1991 in Shooto

The year 1991 is the 3rd year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Japan. In 1991 Shooto held 7 events beginning with, Shooto: Shooto.

1991 in Shooto
Information
First date	January 13, 1991
Last date	December 23, 1991
Events
Total events	7
Fights
Total fights	41
Title fights	8
Chronology
1990 in Shooto 1991 in Shooto 1992 in Shooto

Title fights

Title fights in 1991
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Lightweight	Yuichi Watanabe	def.	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:00	Shooto: Shooto	[a]
Middleweight	Kenji Kawaguchi	def.	Manabu Yamada	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:58	Shooto: Shooto	[b]
Featherweight	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	def.	Kenichi Tanaka (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	Shooto: Shooto	[c]
Welterweight	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	def.	Yasuto Sekishima (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	Shooto: Shooto	[d]
Lightweight	Tomonori Ohara	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	TKO (Broken Hand)	2	2:35	Shooto: Shooto	[e]
Featherweight	Kazuhiro Sakamoto (c)	def.	Hiroyuki Kanno	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:52	Shooto: Shooto	[f]
Middleweight	Kenji Kawaguchi (c)	def.	Satoshi Honma	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	Shooto: Shooto	[g]
Welterweight	Naoki Sakurada	def.	Yasuto Sekishima	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00	Shooto: Shooto	[h]

1. Watanabe defeated Kusayanagi to become the inaugural Shooto Lightweight Champion.
2. Kawaguchi defeated Yamada to become the inaugural Shooto Middleweight Champion.
3. Sakamoto defeated Tanaka to become the Shooto Featherweight Champion.
4. Ishikawa defeated Sekishima to become the Shooto Welterweight Champion.
5. Ohara defeated Ishikawa to become the Shooto Lightweight Champion.
6. Sakamoto defeated Kanno to remain the Shooto Featherweight Champion.
7. Kawaguchi defeated Honma to remain the Shooto Middleweight Champion.
8. Sakurada defeated Sekishima to become the Shooto Welterweight Champion.

Events list

Main article: List of Shooto Events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
16	Shooto: Shooto	December 23, 1991	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
15	Shooto: Shooto	October 17, 1991	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	Osaka, Kansai, Japan
14	Shooto: Shooto	August 25, 1991	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
13	Shooto: Shooto	August 3, 1991	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
12	Shooto: Shooto	May 31, 1991	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
11	Shooto: Shooto	March 29, 1991	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
10	Shooto: Shooto	January 13, 1991	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[1] was an event held on January 13, 1991, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Yuichi Watanabe	def.	Tomonori Ohara	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
	Yasuto Sekishima	def.	Manabu Yamada	KO (Punch)	2	0:00
	Kenji Kawaguchi	def.	Naoki Sakurada	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:00
	Hiroyuki Kanno	vs.	Suguru Shigeno	Draw	3	3:00
	Hiroaki Matsutani	def.	Tetsuya Hirada	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Mamoru Okochi	def.	Makoto Mizoguchi	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	0:00

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[2] was an event held on March 29, 1991, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Yuichi Watanabe	def.	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:00	[a]
	Yasuto Sekishima	def.	Takashi Tojo	Submission (Armbar)	2	0:00
	Hiroyuki Kanno	def.	Kenichi Tanaka	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	def.	Noboru Asahi	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	def.	Tomonori Ohara	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	4	0:00
	Tomoyuki Saito	def.	Mamoru Okochi	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	0:00
	Tomohiro Tanaka	def.	Masanori Yoneyama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

1. Watanabe defeated Kusayanagi to become the inaugural Shooto Lightweight Champion.

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[3] was an event held on May 31, 1991, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Kenji Kawaguchi	def.	Manabu Yamada	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:58	[a]
Featherweight	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	def.	Kenichi Tanaka (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	[b]
	Naoki Sakurada	def.	Tomonori Ohara	Submission (Armbar)	5	0:00
	Satoshi Honma	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	Submission (Armbar)	2	0:00
	Tomohiro Tanaka	def.	Suguru Shigeno	KO	3	0:00
	Mamoru Okochi	def.	Misaki Kubota	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

1. Kawaguchi defeated Yamada to become the inaugural Shooto Middleweight Champion.
2. Sakamoto defeated Tanaka to become the Shooto Featherweight Champion.

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[4] was an event held on August 3, 1991, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	def.	Yasuto Sekishima (c)	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	[a]
	Kazuhiro Sakamoto	def.	Hiroaki Matsutani	Submission (Armbar)	3	0:00
	Satoshi Honma	def.	Manabu Yamada	Submission (Armbar)	4	0:00
	Noboru Asahi	vs.	Tomohiro Tanaka	Draw	4	3:00
	Suguru Shigeno	def.	Mamoru Okochi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Tadashi Murakami	def.	Takashi Nishizawa	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	1:12

1. Ishikawa defeated Sekishima to become the Shooto Welterweight Champion.

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[5] was an event held on August 25, 1991, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Naoki Sakurada	def.	Yuichi Watanabe	Submission (Armbar)	5	2:03
	Kenji Kawaguchi	vs.	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Draw	5	3:00
	Tomonori Ohara	vs.	Takashi Tojo	Draw	4	3:00
	Hiroyuki Kanno	def.	Makoto Mizoguchi	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:46
	Masato Suzuki	def.	Kenji Ogusu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[6] was an event held on October 17, 1991, at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Tomonori Ohara	def.	Yoshimasa Ishikawa	TKO (Broken Hand)	2	2:35	[a]
Featherweight	Kazuhiro Sakamoto (c)	def.	Hiroyuki Kanno	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:52	[b]
Middleweight	Kenji Kawaguchi (c)	def.	Satoshi Honma	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00	[c]
Welterweight	Naoki Sakurada	def.	Yasuto Sekishima	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00	[d]
	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	def.	Tomohiro Tanaka	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00
	Noboru Asahi	def.	Masato Suzuki	Submission (Kneebar)	1	0:00

1. Ohara defeated Ishikawa to become the Shooto Lightweight Champion.
2. Sakamoto defeated Kanno to remain the Shooto Featherweight Champion.
3. Kawaguchi defeated Honma to remain the Shooto Middleweight Champion.
4. Sakurada defeated Sekishima to become the Shooto Welterweight Champion.

Shooto: Shooto

Shooto: Shooto^[7] was an event held on December 23, 1991, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Naoki Sakurada	def.	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Decision (Majority)	5	3:00
	Noboru Asahi	vs.	Kenichi Tanaka	Draw	5	3:00
	Manabu Yamada	def.	Yutaka Fuji	Submission (Kneebar)	1	1:39
	Tadashi Murakami	def.	Tadeshi Kaneko	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
	Takenori Ito	def.	Yoshihiko Abe	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:00

See also

• Shooto
• List of Shooto champions
• List of Shooto Events