SHOOTO: The 4th Tokyo Gig

A smaller SHOOTO show  takes place this Saturday in Tokyo at the Shinjuku FACE with SHOOTO GIG TOKYO Vol.4. The event will focus heavily on the Bantamweight division as six of the ten scheduled fights will be fought in under that weight class.

Headlining the event will be a 3x5minute Bantamweight match between Fumihiro Kitahara (7-1-1) and Masaaki Sugawara (9-4-1). Kitahara is undefeated in his past four fights dating back to last year. Masaaki Sugawara was also unbeaten in his past four fights up until last November at Revolutionary Exchanges 3 when he lost by decision to top-ranked Ryuichi Miki. Speaking of Miki, he will face Yasuhiro Urushitani for the vacant Bantamweight title on May 30th.

The semi-main event is another 3x5 minute Bantamweight bout. Takuya Mori (6-4-1) will meet K'Z Factory Yusei Shimokawa (5-4). Takuya Mori returns to the ring after only having fought once last year, losing by decision in June. Yusei Shimokawa has been even less active, making his first appearance since losing in October 2008. Interesting side not for this match as these two fighters met once before back in May of 2005 in a 1st round match for the 2005 Rookie Tounrnament. The fight ended with Yusei Shimokawa coming out on top by a unanimous decision.

Fight card is posted after the jump.

SHOOTO GIG TOKYO Vol.4
Shinjuku FACE (Tokyo,JAPAN)
April 24,2010

10. Bantamweight(-56kg) 3 × 5min. rounds
Fumihiro Kitahara vs. Masaaki Sugawara

9. Bantamweight(-56kg) 3 × 5min. rounds
Takuya Mori vs. Yusei Shimokawa

8. Bantamweight(-56kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
Jin Akimoto vs. Kenji Hosoya

7. Bantamweight(-56kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
Toshimichi Akagi vs. Nozomi Otsuka

6. Bantamweight(-56kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
Masumi Tozawa vs. Yusuke Honma

5. Welterweight(-70kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
Kota Shimoishi vs. Daisuke Hoshino

4. Bantamweight(-56kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
Yuki Yasunaga vs. Satoru "Sarutobi" Enomoto

3. Flyweight(-52kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
Atsushi Mochizuki vs. Hiroyuki Shida

2. Welterweight(-70kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
Keiji Sakuta vs. Yoshinori Takahashi

1. Welterweight(-70kg) 2 × 5min. rounds
(Rookie Tournament 2010:1st round)
Hideto Kondo vs. Akira Okada