Shooto Results

August 10, 2003

Kanagawa, Japan

Fight 1

Masatoshi Abe - Class B fighter (4-1-1) wins by unanimous decision over  Daiji Takahashi - Class B fighter (4-6-2) 

Fight 2

Junji Ikoma - Class B fighter (4-3-1) wins by second round submission over Hiroaki Yoshioka - # 5 ranked Bantamweight (5-6-2)

Fight 3

Jake Shields - # 2 ranked Middleweight (3-1) wins by unanimous decision over  Akira Kikuchi - # 6 ranked Middleweight (6-1)

Fight 4

Tatsuya Kawajiri -  # 5 ranked welterweight (9-2-1) wins by unanimous decision over  Yves Edwards - Class A fighter (2-2-1)

Fight 5 - Featherweight Title Bout

Ryota Matsune - former # 3 ranked featherweight (12-1) wins the featherweight title by decision over now former champ Masahiro Oishi ( 8-5-4) 

Fight 6 - Lightweight Title Bout

Alexandre Franca Nogueira - Lightweight Champion (9-2 - 1) and Stephen Paling -  # 1 ranked Lightweight (8-3-1) fought to a draw

Fight 7 - Welterweight Title Bout

Joachim Hansen - former # 3 ranked Welterweight (4-0) wins the welterweight title by unanimous decision over now former champ Takanori Gomi (12- 1) 

(8/10/03)