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Hiroyuki Tanaka

  • Full Name:
    Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Record:
    6-4-1
  • Height:
    5'8 (173cm)
  • Weight:
    132 lbs
  • DOB:
    January 24, 1979
  • Association:
    Chokushin Kai
  • Country:
    Japan

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New Champs Crowned at Shooto

Chapter 8 of Back To Our Roots from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Thursday night saw a couple of Shooto titles change hands. At 132-pounds, Masakatsu Ueda (8-0-1) snatched the featherweight title vacated by Akitoshi Hokazono (6-0-2) from Koetsu Okazaki (5-1-1), Hokazono's training partner, by three-round unanimous decision. The wrestler Ueda kept the fight on the mat to control Okazaki for the "W" and new jewelry for his waist. At 143-pounds, Hideki Kadowaki (13-7-2) took "Ironman" Akitoshi Tamura's (11-6-2) Shooto trinket in an uninteresting majority decision. Top ten featherweight Hatsu Hioki (15-3-1) finished "The Finisher" Baret Yoshida of Hawaii by TKO at 4:51 of round one. In a 2008 Lightweight Rookie Tournament match-up, Hiroshige Tanaka (1-0) knocked out Kenichiro Marui (0-1) at 3:01 of round one. 123-pound Shooto veteran Mamoru Yamaguchi (2-4-3) took a unanimous decision over Masaaki Sugawara (6-3). 132-pound "Hadairo" Tetsu Suzuki (6-5-3) also won unanimously on the cards versus Hiroyuki Tanaka (6-4-1). Finally, 143-pound Hiroshi Nakamura (5-3-3) won a majority decision over Tenkei Fijimiya (7-3-2). ...