Shooto planning events on USA and Canada

Photo Guilherme Cruz

On the other corner of the earth, the tough Brazilian fighters have been shinning on Shooto, one of the most traditional events of MMA on the planet. On the recently set ranking, which TATAME had exclusive access to, 12 Brazilians are among the Top 10 of all divisions. And the top ranked fighters weight by weight may be replaced soon, once two belts will be put at risk on Shooto Brazil 17, an event that will happen on August 7.

“Probably we’ll have two internationals belt disputes, and from now on, Shooto Brazil will be responsible for bringing the title to America, since we speak in the name of the whole tree Americas… We’ll have the South-American title and we will also have another belt dispute in America”, explains André Pederneiras, president of South-American Shooto, revealing exclusively that Shooto will organize an event on United States or Canada on 2011. Check below the full rankings:

Flyweight / -52.0kg

Champion. Somdet M16 (Thai)

1. Shinpe Tahara (Japan)

2. Junji "Sarumaru" Ito (Japan)

3. Hiroyuki Abe (Japan)

4. Atsushi "Atch Anarchy" Takeuchi (Japan)

5. Katsuya Murofushi (Japan)

6. Shinya Murofushi (Japan)

7. "Heat" Takeshi Sato (Japan)

8. Junji Ikoma (Japan)

9. Takehiro Harusaki (Japan)

10. Jesse Taitano (USA)

Bantamweight / -56.0kg

Champion. Yasuhiro Urushitani (Japan)

1. Mamoru Yamaguchi (Japan)

2. Jussie Formiga (Brazil) – South-American Shooto’s champion

3. Fumihiro Kitahara (Japan)

4. Ryuichi Miki (Japan)

5. Yuki Shojo (Japan)

6. Shinichi "BJ" Kojima (Japan)

7. Takuya Mori (Japan)

8. Ayumi "GoZo" Shioda (Japan)

9. Masaaki Sugawara (Japan)

10. Daiji Takahashi (Japan)

Featherweight / -60.0kg

Champion. Shuichiro Katsumura (Japan)

1. Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (Brazil) – South-American Shooto’s champion

2. Masakatsu Ueda (Japan)

3. Koetsu Okazaki (Japan)

4. Hiromasa Ogikubo (Japan)

5. Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki (Japan)

6. So Tazawa (Japan)

7. Carlos Roberto "Betao" (Brazil)

8. Teruyuki Matsumoto (Japan)

9. Akitoshi Tamura (Japan)

10. Marcos "Louro" Galvao (Brazil)

Lightweight / -65.0kg

Champion. Hatsu Hioki (Japan)

1. Renan Barao (Brazil) – South-American Shooto’s champion

2. Taiki Tsuchiya (Japan)

3. Hideki Kadowaki (Japan)

4. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (Japan)

5. Issei Tamura (Japan)

6. Gustavo Falciroli (Australia)

7. Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura (Japan)

8. Matteus Lahdesmaki (Finland) – European Shooto’s champion

9. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura (Japan)

10. Paulo "Guerreiro" Dantas (Brazil)

Welterweight / -70.0kg

Champion: title vacant

1. Takashi Nakakura (Japan)

2. Takanori Gomi (Japan)

3. Kotetsu Boku (Japan/South Korea)

4. Yusuke Endo (Japan)

5. Bendy Casimir (France)

6. Paulo "Bananada" Goncalves Silva (Brazil) – South-American Shooto’s champion

7. Kenichiro Togashi (Japan)

8. Mizuto Hirota (Japan)

9. Ganjo Tentsuku (Japan)

10. Yoshihiro Koyama (Japan)

Middleweight / -76.0kg

Campeão: title vacant

1. Yoichiro Sato (Japan)

2. Luis "Beicao" Ramos (Brazil) – South-American Shooto’s champion

3. Takuya Wada (Japan)

4. Igor "Chatubinha" Fernandes (Brazil)

5. Hernani Perpetuo (Brazil)

6. Zelim Felican (Belgium)

7. Shiko Yamashita (Japan)

8. Akihiro Murayama (Japan)

9. Mikko Suvant (Finland)

10. Roemer Trumpert (Holland)

Light Heavyweight / -83.0kg

Champion. Siyar Baharduzada (Holland/Afghanistan)

1. Sauli Heilimo (Finland) – European Shooto’s champion

2. Carlos "Indio" Alexandre Pereira (Brazil) – South-American Shooto’s champion

3. Andre "Chatuba" Santos (Brazil)

4. Petras Markevicius (Lithuania)

5. Leandro "Batata" Silva (Brazil)

6. Grazhvydas Smailis (Lithuania)

7. Nathan Schouteren (Holland)

8. Rolandas Agraba (Lithuania)

9. Mikkel Guldbaek (Denmark)

10. Bastiaan Rejen (Holland)

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Shooto planeja eventos nos EUA ou Canadá

Foto Guilherme Cruz

Do outro lado do planeta, os cascas-grossas tupiniquim vêm brilhando no Shooto, um dos mais tradicionais eventos de MMA do planeta. Em recente ranking, ao qual a TATAME teve acesso exclusivo, 12 brasileiros ocupam o Top 10 das categorias. E o topo dos pesos pode mudar em breve, uma vez que dois cinturões estarão em jogo no Shooto Brasil 17, que rola dia 7 de agosto.

“Provavelmente teremos duas disputas de títulos mundiais, e a partir de agora o Shooto Brasil será responsável por fazer o titulo das Américas, porque responderemos por todas as Américas... Teremos o titulo Sul-Americano e ainda faremos mais um cinturão das Américas”, explica André Pederneiras, presidente do Shooto Sul-Americano, revelando em primeira mão que o Shooto deve realizar eventos nos Estados Unidos ou Canadá em 2011. Confira abaixo os rankings completos:

Flyweight / -52.0kg

Campeão. Rambaa Somdet M16 (Thai)

1. Shinpe Tahara (Japan)

2. Junji "Sarumaru" Ito (Japan)

3. Hiroyuki Abe (Japan)

4. Atsushi "Atch Anarchy" Takeuchi (Japan)

5. Katsuya Murofushi (Japan)

6. Shinya Murofushi (Japan)

7. "Heat" Takeshi Sato (Japan)

8. Junji Ikoma (Japan)

9. Takehiro Harusaki (Japan)

10. Jesse Taitano (USA)

Bantamweight / -56.0kg

Campeão. Yasuhiro Urushitani (Japan)

1. Mamoru Yamaguchi (Japan)

2. Jussie Formiga (Brazil) – campeão do Shooto Sul-Americano

3. Fumihiro Kitahara (Japan)

4. Ryuichi Miki (Japan)

5. Yuki Shojo (Japan)

6. Shinichi "BJ" Kojima (Japan)

7. Takuya Mori (Japan)

8. Ayumi "GoZo" Shioda (Japan)

9. Masaaki Sugawara (Japan)

10. Daiji Takahashi (Japan)

Featherweight / -60.0kg

Campeão. Shuichiro Katsumura (Japan)

1. Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (Brazil) – campeão do Shooto Sul-Americano

2. Masakatsu Ueda (Japan)

3. Koetsu Okazaki (Japan)

4. Hiromasa Ogikubo (Japan)

5. Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki (Japan)

6. So Tazawa (Japan)

7. Carlos Roberto "Betao" (Brazil)

 8. Teruyuki Matsumoto (Japan)

9. Akitoshi Tamura (Japan)

10. Marcos "Louro" Galvao (Brazil)

Lightweight / -65.0kg

Campeão. Hatsu Hioki (Japan)

1. Renan Barao (Brazil) – campeão do Shooto Sul-Americano

2. Taiki Tsuchiya (Japan)

3. Hideki Kadowaki (Japan)

4. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (Japan)

5. Issei Tamura (Japan)

6. Gustavo Falciroli (Australia)

7. Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura (Japan)

8. Matteus Lahdesmaki (Finland) – campeão do Shooto Europeu

9. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura (Japan)

10. Paulo "Guerreiro" Dantas (Brazil)

Welterweight / -70.0kg

Campeão: título vago

1. Takashi Nakakura (Japan)

2. Takanori Gomi (Japan)

3. Kotetsu Boku (Japan/South Korea)

4. Yusuke Endo (Japan)

5. Bendy Casimir (France)

6. Paulo "Bananada" Goncalves Silva (Brazil) – campeão do Shooto Sul-Americano

7. Kenichiro Togashi (Japan)

8. Mizuto Hirota (Japan)

9. Ganjo Tentsuku (Japan)

10. Yoshihiro Koyama (Japan)

Middleweight / -76.0kg

Campeão: título vago

1. Yoichiro Sato (Japan)

2. Luis "Beicao" Ramos (Brazil) – campeão do Shooto Sul-Americano

3. Takuya Wada (Japan)

4. Igor "Chatubinha" Fernandes (Brazil)

5. Hernani Perpetuo (Brazil)

6. Zelim Felican (Belgium)

7. Shiko Yamashita (Japan)

8. Akihiro Murayama (Japan)

9. Mikko Suvant (Finland)

10. Roemer Trumpert (Holland)

Light Heavyweight / -83.0kg

Campeão. Siyar Baharduzada (Holland/Afghanistan)

1. Sauli Heilimo (Finland) – Campeão do Shooto Europeu

2. Carlos "Indio" Alexandre Pereira (Brazil) – campeão do Shooto Sul-Americano

3. Andre "Chatuba" Santos (Brazil)

4. Petras Markevicius (Lithuania)

5. Leandro "Batata" Silva (Brazil)

6. Grazhvydas Smailis (Lithuania)

7. Nathan Schouteren (Holland)

8. Rolandas Agraba (Lithuania)

9. Mikkel Guldbaek (Denmark)

10. Bastiaan Rejen (Holland)

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