Vale Tudo Japan (VTJ) was an annual mixed martial arts tournament held in Japan from 1994 to 1999 with a reunion event in 2009.
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Vale Tudo Japan 1994 was held on July 29, 1994 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Bud Smith | Chris Bass | TKO (Soccer Kick) | 1 | 0:54 |
2 | Jan Lomulder | Kenji Kawaguchi | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:29 |
3 | David Levicki | Kazuhiro Kusayanagi | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:20 |
4 | Rickson Gracie | Yoshinori Nishi | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:52 |
5 | Rickson Gracie | David Levicki | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 2:40 |
6 | Naoki Sakurada | Yasushi Warita | Draw | 3 | 5:00 |
7 | Rickson Gracie | Bud Smith | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 0:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1995 was held on April 20, 1995 at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Craig Pittman | Wayne Emons | Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:12 |
2 | Yuki Nakai | Gerard Gordeau | Submission (Heel Hook) | 4 | 2:41 |
3 | Todd Hays | Koichiro Kimura | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 2:55 |
4 | Rickson Gracie | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 3 | 3:49 |
5 | Yuki Nakai | Craig Pittman | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 7:32 |
6 | Koichiro Kimura | Wayne Emons | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 6:05 |
7 | Rickson Gracie | Koichiro Kimura | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:07 |
8 | Kenji Kawaguchi | Tommy Walkingstick | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 6:29 |
9 | Enson Inoue | Rene Rooze | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:41 |
10 | Rickson Gracie | Yuki Nakai | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:22 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1996 was held on July 7, 1996 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Alex Cook | Tomoaki Hayama | Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 2 | 6:23 |
2 | Mushtaq Abdullah | Sanae Kikuta | Submission (Forearm Choke) | 1 | 6:27 |
3 | Yumiko Hotta | Margot Neyhoft | Submission (Keylock) | 2 | 4:14 |
4 | Ed de Kruijf | Joe Estes | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 0:53 |
5 | Todd Bjornethun | Eric Lavigne | KO (Punches) | 1 | 6:53 |
6 | Dan Severn | Doug Murphy | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 3:23 |
7 | Rumina Sato | John Lewis | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
8 | Igor Zinoviev | Enson Inoue | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:44 |
9 | Royler Gracie | Noboru Asahi | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 5:07 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1997 was held on November 29, 1997 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Jutaro Nakao | Steve Nelson | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 5:31 |
2 | Hayato Sakurai | Marcelo Aguiar | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
3 | Kenji Kawaguchi | Jan Lomulder | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 3:49 |
4 | João Roque | Uchu Tatsumi | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
5 | Carlos Newton | Erik Paulson | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:41 |
6 | Tom Erikson | Ed de Kruijf | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:37 |
7 | Rumina Sato | John Lewis | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:23 |
8 | Frank Shamrock | Enson Inoue | DQ (Egan Inoue Ran Into the Ring) | 2 | 7:17 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1998 was held on October 25, 1998 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Vale Tudo Japan 1999 was held on December 11, 1999 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Vale Tudo Japan 2009 was held on October 30, 2009 at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Masato Sannai | Kosuke Eda | Draw (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 |
2 | Jung Min Kang | Yoichiro Sato | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:48 |
3 | Mamoru Yamaguchi | Jesse Taitano | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:41 |
4 | Willamy Freire | Kenichiro Togashi | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 2:05 |
5 | Tito Jones | Tenkei Oda | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
6 | Rumina Sato | Corey Grant | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:20 |
7 | Takeshi Inoue | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | TKO (Punches) | 4 | 2:58 |
8 | Takanori Gomi | Tony Hervey | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 |
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