2001 in Shooto

2001 in Shooto
Information
First date January 19, 2001
Last date December 16, 2001
Events
Total events 21
Fights
Total fights 137
Title fights 5
Chronology

2000 in Shooto 2001 in Shooto 2002 in Shooto

The year 2001 is the 13th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Japan. In 2001 Shooto held 21 events beginning with, Shooto: To The Top 1.

Title fights

Title fights in 2001
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Middleweight Anderson Silva def. Hayato Sakurai Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 Shooto: To The Top 7 [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Alexandre Franca Nogueira (c) def. Tetsuo Katsuta Submission (Guillotine Choke) 2 2:45 Shooto: To The Top 8 [lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight Masahiro Oishi def. Mamoru Yamaguchi Submission (Triangle Armbar) 1 1:44 Shooto: To The Top 10 [lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight Takanori Gomi def. Rumina Sato Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 Shooto: To The Top Final Act [lower-alpha 4]
Featherweight Alexandre Franca Nogueira (c) def. Katsuya Toida Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 Shooto: To The Top Final Act [lower-alpha 5]
  1. For The Middleweight Champion.
  2. For The Featherweight Champion.
  3. For The Bantamweight Champion.
  4. For The Lightweight Champion.
  5. For The Featherweight Champion.

Events list

Main article: List of Shooto Events
# Event Title Date Arena Location
103 Shooto: To The Top Final Act December 16, 2001 Tokyo Bay NK Hall Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
102 Shooto: Gig East 7 November 26, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
101 Shooto: To The Top 10 November 25, 2001 Differ Ariake Arena Tokyo, Japan
100 Shooto: Gig East 6 October 23, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
99 Shooto: To The Top 9 September 27, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
98 Shooto: Gig West 2 September 23, 2001 Namba Grand Kagetsu Studio Osaka, Kansai, Japan
97 Shooto: To The Top 8 September 2, 2001 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan
96 Shooto: To The Top 7 August 26, 2001 Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium Osaka, Kansai, Japan
95 Shooto: Gig East 5 August 15, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
94 Shooto: Gig East 4 July 27, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
93 Shooto: To The Top 6 July 6, 2001 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan
92 Shooto: To The Top 5 June 30, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
91 Shooto: Gig East 3 June 14, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
90 Shooto: Gig East 2 May 22, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
89 Shooto: To The Top 4 May 1, 2001 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan
88 Shooto: Gig East 1 April 28, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Tokyo, Japan
87 Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2001 April 8, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
86 Shooto: To The Top 3 March 21, 2001 Kitazawa Town Hall Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
85 Shooto: To The Top 2 March 2, 2001 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan
84 Shooto: Gig West 1 February 18, 2001 Namba Grand Kagetsu Studio Osaka, Kansai, Japan
83 Shooto: To The Top 1 January 19, 2001 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan

Shooto: To The Top 1

Shooto: To The Top 1[1] was an event held on January 19, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Naoya Uematsu def. Mike Cardoso Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Akihiro Gono def. Ivan Salaverry KO (Spinning Back Kick) 1 3:06
Tetsuo Katsuta def. Baret Yoshida Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Hiroaki Yoshioka def. Takeyasu Hirono Draw 3 5:00
Ryan Bow def. Tony DeDolph Submission (Armbar) 1 2:21
Katsuya Toida def. Hisao Ikeda Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Masahiro Oishi def. Masaki Nishizawa TKO (Punches) 1 4:12
Takaharu Murahama def. Yohei Nanbu Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Daiji Takahashi def. Yasuhiro Urushitani Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Hideki Kadowaki def. Takuhito Hida Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Ryota Matsune def. Nobuyuki Kato Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Toshiteru Ishii def. Tomohiro Hashi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

    Shooto: Gig West 1

    Shooto: Gig West 1[2] was an event held on February 18, 2001 at the Namba Grand Kagetsu Studio in Osaka, Japan.

    Results

    Main Card
    Weight class Method Round Time Notes
    Seichi Ikemoto def. Takayuki Okochi KO (Knees) 1 4:01
    Isao Tanimura def. Yuji Kusu Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
    Takumi Nakayama def. Chikara Miyake Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
    Hiroshi Umemura vs. Masashi Kameda Draw 2 5:00
    Jun Kitagawa def. Masashi Kita Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
    Yoshihiro Fujita def. Koichi Tanaka Technical Submission (Armbar) 1 3:58
    Daisuke Sugie def. Tsutomu Shiiki Decision (Majority) 2 5:00

      Shooto: To The Top 2

      Shooto: To The Top 2[3] was an event held on March 2, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

      Results

      Main Card
      Weight class Method Round Time Notes
      Mamoru Yamaguchi def. Gildo Lima Submission (Armbar) 1 3:57
      Anderson Silva def. Tetsuji Kato Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
      Ryan Bow def. Kohei Yasumi Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
      Masahiro Oishi def. Yoshinobu Ota Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2 2:48
      Jutaro Nakao def. Thomas Denny Submission (Strangle Choke) 3 3:09
      Koji Takeuchi vs. Hideki Kadowaki Draw 2 5:00
      Norifumi Yamamoto def. Masato Shiozawa Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

        Shooto: To The Top 3

        Shooto: To The Top 3[4] was an event held on March 21, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

        Results

        Main Card
        Weight class Method Round Time Notes
        Jin Akimoto def. Hiroaki Yoshioka Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
        Takumi Nakayama def. Ian James Schaffa Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
        Mitsuo Matsumoto def. Takashi Ochi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
        Ryota Matsune def. Tomoharu Umezawa Submission (Toe Hold) 2 2:41
        Toshiteru Ishii def. Katsuhisa Akasaki DQ (Kneeing to the Head on the Ground) 2 2:46
        Yasuhiro Urushitani def. Homare Kuboyama Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

          Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2001

          Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2001[5] was an event held on April 8, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

          Results

          Main Card
          Weight class Method Round Time Notes
          Hiroshi Tsuruya vs. Kim Mason Draw 2 5:00
          Shiko Yamashita def. Jeremy Bennett Submission (Punches) 2 2:36
          Kentaro Imaizumi def. Daiji Takahashi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
          Makoto Ishikawa def. Eugene Hynson Submission (Armbar) 2 4:42
          Takuhito Hida def. Roemer Trumpert Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
          Eiji Murayama def. Akitoshi Tamura Technical Decision (Unanimous) 2 0:00
          Shuichiro Katsumura def. Ryan Diaz Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
          Isao Tanimura def. Rodney Ellis Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
          Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Yohei Suzuki Draw 2 5:00
          Kazumichi Takada def. Masa Marcome Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1 4:35
          Shinobu Ito def. Martijn Meenhuis Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1 4:16
          Hiroki Kotani vs. Takeshi Yamazaki Draw 2 5:00

            Shooto: Gig East 1

            Shooto: Gig East 1[6] was an event held on April 28, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

            Results

            Main Card
            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
            Kazuya Abe vs. Kazuhiro Inoue Draw 2 5:00
            Masato Fujiwara def. Masakazu Kuramochi TKO (Cut) 1 1:01
            Ryota Matsune def. Hiroyasu Kodera Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
            Yoshihiro Fujita def. Katsuhisa Akasaki Submission (Kimura) 1 5:00
            Shigetoshi Iwase def. Yoshifumi Dogaki Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
            Yasuyuki Tokuoka def. Toru Nakayama Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

              Shooto: To The Top 4

              Shooto: To The Top 4[7] was an event held on May 1, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

              Results

              Main Card
              Weight class Method Round Time Notes
              Tetsuo Katsuta def. Alexandre Franca Nogueira Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
              Akihiro Gono vs. Murilo Rua Draw 3 5:00
              Katsuya Toida def. Osmar Diaz Fernandez Technical Submission (Armbar) 1 0:37
              Toniko Junior vs. Takaharu Murahama Draw 2 5:00

                Shooto: Gig East 2

                Shooto: Gig East 2[8] was an event held on May 22, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                Results

                Main Card
                Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                Takayuki Okochi def. Tomonori Ohara Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                Daiji Takahashi def. Hiroshi Umemura Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 2 3:51
                Masato Fujiwara vs. Daisuke Sugie Draw 2 5:00
                Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Yohei Suzuki Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 2:42
                Seiji Ozuka def. Yoshihiro Fujita Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

                  Shooto: Gig East 3

                  Shooto: Gig East 3[9] was an event held on December 17, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                  Results

                  Main Card
                  Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                  Shiko Yamashita def. Ryuta Sakurai Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                  Hiroshi Tsuruya def. Shigetoshi Iwase Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                  Makoto Ishikawa def. Koichi Tanaka Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                  Kentaro Imaizumi def. Ryota Matsune Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                  Naoki Matsushita def. Takuhito Hida Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

                    Shooto: To The Top 5

                    Shooto: To The Top 5[10] was an event held on June 30, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

                    Results

                    Main Card
                    Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                    Takumi Nakayama def. Charlie Pearson Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                    Takuya Wada def. Isao Tanimura Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                    Hiroki Kotani def. Takashi Ochi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                    Takeshi Yamazaki def. Koji Takeuchi Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                    Seiji Ozuka def. Katsuhisa Akasaki Decision (Split) 2 5:00
                    Homare Kuboyama def. Junji Ikoma Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

                      Shooto: To The Top 6

                      Shooto: To The Top 6[11] was an event held on July 6, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                      Results

                      Main Card
                      Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                      Katsuya Toida def. Baret Yoshida Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
                      Tetsuji Kato def. Ray Cooper Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                      Izuru Takeuchi def. Martijn de Jong Decision (Split) 3 5:00
                      Stephen Palling def. Kimihito Nonaka Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                      Daisuke Sugie def. Mitsuhiro Ishida Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                      Norifumi Yamamoto def. Masashi Kameda KO (Punch) 1 4:17

                        Shooto: Gig East 4

                        Shooto: Gig East 4[12] was an event held on July 27, 2001 at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                        Results

                        Main Card
                        Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                        Takumi Nakayama def. Takaharu Murahama Technical Decision (Unanimous) 2 0:00
                        Takeshi Yamazaki def. Masato Fujiwara Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                        Jun Kitagawa def. Tomoki Kanuka Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                        Kenichiro Togashi def. Tsutomu Shiiki Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                        Akihiko Adachi def. Jun Ishii Decision (Majority) 2 5:00

                          Shooto: Gig East 5

                          Shooto: Gig East 5[13] was an event held on August 15, 2001 at The Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                          Results

                          Main Card
                          Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                          Hiroaki Yoshioka def. Kentaro Imaizumi Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                          Ryota Matsune def. Hiroshi Umemura Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                          Yohei Suzuki def. Masakazu Kuramochi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                          Akitoshi Tamura def. Koichi Tanaka Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                          Naoto Kojima def. Naoki Matsushita Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

                            Shooto: To The Top 7

                            Shooto: To The Top 7[14] was an event held on August 26, 2001 at The Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.

                            Results

                            Main Card
                            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                            Middleweight Anderson Silva def. Hayato Sakurai Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
                            Rumina Sato def. Marcio Ramos Barbosa Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                            Masanori Suda vs. Larry Papadopoulos Draw 3 5:00
                            Steve Berger def. Seichi Ikemoto Submission (Triangle Armbar) 3 2:09
                            Ichaku Murata def. Yoshihiro Fujita Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 1:08
                            Yasuyuki Tokuoka def. Tomonori Ohara Technical Submission (Armbar) 1 2:37
                            1. For The Middleweight Champion.

                            Shooto: To The Top 8

                            Shooto: To The Top 8[15] was an event held on September 2, 2001 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                            Results

                            Main Card
                            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                            Featherweight Alexandre Franca Nogueira (c) def. Tetsuo Katsuta Submission (Guillotine Choke) 2 2:45 [lower-alpha 1]
                            Jin Akimoto def. Takeyasu Hirono Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                            Shiko Yamashita def. Leopoldo Serao Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
                            Takumi Nakayama def. Bruno Queroy Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                            Kazuhiro Inoue def. Flavio Santiago Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                            Kazuya Abe def. Makoto Ishikawa KO (Punch) 1 0:29
                            Norifumi Yamamoto def. Hideki Kadowaki TKO (Punches) 1 4:02
                            1. For The Featherweight Champion.

                            Shooto: Gig West 2

                            Shooto: Gig West 2[16] was an event held on September 23, 2001 at The Namba Grand Kagetsu Studio in Osaka, Japan.

                            Results

                            Main Card
                            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                            Daisuke Sugie def. Takaharu Murahama Submission (Armbar) 1 1:32
                            Kaichi Tsuji def. Katsuhiko Ochiai Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                            Tsutomu Shiiki def. Ken Omatsu Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                            Hiroshi Komatsu def. Koichi Tanaka Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                            Tomohiro Hashi def. Junji Ikoma Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                            Yoshifumi Dogaki vs. Hirofumi Hara Draw 2 5:00

                              Shooto: To The Top 9

                              Shooto: To The Top 9[17] was an event held on September 27, 2001 at The Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                              Results

                              Main Card
                              Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                              Takuya Wada def. Jason Buck Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                              Isao Tanimura def. Shigetoshi Iwase Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                              Hiroshi Tsuruya def. Koji Takeuchi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                              Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kazumichi Takada Technical Submission (Triangle Armbar) 1 3:03
                              Yasuhiro Urushitani def. Katsuhisa Akasaki Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                              Homare Kuboyama def. Toshiteru Ishii Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                              Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Hiroki Kotani Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

                                Shooto: Gig East 6

                                Shooto: Gig East 6[18] was an event held on October 23, 2001 at The Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                                Results

                                Main Card
                                Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                                Ryota Matsune def. Daiji Takahashi Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                                Takeshi Yamazaki def. Daisuke Sugie Submission (Armbar) 2 3:44
                                Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Takayuki Okochi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                                Akira Komatsu vs. Noriyuki Yokoyama Draw 2 5:00

                                  Shooto: To The Top 10

                                  Shooto: To The Top 10[19] was an event held on November 25, 2001 at The Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

                                  Results

                                  Main Card
                                  Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                                  Bantamweight Masahiro Oishi def. Mamoru Yamaguchi Submission (Triangle Armbar) 1 1:44 [lower-alpha 1]
                                  Izuru Takeuchi vs. Martijn de Jong Draw 3 5:00
                                  Kentaro Imaizumi def. Takeyasu Hirono Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                                  Hiroyuki Abe def. Kazuhiro Inoue TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 1 4:00
                                  Masato Fujiwara def. Koji Takeuchi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                                  Homare Kuboyama def. Tomohiro Hashi Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
                                  Masakazu Kuramochi def. Takuhito Hida Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                                  Naoki Matsushita vs. Kenichiro Togashi Draw 2 5:00
                                  1. For The Bantamweight Champion.

                                  Shooto: Gig East 7

                                  Shooto: Gig East 7[20] was an event held on November 26, 2001 at The Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

                                  Results

                                  Main Card
                                  Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                                  Hisao Ikeda def. Ichaku Murata Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                                  Hiroshi Umemura vs. Seiji Ozuka Draw 2 5:00
                                  Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Naoto Kojima TKO (Punches) 2 1:58
                                  Hiroki Kita def. Akira Kibe Decision (Majority) 2 5:00
                                  Akihiko Adachi def. Kassim Annan Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1 3:46
                                  Kotetsu Boku def. Marc Duncan Submission (Armbar) 2 3:15

                                    Shooto: To The Top Final Act

                                    Shooto: To The Top Final Act[21] was an event held on December 16, 2001 at The Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

                                    Results

                                    Main Card
                                    Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                                    Lightweight Takanori Gomi def. Rumina Sato Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
                                    Featherweight Alexandre Franca Nogueira (c) def. Katsuya Toida Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
                                    Hayato Sakurai def. Dan Gilbert Submission (Heel Hook) 1 1:52
                                    Dokonjonosuke Mishima def. Ryan Bow Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
                                    Jutaro Nakao def. Takuya Wada Submission (Triangle Choke) 1 4:07
                                    Tetsuji Kato def. Seichi Ikemoto Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
                                    Marcio Ramos Barbosa def. Takumi Nakayama TKO (Guillotine Choke) 1 0:32
                                    1. For The Lightweight Champion.
                                    2. For The Featherweight Champion.

                                    See also

                                    References