[Press release from Sustain]
11.27 Pro Shooto/Korakuen Hall Tournament final match card announced
New Strawweight World Champion “The Strongest Underdog” Takeshi Arai Revolts to Flyweight! Can Yo Otake, who is on a winning streak, block Arai’s invasion?
Returning Shoki Naito clashes with Kagawa’s Takaoka!
Akari Ogata, Japan’s representative in the women’s 78kg judo class at the London Olympics!
Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, where many fierce battles were born again this year. 4 additional cards have been decided for the 11.27 Professional Shooto official match, which will be the final match of the year.
Of course, the focus is on the participation of Joe Arai (World Strawweight Champion/Kingdom Tachikawa Colosseo), who has just won the world title by achieving a “threatening V-shaped recovery” at the Korakuen Hall tournament in September.
Although he set an unparalleled record of nine consecutive losses, he was crowned the strawweight world champion with seven consecutive wins. Moreover, he overturned everything with 4 consecutive KO wins and one fist, and stood at the top of the strawweight with an undisputed awakening.
The action that such Arai showed next is a declaration of a battle line by raising the rank. I challenged Yufuyu Sekiguchi (Shoto Gym Tokyo), who ranked first in the flyweight division, on SNS, but Yo Otake (HAGANE GYM), who is said to be “Mr.
Otake has been on a wave of winning streaks with KO and ippon wins in the last two fights as a spark to give momentum to the tournament. The two fought once in 2019, but at that time Arai won by KO, and strangely, Arai’s winning streak started from this Otake match. It can be said that Arai, who has been in a position to be chased from a position of chasing, is a perfect opponent for the turning point to the next stage. On the other hand, for Ohtake, who has nothing to lose, there is no opponent so good as he can get revenge against the much-talked-about world champion.
Ohtake turns his fangs on Arai, the world champion who knows the real thrill and fear of martial arts that can overturn everything with one fist. The match between the two reunited in the cage for the first time in three years attracted a lot of attention.
And recently, Naito Naito (Palaestra Matsudo), who has suffered a losing streak, has decided to make a comeback. The opponent will be Hiroki Takaoka (FORCE GYM), the signboard player of the professional Shooto “FORCE” held mainly in Kagawa, Shikoku. At the Shikoku Tournament in September, he played the main role and won a heated battle with Nishida ☆ Sho (Mixed Martial Arts Dojo BURST), who returned after about 4 years, and secured a ticket to the “sacred ground” Korakuen Hall. Will Takaoka’s hungry spirit, who crawls up from Shikoku and Kagawa and challenges higher-ranked Naito, win? Will quietly burning Naito strike back with his hot fist? Following Arai vs Ohtake, a good flyweight card was decided.
In addition, it has been decided that women’s heavyweight hopeful players will participate in women’s Shooto. Akari Ogata (AACC), who played an active part in the 2012 London Olympics Judo women’s 78 kg class Japan national team and has won medals in many competitions such as the world championships and Judo Grand Slams, opens the door to the world of MMA with her long-awaited. . Her opponent has many professional achievements in various promotions, and her previous job is against the unique fighter Mao Ueda (Shoto GYMS Jikishinkai UBF), who has a career as a police officer at the Osaka Prefectural Police.
Ueda also started judo at the age of 3 and has a record of 8th place in the Kodokan Cup and 2nd place in the National Police Championship, and has won the All Japan Masters Championship in wrestling. However, Ueda has more experience in MMA, and I am very much looking forward to how the match will unfold. Also, this match will be held as a tryout at Ogata’s request.
The flyweight semi-final match, Akihiro Sudo (EXFIGHT) vs. Dawei (Arinaga Dojo TeamResolve), is also on the line-up. As mentioned above, four additional cards have been decided.
11.27 Pro Shooto Korakuen Hall Tournament, tickets are now on sale. Buy your seats early!
Additional match card
Flyweight 5 minutes 3R
Takeshi Arai (Kingdom L-Geitz, Wajutsu Keishukai HEARTS/Strawweight World Champion)
HAGANE GYM
Flyweight 5 minutes 3R
Shoki Naito (Paraestra Matsudo/6th in the world)
Hiroki Takaoka (FORCE GYM)
2022 Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament Flyweight Semifinal 5 minutes 2R
Akihiro Sudo (EXFIGHT)
Playing Weizhi (Team Resolve with Yongdochang)
Tryout Women’s Lightweight 3min 2R
Ueda Mao (Shudou GYMS Straight Heart Association UBF)
Akari Ogata (AACC)
Previously reported match card
Shooto Pacific Rim Bantamweight Championship 5 minutes 3R
Hayato Ishii (TRIBE TOKYO MMA/Pacific Rim Champion, No. 1 in the world) *First defense match
Nobuki Fujii (ALLIANCE/Pacific Rim 4th, World 2nd)
Kiyotaka Shimizu retirement match flyweight 5 minutes 3R
Kiyotaka Shimizu (TRIBE TOKYO MMA / 3rd in the world, former Pancrase class champion)
Wataru Yamauchi (FIGHT FARM / 5th in the world)
Bantamweight 5 minutes 3R
Joji Goto (TRIBE TOKYO MMA/World No. 5)
Takuma Sudo (X-TREME EBINA)
Infinity League 2022 Women’s Atomweight 5min 2R
Chiyu Sawada (AACC/8 points)
Yuki Osho (Grand Slam Okinawa APP/4 points)
Infinity League 2022 Women’s Atomweight 5min 2R
Mirai Nakamura (Mars Gym/Points 4)
Kuon (ZERO/4 points)
Women’s Super Atom (50kg) 5min 2R
Nagao sound wave (AACC)
Kanno Yui (RISING SUN)
2022 Rookie of the Year Decision Tournament Bantamweight Semifinals 5 minutes 2R
Saito Soji (FIGHT FARM)
Takumi Arai (Stripele Shinyurigaoka)
Overview
Tournament name Professional Shooto Official Battle PROFESSIONAL SHOOTO 2022 Vol.7
Date and time November 27, 2022 (Sunday) Doors open at 17:15 Start at 18:00 *An opening fight is planned while the doors are open
Venue Korakuen Hall
Ticket price VIP 18,000 yen / RS 12,000 yen / SS 10,000 yen / S 7,000 yen / A 6,000 yen *Add 500 yen on the day *Ticket required for elementary school students and above
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