2008 in Shooto

The year 2008 is the 20th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2008 Shooto held 22 events beginning with, Shooto: Back To Our Roots 7.

2008 in Shooto
Information
First date	January 26, 2008
Last date	December 13, 2008
Events
Total events	22
Fights
Total fights	171
Title fights	6
Chronology
2007 in Shooto 2008 in Shooto 2009 in Shooto

Title fights

Title fights in 2008
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Featherweight	Hideki Kadowaki	def.	Akitoshi Tamura (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8	[lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight	Masakatsu Ueda	def.	Koetsu Okazaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8	[lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight	Takashi Nakakura	def.	Ganjo Tentsuku	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 1	[lower-alpha 3]
Flyweight	Shinichi Kojima (c)	def.	Mamoru Yamaguchi	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	3	3:42	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2	[lower-alpha 4]
Bantamweight	Masakatsu Ueda (c)	vs.	Marcos Galvao	Draw	3	5:00	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 3	[lower-alpha 5]
Featherweight	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Hideki Kadowaki (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 4	[lower-alpha 6]

1. For the Featherweight Championship.
2. For the Bantamweight Championship.
3. For the Lightweight Championship.
4. For the Flyweight Championship.
5. For the Bantamweight Championship.
6. For the Featherweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Shooto Events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
255	Shooto: The Rookie Tournament 2008 Final	December 13, 2008	Shinjuku Face	Tokyo, Japan
254	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 4	November 29, 2008	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
253	Shooto: Gig North 3	November 22, 2008	Zepp Sapporo	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
252	Shooto: Gig Central 16	October 26, 2008	Tokai TV Telepia Hall	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
251	Shooto: 10/13 in Kitazawa Town Hall	October 13, 2008		Kitazawa, Japan
250	Shooto: Shooting Disco 6: Glory Shines In You	October 5, 2008	Shinjuku Face	Tokyo, Japan
249	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 3	September 28, 2008	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
248	Shooto: Gig West 10	September 20, 2008	Azalea Taisho Hall	Osaka, Kansai, Japan
247	Shooto: Gig Central 15	August 3, 2008	Zepp Nagoya	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
246	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2	July 18, 2008	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
245	Shooto: 6/26 in Kitazawa Town Hall	June 26, 2008	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
244	Shooto: Shooting Disco 5: Earth, Wind and Fighter	June 21, 2008	Shinjuku Face	Tokyo, Japan
243	Shooto: Gig North 2	May 25, 2008	Zepp Sapporo	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
242	Shooto: Grapplingman 7	May 18, 2008	Hiroshima Industrial Hall	Hiroshima, Japan
241	Shooto: Shooto Tradition 1	May 3, 2008	Tokyo Dome City Hall	Tokyo, Japan
240	Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8	March 28, 2008	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
239	Shooto: Gig Torao 1	March 23, 2008	Fukuyama Industrial Exchange Center	Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
238	Shooto: 3/21 in Kitazawa Town Hall	March 21, 2008	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
237	Shooto: Gig Central 14	March 16, 2008	Tokai TV Telepia Hall	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
236	Shooto: Gig West 9	March 15, 2008	Azalea Taisho Hall	Osaka, Kansai, Japan
235	Shooto: Shooting Disco 4: Born in the Fighting	February 23, 2008	Shinjuku Face	Tokyo, Japan
234	Shooto: Back To Our Roots 7	January 26, 2008	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Shooto: Back To Our Roots 7

Shooto: Back To Our Roots 7[1] was an event held on January 26, 2008 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hatsu Hioki	def.	Katsuya Toida	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:30
	Masakatsu Ueda	def.	Atsushi Yamamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	So Tazawa	def.	Shinichi Kojima	Technical Submission (Armbar)	3	3:32
	Junji Ikoma	vs.	Jin Akimoto	Draw	3	5:00
	Hayate Usui	def.	Daisuke Ishizawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takuya Mori	def.	Ayumu Shioda	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Junji Ito	def.	Kazuyuki Yoshida	TKO (Punches)	1	1:52
	Kota Funaki	def.	Yosuke Saruta	TKO (Towel, Punches)	2	2:22

Shooto: Shooting Disco 4: Born in the Fighting

Shooto: Shooting Disco 4: Born in the Fighting[2] was an event held on February 23, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mamoru Yamaguchi	def.	Yuki Shojo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akihiro Murayama	def.	Hiroki Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Ryuichi Miki	def.	Kenji Hosoya	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shintaro Ishiwatari	def.	Kazuhiro Ito	KO (Slam)	1	2:17
	Masatoshi Kobayashi	def.	Tomonori Taniguchi	TKO (Swollen Eye)	1	3:01
	Noboru Tahara	def.	Takehiro Ishii	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Taiki Tsuchiya	def.	Hideki Nishino	KO (Punches)	2	2:54
	Yuki Baba	def.	Tatsuya Nakashima	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Naoji Mikoshiba	def.	Taijiro Iseki	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Haruo Ochi	def.	Masumi Tozawa	KO (Slam)	1	3:11

Shooto: Gig West 9

Shooto: Gig West 9[3] was an event held on March 15, 2008 at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Shinji Sasaki	def.	Paolo Milano	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	0:59
	Junya Kodo	def.	Akira Kibe	KO (Punches)	1	1:38
	Yusaku Tanaka	def.	Nobuyasu Fujikawa	TKO (Punches)	1	2:00
	Yukinari Tamura	def.	Taro Kusano	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hiroshi Sugimoto	def.	Yasuaki Kishimoto	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Shooto: Gig Central 14

Shooto: Gig Central 14[4] was an event held on March 16, 2008 at Tokai TV Telepia Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yoshitaro Niimi	vs.	Hirosumi Sugiura	Draw	2	5:00
	Yutaka Ueda	def.	Takahiro Kajita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenichi Hattori	def.	Masakazu Taguchi	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:30
	Takasuke Kume	def.	Yoshifumi Dogaki	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	3:38
	Kenya Kato	def.	Tomohiko Yoshida	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroyuki Kondo	def.	Takeshi Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hirosuke Ito	def.	Joji Kawamata	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: 3/21 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto: 3/21 in Kitazawa Town Hall[5] was an event held on March 21, 2008 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuji Inoue	def.	Kyotaro Nakao	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Katsuya Murofushi	def.	Kenichi Sawada	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	1:53
	Shinichi Hanawa	def.	Joji Shimada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroharu Matsufuji	def.	Katsuhisa Akasaki	Submission (Kimura)	2	3:04
	Kazuya Satomoto	def.	Hiroki Kuga	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	2	1:55
	Yoichiro Sato	def.	Toru Ishinaka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Naoki Hirayama	def.	Shin Kochiwa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Gig Torao 1

Shooto: Gig Torao 1[6] was an event held on March 23, 2008 at Fukuyama Industrial Exchange Center in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tsuyoshi Okada	vs.	Nobuhiro Hayakawa	Draw	2	5:00
	Makoto Akazawa	def.	Takayoshi Ono	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	2:56
	Kentaro Watanabe	def.	Jun Nagasoe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8

Shooto: Back To Our Roots 8[7] was an event held on March 28, 2008 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Hideki Kadowaki	def.	Akitoshi Tamura (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight	Masakatsu Ueda	def.	Koetsu Okazaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 2]
	Hatsu Hioki	def.	Baret Yoshida	TKO (Punches)	1	4:51
	Mamoru Yamaguchi	def.	Masaaki Sugawara	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Tetsu Suzuki	def.	Hiroyuki Tanaka	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hiroshi Nakamura	def.	Tenkei Oda	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hiroshige Tanaka	def.	Kenichiro Marui	KO (Punch)	1	3:01

1. For the Featherweight Championship.
2. For the Bantamweight Championship.

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 1

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 1[8] was an event held on May 3, 2008 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Takashi Nakakura	def.	Ganjo Tentsuku	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
	David Baron	def.	Hayato Sakurai	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	4:50
	Akitoshi Tamura	def.	Rumina Sato	Submission (North-South Choke)	3	2:37
	Savant Young	def.	Takeshi Inoue	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yasuhiro Urushitani	vs.	Ryuichi Miki	Draw	3	5:00
	Yusuke Endo	def.	Vince Ortiz	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	3:34
	Bendy Casimir	def.	Shinji Sasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hayate Usui	def.	Sakae Kasuya	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Noboru Tahara	def.	Katsuya Murofushi	TKO (Cut)	2	0:46

1. For the Lightweight Championship.

Shooto: Grapplingman 7

Shooto: Grapplingman 7[9] was an event held on May 18, 2008 at Hiroshima Industrial Hall in Hiroshima, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Kenichiro Togashi	vs.	Yutaka Ueda	Draw	2	5:00
	Kazuhiro Ito	def.	Daisuke Matsumoto	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	3:21
	Tsuyoshi Okada	def.	Katsuhisa Akasaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takumi Ota	def.	Makoto Akazawa	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	3:37
	Tatsuro Kamei	def.	Jun Nagasoe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Keita Yoshida	def.	Shunsuke Nomura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yoshitaka Aki	def.	Teppei Masuda	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	3:03

Shooto: Gig North 2

Shooto: Gig North 2[10] was an event held on May 25, 2008 at Zepp Sapporo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tomonori Taniguchi	def.	Daisuke Ishizawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kunio Nakajima	def.	Hidekazu Asakura	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Akihiko Adachi	def.	Nobuyasu Fujikawa	TKO (Punches)	2	1:00
	Fumihiro Kitahara	def.	Hayato Sato	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:46
	Yusuke Sato	def.	Tatsuya Yamamoto	KO (Flying Knee)	1	0:56
	Hiroki Kuga	def.	Yoshiki Noguchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Atsushi Kobayashi	def.	Toshihiko Yokoyama	TKO (Punches)	1	3:48

Shooto: Shooting Disco 5: Earth, Wind and Fighter

Shooto: Shooting Disco 5: Earth, Wind and Fighter[11] was an event held on June 21, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Junji Ikoma	vs.	Jin Akimoto	Draw	3	5:00
	So Tazawa	def.	Junya Kodo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Noboru Tahara	def.	Atsushi Takeuchi	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:26
	Yoshitaro Niimi	def.	Taisuke Okuno	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Eiji Murayama	def.	Yuji Inoue	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)	1	4:40
	Seiji Ozuka	def.	Ayumu Shioda	KO (Knee)	2	0:59
	Daisuke Okumiya	vs.	Shin Kochiwa	Draw	2	5:00
	Hideki Nishino	def.	Kenichiro Marui	TKO (Punches)	1	0:52
	Hiroaki Ijima	def.	Nariyasu Fujita	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Nozomi Otsuka	def.	Yosuke Saruta	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	3:25

Shooto: 6/26 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto: 6/26 in Kitazawa Town Hall[12] was an event held on June 26, 2008 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Homare Kuboyama	def.	Tatsuro Kamei	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroyuki Abe	def.	Kenichi Sawada	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:13
	Paolo Milano	vs.	Shinobu Miura	Draw	2	5:00
	Kosuke Eda	def.	Yuki Baba	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:31
	Issei Tamura	def.	Yasuhiro Kanayama	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masato Sannai	def.	Tatsuya Nakashima	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:28
	Yasuko Mogi	def.	Ayumi Takeuchi	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:45
	Yasuko Tamada	def.	Kayo Nagayasu	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 2[13] was an event held on July 18, 2008 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Flyweight	Shinichi Kojima (c)	def.	Mamoru Yamaguchi	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	3	3:42	[lower-alpha 1]
	Yusuke Endo	def.	Kenichiro Togashi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akiyo Nishiura	def.	Matteus Lahdesmaki	TKO (Punches)	3	2:17
	Hiromasa Ogikubo	def.	Hiroyuki Tanaka	TKO (Punches)	1	1:35
	Shinji Sasaki	def.	Jin Kazeta	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:42
	Shinya Murofushi	def.	Takehiro Harusaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akihiro Yamazaki	def.	Naoki Hirayama	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Takahiro Hosoi	def.	Nobuhiro Hayakawa	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	1:31
	Haruo Ochi	def.	Yuta Nezu	Submission (Bulldog Choke)	1	3:42
	Naohiro Mizuno	def.	Taiki Tsuchiya	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Ikuo Usuda	def.	Junpei Chikano	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:41

1. For the Flyweight Championship.

Shooto: Gig Central 15

Shooto: Gig Central 15[14] was an event held on August 3, 2008 at Zepp Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hatsu Hioki	vs.	Hiroshi Nakamura	Draw	3	5:00
	Takasuke Kume	vs.	Yoichiro Sato	Draw	2	5:00
	Takahiro Kajita	def.	Komei Okada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Akira Kibe	def.	Tsuyoshi Okada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenichi Hattori	def.	Hisaki Hiraishi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroshi Sakamoto	def.	Keisuke Kurata	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Teppei Masuda	def.	Kenya Kato	TKO	1	0:25
	Yukinari Tamura	def.	Kunio Nakajima	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Keita Yoshida	def.	Yasuaki Nagamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mikihito Yamagami	def.	Hiroyuki Kondo	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Shooto: Gig West 10

Shooto: Gig West 10[15] was an event held on September 20, 2008 at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tomokazu Yuasa	def.	Yoshifumi Dogaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takaaki Oban	def.	Yusaku Tanaka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yoshihiko Oyama	vs.	Keita Yoshida	Draw	1	1:32
	Yukinari Tamura	vs.	Hiroshi Sugimoto	Draw	2	5:00
	Toshihiro Shimizu	def.	Toru Ishinaka	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:34
	Yasuaki Nagamoto	def.	Manabu Kano	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	2:12

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 3

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 3[16] was an event held on September 28, 2008 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Masakatsu Ueda (c)	vs.	Marcos Galvao	Draw	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
	Yuki Shojo	def.	Yasuhiro Urushitani	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	3	3:39
	Shintaro Ishiwatari	def.	Tenkei Oda	TKO (Punches)	1	4:08
	Rambaa Somdet	def.	Noboru Tahara	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Masaaki Sugawara	def.	Takuya Mori	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Junji Ito	def.	Yoshitaka Aki	TKO (Punches)	1	4:01
	Atsushi Kobayashi	def.	Hiroshige Tanaka	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	0:59
	Kentaro Watanabe	def.	Kota Funaki	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Takuya Sato	def.	Naoki Hirayama	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

1. For the Bantamweight Championship.

Shooto: Shooting Disco 6: Glory Shines In You

Shooto: Shooting Disco 6: Glory Shines In You[17] was an event held on October 5, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryuichi Miki	def.	Jin Akimoto	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Taisuke Okuno	def.	Yoichiro Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Daiji Takahashi	vs.	Seiji Ozuka	Draw	2	5:00
	Sakae Kasuya	def.	Hideki Nishino	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Ayumu Shioda	def.	Kenji Hosoya	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Taiki Tsuchiya	def.	Daisuke Matsumoto	KO (Knee)	1	4:57
	Takeshi Sato	def.	Nozomi Otsuka	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:41
	Guy Delumeau	def.	Hisaki Hiraishi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mikihito Yamagami	def.	Yusuke Sato	KO (Punch)	2	0:18
	Fumihiro Kitahara	def.	Hiroaki Ijima	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Kosuke Eda	def.	Haruo Ochi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: 10/13 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto: 10/13 in Kitazawa Town Hall[18] was an event held on October 13, 2008 in Kitazawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Junji Ikoma	def.	Yusei Shimokawa	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:23
	Issei Tamura	def.	Takumi Ota	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Ikuo Usuda	def.	Kazuya Satomoto	KO (Slam)	1	1:05
	Shinobu Miura	def.	Masakazu Taguchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Shin Kochiwa	def.	Taijiro Iseki	TKO (Punches)	1	2:55
	Takeshi Numajiri	def.	Masumi Tozawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Gig Central 16

Shooto: Gig Central 16[19] was an event held on October 26, 2008 at Tokai TV Telepia Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Xavier Lucas	def.	Yoshitaro Niimi	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Kenichi Hattori	def.	Masato Fujiwara	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hiroharu Matsufuji	def.	Hiroshi Sakamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenichi Sawada	vs.	Teppei Masuda	Draw	2	5:00
	Naohiro Mizuno	def.	Atsushi Kobayashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Makoto Maeda	def.	Naoji Mikoshiba	KO (Punch)	2	3:39
	Mutsumi Kasai	def.	Kinuka Sasaki	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:53

Shooto: Gig North 3

Shooto: Gig North 3[20] was an event held on November 22, 2008 at Zepp Sapporo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Junji Ikoma	vs.	Takuya Mori	Draw	3	5:00
	Tatsuya Yamamoto	def.	Kazuyuki Yoshida	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:09
	Taro Kusano	def.	Hidekazu Asakura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tsuneo Kimura	def.	Michiyuki Ishibashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Junpei Chikano	def.	Yoshiki Noguchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Atsushi Mochizuki	def.	Takeshi Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takashi Niikuni	def.	Toshiaki Hayasaka	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:03

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 4

Shooto: Shooto Tradition 4[21] was an event held on November 29, 2008 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Hideki Kadowaki (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
	Hatsu Hioki	def.	Rumina Sato	TKO (Punches)	1	3:32
	Takashi Nakakura	def.	Bendy Casimir	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:58
	So Tazawa	vs.	Hiromasa Ogikubo	Draw	3	5:00
	Yutaka Ueda	def.	Jin Kazeta	KO (Punches)	1	3:23
	Atsushi Takeuchi	def.	Katsuya Murofushi	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	1:44
	Taisuke Okuno	def.	Daisuke Okumiya	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yuta Nezu	vs.	Nobuhiro Hayakawa	Draw	2	5:00

1. For the Featherweight Championship.

Shooto: The Rookie Tournament 2008 Final

Shooto: The Rookie Tournament 2008 Final[22] was an event held on December 13, 2008 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Guy Delumeau	def.	Paolo Milano	TKO (Punches)	2	4:09
	Mikihito Yamagami	def.	Junji Ito	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	2:15
	Issei Tamura	def.	Naohiro Mizuno	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kosuke Eda	def.	Yoshihiko Oyama	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:02
	Makoto Maeda	def.	Takaaki Oban	KO (Punch)	1	0:34
	Fumihiro Kitahara	def.	Kentaro Watanabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takuya Sato	vs.	Takasuke Kume	Draw	2	5:00
	Ikuo Usuda	def.	Yukinari Tamura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

See also

• Shooto
• List of Shooto champions
• List of Shooto Events

References

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