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Weekend Recap: New Pancrase, Cage Force champs

There was a lot of action in Japan this weekend as the final shows of 2008 took place for Pancrase, Cage Force and K-1 (kickboxing).

For more coverage on the shows, visit our Japan blog.

At the Pancrase Shining Tour, three titles were on the line.

1. Isao Hirose def. Tokuaki Ninomiya via majority decision
2. Daisuke "13" Hanazawa def. Maximo Blanco via submission (head-arm choke) - R2 (2:19)
3. Hirotoshi Saito and Taishiro Akai went to a draw
4. Stanislav Nedkov def. Masayuki Kono via TKO - R1 (1:35)
5. Tomoyoshi Iwamiya def. Hiroyuki Nozawa
6. Rin Nakai def. "Windy" Tomomi via TKO - R1 (1:33)
7. Ichiro Kanai def. Daijiro Matsu via submission (head-arm choke) - R1 (2:25)
8. Takuya Wada def. Masahiro Toryu via unanimous decision
9. Manabu Inoue def. Seiya Kawahara via submission (RNC) - R2 (4:44)
10. Katsuya Inoue def. Koji Oishi via unanimous decision

At Cage Force 9, the featherweight and bantamweight tournaments came to a close.

1. Ryota Sasaki def. Ryo Saito via submission (RNC) - R3 (1:21)
2. Masamitsu Sato def. Hirokazu Nishimura via TKO - R2 (1:42)
3. Koji Ando def. Masayoshi Ichikawa via submission (RNC) - R2 (1:17)
4. Shuji Morikawa def. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki via TKO - R2 (0:37)
5. Yoshiaki Takahashi def. Shinpei Sotoyama via majority decision
6. Wataru Takahashi def. Nobutaka Hiyoshi via unanimous decision
7. Kenta Takagi def. Keitaro Maeda via TKO - R1 (1:30)
8. Takeyasu Hirono def. Yoshihiro Matsunaga via unanimous decision
9. Wataru Miki def. Masaaki Hasegawa via submission (armbar) - R3 (1:40)
10. Motoki Miyazawa def. Shigetoshi Iwase via TKO - R3 (1:45)
11. Tomonari Kanomata def. Eriya Matsuda via submission (armbar) - R1 (0:30)
12. Takeya Mizugaki def. Masahiro Oishi via TKO - R2 (0:57)
13. Yuji Hoshino def. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura via unanimous decision

At the K-1 World GP Final, Remy Bonjasky joined Ernesto Hoost and Semmy Schilt as the only K-1 kickboxer to win three K-1 World GPs.

1. Quarterfinal: Badr Hari (Morocco) def. Peter Aerts (Holland) via TKO (strikes) - R2
2. Quarterfinal: Errol Zimmerman (Holland) def. Ewerton Teixeira (Brazil) via majority decision
3. Quarterfinal: Gokhan Saki (Turkey) def. Ruslan Karaev (Russia) via unanimous decision
4. Quarterfinal: Remy Bonjasky (Holland) def. Jerome Le Banner (Franca) via TKO (injury) - R3
5. Reserve: Ray Sefo (New Zealand) def. Hong Man Choi (Republic of Korea) via decision
6. Reserve: Melvin Manhoef (Holland) def. Paul Slowinski (Australia) via KO
7. Semifinal: Badr Hari def. Errol Zimmerman via KO - R3
8. Semifinal: Remy Bonjasky def. Gokhan Saki via KO - R2
9. Final: Remy Bonjasky def. Badr Hari via DQ - R2

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