Sustain, one of the promoters of Shooto Tokyo shows,
announced additional cards for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show.
The current King of Pancrase at Super-flyweight division, Kiyotaka Shimizu,
will take on Haruo Ochi in a bantamweight bout. (which means 125 lbs in Shooto)
Its not a big surprise to see the current Pancrase champ in Shooto's ring
because this is going to be Shimizu's third appearance in Shooto.
He won the first fight against Junya Kudo via rear naked choke but lost to
Shinichi "BJ" Kojima in an unanimous decision in his second Shooto
bout. However what's very impressive about Shimizu is that he is also defending
a title while he fights in Shooto. In fact, just last week, on January 28th, he
went draw against Seiji Ozuka to keep his King of Pancrase belt. Fought four
times in 2010 then three times in 2011, and already fought once this year, so
Shimizu is keeping himself busy which is good for a fighter at his age.
On top of this he has been fighting tough fighters. Kojima is a former world
champion of Shooto at 125 lbs, and the next opponent, Ochi, is currently on a
four-fight winning streak, and currently ranks sixth in Shooto's ranking.
Obviously, a tough opponent, but that actually means winning this fight would
increase Shimizu's possibility of capturing both King of Pancrase and Shooto
titles at the same time.
Shimizu is only 27 years old and he should be peaking from now to next four,
five, or even six years so he is a fighter to watch in 2011 for sure. And if he
ever gets two belts then it would be interesting to see if he would go down to
125 lbs or not. And also, he may cross the Pacific Ocean to fight in the
Octagon.
Sustian Presents
Professional SHOOTO
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Doors Open - 17:30 / Fight Starts - 18:00
Confirmed Cards (Subject to Change):
Bantamweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Haruo Ochi (Japan / Paraestra
Ehime) vs. Kiyotaka Shimizu (Japan /
SK Absolute)
Lightweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Shigeki Osawa (Japan /
Freelance) vs. Yusuke Yachi 9Japan /
KRAZY BEEO
Bantamweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Ryuici Miki (Japan / Freelance) vs. Yuya "MONKEY" Shibata
(Japan / MMA Studio STYLE)
Welterweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Shinji Sasaki (Japan / BURST) vs.
Daisuke Hoshino (Japan / Tsudanuma
Dojo)
Flyweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Shunji Sarumaru (Japan /
Shooting Gym Yokohama) vs. Yuki Shoujyou
(Japan / Cross One Gym Shonan)
Lightweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Akitoshi Tamura (Japan /
Tsudanuma Dojo) vs. Yuji Hoshino
(Japan / Wajiutsu Keishukai GODS)
Also Confirmed to Fight:
Kyoji Horiguchi (Japan /
KRAZY BEE)
Michinori Tanaka (Japan / Reversal
Gym Yokohama Grand Slam)
Ticket Prices:
RS - 10,000 yen / SS - 8,000 yen / S - 6,000 yen / A - 5,000 yen
*500 yen more at the door.
Report
by Shu Hirata
