Some Notes About This Weekend's Shootboxing Card; Andy Souwer, RENA and More

Friday, 22 April 2011 16:38

Written by Dave Walsh

This weekend we finally get a break in the action a bit and Shootboxing in Japan will put on a rather big card for them. The main event is Andy Souwer facing off against Yoshihiro Sato. This is a big fight for both men and both could really use a win to keep their heads above water. Andy Souwer has discussed maybe moving over to MMA at some point and has found a good training partner by the way of UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. Aldo has once again asked Souwer to train him, this time in preparation for his next fight and Souwer has of course accepted.

Sato is coming off of a controversial loss to Armen Petrosyan at Fight Code's Oktagon Milan show in March. Armen used a lot of Muay Thai sweeps and really, for all intents and purposes fought a "dirty" fight. Sato looked good and landed more clean, powerful shots, but the cards were simply stacked against Sato that night. Sadly for Sato the cards are a bit stacked against him again for this fight, as it is Shootboxing rules, which means standing submissions and throws do indeed count. Against a Shootboxing veteran like Andy Souwer he needs to be careful.

Women's Shootboxing S-Cup Champion RENA makes her return to the ring, but not as expected. It looks like her opponent, Sun Young Kim has pulled out of the fight. This is bad news and good news, as it means we don't get to see RENA tested and actually in action, but we will still see her participate on the card. She will now face a high school student, Erika Kamimura in an exhibition bout which will only last 3 minutes.

After RENA's popularity spiked over the last few months you have to imagine Shootboxing will try to find any way to showcase her and bring some much-needed attention to the Shootboxing cause. We'll be bringing you results and further coverage of Shootoboxing 2011 Act 2 when available.

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