STRAWWEIGHT TITLE HISTORY 115 pounds and under **************************  Atsushi Takeuchi defeated Kenichi Takeda by KO (Punches) at Shooto - Battle Mix Tokyo 1,January 26, 2007 to become the first World Strawweight Champion.  Takehiro Harusaki defeated Atsushi Takeuchi by Decision (Split) at Shooto -Battle Mix Tokyo 3, May 26, 2007 to become the new World Strawweight Champion.  Shinya Murofushi defeated Takehiro Harusaki by Decision (Unanimous) at Shooto - Shooto Tradition 2, July 18th, 2008 to become the new World Strawweight Champion.  Takeshi Sato defeated Shinya Murofushi by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), at Shooto - GIG Tokyo 1, Feburary 29th, 2009, to become the new World Strawweight Champion.  Atsushi Takeuchi defeated Takeshi Sato by Decision (Unanimous), at Shooto - Revolutionary Exchanges 1: Undefeated, July 19th, 2009, to become the first TWO-TIME World Strawweight Champion.  Hiroyuki Abe defeated Atsushi Takeuchi by Decision (Unanimous), at Shooto - The Way of Shooto 1: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon, January 23rd, 2010, to become the new World Strawweight Champion.  Rambaa Somdet defeated Hiroyuki Abe by TKO (Doctor Stoppage), at Shooto - The Way of Shooto 4: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon, July 19th, 2010, to become the new World Strawweight Champion. Go back to: MMA WORLD TITLE HISTORY (Linear) |