Wicky
Akio, who just won Shooto's lightweight rookie tournament
and is now ranked in the ninth spot in the Pacific Rim ranking,
is fighting fifth ranked Akitoshi Tamura.
Wicky is following the success of older members of his club,
Lion Takeshi and Tenkei Fujimiya,
by winning the rookie tournament, and is now facing a Shooto
world ranked fighter. During the intermission in the Shooto
show last week, both Wicky and Tamura stepped up to the ring,
for the fans, sharing their thoughts for the upcoming fight.
Tamura talked first, "When I heard Wicky came up
to (Shooto's) A class , I had this feeling that I might have
to fight him" then with a grin on his face, "Well,
I am going to put up a good fight and win." Wicky
just replyed with a simple statement, "I am going
to beat him up."
2005 ADCC Japan trial winner Tetsu Suzuki,
after competing at the world championships, went back to Japan,
changed his ring name to Tetsu Hadairo (a
kin color man), and with a series of innovative, at times
quite strange entrances and costume, now established his place
in Shooto as a cult hero. In this upcoming show, he is going
to take on a 12-year Shooto veteran Jin Akimoto,
the founder of Akimoto Dojo JUNGLE JUNCTION and now currently
also utilizing his leadership in local politics. After the
mediocre year of 1-1-1 in 2005, Suzuki just came back in July
to score a win so this fight against a seasoned grappler may
well his place in Shooto. Is he just a show? Or a legitimate
title contender? (11/12/2006)
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Both Wicky Akio
(left) and Akitoshi Tamura looked relaxed, confident,
and ready to go. |
Sustain Presents 'Professional
Shooto Supported by Crymson'
Saturday, December 12th, 2006
At Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo, Japan
Doors Open - 17:00
Fight Starts - 18:00
Confirmed Cards:
Lightweight Bout 5 min / 3R
Akitoshi Tamura (Japan / Tsudanuma Dojo)
vs. Wicky Akio (Japan / Shooting Gym Yokohama)
Featherweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Jin Akimoto (Japan / Akimoto Dojo JUNGLE
JUNCTION) vs. Tetsu Hadairo (Japan / Wajiu-tsu
Keishu-kai Iwate Branch)
Middleweight Bout (Rookie Tournament Final) 5 min / 2R
Taisuke Okuno (Japan / GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo)
vs. Yuki "Leo" Konishi (Japan /
Shooting Gym Kobe)
Featherweight Bout (Rookie Tournament Final) 5 min / 2R
Teriyuki Matsumoto (Japan / Shooting Gym
Osaka) vs. Masakazu Ueda (Japan / Paraestra
Tokyo)
Flyweight Bout (Rookie Tournament Final) 5 min / 2R
Shinya (Japan / SUBMIT Shizuoka) vs. Hiroaki
Takezawa (Japan / RJW G2)
Light-heavyweight Bout (Rookie Tournament Final) 5 min /
2R
Mutsumi Matsumoto (Japan / North King Gym)
vs. Mitsuhiro Takeda (Japan / Paraestra Hakodate)
Featherweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Takamaro Watari (Japan / Paraestra Sendai)
vs. Mike Hayakawa (Japan / Shooting Gym Osaka)
Flyweight Bout 5 min / 2R
Hayato Sato (Japan / Paraestra Chiba) vs.
Murofushi Katsuya (Japan / roots)
Ticket Prices:
RS - 10,000 yen, S - 7,000 yen, A - 5,000 yen
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