Vale Tudo Japan
Native name | ヴァーリ・トゥード・ジャパン |
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Industry | Mixed martial arts promotion |
Founded | Japan (1994 ) |
Founder | Satoru Sayama |
Parent | Shooto (1994-1999) Vale Tudo Japan Executive Committee (2009-Present) |
Website | http://www.valetudojapan.com/ |
Vale Tudo Japan (VTJ) is an annual mixed martial arts competition held in Japan. Arranged by promoter and former professional wrestler Satoru Sayama, he had previously created a hybrid martial art organization named Shooto in 1985. He arranged VTJ in 1994 with the objective of creating a more rules-free event similar to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the United States and Vale Tudo competitions in Brazil, previously to this tournament, Shooto did not feature striking in ground position. The fighters were composed by the best Japanese MMA fighters drawn from Shooto as well as foreign invitees, one of them and most famously begin the older brother of UFC champion Royce Gracie, Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Rickson Gracie.[1][2] Vale Tudo Japan events ran from 1994 to 1999, a pair of tournaments were held in 1994 and '95, both of which were won by Rickson Gracie. VTJ returned in 2009, now organizing by the "Vale Tudo Japan Executive Committee" with semi-annual events and three reunion events in 2009, 2012 and 2016.[2][3]
Early Vale Tudo Japan events were a huge success, and together with Rickson Gracie's impressive victories in the tournament, it led to a boom of the popularity and development of MMA and Shooto in Japan, serving as a predecessor to PRIDE Fighting Championships in 1997. VTJ's format and rules would later serve as a basis for PRIDE.[2]
Events and Results[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1994[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1994 was held on July 29, 1994, at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Bud Smith | Chris Bass | TKO (Straight Punch) | 1 | 0:54 |
2 | Kenji Kawaguchi | KO (Punch) | 1 | 3:59 | |
3 | David Levicki | Kazuhiro Kusayanagi | KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:20 |
4 | Rickson Gracie | Yoshinori Nishi | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:52 |
5 | Rickson Gracie | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 2:40 | |
6 | Naoki Sakurada | Yasushi Warita | Draw | 3 | 5:00 |
7 | Rickson Gracie | Bud Smith | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 0:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1995[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1995 was held on April 20, 1995, at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Craig Pittman | Wayne Emons | Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:12 |
2 | Yuki Nakai | Gerard Gordeau | Submission (Heel Hook) | 4 | 2:41 |
3 | Todd Hays | Koichiro Kimura | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 2:55 |
4 | Rickson Gracie | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 3 | 3:49 |
5 | Yuki Nakai | Craig Pittman | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 7:32 |
6 | Koichiro Kimura | Wayne Emons | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 6:05 |
7 | Rickson Gracie | Koichiro Kimura | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:07 |
8 | Kenji Kawaguchi | Tommy Walkingstick | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 6:29 |
9 | Enson Inoue | Rene Rooze | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:41 |
10 | Rickson Gracie | Yuki Nakai | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:22 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1996[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1996 was held on July 7, 1996, at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Alex Cook | Tomoaki Hayama | Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 2 | 6:23 |
2 | Mushtaq Abdullah | Sanae Kikuta | Submission (Forearm Choke) | 1 | 6:27 |
3 | Yumiko Hotta | Margot Neyhoft | Submission (Keylock) | 2 | 4:14 |
4 | Ed de Kruijf | Joe Estes | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 0:53 |
5 | Todd Bjornethun | Eric Lavigne | KO (Punches) | 1 | 6:53 |
6 | Dan Severn | Doug Murphy | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 3:23 |
7 | John Lewis | Rumina Sato | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
8 | Igor Zinoviev | Enson Inoue | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:44 |
9 | Royler Gracie | Noboru Asahi | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 5:07 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1997[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1997 was held on November 29, 1997, at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Jutaro Nakao | Steve Nelson | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 5:31 |
2 | Hayato Sakurai | Marcelo Aguiar | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
3 | Kenji Kawaguchi | Jan Lomulder | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 3:49 |
4 | João Roque | Uchu Tatsumi | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
5 | Carlos Newton | Erik Paulson | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:41 |
6 | Tom Erikson | Ed de Kruijf | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:37 |
7 | Rumina Sato | John Lewis | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:23 |
8 | Frank Shamrock | Enson Inoue | DQ (Egan Inoue Ran Into the Ring) | 2 | 7:17 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1998[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1998 was held on October 25, 1998, at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Caol Uno | Ricardo Botelho | Submission (Punches) | 3 | 2:03 |
2 | Vladimir Matyushenko | Kenji Kawaguchi | KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:10 |
3 | Branden Lee Hinkle | Masanori Suda | TKO (Upkicks) | 1 | 5:26 |
4 | Frank Trigg | Jean Jacques Machado | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 3 | 0:20 |
5 | Noboru Asahi | João Roque | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
6 | Hayato Sakurai | Sergei Bytchkov | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:59 |
7 | Andre Pederneiras | Rumina Sato | KO (Soccer Kick and Punches) | 1 | 4:20 |
8 | Enson Inoue | Randy Couture | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1999[]
Vale Tudo Japan 1999 was held on December 11, 1999, at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Rumina Sato | Rafael Cordeiro | Submission (Kneebar) | 1 | 0:58 |
2 | Tetsuji Kato | Angelo Sergio | Submission (Punches) | 1 | 7:45 |
3 | Takanori Gomi | Johnny Eduardo | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 1:43 |
4 | Hisao Ikeda | João Roque | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
5 | Uchu Tatsumi | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
6 | Caol Uno | Andre Pederneiras | Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
7 | Hayato Sakurai | Haroldo Bunn | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 1:31 |
Vale Tudo Japan 2009[]
Vale Tudo Japan 2009 was held on October 30, 2009, at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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1 | Masato Sannai | Kosuke Eda | Draw (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 |
2 | Jung Min Kang | Yoichiro Sato | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:48 |
3 | Mamoru Yamaguchi | Jesse Taitano | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:41 |
4 | Willamy Freire | Kenichiro Togashi | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 2:05 |
5 | Tito Jones | Tenkei Oda | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
6 | Rumina Sato | Corey Grant | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:20 |
7 | Takeshi Inoue | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | TKO (Punches) | 4 | 2:58 |
8 | Takanori Gomi | Tony Hervey | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 |
Vale Tudo Japan 2012[]
Vale Tudo Japan 2012 (also known as VTJ 1st) was held on December 24, 2012, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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Welterweight | Daisuke Hoshino | Kuntap Weerasakreck | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:19 |
Middleweight | Keita Nakamura | Nobutatsu Suzuki | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:09 |
Bantamweight | Kenji Osawa | Takeshi Inoue | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Women's Strawweight | Megumi Fujii | Mei Yamaguchi | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Bantamweight | Kyoji Horiguchi | Ian Loveland | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Flyweight | Darrell Montague | Mamoru Yamaguchi | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
Lightweight | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Carlo Prater | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Bantamweight | Hideo Tokoro | Rumina Sato | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 0:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 2013[]
Vale Tudo Japan 2013 (also known as VTJ 3rd) was held on December 6, 2013, at Ota City General Station, station #7, Ota, Tokyo, Japan. The Main Event featured longtime # 1 ranked Megumi Fujii in her retirement bout.
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
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Featherweight | Taiyo Hayashi | Yuji Kurogane | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:18 |
Flyweight | Seiichiro Ito | Taku Kajikawa | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:35 |
Strawweight | Ryuto Sawada | Hiroyuki Takahashi | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Welterweight | Koshi Matsumoto | Kengo Ura | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Featherweight | Akiyo Nishiura | Shigeki Osawa | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
Bantamweight | Yuta Nezu | Motonobu Tezuka | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Lightweight | Brodee Hudson | Daisuke Hoshino | Submission (flying triangle choke) | 3 | 3:57 |
Featherweight | Yuta Sasaki | Geun Do Park | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:36 |
Featherweight | Yusuke Yachi | Takeshi Inoue | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Flyweight | Will Campuzano | Hideo Tokoro | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
Featherweight | Caol Uno | Daniel Romero | Submission (inverted triangle choke) | 2 | 2:23 |
Women's Strawweight | Jessica Aguilar | Megumi Fujii | TKO (doctor's stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 |
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2006.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b c Sherdog.com. "The Resurrection of Vale Tudo Japan". Sherdog. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ (Vale Tudo Japan Executive Committee) | MMA Promoter". Tapology. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
External links[]
- Vale Tudo
- Mixed martial arts in Japan
- Mixed martial arts organizations
- Mixed martial arts events
- Sports competitions in Japan