THE OPENING MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ KINJIRO TAKEDA [70 kg / 170 cm / FREE STYLE / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ HOSOKAWA, TOKIMITSU [70 kg / 172 cm / GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING / JAPAN]
Neither man wants to make a mistake as the round begins, as both are coming off losses. Takeda lands a few good strikes on Hosokawa, but Hosokawa slams him to the mat. However, Takeda uses his legs to kick Hosokawa off allowing himself to stand back up, only to have Hosokawa slam him back to the mat. However, Takeda is able to scramble out and somehow end up behind Hosokawa as the round expires.
Round two begins with Kinjiro Takeda getting close to Hosokawa and immediately pulling guard. While that may seem like a bad idea, Takeda uses an active guard and the threat of submissions to keep Hosokawa within his guard and keeps him from doing any significant damage to him. Hosokawa stands back up at one point, but when Takeda refuses to stand back up, Hosokawa engaged again on the ground. The gong rings bringing the round to a merciful end.
Takeda again pulls guard as round three begins, making one wonder what his gameplan is. Hosokawa this time is able to find range with his strikes and hits several strong strikes from the guard while Takeda struggles to contain him. Nothing happens at all beyond that.
This may have been the worst fight in CONDOR FC history. Two good fighters fighting like complete idiots with neither wanting to lose the fight. If I had to say, I'd say Hosokawa did enough to win. But as we all know, who knows what the judges were seeing.
Judge 1: Kinjiro Takeda (23 to 21)
Judge 2: Tokimitsu Hosokawa (19 to 16)
Judge 3: DRAW (22 to 22)
Huh. That's new.
THE SECOND MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ JAMES SCOTT [70 kg / 185 cm / FREESTYLE WRESTLING / UNITED STATES] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ LEE JUNG HYUN [68 kg / 170 cm / TAE KWON DO / KOREA]
Two totally different gameplans here, as Scott wants it on the ground, but Hyun wants to keep it standing. Lee Jung Hyun comes out aggressive, looking to pressure Scott with lowkicks, but leaves himself wide open to an inside uppercut. Hyun's head snaps back and Scott immediately slams him to the ground. Scott easily passes to side control and lands several strong blows on Hyun. However, the Korea does a good job of maneuvering himself and getting Scott back into his guard, which is where Scott ends up staying despite multiple attempts to pass. Lee Jung Hyun survives as the round expires.
Round two begins with Scott eating a few lowkicks from Hyun as he comes forwards, but the wrestler still manages to grab Hyun and slam him to the mat with a takedown. Hyun simply tries to hold Scott in his guard, while Scott shows no eagerness to pass and instead simply begins to grind away at Hyun with punches. The punches aren't in great form, but the power behind them makes up for lack of technique. With just seconds left in the round, the referee stands up the fight, and gives Lee Jung Hyun a yellow card for intentionally stalling on the ground as the round expires.
James Scott comes out visibly confident to begin round three. Scott gets close to Hyun and begins to work inside with short punches, uppercuts, and knees to batter Lee Jung Hyun. Hyun then makes one of the weirdest decisions in CONDOR history as he willingly pulls guard to take Scott to the ground. However, on the way down, Lee Jung Hyun secures Scott's head, and after several seconds of working it, gets full body extension and taps out James Scott to a Guillotine Choke with less then a minute left!
THE THIRD MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ IWAMURA, RYOJIRO [70 kg / 180 cm / WING TSUN / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ITO, MASANORI [70 kg / 178 cm / SUBMISSION WRESTLING / JAPAN]
Ryojiro Iwamura starts off round one with a bang, as he hits Masanori Ito with a flying knee as the round begins! However, when Ito doesn't fall and gives chase to Iwamura, Iwamura turns around and runs away from Ito...When things calm down, Ito grabs onto Iwamura, picks him up, and slams him to the ground Ito's submission wrestling style comes into play, as he easily passes Iwamura's guard and gets side control. From here, Ito begins to slowly grind away at Iwamura with punches and several keylock and kimura attempts, one of which nearly submits Iwamura...At one point Ito manages to get the full mount and rains down shots on Iwamura, but Iwamura shows his toughness by surviving. Despite the one sided nature of the round, Iwamura manages to live to see round two.
Round two begins with what can only be called inactivity, as neither man seems really excited to be the first to strike. They end up pushed against the ropes for well over a minute until the referee breaks them. Iwamura tries to clinch, or simply get near Ito, and Ito suddenly grabs onto his head and yanks him into a Guillotine Choke. Iwamura tries to fight the hold, but Ito with his crushing strength pulls up violently causing Iwamura to submit!
THE FOURTH MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ GOMI, HIDEO [70 kg / 173 cm / PANKRATION / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ KATAKURA, MASANAKA [66 kg / 163 cm / KICKBOXING / JAPAN]
Despite what one would think is Hideo Gomi's strength in this battle of grappling, Gomi and Katakura engage in a kickboxing fight in the first round. Neither man can land much more then pot shots on the other for most of the round. However, Gomi lands a vicious uppercut that turns the tide of battle. From there, he lands an uppercut, a punch flurry, a straight, and generally seems to have the former kickboxer reeling as the round expires.
Round two begins with both men throwing punches and kicks like madmen with no concept of defense whatsoever. The two begin to trade viciously back and forth until Katakura collapses. Gomi pounces as Katakura tries to stand back up, and gets the read mount. Gomi slowly works in the hooks while peppering Katakura with blows before trying to secure a rear naked choke. Gomi puts everything he has into it, but Katakura refuses to submit, breaks the choke and then somehow rolls into Gomi and gets top position! However, Gomi is immediately able to push Katakura off and put the fight back on it's feet! The two trade more shots, with Gomi teeing off on the defenseless Katakura, but Katakura shows off his toughness by refusing to leave the pocket and simply fires shots back as the round expires.
Hideo Gomi finally uses his grappling in round three, as he nearly immediately takes Katakura down to the ground. From there, Gomi easily passes to side control and begins to whail away at Katakura. However, the incredibly tough kickboxer refuses to be stopped by these, even with Gomi getting the mount and trying to finish. Gomi shows no interest in submissions, and simply punches away as time expires to go to the judges.
Hideo Gomi fought an incredibly unintelligent fight. Striking with a kickboxer is generally a bad idea, and when it hit the ground finally, he never once went for a submission.
Judge 1: Hideo Gomi (99 to 20)
Judge 2: Hideo Gomi (98 to 18)
Judge 3: Hideo Gomi (94 to 20)
THE SEMI FINAL ~ RED CORNER ~ SAKURO, TSUBASA [70 kg / 173 cm / JUDO / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ SONODA, SHINJIRO [70 kg / 173 cm / NANTO SEIKEN / JAPAN]
Shinjiro Sonoda begins the fight by making a gun motion as if he's about to blow Sakuro away during the intro...Sakuro doesn't seem to like that as he comes out aggressive in his attempts to get Sonoda to the ground, but the talented young man is able to block Sakuro's early takedowns and uses his far mroe developed striking to work Sakuro at angles with variety of strikes on the flat footed almost Sakuro. However, Sonoda is eventually caught as Sakuro takes him down to the ground. The young man shows off sophistication in his guard and keeps Sakuro from doing much damage as the round expires.
Shinjiro Sonoda comes out with the same plan as in round one, teeing off on Sakuro with quick strikes, in particular targeting Sakuro's legs. However, Sakuro catches one of of Sonoda's legs and trips him to the ground. From there, Sonoda uses everything he has to contain Sakuro, but the judoka passes Sonoda's guard and actively looks for a limb to twist in a violent fashion, but Sonoda does a good job protecting from damage. With seconds closing in Sakuro transfers to full mount, but can't do anything as time runs out.
Shinjiro Sonoda comes out again, hitting at will on Sakuro, who simply tries to grab onto Sonoda as the young fleet footed man bounces away. That all changes as Sakuro drops a bomb on Sonoda with an absolutely murderous uppercut after Sonoda misses a hook. Sonoda is clearly rocked and falls to his knees. Instead of simply shooting, Sakuro grabs Sonoda in a headlock and DRIVES his skull into the mat with a takedown, leaving the young man completely scrambled. Sakuro takes his time as Sonoda tries to desperately clear the cobwebs. Sakuro slowly works his way to side control before grabbing Sonoda's arm, and using his brute power applies a crippling keylock forcing Sonoda to tap out instantly!
THE MAIN EVENT ~ RED CORNER ~ GABRIEL MORAIS [70 kg / 183 cm / JIU JITSU / BRAZIL] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ UEMATSU, YUKI [66 kg / 168 cm / FREE STYLE / JAPAN]
With both men fairly even in terms of skill, Gabriel Morais attempts to forge a different path as he comes out and begins to box Uematsu, landing several strong shots that rattle Uematsu's cage enough that Morias can pick him up and slam him to the ground. Morais slowly works on positioning before applying a ankle hold. Uematsu fights the hold for several seconds before he manages to kick Morais off and then scrambles for top control. Uematsu tries for his own knee bar, but Morais easily escapes but Uematsu scrambles for top control as time runs out for the round.
Gabriel Morais comes out immediately and takes Yuki Uematsu down to begin round two. Uematsu appears to be having problems with the grappling strength of Morais as the Brazilian holds him down on the ground...However, Uematsu sweeps him which sets off a chain reaction of both men waiting until the other does something from the top and then reacts, usually with a sweep. This happens mutliple times before Gabriel Morais catches onto the trend. When Uematsu sweeps him again, Morais in one fluid motion locks Uematsu in a triangle choke! Uematsu attempts to fight the hold, but the sheer power of Morais's submission forces him to submit and give the Brazilian the victory.
CONDOR FC.6 ~ RIDE ON ROARING SKY
10/14/08
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,300 fans
1. Kinjiro Takeda and Tokimitsu Hosokawa fought to a majority draw
2. Lee Jung Hyun defeated James Scott at 2'20 in R3 by submission with a Guillotine Choke
3. Masanori Ito defeated Ryojiro Iwamura at 2'17 in R2 by submission with a Guillotine Choke
4. Hideo Gomi defeated Masanaka Katakura by unanimous decision
5. Tsubasa Saburo defeated Shinjiro Sonoda at 1'57 in R3 by submission with a keylock
6. Gabriel Morais defeated Yuki Uematsu at 2'55 in R2 by submission with a triangle choke
Neither man wants to make a mistake as the round begins, as both are coming off losses. Takeda lands a few good strikes on Hosokawa, but Hosokawa slams him to the mat. However, Takeda uses his legs to kick Hosokawa off allowing himself to stand back up, only to have Hosokawa slam him back to the mat. However, Takeda is able to scramble out and somehow end up behind Hosokawa as the round expires.
Round two begins with Kinjiro Takeda getting close to Hosokawa and immediately pulling guard. While that may seem like a bad idea, Takeda uses an active guard and the threat of submissions to keep Hosokawa within his guard and keeps him from doing any significant damage to him. Hosokawa stands back up at one point, but when Takeda refuses to stand back up, Hosokawa engaged again on the ground. The gong rings bringing the round to a merciful end.
Takeda again pulls guard as round three begins, making one wonder what his gameplan is. Hosokawa this time is able to find range with his strikes and hits several strong strikes from the guard while Takeda struggles to contain him. Nothing happens at all beyond that.
This may have been the worst fight in CONDOR FC history. Two good fighters fighting like complete idiots with neither wanting to lose the fight. If I had to say, I'd say Hosokawa did enough to win. But as we all know, who knows what the judges were seeing.
Judge 1: Kinjiro Takeda (23 to 21)
Judge 2: Tokimitsu Hosokawa (19 to 16)
Judge 3: DRAW (22 to 22)
Huh. That's new.
THE SECOND MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ JAMES SCOTT [70 kg / 185 cm / FREESTYLE WRESTLING / UNITED STATES] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ LEE JUNG HYUN [68 kg / 170 cm / TAE KWON DO / KOREA]
Two totally different gameplans here, as Scott wants it on the ground, but Hyun wants to keep it standing. Lee Jung Hyun comes out aggressive, looking to pressure Scott with lowkicks, but leaves himself wide open to an inside uppercut. Hyun's head snaps back and Scott immediately slams him to the ground. Scott easily passes to side control and lands several strong blows on Hyun. However, the Korea does a good job of maneuvering himself and getting Scott back into his guard, which is where Scott ends up staying despite multiple attempts to pass. Lee Jung Hyun survives as the round expires.
Round two begins with Scott eating a few lowkicks from Hyun as he comes forwards, but the wrestler still manages to grab Hyun and slam him to the mat with a takedown. Hyun simply tries to hold Scott in his guard, while Scott shows no eagerness to pass and instead simply begins to grind away at Hyun with punches. The punches aren't in great form, but the power behind them makes up for lack of technique. With just seconds left in the round, the referee stands up the fight, and gives Lee Jung Hyun a yellow card for intentionally stalling on the ground as the round expires.
James Scott comes out visibly confident to begin round three. Scott gets close to Hyun and begins to work inside with short punches, uppercuts, and knees to batter Lee Jung Hyun. Hyun then makes one of the weirdest decisions in CONDOR history as he willingly pulls guard to take Scott to the ground. However, on the way down, Lee Jung Hyun secures Scott's head, and after several seconds of working it, gets full body extension and taps out James Scott to a Guillotine Choke with less then a minute left!
THE THIRD MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ IWAMURA, RYOJIRO [70 kg / 180 cm / WING TSUN / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ITO, MASANORI [70 kg / 178 cm / SUBMISSION WRESTLING / JAPAN]
Ryojiro Iwamura starts off round one with a bang, as he hits Masanori Ito with a flying knee as the round begins! However, when Ito doesn't fall and gives chase to Iwamura, Iwamura turns around and runs away from Ito...When things calm down, Ito grabs onto Iwamura, picks him up, and slams him to the ground Ito's submission wrestling style comes into play, as he easily passes Iwamura's guard and gets side control. From here, Ito begins to slowly grind away at Iwamura with punches and several keylock and kimura attempts, one of which nearly submits Iwamura...At one point Ito manages to get the full mount and rains down shots on Iwamura, but Iwamura shows his toughness by surviving. Despite the one sided nature of the round, Iwamura manages to live to see round two.
Round two begins with what can only be called inactivity, as neither man seems really excited to be the first to strike. They end up pushed against the ropes for well over a minute until the referee breaks them. Iwamura tries to clinch, or simply get near Ito, and Ito suddenly grabs onto his head and yanks him into a Guillotine Choke. Iwamura tries to fight the hold, but Ito with his crushing strength pulls up violently causing Iwamura to submit!
THE FOURTH MATCH ~ RED CORNER ~ GOMI, HIDEO [70 kg / 173 cm / PANKRATION / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ KATAKURA, MASANAKA [66 kg / 163 cm / KICKBOXING / JAPAN]
Despite what one would think is Hideo Gomi's strength in this battle of grappling, Gomi and Katakura engage in a kickboxing fight in the first round. Neither man can land much more then pot shots on the other for most of the round. However, Gomi lands a vicious uppercut that turns the tide of battle. From there, he lands an uppercut, a punch flurry, a straight, and generally seems to have the former kickboxer reeling as the round expires.
Round two begins with both men throwing punches and kicks like madmen with no concept of defense whatsoever. The two begin to trade viciously back and forth until Katakura collapses. Gomi pounces as Katakura tries to stand back up, and gets the read mount. Gomi slowly works in the hooks while peppering Katakura with blows before trying to secure a rear naked choke. Gomi puts everything he has into it, but Katakura refuses to submit, breaks the choke and then somehow rolls into Gomi and gets top position! However, Gomi is immediately able to push Katakura off and put the fight back on it's feet! The two trade more shots, with Gomi teeing off on the defenseless Katakura, but Katakura shows off his toughness by refusing to leave the pocket and simply fires shots back as the round expires.
Hideo Gomi finally uses his grappling in round three, as he nearly immediately takes Katakura down to the ground. From there, Gomi easily passes to side control and begins to whail away at Katakura. However, the incredibly tough kickboxer refuses to be stopped by these, even with Gomi getting the mount and trying to finish. Gomi shows no interest in submissions, and simply punches away as time expires to go to the judges.
Hideo Gomi fought an incredibly unintelligent fight. Striking with a kickboxer is generally a bad idea, and when it hit the ground finally, he never once went for a submission.
Judge 1: Hideo Gomi (99 to 20)
Judge 2: Hideo Gomi (98 to 18)
Judge 3: Hideo Gomi (94 to 20)
THE SEMI FINAL ~ RED CORNER ~ SAKURO, TSUBASA [70 kg / 173 cm / JUDO / JAPAN] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ SONODA, SHINJIRO [70 kg / 173 cm / NANTO SEIKEN / JAPAN]
Shinjiro Sonoda begins the fight by making a gun motion as if he's about to blow Sakuro away during the intro...Sakuro doesn't seem to like that as he comes out aggressive in his attempts to get Sonoda to the ground, but the talented young man is able to block Sakuro's early takedowns and uses his far mroe developed striking to work Sakuro at angles with variety of strikes on the flat footed almost Sakuro. However, Sonoda is eventually caught as Sakuro takes him down to the ground. The young man shows off sophistication in his guard and keeps Sakuro from doing much damage as the round expires.
Shinjiro Sonoda comes out with the same plan as in round one, teeing off on Sakuro with quick strikes, in particular targeting Sakuro's legs. However, Sakuro catches one of of Sonoda's legs and trips him to the ground. From there, Sonoda uses everything he has to contain Sakuro, but the judoka passes Sonoda's guard and actively looks for a limb to twist in a violent fashion, but Sonoda does a good job protecting from damage. With seconds closing in Sakuro transfers to full mount, but can't do anything as time runs out.
Shinjiro Sonoda comes out again, hitting at will on Sakuro, who simply tries to grab onto Sonoda as the young fleet footed man bounces away. That all changes as Sakuro drops a bomb on Sonoda with an absolutely murderous uppercut after Sonoda misses a hook. Sonoda is clearly rocked and falls to his knees. Instead of simply shooting, Sakuro grabs Sonoda in a headlock and DRIVES his skull into the mat with a takedown, leaving the young man completely scrambled. Sakuro takes his time as Sonoda tries to desperately clear the cobwebs. Sakuro slowly works his way to side control before grabbing Sonoda's arm, and using his brute power applies a crippling keylock forcing Sonoda to tap out instantly!
THE MAIN EVENT ~ RED CORNER ~ GABRIEL MORAIS [70 kg / 183 cm / JIU JITSU / BRAZIL] ~VERSUS~ BLUE CORNER ~ UEMATSU, YUKI [66 kg / 168 cm / FREE STYLE / JAPAN]
With both men fairly even in terms of skill, Gabriel Morais attempts to forge a different path as he comes out and begins to box Uematsu, landing several strong shots that rattle Uematsu's cage enough that Morias can pick him up and slam him to the ground. Morais slowly works on positioning before applying a ankle hold. Uematsu fights the hold for several seconds before he manages to kick Morais off and then scrambles for top control. Uematsu tries for his own knee bar, but Morais easily escapes but Uematsu scrambles for top control as time runs out for the round.
Gabriel Morais comes out immediately and takes Yuki Uematsu down to begin round two. Uematsu appears to be having problems with the grappling strength of Morais as the Brazilian holds him down on the ground...However, Uematsu sweeps him which sets off a chain reaction of both men waiting until the other does something from the top and then reacts, usually with a sweep. This happens mutliple times before Gabriel Morais catches onto the trend. When Uematsu sweeps him again, Morais in one fluid motion locks Uematsu in a triangle choke! Uematsu attempts to fight the hold, but the sheer power of Morais's submission forces him to submit and give the Brazilian the victory.
CONDOR FC.6 ~ RIDE ON ROARING SKY
10/14/08
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,300 fans
1. Kinjiro Takeda and Tokimitsu Hosokawa fought to a majority draw
2. Lee Jung Hyun defeated James Scott at 2'20 in R3 by submission with a Guillotine Choke
3. Masanori Ito defeated Ryojiro Iwamura at 2'17 in R2 by submission with a Guillotine Choke
4. Hideo Gomi defeated Masanaka Katakura by unanimous decision
5. Tsubasa Saburo defeated Shinjiro Sonoda at 1'57 in R3 by submission with a keylock
6. Gabriel Morais defeated Yuki Uematsu at 2'55 in R2 by submission with a triangle choke
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