Shooto 'Tradition 4' results & quick recap

Shooto held its 'Tradition 4' event earlier today at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Some great fights went down and there were also a few familiar faces in the audience with the likes of Takanori Gomi and others watching in on the action.

Takeshi Inoue was able to add another Shooto belt to his collection. He was the Shooto Pacific Rim Lightweight Champion coming in and now thanks to a hard earned decision victory over Hideki Kadowaki, can now also call himself the new Shooto Lightweight Champion.

If anyone questioned whether or not "Lion Takeshi" deserved to fight for the belt after coming off a loss to Savant Young last May was proven wrong today.

Hatsu Hioki made himself a force to be reckoned with after his first round destruction of Shooto legend Rumina Sato. Sato, known for his unorthodox submission victories like his flying armbar victory over Charles Taylor back in 1999, was unable to recapture some of that glory from the older days and has now lost his fifth fight in six attempts.

Perhaps it’s time this Shooto veteran called it a career.

Another Shooto prospect Takashi Nakakura was able to finish his fight in the first round as well with a rear naked choke on Bendy Casimar. Most expected this fight to be a back and forth war but Nakakura completely dominated.

Though both fighters are champions in Shooto no title was on the line in this contest.

So Tazawa had a disappointing weekend. First he failed to make weight for his featherweight bout against Hiromasa Ogikubo and then ended up fighting to a draw. Ogikubo remains undefeated and at twenty-one years old could prove to be another Shooto success story and move onto bigger and better things in the world of mixed martial arts.

Here are the official results for Shooto 'Tradition 4':

Shooto Lightweight Championship
Takeshi Inoue (15-3) defeated Hideki Kadowaki (13-8-2) via unanimous decision

Hatsu Hioki (17-3-2) defeated Rumina Sato (24-13-2) by TKO (3:32-R1)
Takashi Nakakura (11-2-1) defeated Bendy Casimir (16-5-2) by rear naked choke (4:58-R1)
So Tazawa (8-3-3) fought Hiromasa Ogikubo (5-0-2) to a draw
Yutaka Ueda (6-1-1) defeated Jin Kazeta (8-9-2) by TKO (3:23-R1)
Atsushi Takeuchi (5-4-2) defeated Katsuya Murofushi (3-4) by rear naked choke (1:44-R2)
Taisuke Okuno (7-2) defeated Daisuke Okumiya (2-3-1) via unanimous decision
Nobuhiro Hayakawa (1-4-3) fought Yuta Nezu (5-2-1) to a draw

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