RISE 80 Results: Kamimura, Fabiano Cyclone Dominate; Uehara, Morita Claim Titles

Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:50

Written by Sam Sattler

At Saturday's RISE 80 at Korakuen Hall, two vacant RISE belts were on the line, with the undefeated Takafumi Morita facing off against Yukihiro Komiya for the vacant Middleweight(70kg) belt as well as Makoto Uehara rematching "Raoumaru" for the vacant heavyweight title.

In a five round title affair for the vacant Middleweight Championship, undefeated upstart Takafumi Morita knocked out Yukihiro Komiya in the 4th round with a left knee to claim the belt. Morita found himself challenging for the title after an upset victory over former WPMF Japan Welterweight Champion Soichiro Miyakoshi back in May. After winning the RISE 70kg tournament in 2009, Yukihiro Komiya took a pair of victories under the K-1 banner, but fell to Lee Su Hwan at RISE 65, denying him of a shot at the 70kg champion Ryuji. However, with Ryuji retiring due to an eye injury, Komiya found himself back in the hunt for the title, being placed against Brazilian Danilo Zanolini, winning the fight in an extension round for the right to challenge for the vacant title.

In a rematch of an exciting fight from December, Makoto Uehara once again defeated "Raoumaru", this time by knockout in the 2nd round as a result of three knockdowns. The title was vacated by Fabiano Cyclone after a knee injury made it unable for him to defend his title.

Speaking of Fabiano Cyclone, picked up his first win in RISE since defeating Singh "Heart" Jaideep in their rubber match all the way back at RISE 51, defeating Team Souwer's Joey Kaputai(?) by 1st round knockout. The next logical matchup for Fabiano would be a shot at the heavyweight title because he never officially lost the title and Uehara defeated his teammate "Raoumaru" for the title.

"The Strongest Female High School Student" Erika Kamimura impressed once again, dispatching Team Souwer's Titiana van Polanen in the first round after three knockdowns. This sets up a showdown between Kamimura and Shootboxing Women's Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi, which is the biggest women's stand-up fight that could be made after Takahashi's defeat of Rena.

Finally, RISE Super Featherweight Champion Kosuke Komiyama took a dominating unanimous decision win over Moroccan Hamza Ansari(?) on scores of 30-26(x2) and 30-27.

Results via Boutreview

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