Shooto Rankings

 

 

From Shooto Japan (translation help from Successors Shooto) -  As of August 31, 2003 the rankings are as follows:


Light heavyweight - 182.6 lbs.

Champion - Masanori Suda (Japan) 

# 1 Dustin Denes (USA)

# 2 Egan Inoue (USA) 

# 3 Shikou Yamashita (Japan) 

# 4 Martijn De Jong (Holland)

# 5 Lance Gibson (Canada)


Middleweight - 167.2 lbs.

Champion - Vacant

# 1 Jake Shields (USA)

# 2 Juntaro Nakao (Japan)

# 3 Ray Cooper (USA)

# 4 Tetsuji Kato (Japan)

# 5 Shonie "Mr. International" Carter (USA)


Welterweight - 154 lbs.

Champion - Joachim Hansen (Norway)

# 1 Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro (Brazil)

# 2 Takanori Gomi (Japan)

# 3 Ryan Bow (USA)

# 4 Tatsuya Kawajiri (Japan)

# 5 Marcio Cromado (Brazil)


Lightweight - 143 lbs.

Champion: Alexandre Franca Nogueira (Brazil) 

# 1 Stephan Paling (USA)

# 2 Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (Japan)

# 3 Hiroyuki Abe (Japan)

# 4 Tetsuo Katsuta (Japan)

# 5 Joao Roque (Brazil)

# 6 Bao Quach (USA)

 

Featherweight - 132 lbs. 

Champion: Vacant 

# 1 Ryota Matsume (Japan)

# 2 Masahiro Oishi (Japan)

# 3 Kentaro Imaizumi (Japan)

# 4 Marco Louro (Brazil)

# 5 Masato Shiozawa (Japan)

 

Bantamweight - 123.2 lbs.

Champion: Vacant 

# 1 Yasuhiro Urushitani (Japan)

# 2 Robson Moura (Brazil)

# 3 Mamoru (Japan)

# 4 Homare Kuboyama (Japan)

# 5 Juni Ikoma (Japan)

 

 

 

 

(3/19/05)