2003 in Shooto

The year 2003 is the 15th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2003 Shooto held 17 events beginning with, Shooto: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall.

2003 in Shooto
Information
First date	January 24, 2003
Last date	December 14, 2003
Events
Total events	17
Fights
Total fights	140
Title fights	5
Chronology
2002 in Shooto 2003 in Shooto 2004 in Shooto

Title fights

Title fights in 2003
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Lightweight	Joachim Hansen	def.	Takanori Gomi (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	[a]
Featherweight	Alexandre Franca Nogueira (c)	vs.	Stephen Palling	Draw	3	5:00	Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	[b]
Bantamweight	Ryota Matsune	def.	Masahiro Oishi (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	[c]
Lightweight	Vítor Ribeiro	def.	Joachim Hansen (c)	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	2:37	Shooto: Year End Show 2003	[d]
Flyweight	Mamoru Yamaguchi	def.	Yasuhiro Urushitani	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Shooto: Year End Show 2003	[e]

1. For the Lightweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.
3. For the Bantamweight Championship.
4. For the Lightweight Championship.
5. For the Flyweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of Shooto Events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
141	Shooto: Year End Show 2003	December 14, 2003	Tokyo Bay NK Hall	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
140	Shooto: 11/25 in Kitazawa Town Hall	November 25, 2003	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
139	Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2003	November 3, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
138	Shooto: Who is Young Leader!	October 31, 2003	Kitazawa Town Hall	Tokyo, Japan
137	Shooto: Gig West 4	October 12, 2003	Namba Grand Kagetsu Studio	Osaka, Kansai, Japan
136	Shooto: Gig Central 4	September 21, 2003	Port Messe Nagoya	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
135	Shooto: 9/5 in Korakuen Hall	September 5, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
134	Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	August 10, 2003	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
133	Shooto: 7/13 in Korakuen Hall	July 13, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
132	Shooto 2003: 6/27 in Hiroshima Sun Plaza	June 27, 2003	Hiroshima Sun Plaza	Hiroshima, Japan
131	Shooto: Shooter's Dream 2	May 30, 2003	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
130	Shooto: 5/4 in Korakuen Hall	May 4, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
129	Shooto: Gig Central 3	March 30, 2003	Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
128	Shooto: 3/18 in Korakuen Hall	March 18, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
127	Shooto: 2/23 in Korakuen Hall	February 23, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
126	Shooto: 2/6 in Kitazawa Town Hall	February 6, 2003	Kitazawa Town Hall	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
125	Shooto: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall	January 24, 2003	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Shooto: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall^[1] was an event held on January 24, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Joao Roque	def.	Naoya Uematsu	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Takaharu Murahama	def.	Chris Brennan	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	2:49
	Katsuya Toida	def.	Rami Boukai	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Ryuta Sakurai	def.	Yuichi Nakanishi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Erica Montoya	def.	Naoko Torashima	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:50
	Hirosumi Sugiura	vs.	Hisaki Hiraishi	Draw	2	5:00
	Tomonari Kanomata	def.	Yoshinori Amari	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:16
	Seigi Fujioka	def.	Naosuke Mizoguchi	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Shinichi Hanawa	def.	Tetsuya Akihisa	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	3:25

Shooto: 2/6 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto: 2/6 in Kitazawa Town Hall^[2] was an event held on February 6, 2003, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mitsuhiro Ishida	def.	Kotetsu Boku	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Jin Kazeta	def.	Yohei Nanbu	TKO (Knee and Punches)	1	3:30
	Daiji Takahashi	def.	Toshiteru Ishii	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mitsuo Matsumoto	def.	Hiroki Kotani	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hiroyuki Takaya	def.	Hayate Usui	TKO (Punches)	2	2:06
	Takehiko Hata	def.	Yasushi Watanabe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takayuki Tanaka	vs.	Hiroyuki Tanaka	Draw	2	5:00
	Katsuhisa Akasaki	def.	Nat McIntyre	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	3:34

Shooto: 2/23 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 2/23 in Korakuen Hall^[3] was an event held on February 23, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Nick Ertl	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:59
	Ryota Matsune	def.	Kimihito Nonaka	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Kentaro Imaizumi	def.	Shuichiro Katsumura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Dustin Denes	vs.	Shiko Yamashita	Draw	1	3:48
	Kohei Yasumi	def.	Takeshi Yamazaki	KO (Punches)	1	1:21
	Ryuta Sakurai	def.	John Renken	Submission (Kimura)	2	3:09
	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Toru Nakayama	TKO (Punches)	1	2:53
	Audrey Kruyning	vs.	Ikuma Hoshino	Draw	2	5:00

Shooto: 3/18 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 3/18 in Korakuen Hall^[4] was an event held on March 18, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Rumina Sato	TKO (Punches)	1	2:09
	Shonie Carter	def.	Seichi Ikemoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Tetsuo Katsuta	def.	Hideki Kadowaki	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Mamoru Yamaguchi	def.	Homare Kuboyama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Tetsuji Kato	def.	Brian Gassaway	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Takaharu Murahama	def.	Thomas Hytten	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Junji Ikoma	def.	Tomohiro Hashi	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:20
	Akitoshi Tamura	def.	Masatoshi Kobayashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yohei Mikami	def.	Kyle Takao	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroyasu Kodera	def.	Takeshi Sato	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Osawa	def.	Manabu Kano	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:21

Shooto: Gig Central 3

Shooto: Gig Central 3^[5] was an event held on March 30, 2003, at The Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Daisuke Sugie	def.	Takayuki Okochi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Naoki Matsushita	def.	Masato Fujiwara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroshi Umemura	def.	Hiroki Kita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hatsu Hioki	def.	Yoshinori Amari	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:38
	Akitoshi Hokazono	def.	Akira Kibe	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yasuhiro Akagi	def.	Kenichi Sawada	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Keisuke Kurata	def.	Katsuhisa Akasaki	TKO (Cut)	1	2:35

Shooto: 5/4 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 5/4 in Korakuen Hall^[6] was an event held on May 4, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryota Matsune	def.	Kentaro Imaizumi	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Vítor Ribeiro	def.	Ryan Bow	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Yasuhiro Urushitani	def.	Robson Moura	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Shiko Yamashita	vs.	Martijn de Jong	Draw	3	5:00
	Marcos Galvao	def.	Masato Shiozawa	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
	Hideki Kadowaki	def.	Makoto Ishikawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Masatoshi Abe	vs.	Junji Ikoma	Draw	2	5:00
	Yasuyuki Tokuoka	vs.	Shigetoshi Iwase	Draw	2	5:00
	Yoichi Fukumoto	def.	Hirosumi Sugiura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tomonari Kanomata	def.	Masaya Takita	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:49

Shooto: Shooter's Dream 2

Shooto: Shooter's Dream 2^[7] was an event held on May 30, 2003, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Takumi Nakayama	TKO (Punches)	1	3:44
	Nobuhiro Obiya	def.	Heima Hashimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takamitsu Oba	def.	Toru Nakayama	TKO (Cut)	2	0:12
	Takehiro Harusaki	def.	Takehiro Ishii	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Issei Tsurumi	def.	Takahisa Toyoshima	TKO (Swollen Eye)	2	0:46
	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Hayate Usui	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Ganjo Tentsuku	def.	Takuhito Hida	TKO (Punches)	1	4:11

Shooto 2003: 6/27 in Hiroshima Sun Plaza

Shooto 2003: 6/27 in Hiroshima Sun Plaza^[8] was an event held on June 27, 2003, at The Hiroshima Sun Plaza in Hiroshima, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rumina Sato	def.	Ryan Ackerman	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	2:12
	Akira Kikuchi	def.	Seichi Ikemoto	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:28
	Kenichiro Togashi	def.	Kotetsu Boku	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:48
	Takashi Nakakura	def.	Masato Fujiwara	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:48
	Hirofumi Hara	vs.	Shinobu Ito	Draw	2	5:00
	Yosuke Mikami	def.	Masato Nishiguchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Seigi Fujioka	def.	Masatoshi Kobayashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hiroyuki Tanaka	def.	Yoshihiro Fujita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Fumio Usami	def.	Naosuke Mizoguchi	TKO (Punches)	1	4:05

Shooto: 7/13 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 7/13 in Korakuen Hall^[9] was an event held on July 13, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Jutaro Nakao	def.	Sauli Heilimo	Submission (Reverse Triangle Choke)	2	0:39
	Marcio Ramos Barbosa	def.	Takaharu Murahama	TKO (Cut)	1	4:09
	Naoya Uematsu	def.	Jin Kazeta	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:38
	Mitsuhiro Ishida	vs.	Naoki Matsushita	Draw	2	5:00
	Hiroshi Komatsu	def.	Aritano Silva Barbosa	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	3:31
	Hiroyuki Takaya	def.	Hatsu Hioki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Akitoshi Hokazono	def.	Hiroki Kita	TKO (Punches)	1	3:07
	Seiji Ozuka	def.	Luciano Azevedo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

Shooto: 8/10 in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium^[10] was an event held on August 10, 2003, at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Joachim Hansen	def.	Takanori Gomi (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	[a]
Featherweight	Alexandre Franca Nogueira (c)	vs.	Stephen Palling	Draw	3	5:00	[b]
Bantamweight	Ryota Matsune	def.	Masahiro Oishi (c)	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00	[c]
	Jake Shields	def.	Akira Kikuchi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Yves Edwards	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Junji Ikoma	def.	Hiroaki Yoshioka	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:26
	Masatoshi Abe	def.	Daiji Takahashi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

1. For the Lightweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.
3. For the Bantamweight Championship.

Shooto: 9/5 in Korakuen Hall

Shooto: 9/5 in Korakuen Hall^[11] was an event held on September 5, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Norifumi Yamamoto	def.	Caleb Mitchell	KO (Punch)	1	0:40
	Luiz Firmino	def.	Kohei Yasumi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Masato Shiozawa	def.	Akira Komatsu	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	4:19
	Hideki Kadowaki	def.	Denisas Archirejevas	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:45
	Kestutis Smirnovas	def.	Masaya Inoue	TKO (Retirement)	1	5:00
	Yohei Mikami	def.	Kenji Osawa	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yoichi Fukumoto	def.	Shinobu Ito	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:24
	Akihiko Adachi	def.	Yosuke Mikami	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takehiro Ishii	def.	Takahisa Toyoshima	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	3:35
	Takehiro Harusaki	def.	Issei Tsurumi	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	4:43

Shooto: Gig Central 4

Shooto: Gig Central 4^[12] was an event held on September 21, 2003, at Port Messe Nagoya in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Joao Roque	def.	Hiroyuki Abe	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:59
	Kentaro Imaizumi	def.	Jeremy Bolt	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	2:45
	Daisuke Sugie	def.	Tom Kirk	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:56
	Kotetsu Boku	def.	Naoki Matsushita	TKO (Punches)	2	1:15
	Hiroyuki Tanaka	def.	Hiroshi Umemura	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	4:21
	Yasuhiro Akagi	def.	Shinichi Hanawa	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Hiroyasu Kodera	def.	Keisuke Kurata	KO (Punch)	1	0:08
	Akira Kibe	def.	Manabu Kano	Submission (Kimura)	1	1:45
	Hisaki Hiraishi	def.	Hirofumi Hara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Gig West 4

Shooto: Gig West 4^[13] was an event held on October 12, 2003, at The Namba Grand Kagetsu Studio in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Seichi Ikemoto	vs.	Yasuyuki Tokuoka	Draw	2	5:00
	Takashi Nakakura	def.	Saburo Kawakatsu	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Katsuhiko Ochiai	def.	Kaichi Tsuji	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Komei Okada	vs.	Takamitsu Oba	Draw	2	5:00
	Jun Kitagawa	def.	Hirosumi Sugiura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Masato Nishiguchi	def.	Masashi Kita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenichi Sawada	vs.	Tetsuya Akihisa	Draw	2	5:00

Shooto: Who is Young Leader!

Shooto: Who is Young Leader!^[14] was an event held on October 31, 2003, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Junji Ikoma	def.	Takeyasu Hirono	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Nobuhiro Obiya	def.	Tomonari Kanomata	TKO (Punches)	1	0:11
	Takehiro Ishii	def.	Issei Tsurumi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Masanori Sugatani	TKO (Cut)	1	3:04
	Ganjo Tentsuku	def.	Koji Takeuchi	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	So Tazawa	def.	Takahiro Hosoi	Technical Submission (Kimura)	1	0:58
	Junichi Sase	def.	Shinichi Kojima	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2003

Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2003^[15] was an event held on November 3, 2003, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Naoya Uematsu	def.	Katsuya Toida	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	4:06
	Tetsuo Katsuta	vs.	Makoto Ishikawa	Technical Draw	1	1:22
	John Olav Einemo	def.	Mindaugas Kulikauskas	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:47
	Shuichiro Katsumura	def.	Eugenij Konkov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:48
	Hiroyuki Takaya	def.	Seigi Fujioka	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Akitoshi Tamura	def.	Yohei Nanbu	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kenji Osawa	def.	Augusto Frota	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	4:24
	Shigetoshi Iwase	def.	Nico Nasieri	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00

Shooto: 11/25 in Kitazawa Town Hall

Shooto: 11/25 in Kitazawa Town Hall^[16] was an event held on November 25, 2003, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Akitoshi Hokazono	def.	Yohei Mikami	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yoichi Fukumoto	def.	Komei Okada	KO (Head Kick)	2	3:18
	Yasuhiro Akagi	def.	Hiroyasu Kodera	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Akihiko Adachi	vs.	Katsuhiko Ochiai	Draw	2	5:00
	Takashi Ochi	def.	Mario Stapel	DQ (Knee to the Head on the Ground)	1	0:00
	Keisuke Yamada	def.	Hayate Usui	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
	Yutaka Tetsuka	def.	Kenichi Sawada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Daniel Weichel	def.	Masaya Takita	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Shooto: Year End Show 2003

Shooto: Year End Show 2003^[17] was an event held on December 14, 2003, at The Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Vítor Ribeiro	def.	Joachim Hansen (c)	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	2:37	[a]
	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	def.	Rumina Sato	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:41
Flyweight	Mamoru Yamaguchi	def.	Yasuhiro Urushitani	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[b]
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Ryan Bow	TKO (Punches)	1	4:21
	Robson Moura	def.	Junji Ikoma	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hideki Kadowaki	def.	Bao Quach	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	4:40
	Masato Shiozawa	def.	Alex Khanbabian	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	1:04

1. For the Lightweight Championship.
2. For the Flyweight Championship.

See also

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