Gleat MMA Ver.0

Gleat MMA Ver.0
PromotionGleat
DateDecember 14, 2022 (2022-December-14)
VenueKorakuen Hall
CityTokyo, Japan
Attendance438[1]

Gleat MMA Ver.0 was the first combat sport event produced by Lidet Entertainment via the Gleat promotion. It took place on December 14, 2022, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Background

Gleat MMA Ver.0 was the first mixed martial arts event of the professional wrestling promotion Gleat. The promotion was founded by the Japanese advertising company Lidet Entertainment after producing several events for Tokyo Gurentai, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Riki Choshu and Shiro Koshinaka in the late 2010s. In 2019, Lidet acquired 75% of the shares of Pro Wrestling Noah with the aim of reinvigorating the promotion.[3] However, due to financial difficulties, Lidet sold all of its shares to CyberAgent a year later.[4] Several days after the sale, Lidet President Hiroyuki Suzuki met with Kiyoshi Tamura, and later announced the formation of a brand new promotion called Gleat.

The promotion focuses on puroresu and shoot-style wrestling, dividing its roster and events between a traditional pro-wrestling brand called "G Prowrestling" and a shoot-style brand inspired by UWF International called "Lidet UWF". On September 19, 2022, Gleat officially announced the creation of a third brand – called "Gleat MMA" – dedicated to promoting legitimate mixed martial arts events.[5][6] The first event was held at the Korakuen Hall on December 14, and titled Gleat MMA Ver.0.

The event showcased a total of seven matches, including three MMA, two kickboxing and two grappling matches. Hikaru Sato had to withdraw from his scheduled fight against Taisei due to a back injury sustained at a Tenryu Project event on December 11.[7] The main event featured former Openweight King of Pancrase, Yuki Kondo, facing off against 22-year-old Gleat pro-wrestler Tetsuya Izuchi in his first professional MMA bout. Ultimately, Kondo won by unanimous decision. In the semi-main event, Takuya Wada, the former Welterweight King of Pancrase, defeated Minoru Tanaka, a veteran junior heavyweight pro-wrestler, by technical knockout.[8]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Catchweight (161 lb) Yuki Kondo def. Tetsuya Izuchi Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Openweight Takuya Wada def. Minoru Tanaka TKO (punches and elbows) 1 1:37
Openweight Hideki Sekine def. Dan Tamura Decision (unanimous) (10–9, 10–9, 10–9) 1 10:00 [a]
Catchweight (165 lb) Daisuke Nakamura def. Yu Iizuka Submission (arm-triangle choke) 1 6:06 [b]
Catchweight (101 lb) Minori Kikuchi def. Maya Fukuda Decision (split) (30–29, 29–30, 28–29) 3 3:00 [c]
Catchweight (165 lb) Shuya Arimura def. Soma Watanabe Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–24) 3 3:00 [d]
Strawweight Toru Sakakibara def. Nobuya Hasegawa Submission (triangle choke) 1 1:10
  1. ^ Grappling bout.
  2. ^ Grappling bout.
  3. ^ Kickboxing bout.
  4. ^ Kickboxing bout.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GLEAT MMA Ver.0". Lidet Entertainment (in Japanese). Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "GLEAT MMA Ver.0". Tapology. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "CyberAgent, Inc. acquired remaining 75% stake in Noah Global Entertainment Co., Ltd. from Lidet Entertainment Inc". MarketScreener. January 28, 2020. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024.
  4. ^ Pratt, Emily (January 29, 2020). "Pro Wrestling NOAH's New Relationship With DDT Will Make It Easier To Watch Internationally". Uproxx. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ Thompson, Andrew (September 13, 2022). "GLEAT launching MMA division, first event scheduled for December 14th". Post Wrestling. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  6. ^ GLEAT MMA旗揚げ戦で井土徹也と近藤有己が対戦「プロレスラーの強さを見せていけたら」 [Tetsuya Izuchi and Yuki Kondo to face each other in Gleat MMA's inaugural event: "I hope to show the strength of a professional wrestler".]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 16, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  7. ^ Suzuki, Hiroyuki (December 12, 2022). 【佐藤光留選手負傷欠場のお知らせ】 [Notice of Hikaru Sato's absence due to an injury]. ent.lidet.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  8. ^ Dark Angelita (December 27, 2022). "GLEAT: «Gleat MMA Ver.0» Inicia el proyecto". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved March 14, 2024.