[Shooto]: The Way of SHOOTO 02 ~Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon~ (22/03/2010)

The Way of SHOOTO 02 ~Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon~ was held on Monday at Korakuen Hall. Previsouly undefeated Shooto Featherweight Champion Masakatsu Ueda (10-1-2) was choked out in the second round by Shuichiro Katsumura (11-7-3) and in doing so suffered his first career loss. Katsumura, who was ranked 6th in the Shooto Featherweight division wins the title in what can be considered a bit of an upset.

In a fight for the vacant Pacific-Rim Middleweight title, #1 ranked Yoichiro Sato (7-2-1) beat South Korean Jung-Min Kang (1-1) by guillotine choke midway through the 1st round. In other action, Lightweight Katsuya Toida (12-9-3) defeated unbeaten Yusuke Yachi (3-1) after Yachi was disqualified for an illegal soccer kick.

The 2010 Rookie Tournament continued as Kosuke Suzuki (1-0), Yoshinori Suzuki (1-0) and Tomokazu Sato (1-1) were victorious. Satoshi Inaba (3-3-2) and Kensuke Nakamura 0-0-1) ended their Lightweight Rookie Tournament match in a draw.

Full Results after the jump.

The Way of SHOOTO 02 ~Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon~
March 22nd ,2010
Korakuen Hall (Tokyo, JAPAN)


9. Featherweight(-60kg) World Championship 3 × 5min. rounds
winner
Shuichiro Katsumura (challenger:world rank#6)
(2R 3:39,choke)
Masakatsu Ueda (world champion)
*Katsumura:new Featherweight world champion

8. Middleweight(-76kg) Pacific-rim Championship 3 × 5min. rounds
winner
Yoichiro Sato (pacific-rim rank#1)
(1R 2:13,guillotine choke)
Jung-Min Kan (pacific-rim rank#5)
*Sato:won the vacant Middleweight pacific-rim title.

7. Bantamweight(-56kg) 3 × 5min. rounds
winner
Yuki Shojo (Decision 3-0) Jesse Taitano
*30-25,30-25,30-25

6. Lightweight(-65kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
winner
Katsuya Toida (1R 3:45,DQ) Yusuke Yachi

5. Welterweight(-70kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
draw
"Kotobuki-maru" (Draw 1-0) Paolo Milano
*20-19,19-19,19-19

4. Bantamweight(-56kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:2nd round)
winner
Kosuke "Rambo" Suzuki (Decision 3-0) Yoshiyuki Takano
*20-16,20-17,20-18

3. Welterweight(-70kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
winner
Yoshinori Suzuki (1R 4:48,ankle lock) Fumihiko Kawamura

2. Flyweight(-52kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
winner
Tomokazu "Kewpie" Sato (Decision 3-0) Shuichiro Okumura
*19-17,19-18,19-17
**Sato:-1 point in 2nd round for Hitting the back of the head on the ground.

1. Lightweight(-65kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
draw
Satoshi Inaba (Draw 0-0) Kensuke Nakamura
*19-19,19-19,19-19