1998 in Shooto#Shooto - Shoot the Shooto XX

{{Year in UFC

|name = 1998 in Shooto

|image_size = 176px

|first_date = January 17, 1998

|last_date = November 27, 1998

|total_events = 10

|total_fights = 71

|title_fights = 1

|preceded_by = 1997 in Shooto

|followed_by = 1999 in Shooto

}}

The year 1998 is the 10th year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 1998 Shooto held 10 events beginning with Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 1.

Title fights

{{MMAtitle bout

| Middleweight

| Hayato Sakurai

| def.

| Jutaro Nakao

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3

| For The Middleweight Champion.

}}

Events list

class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"
scope="col" \| # ! scope="col" \| Event Title ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Arena ! scope="col" \| Location
align=center\| 57 \| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6 \| {{dts\|1998\|November\|27}} \| Korakuen Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 56 \| Shooto: Shooter's Dream \| {{dts\|1998\|September\|18}} \| Kitazawa Town Hall \| Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 55 \| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 5 \| {{dts\|1998\|August\|29}} \| Korakuen Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 54 \| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 4 \| {{dts\|1998\|July\|29}} \| Korakuen Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 53 \| Shooto: Gig '98 2nd \| {{dts\|1998\|July\|18}} \| Kitazawa Town Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 52 \| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3 \| {{dts\|1998\|May\|13}} \| Korakuen Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 51 \| Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX \| {{dts\|1998\|April\|26}} \| Yokohama Arena \| Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
align=center\| 50 \| Shooto: Gig '98 1st \| {{dts\|1998\|April\|10}} \| Kitazawa Town Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 49 \| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 2 \| {{dts\|1998\|March\|1}} \| Korakuen Hall \| Tokyo, Japan
align=center\| 48 \| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 1 \| {{dts\|1998\|January\|17}} \| Korakuen Hall \| Tokyo, Japan

class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"

scope="col" | #

! scope="col" | Event Title

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Arena

! scope="col" | Location

align=center| 57

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6

| {{dts|1998|November|27}}

| Korakuen Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 56

| Shooto: Shooter's Dream

| {{dts|1998|September|18}}

| Kitazawa Town Hall

| Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 55

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 5

| {{dts|1998|August|29}}

| Korakuen Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 54

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 4

| {{dts|1998|July|29}}

| Korakuen Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 53

| Shooto: Gig '98 2nd

| {{dts|1998|July|18}}

| Kitazawa Town Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 52

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3

| {{dts|1998|May|13}}

| Korakuen Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 51

| Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX

| {{dts|1998|April|26}}

| Yokohama Arena

| Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

align=center| 50

| Shooto: Gig '98 1st

| {{dts|1998|April|10}}

| Kitazawa Town Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 49

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 2

| {{dts|1998|March|1}}

| Korakuen Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

align=center| 48

| Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 1

| {{dts|1998|January|17}}

| Korakuen Hall

| Tokyo, Japan

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 1

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 1{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 1 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-1-230 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514075100/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-1-230 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on January 17, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Noboru Asahi

| def.

| Dennis Hall

| Submission (Armbar)

| 2

| 4:18

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Ricardo Botelho

| def.

| Masato Fujiwara

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Jutaro Nakao

| def.

| Jay R. Palmer

| Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

| 1

| 3:51

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masanori Suda

| def.

| Ray Cooper

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 1:55

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hisao Ikeda

| def.

| Jin Akimoto

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Tetsuji Kato

| def.

| Koichi Tanaka

| Technical Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 1:01

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Satoshi Fujisaki

| vs.

| Dokonjonosuke Mishima

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 2

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 2{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 2 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-2-231 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514155813/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-2-231 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on March 1, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Joel Gerson

| def.

| Rumina Sato

| Technical Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 3:53

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Carlos Newton

| def.

| Kazuhiro Kusayanagi

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 2:17

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masanori Suda

| def.

| Kenji Kawaguchi

| Submission (Armbar)

| 3

| 1:08

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hisao Ikeda

| def.

| Omar Salvosa

| Submission (Achilles Lock)

| 1

| 4:23

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Caol Uno

| def.

| Yuji Fujita

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masahiro Oishi

| def.

| Yoshihiro Fujita

| Technical Submission (Kimura)

| 1

| 2:40

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Takaharu Murahama

| def.

| Hiroyuki Kojima

| KO (Punch)

| 1

| 2:31

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Takenori Ito

| def.

| Hiroki Kotani

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Gig '98 1st

Shooto: Gig '98 1st{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Gig '98 1st |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Gig-98-1st-232 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518021036/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Gig-98-1st-232 |archivedate=May 18, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on April 10, 1998, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Takuya Kuwabara

| def.

| Takenori Ito

| Decision (Majority)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Yuki Sasaki

| def.

| Yasushi Warita

| Submission (Heel Hook)

| 1

| 1:19

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Yoshiyuki Takayama

| def.

| Katsuhisa Akasaki

| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

| 1

| 3:34

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kazumichi Takada

| def.

| Satoshi Fujisaki

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masakazu Kuramochi

| def.

| Mitsuo Matsumoto

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Saburo Kawakatsu

| def.

| Isao Tanimura

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX

Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Shoot-the-Shooto-XX-233 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514175619/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Shoot-the-Shooto-XX-233 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on April 26, 1998, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Rumina Sato

| def.

| Michael Buell

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 0:31

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Alexandre Franca Nogueira

| def.

| Noboru Asahi

| Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke)

| 1

| 1:06

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Akihiro Gono

| def.

| Matt Rocca

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 3:12

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Emmanuel Yarborough

| def.

| Tatsuo Nakano

| Submission (Smother)

| 1

| 1:17

}}

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 3 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-3-234 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514071554/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-3-234 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on May 13, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Middleweight

| Hayato Sakurai

| def.

| Jutaro Nakao

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

| For The Middleweight Champion.

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Larry Papadopoulos

| vs.

| Kazuhiro Kusayanagi

| Draw

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Frank Trigg

| def.

| Marcelo Aguiar

| TKO (Punches)

| 2

| 3:08

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Caol Uno

| def.

| Ian James Schaffa

| Technical Submission (Armbar)

| 3

| 3:13

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Koichi Tanaka

| vs.

| Masato Fujiwara

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masakazu Kuramochi

| def.

| Takaharu Murahama

| Decision (Majority)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kazumichi Takada

| def.

| Hiroki Kotani

| Decision (Majority)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Gig '98 2nd

Shooto: Gig '98 2nd{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Gig '98 2nd |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Gig-98-2nd-235 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518040728/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Gig-98-2nd-235 |archivedate=May 18, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on July 18, 1998, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Hisao Ikeda

| def.

| Mamoru Okochi

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masahiro Oishi

| def.

| Kimihito Nonaka

| Submission (Armbar)

| 2

| 1:18

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Yoshiyuki Takayama

| def.

| Yoshihiro Fujita

| Decision (Majority)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hiroyuki Kojima

| def.

| Isao Tanimura

| Technical Submission (Kimura)

| 1

| 4:37

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Takaharu Murahama

| vs.

| Hiroshi Tsuruya

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Yuki Sasaki

| def.

| Izuru Takeuchi

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 4

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 4{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 4 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-4-236 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514043612/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-4-236 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on July 29, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Hayato Sakurai

| def.

| Ronny Rivano

| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

| 1

| 1:10

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kenji Kawaguchi

| def.

| Ante Jurisic

| Submission (Heel Hook)

| 2

| 0:35

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Caol Uno

| def.

| Zvonko Jakovcevic

| Submission (Triangle Choke)

| 1

| 3:15

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Takuya Kuwabara

| def.

| Damien Riccio

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mitsuhiro Sakamoto

| vs.

| Takeyasu Hirono

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Anthony Netzler

| def.

| Jun Kitagawa

| Submission (Toe Hold)

| 1

| 1:14

}}

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 5

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 5{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 5 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-5-237 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514044304/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-5-237 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on August 29, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Erik Paulson

| def.

| Masanori Suda

| TKO (Punches)

| 3

| 4:48

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Noboru Asahi

| def.

| Trent Bekis

| Submission (Kimura)

| 1

| 3:01

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Ricardo Botelho

| def.

| Joel Gerson

| Decision (Split)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Tetsuji Kato

| def.

| Alex Cook

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Takenori Ito

| vs.

| Kazumichi Takada

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Jin Akimoto

| def.

| Masaru Gokita

| Decision (Majority)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hiroyuki Kojima

| def.

| Saburo Kawakatsu

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Shooter's Dream

Shooto: Shooter's Dream{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Shooter's Dream |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Shooters-Dream-238 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514050950/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Shooters-Dream-238 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on September 18, 1998, at Kitazawa Town Hall in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Jutaro Nakao

| def.

| Koichi Tanaka

| Submission (Triangle Choke)

| 1

| 3:56

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mamoru Okochi

| vs.

| Yoshiyuki Takayama

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Satoshi Fujisaki

| def.

| Kyuhei Ueno

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 2:23

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Yuki Sasaki

| def.

| Nobuhiro Tsurumaki

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Naoya Uematsu

| def.

| Katsuya Toida

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 2:46

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Ryuta Sakurai

| def.

| Masashi Kita

| TKO (Punches)

| 1

| 3:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Masaki Nishizawa

| vs.

| Hiroaki Yoshioka

| Draw

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Takayuki Okochi

| def.

| Hiromichi Maruyama

| Decision (Majority)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6

Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6{{Cite web|title=Shooto: Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-6-239 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514064308/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Shooto-Las-Grandes-Viajes-6-239 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on November 27, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.