On Sunday, June 25, Shooto returned to Osaka, Japan for Professional Shooto 6/25 in Osaka.
In the evening’s main card action, unbeaten 22-year-old prospect Hayato Ishii took on 2016 Infinity League champion Tadaaki “Onibozu” Yamamoto, who had won five straight. Japan’s Jin Aoi, 20, built on an impressive career with a victory over former King of the Cage and King of Pancrase champion Takumi Nakayama. Japanese MMA great Yoshiro Maeda meet GLADIATOR flyweight titleholder Go Minamide.
The event aired live on Ameba TV (Japan). The event will be available on UFC Fight Pass in the days following the event.
FULL RESULTS
Tadaaki Yamamoto def. Hayato Ishii by unanimous decision
Jin Aoi def. Takumi Nakayama by knockout (flying knee). Round 2, 0:51
Yoshiro Maeda def. Go Minamide by knockout. Round 1, 0:54
Akira Takano def. Hisho Takeda by unanimous decision
Ryuya Fukuda def. Kotaro Hagiwara by unanimous decision
Sho Nishida def. Masayoshi Kato by submission (triangle choke). Round 3, 3:00
Kosuke Eda vs. Daiki Tsubota ends in split draw
Mitsuhiro Toma def. Derricott Yamamoto by majority decision
Jun Doi def. Ryuhei Nakamoto by unanimous decision
Emi Sato def. Mikiko Hiyama by unanimous decision
Sho Yamashiro def. Pitbull Takashi by submission (rear-naked choke). Round 2, 2:22
Taiyo Shimada vs. Kouki Shimada (a) ends in draw
Jin Aoi def. Takumi Nakayama by knockout (flying knee). Round 2, 0:51
Yoshiro Maeda def. Go Minamide by knockout. Round 1, 0:54
Akira Takano def. Hisho Takeda by unanimous decision
Ryuya Fukuda def. Kotaro Hagiwara by unanimous decision
Sho Nishida def. Masayoshi Kato by submission (triangle choke). Round 3, 3:00
Kosuke Eda vs. Daiki Tsubota ends in split draw
Mitsuhiro Toma def. Derricott Yamamoto by majority decision
Jun Doi def. Ryuhei Nakamoto by unanimous decision
Emi Sato def. Mikiko Hiyama by unanimous decision
Sho Yamashiro def. Pitbull Takashi by submission (rear-naked choke). Round 2, 2:22
Taiyo Shimada vs. Kouki Shimada (a) ends in draw
(a) – denotes amateur contest