VALE TUDO JAPAN 2012 - 12/24/12 VTJ 2012 Christmas Eve Fight Card in Tokyo

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Vale Tudo Japan 2012

Vale Tudo Japan 2012 will be the eighth VTJ event in 18 years, and the first held under the unified rules of MMA and fought inside a cage rather than a ring.

Monday, December 24, 2012 - MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Event Fight Card

Location: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan

Vale Tudo Japan 2012 Results will be posted here on MMAmadman.com.

FIGHT CARD

Rumina Sato (26-16) vs. Hideo Tokoro (30-25)

Kuniyoshi Hironaka (20-8) vs. Carlo Prater (30-12)

Darrell Montague (11-2) vs. Mamoru Yamaguchi (26-6)

Kyoji Horiguchi (8-1) vs. Ian Loveland (16-9)

Megumi Fujii (25-2) vs. Mei Yamaguchi (10-4)

'Lion' Takeshi Inoue (21-6) vs. Kenji Osawa (18-10)

Keita Nakamura (24-5) vs. Nobutatsu Suzuki (9-0-2)

Daisuke Hoshino (7-6) vs. Kuntap Weerasakreck (0-1)

VALE TUDO JAPAN RECORDS AND OVERALL MMA STREAKS

Plus/minus = fights currently won/lost in a row in ANY MMA promotion

1 – Bantamweight (135 lbs) Main Event

• Rumina "Moon Wolf" Sato (3-1-1 VTJ | 22-15-1 Shooto) [-2]
• vs
• Hideo Tokoro (VTJ Debut | 8-8 DREAM) [-2]

2 – Lightweight (155 lbs) Co-Main Event

• Kuniyoshi Hironaka (VTJ Debut | 1-3 UFC | 2-2 DREAM | 9-2 Shooto) [+4]
• vs
• Carlo "Neo" Prater (VTJ Debut | 1-2 UFC | 1-0 Strikeforce | 0-2 WEC) [-2]

3 – Flyweight (125 lbs)

• Darrell "Mongoose" Montague (VTJ Debut | 4-1 Tachi Palace Fights) [+2]
• vs
• Mamoru Yamaguchi (1-0 VTJ | 1-1 Tachi Palace Fights | 21-5-3 Shooto) [-1]

4 – Bantamweight (135 lbs)

• Ian "The Barn Owl" Loveland (VTJ Debut | 1-2 UFC | 2-0 TPF) [+2]
• vs
• Kyoji Horiguchi (VTJ Debut | 8-1 Shooto) [+2]

5 – Womens Strawweight (115 lbs)

• Megumi "Mega Megu" Fujii (VTJ Debut | 3-2 Bellator | 1-0 DREAM) [-1]
• vs
• Mei "V.V" Yamaguchi (VTJ Debut | 2-1 Jewels | 3-1 Smackgirl) [+1]

6 – Bantamweight (135 lbs)

• "Lion" Takeshi Inoue (1-0 VTJ | 2-2 DREAM) [-1]
• vs
• Kenji Osawa (VTJ Debut | 3-1 DREAM | 1-2-1 WEC) [+1]

7 – Welterweight (170 lbs)

• Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura (VTJ Debut | 0-3 UFC | 1-0 DREAM) [+3]
• vs
• Nobutatsu Suzuki (VTJ Debut | 9-0-2 ZST) [+6]

8 – Catchweight (160 lbs)

• Daisuke Hoshino (VTJ Debut | 3-4-1 Shooto) [-1]
• vs
• Kuntap Weerasakreck (VTJ Debut | 0-1 Pancrase) [-1]

COMPLETE VALE TUDO JAPAN 2012 RESULTS

COMPLETE LIST OF UPCOMING MMA EVENTS