Scandinavian Shooto chairman and European MMA power player Marko Leisten recently spent a week in Japan. It now appears that part of the trip was spent ironing out a deal for a triumvirate of young Swedish talent to compete at Shooto’s Yokohama supercard on October 14th.

Leisten has revealed that Swedish up-and-comers Navid Yousefi, David Lejenas and Per Eklund will travel to Yokohama to face Shooto superstars “Lion” Takeshi Inoue, Ryota Matsune and Tatsuya Kawajiri for Shooto’s October 14th offering at Pacifico Yokohama. Which fighters will face one another was not specified, however it is obvious that Eklund will meet Kawajiri, as both fight between 70 and 73 kilograms. The bout may take place a 73 kilogram weight contract, as Kawajiri has stated he would like to stay at that weight when possible to stay in fighting shape for PRIDE Bushido bouts at 73 kilograms.

It was not stated in which combination Yousefi and Lejenas would face Inoue and Matsune; both Swedes have competed at 65 kilograms in Europe. It is therefore also possible that whichever competitor that Matsune faces, the bout may be at a contract weight between 60 and 65 kilograms.

Sustain has not yet made an official announcement regarding the fights, though with the event only two weeks away, the specifics of the three bouts should be released in a matter of days.

All sixteen competitors for tomorrow’s Shooto feature at Kitazawa Town Hall have weighed in.

The sixteen Class B Shooto fighters successfully made weight inside Sustain’s offices in Tokyo with little trouble. Only 52 kilogram competitor Hiroyuki Ikeda missed weight on his first attempt, coming in at 200 grams over the 52 kilogram weight limit for Shooto’s flyweight class. Ikeda successfully made weight after losing 300 grams, stepping onto the scales at 51.9 kiograms for his second weigh in.

Main eventers Akihiro Murayama and Akihiko Adachi both comfortably made weight. Coming in at 82.4 kilograms, surprisingly it was the former 91 kilogram competitor, and self-proclaimed “Middle Aged Shootor” Adachi who came in as the lighter man. Murayama weighed in at 82.6 kilograms, remarking that in tune with the event’s theme of “Burn, Good Men”, he would rise to the occasion and be the “the good man” tomorrow.

Official Weigh-In Results:

Nobuhiro Hakayawa (Shooting Gym Osaka) - 60.0 KG
Hiromasa Ougikubo (Paraestra Matsudo) - 59.6 KG

Hiroyuki Ikeda (Paraestra Tokyo) - 52.2 KG > 51.9 KG
Shinya Murofushi (SUBMIT Shizuoka) - 51.8 KG

Yuki Inoue (Kiguchi Workout Studio) - 69.9 KG
Koichi Taguchi (PUREBRED Omiya) - 69.8 KG

Keisuke Yamada (roots) - 64.9 KG
Shintaro Ishiwatari (GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo) - 65.0 KG

Masakazu Ueda (Paraestra Tokyo) - 60.0 KG
Naoki Yahagi (PUREBRED Omiya) - 59.9 KG

Ryuichi Miki (GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo) - 56.0 KG
Ayumu Shioda (Paraestra Hachioji) - 55.8 KG

Takehiro Ishii (Crosspoint Gym) - 54.5 KG
Masaaki Sugawara (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Duro) - 54.4 KG

Akihiko Adachi (Paraestra Matsudo) - 82.4 KG
Akihiro Murayama (GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo) - 82.6 KG

Crymson Presents Professional Shooto, 16th Kitazawa Stage Feature: Burn, Good Men
October 1st, 2006
Kitazawa Town Hall,
Tokyo, Japan
Doors Open: 15:00
Fights Start: 16:00

Tentaive Fight Card (Card Subject To Change):

Class B, 60 KG, 2R 5M
Nobuhiro Hakayawa (Shooting Gym Osaka) vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo (Paraestra Matsudo)

2006 Shooto Flyweight Rookie Tournament Semifinal
Class B, 52 KG, 2R 5M
Hiroyuki Ikeda (Paraestra Tokyo) vs. Shinya Murofushi (SUBMIT Shizuoka)

Class B, 70 KG, 2R 5M
Yuki Inoue (Kiguchi Workout Studio) vs. Koichi Taguchi (PUREBRED Omiya)

Class B, 65 KG, 2R 5M
Keisuke Yamada (roots) vs. Shintaro Ishiwatari (GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo)

2006 Shooto Featherweight Rookie Tournament Semifinal
Class B, 60 KG, 2R 5M
Masakazu Ueda (Paraestra Tokyo) vs. Naoki Yahagi (PUREBRED Omiya)

2006 Shooto Bantamweight Rookie Tournament Semifinal
Class B, 56 KG, 2R 5M
Ryuichi Miki (GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo) vs. Ayumu Shioda (Paraestra Hachioji)

Class B, 54.5 KG, 2R 5M
Takehiro Ishii (Crosspoint Gym) vs. Masaaki Sugawara (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Duro)

Class B, 83 KG, 2R 5M
Akihiko Adachi (Paraestra Matsudo) vs. Akihiro Murayama (GUTSMAN Shooto Dojo)

Pancrase’s Osaka competitors took to the scales today inside the P’s LAB Osaka gym, also known as Pancrase Inagakigumi, and weighed in for tomorrow’s BLOW TOUR offering and Umeda Stella Hall.

KIBA fighter Shoji, and Paraestra Ehime jiu-jitsu femme Rin Nakai both did not attend the weigh-ins, and are scheduled to weigh in tomorrow at Umeda Stella Hall. The other ten competitors who weighed in for the card were able to make weight. Only REAL’s Yuichi Miyagi missed weight on his first attempt, coming in 700 grams heavier than the 64 kilogram weight limit. Miyagi made weight on his second attempt at 63.8 kilograms.

Pancrase superstar Yuki Kondo, headlining his second Pancrase event in just over a month, weighed in at 88 kilograms even for his bout with France’s Jean Francois Lenogue, who came in at 85.5 kilograms. Kondo, when asked for comment by the media, said only “I want to have a fight everyone can enjoy.”

Official Weigh-In Results:

Yuuji Miyazaki (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo) - 68.8 KG
Shoji (KIBA) - Will Weigh In Tomorrow

Asuka Ito (Pancrase Inagakigumi) - 54.5 KG
Rin Nakai (Paraestra Ehime) - Will Weigh In Tomorrow

Naoji Fujimoto (Pancrase Inagakigumi) - 62.8 KG
Yuichi Miyagi (REAL) - 64.7 KG > 63.8 KG

Kohichi Tanaka (Musou Senjyutsu) - 64.8 KG
Kenji Takeshige (Pancrase Inagakigumi) - 68.9 KG

Daichi Fujiwara (Pancrase Inagakigumi) - 63.6 KG
Hirayasu Takayuki (Hokutoki Yamaguchi) - 63.4 KG

Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism) - 88.0 KG
Jean Francois Lenogue (Freelance) - 85.5 KG

SEGA SAMMY Presents PANCRASE: 2006 BLOW TOUR
October 1st, 2006
Umeda Stella Hall
Osaka, Japan
Doors Open: 15:00
Fights Start: 16:30

Tentative Fight Card (Card Subject To Change):

69 KG, 2R 4M
Yuuji Miyazaki (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo) vs. Shoji (KIBA)

Pancrase Athena Bout
56 KG, 3R 3M
Asuka Ito (Pancrase Inagakigumi) vs. Rin Nakai (Paraestra Ehime)

64 KG, 2R 5M
Naoji Fujimoto (Pancrase Inagakigumi) vs Yuichi Miyagi (REAL)

69 KG, 2R 5M
Kohichi Tanaka (Musou Senjyutsu) vs Kenji Takeshige (Pancrase Inagakigumi)

64 KG, 2R 5M
Daichi Fujiwara (Pancrase Inagakigumi) vs Hirayasu Takayuki (Hokutoki Yamaguchi)

90 KG, 3R 5M
Yuki Kondo (PANCRASEism) vs. Jean Francois Lenogue (Freelance)