Takuya Mori | def. | Hiroaki Yoshioka | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Makoto Maeda | def. | Mitsuhiro Takeda | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Yutaka Ueda | def. | Michiyuki Ishibashi | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroshi Shiba | def. | Hidekazu Asakura | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroyuki Ikeda | def. | Tatsuya Yamamoto | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:10 | ||
Fumihiro Kitahara | def. | Keisuke Kurata | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 1:58 |
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 5 [17] was an event held on September 22, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Yasuhiro Urushitani | def. | Mamoru Yamaguchi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Daniel Lima | def. | Kenji Osawa | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Hideki Kadowaki | def. | Rumina Sato | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:09 | ||
Atsushi Yamamoto | def. | Tetsu Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Setsu Iguchi | def. | Jin Akimoto | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Shinya Murofushi | def. | Atsushi Takeuchi | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Takumi Ota | def. | Sakae Kasuya | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:59 | ||
Hiromasa Ougikubo | def. | Kazuya Tamura | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:43 | ||
Akihiro Yamazaki | def. | Daisuke Okumiya | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Gig West 8 [18] was an event held on September 29, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Yasuhiro Kanayama | vs. | Junya Kodo | Draw | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hirosumi Sugiura | def. | Toru Ishinaka | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Teruyuki Matsumoto | def. | Kosuke Eda | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Tatsuro Kamei | def. | Hideru Inoue | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:18 | ||
Kazuhiro Ito | def. | Toshihiko Yokoyama | KO (Knee) | 1 | 0:32 |
Shooto: Gig Central 13 [19] was an event held on October 8, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Jong Man Kim | def. | Hatsu Hioki | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Yoshitaro Niimi | def. | Keisuke Sakai | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Shinichi Hanawa | def. | Hiroshi Sakamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Tomokazu Yuasa | def. | Toshihiko Sugimoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Takasuke Kume | def. | Takuya Sato | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:11 |
Shooto: Shooting Disco 3: Everybody Fight Now [20] was an event held on October 20, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Yuki Shojo | def. | Junji Ikoma | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Akihiro Murayama | def. | Makoto Maeda | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:57 | ||
Ryuichi Miki | def. | Toshimichi Akagi | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Komei Okada | def. | Kunio Nakajima | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 2:26 | ||
Hiroshi Nakamura | def. | Yuji Inoue | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Kenichi Sawada | def. | Takehiro Ishii | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Yuta Nezu | def. | Takahiro Hosoi | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroyuki Abe | def. | Tomohiko Yoshida | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 4:11 | ||
Shinobu Miura | def. | Guy Delumeau | Decision (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Noboru Tahara | def. | Junji Ito | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroki Sato | def. | Atsushi Matsuki | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:05 |
Shooto: Back To Our Roots 6 [21] was an event held on November 8, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Takeshi Inoue | def. | Katsuya Toida | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Takashi Nakakura | def. | Yusuke Endo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Antonio Carvalho | TKO (Knees and Punches) | 3 | 1:58 | ||
Eiji Mitsuoka | def. | Joachim Hansen | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Eduardo Dantas | def. | Shinichi Kojima | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Megumi Fujii | def. | Kyoko Takabayashi | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Rambaa Somdet | def. | Masaaki Sugawara | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Leandro Silva | def. | Masashi Yozen | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Shintaro Ishiwatari | def. | Hayate Usui | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Shooto: Rookie Tournament 2007 Final [22] was an event held on December 8, 2007 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Masakatsu Ueda | def. | Tetsu Suzuki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
Taisuke Okuno | def. | Hirosumi Sugiura | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 4:42 | ||
Paolo Milano | def. | Komei Okada | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroshi Nakamura | def. | Kyotaro Nakao | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Akihiro Yamazaki | def. | Tomokazu Yuasa | TKO (Punches and Knees) | 2 | 0:54 | ||
Hiromasa Ougikubo | def. | Yasuhiro Kanayama | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 3:35 | ||
Hiroyuki Ikeda | def. | Hiroyuki Abe | KO (Upkick) | 2 | 1:25 | ||
Kazuhiro Ito | def. | Tomonori Taniguchi | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 3:25 | ||
Kenji Hosoya | def. | Tatsuro Kamei | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hiroki Sato | def. | Takaaki Oban | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 1:17 |
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The year 2004 is the 16th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2004 Shooto held 17 events beginning with, Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall.
The year 2005 is the 17th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2005 Shooto held 27 events beginning with, Shooto: 1/29 in Korakuen Hall.
The year 2006 is the 18th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2006 Shooto held 26 events beginning with, Shooto: The Victory of the Truth.
The year 2008 is the 20th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2008 Shooto held 22 events beginning with, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 7.
The year 2008 is the 1st year in the history of World Victory Road, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2008 World Victory Road held 6 events beginning with, World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Vanguard.
The year 2009 is the 2nd year in the history of World Victory Road, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2009 World Victory Road held 9 events beginning with, World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Rebellion 2009.
The year 2009 is the 21st year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2009 Shooto held 30 events beginning with, Shooto: Shooto Tradition 5.
The year 2010 is the 22nd year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2010 Shooto held 28 events beginning with, Shooto: The Way of Shooto 1: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon.
The year 2011 is the 23rd year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2011 Shooto held 22 events beginning with, Shooto: Shootor's Legacy 1.