Shooto at Kitazawa Town Hall took place earlier today in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

In the main event, Junji Ikoma came out on top to close the show in the last bout of the evening. He finished Yusei Shimokawa just two minutes into round one with a triangle choke.

Another early stoppage came courtesy of Shin Kashiwa when he overwhelmed Tajirio Iseki with some vicious punches to get a TKO victory in round one.

Ken Numajiri made his MMA debut a successful one when he dominated Masumi Tozawa in all three rounds to score the unanimous decision. Tozawa may have to go back to drawing board after going winless in four attempts.

The Shooto lightweight & welterweight semifinals also took place with some impressive performances from the young stars.

In the lightweight tournament, Issei Tamura looked sharp in his unanimous decision win over Takumi Ota. Tamura is now 2-0 and on his way to the tournament finals.

Ikuo Usuda stole the show when he finished Kazuya Satomoto via brutal TKO just sixty seconds into the very first round. He certainly has a lot of potential and now has the chance to impress fans further when he fights in the upcoming finals.

Here are the Shooting at Kitazawa Hall complete results:

Main Card

Junji Ikoma (11-9-3) defeated Yusei Shimokawa (5-4) by triangle choke (2:23-R1)
Shinobu Miura (2-3-3) defeated Koichi Taguchi (1-3-1) via unanimous decision
Shin Kashiwa (1-1-1) defeated Taijiro Iseki (0-2) by TKO (2:55-R1)
Ken Numajiri (1-0) defeated Masumi Tozawa (0-2-2) via unanimous decision

Lightweight Rookie Tournament Semifinal

Issei Tamura (2-0) defeated Takumi Ota (4-2-1) via unanimous decision

Welterweight Rookie Tournament Semifinal

Ikuo Usuda (2-0) defeated Kazuya Satomoto (4-2) by TKO (1:05-R1)

October 13th, 2008    

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7 Comments »

Comment by halljam2
2008-10-13 21:55:08

I have never heard of a single person on this card. The records do not look all impressive either.

Comment by Jesse Holland
2008-10-13 23:15:25

People said the same thing when guys like Kid Yamamoto and Zenko Yoshida debuted in Shooto.

 
 
Comment by the_mexicutioner
2008-10-13 21:59:29

Sound like names that you’d see on the credits of an old Godzilla movie.

 
Comment by the_mexicutioner
2008-10-13 22:04:10

I heard this is the official song of Shooto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsAR2UqQXoQ

Comment by RiverHorror
2008-10-13 22:22:38

Great southpark episode.

 
Comment by halljam2
2008-10-13 22:24:01

Mexi, you are a funny MF.

 
 
Comment by Jordan Breen
2008-10-13 23:14:54

Numajiri and Usuda are national level wrestlers out of Kiguchi’s gym, and the pros who have worked out with them say they’re already as good as seasoned professionals.

 
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