Shooto: 1st Round 2014 Results & Discussion

Date: January 13, 2014 at 03:00 AM ET
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Results:

Shinya Murofushi defeats Junji Ito by Submission, RNC, rd 1, 3:33
Yuta “Uruka” Sasaki defeats Keisuke Fujiwara by Submission, RNC, rd 1, 4:35
Ryuto Sawada defeats Tateo Iino by Submission, front choke, rd 1, 2:07
Shigeki Osawa defeats Kazuhiro Ito by UD
Kosuke Suzuki defeats Taku Kajikawa by UD
Kotaro Hagiwara vs Shohei Nomitani - DRAW
Takashi Maeda defeats Hideto Okada by UD
Dai Sudo defeats Yoshinori Takahashi by Submission, arm lock, rd 2, 4:38

Big fan of the headline fights. I think Fujiwara is a good test for Uruka right now and Ito/Murofushi is a fresh strawweight fight.

I just hope this opens up a shot for Yamagami at Miki's title now.

Also, Shooto's posters have been extra flamboyant for the last year lol.

Osawa is going to run through K. Ito imo

I don't know about the main event. Junji could win but I see Murofushi subbing him

Maeda > Oakada

And War Rambo as always!

Sasaki vs. Fujiwara is going to be sick. How long does it usually take Shooto fight videos to surface?

It'll cool to hear about the results, I think I'm in need of some JMMA appreciation.

Here's a fairly recent Sasaki bout to get us pumped up  
 

Results:

Shinya Murofushi defeats Junji Ito by Submission, RNC, rd 1, 3:33
Yuta “Uruka” Sasaki defeats Keisuke Fujiwara by Submission, RNC, rd 1, 4:35
Ryuto Sawada defeats Tateo Iino by Submission, front choke, rd 1, 2:07
Shigeki Osawa defeats Kazuhiro Ito by UD
Kosuke Suzuki defeats Taku Kajikawa by UD
Kotaro Hagiwara vs Shohei Nomitani - DRAW
Takashi Maeda defeats Hideto Okada by UD
Dai Sudo defeats Yoshinori Takahashi by Submission, arm lock, rd 2, 4:38

Kotani fighting at VTJ 4

Huge win for Murofushi. I thought Ito was well-rounded enough to stave off Murofushi's grappling but apparently, his grappling is top class at 115.

Impressive performance by Uruka too. Ogikubo next, please.