Oishi Draws Rodriguez, Suganuma Brutalizes Noji
Under Card Bouts
Jason Nowe Nov 4, 2005
SK Absolute’s Izuru
Takeuchi (Pictures) went for the first takedown, but
Seiken Kaikan fighter Kozo
Urita (Pictures) was able to defend against the
ropes.
However, persistence in the clinch paid off and Takeuchi twisted his opponent to the ground.
Urita spent a lot of time defending in this one. After yet another
takedown, a standing Takeuchi easily scooted passed his downed
opponent’s legs, taking back-position. Urita fought the choke and
was saved only by the bell once the SK Absolute fighter had it
locked on.
The second saw Urita come out striking, but Takeuchi eventually scored the takedown. From here he took his opponent’s back, getting his hooks in, and Urita was again forced to defend against a choke. Takeuchi tried to transition to an armbar from the back, but to no avail.
The clash between Wajutsu Keishukai and the Killer Bee dojo flared up again on this night. The last time this happened was at Hero’s 3 when Caol Uno (Pictures) faced off against Norifumi Yamamoto (Pictures). This time around it was Uno’s stable mate, Yuta Nakamura, against Yamamoto’s main sparing partner, Riki Fukuda (Pictures).
This one was a beat down, plain and simple. Nakamura really shouldn’t have been in there against Fukuda. The whole fight stayed in the clinch, where the Killer Bee fighter scored several hard knees that signaled the beginning of the end. These were followed up by nicely placed uppercuts to the head and body.
The blow that really put this one away was a hard left hook to the body. Nakamura fell back after this bomb landed, only to have Fukada follow with a few more strikes before the referee stepped in to end it. The whole affair lasted only 57 seconds.
Shadow the Hedgehog of video game fame stepped in to present Fukuda with his trophy and push the new Sega game a bit for the Christmas season. (Sega Sammy is the sponsor of Pancrase. Check the photo gallery that will accompany this piece to see what I’m talking about.)
Wajutsu Keishukai fighter Takumi Murata (Pictures) faced off against SHOOTO veteran Kentaro Imaizumi (Pictures). This was a pretty even match-up throughout. Murata got the first takedown, but just as it seemed like Imaizumi was stuck on the bottom, the SK Absolute fighter pulled off a huge reversal and rolled to mount.
Imaizumi took his opponent’s back early in the second, but Murata twisted back into the guard. The closing moments saw a reversal of fortunes as Murata scored the takedown, working into the mount.
The fight was scored 20-20 all around for the draw.
Killer Bee’s Shinsuke Shoji (Pictures) scored the takedown early on in the first round in his bout against SK Absolute’s Daizo Ishige (Pictures). From here Shoji displayed an excellent ground-and-pound, scoring several heavy punches. But as the fight went on Ishige used his reach to pick away at the Killer Bee fighter on his feet.
Ishige continued his stand-up strategy in the second, landing hard low kicks that took Shoji off balance. Throughout this match I often wondered while Shoji didn’t try to utilize his best weapon — his shot — a bit more, but rather seemed content to stand and throw big right hands, which Ishige would duck and counter with punches of his own.
Both fighters kept their hands low, but Shoji seemed to take the worst of it. The final moments of this one were a slobber knocker with both guys swinging, both totally gassed. Ishige knocked Shoji’s mouthpiece out of his mouth at the end.
The fight went to decision and Ishige walked away with the victory (19-19, 20-19 twice).
SHOOTO veteran Kazuhiro Inoue was really pushing the fight on his feet when he face off against team JUNKiey fighter Sotoro Yamada. But then the wheels fell off for him when he took a fluke punch that sent him down to the canvas.
From here Yamada took his back, figure-foured his legs and applied a monstrous choke that ended the fight at the 2:51 mark of the first round. Inoue was totally unconscious and took a while to get up.
U.W.F Snake Pit fighter Manabu Inoue (Pictures) pounded out a victory from the guard in his match-up against Nobuyuki Kato. The fight was stopped at the 2:59 mark of the second round.
Russian knockout machine Azlan Dzeboev added yet another KO to his fight record, as he put Japanese fighter Jimmy Akishige to sleep at the 20-second mark of the first round.
However, persistence in the clinch paid off and Takeuchi twisted his opponent to the ground.
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The second saw Urita come out striking, but Takeuchi eventually scored the takedown. From here he took his opponent’s back, getting his hooks in, and Urita was again forced to defend against a choke. Takeuchi tried to transition to an armbar from the back, but to no avail.
The closing moments were a slugfest with both fighters looking
exhausted. The fight went to the judges and Takeuchi walked away
with the unanimous victory, 20-19, 20-18 twice.
The clash between Wajutsu Keishukai and the Killer Bee dojo flared up again on this night. The last time this happened was at Hero’s 3 when Caol Uno (Pictures) faced off against Norifumi Yamamoto (Pictures). This time around it was Uno’s stable mate, Yuta Nakamura, against Yamamoto’s main sparing partner, Riki Fukuda (Pictures).
This one was a beat down, plain and simple. Nakamura really shouldn’t have been in there against Fukuda. The whole fight stayed in the clinch, where the Killer Bee fighter scored several hard knees that signaled the beginning of the end. These were followed up by nicely placed uppercuts to the head and body.
The blow that really put this one away was a hard left hook to the body. Nakamura fell back after this bomb landed, only to have Fukada follow with a few more strikes before the referee stepped in to end it. The whole affair lasted only 57 seconds.
Shadow the Hedgehog of video game fame stepped in to present Fukuda with his trophy and push the new Sega game a bit for the Christmas season. (Sega Sammy is the sponsor of Pancrase. Check the photo gallery that will accompany this piece to see what I’m talking about.)
Wajutsu Keishukai fighter Takumi Murata (Pictures) faced off against SHOOTO veteran Kentaro Imaizumi (Pictures). This was a pretty even match-up throughout. Murata got the first takedown, but just as it seemed like Imaizumi was stuck on the bottom, the SK Absolute fighter pulled off a huge reversal and rolled to mount.
Imaizumi took his opponent’s back early in the second, but Murata twisted back into the guard. The closing moments saw a reversal of fortunes as Murata scored the takedown, working into the mount.
The fight was scored 20-20 all around for the draw.
Killer Bee’s Shinsuke Shoji (Pictures) scored the takedown early on in the first round in his bout against SK Absolute’s Daizo Ishige (Pictures). From here Shoji displayed an excellent ground-and-pound, scoring several heavy punches. But as the fight went on Ishige used his reach to pick away at the Killer Bee fighter on his feet.
Ishige continued his stand-up strategy in the second, landing hard low kicks that took Shoji off balance. Throughout this match I often wondered while Shoji didn’t try to utilize his best weapon — his shot — a bit more, but rather seemed content to stand and throw big right hands, which Ishige would duck and counter with punches of his own.
Both fighters kept their hands low, but Shoji seemed to take the worst of it. The final moments of this one were a slobber knocker with both guys swinging, both totally gassed. Ishige knocked Shoji’s mouthpiece out of his mouth at the end.
The fight went to decision and Ishige walked away with the victory (19-19, 20-19 twice).
SHOOTO veteran Kazuhiro Inoue was really pushing the fight on his feet when he face off against team JUNKiey fighter Sotoro Yamada. But then the wheels fell off for him when he took a fluke punch that sent him down to the canvas.
From here Yamada took his back, figure-foured his legs and applied a monstrous choke that ended the fight at the 2:51 mark of the first round. Inoue was totally unconscious and took a while to get up.
U.W.F Snake Pit fighter Manabu Inoue (Pictures) pounded out a victory from the guard in his match-up against Nobuyuki Kato. The fight was stopped at the 2:59 mark of the second round.
Russian knockout machine Azlan Dzeboev added yet another KO to his fight record, as he put Japanese fighter Jimmy Akishige to sleep at the 20-second mark of the first round.
