Japanese MMA: Shooto TRILOGY op:1 Results

Last year's Shooto Rookie Tournament Runner-up (Bantamweight), Nozomi Otsuka (4-1-2) beat Hideru Inoue (4-3-1) at the main event of Shooto's TRILOGY op:1 this past Sunday at the Southern Pier Hakata. Otsuka wasted little time in his attack finishing Inoue with an armbar in just over minute into the first round.

Norio Tokuhisa (1-1-0) took a 2-1 judges decision over Tadahiro Harada (1-1-1) to advance in the Welterweight 2010 Rookie Tournament and in the Lightweight Rookie Tournament, Hiroaki Nakayama (1-2-0) defeated Hiroshi "Ninja" Nosaka (0-1-0) midway through the second round by rear naked choke.

The next Shooto show, Shooting Disco 11 - TORA,TORA,TORA!, takes place this Saturday February 27th from Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo. Headlining the show will be Hiroaki Yoshioka (6-9-2), who is coming off a win over the 6-2 Hiroyuki Abe. His opponent will be Junji Sarumaru (5-2-0) who has won two in a row.

Shooto TRILOGY op:1
Southern Pier Hakata (Fukuoka,JAPAN)
February 21st, 2010

Main Event ~ 2R x 5Min
7 BW: Hideru Inoue (4-2-1) Def. Nozomi Otsuka (3-1-2) (R1 1:08 Armbar)

2R x 5Min
6 FW: Mike Hayakawa (1-5-3) Def. Katsuhisa Akasaki (2-16-1) (R1 2:51 Rear Naked Choke)
5 WW: Kazuya Satomoto (5-3-0) Def. Takamitsu Oba (2-0-2) (3-0 Decision)

78kg Shooto-Grappling Rules ~ 2R x 5Min
4. Kenichirou Inoue Def. Toshihiko Sugimoto (R1 2:40)

Welterweight (-70kg) 2 × 5min ~ Rookie Tournament 2010 ~ 1st round
3. Norio Tokuhisa (0-1-0) Def. Tadahiro Harada (1-0-1) (2-1 Decision)

Lightweight (-65kg) 2 × 5min ~ Rookie Tournament 2010 ~ 1st round
2. Hiroaki Nakayama (0-2-0) Def. Hiroshi "Ninja" Nosaka (0-0-0) (R2 2:50 Rear Naked Choke)

62kg Shooto-Grappling Rules ~ 2R x 5Min
1. Osamu Kosuzu Def. Takeshi Okada