Vale Tudo Japan
Vale Tudo Japan (VTJ) is an annual mixed martial arts competition held in Japan. Arranged by promotor Satoru Sayama, it ran from 1994 to 1999 with three reunion events in 2009, 2012 and 2013. A pair of tournaments were held in 1994 and '95, both of which were won by Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Rickson Gracie.
Events and Results
Vale Tudo Japan 1994
Vale Tudo Japan 1994 was held on July 29, 1994 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bud Smith |
 Chris Bass |
TKO (Straight Punch) | 1 | 0:54 |
| 2 | Jan Lomulder |
 Kenji Kawaguchi |
KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:29 |
| 3 | David Levicki |
Kazuhiro Kusayanagi |
KO (Punches) | 1 | 1:20 |
| 4 |  Rickson Gracie |
Yoshinori Nishi |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:52 |
| 5 | Rickson Gracie |
David Levicki |
Submission (Punches) | 1 | 2:40 |
| 6 | Naoki Sakurada |
Yasushi Warita |
Draw | 3 | 5:00 |
| 7 | Rickson Gracie |
Bud Smith |
Submission (Punches) | 1 | 0:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1995
Vale Tudo Japan 1995 was held on April 20, 1995 at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Pittman |
Wayne Emons |
Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:12 |
| 2 | Yuki Nakai |
Gerard Gordeau |
Submission (Heel Hook) | 4 | 2:41 |
| 3 | Todd Hays |
Koichiro Kimura |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 2:55 |
| 4 | Rickson Gracie |
Yoshihisa Yamamoto |
Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 3 | 3:49 |
| 5 | Yuki Nakai |
Craig Pittman |
Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 7:32 |
| 6 | Koichiro Kimura |
Wayne Emons |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 6:05 |
| 7 | Rickson Gracie |
Koichiro Kimura |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:07 |
| 8 | Kenji Kawaguchi |
Tommy Walkingstick |
Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 6:29 |
| 9 | Enson Inoue |
Rene Rooze |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:41 |
| 10 | Rickson Gracie |
Yuki Nakai |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:22 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1996
Vale Tudo Japan 1996 was held on July 7, 1996 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alex Cook |
Tomoaki Hayama |
Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 2 | 6:23 |
| 2 | Mushtaq Abdullah |
Sanae Kikuta |
Submission (Forearm Choke) | 1 | 6:27 |
| 3 | Yumiko Hotta |
Margot Neyhoft |
Submission (Keylock) | 2 | 4:14 |
| 4 | Ed de Kruijf |
Joe Estes |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 0:53 |
| 5 | Todd Bjornethun |
 Eric Lavigne |
KO (Punches) | 1 | 6:53 |
| 6 | Dan Severn |
Doug Murphy |
Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 3:23 |
| 7 | John Lewis |
Rumina Sato |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 8 |  Igor Zinoviev |
Enson Inoue |
TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:44 |
| 9 | Royler Gracie |
Noboru Asahi |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 5:07 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1997
Vale Tudo Japan 1997 was held on November 29, 1997 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jutaro Nakao |
Steve Nelson |
Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 5:31 |
| 2 | Hayato Sakurai |
Marcelo Aguiar |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 3 | Kenji Kawaguchi |
Jan Lomulder |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 3:49 |
| 4 |  João Roque |
Uchu Tatsumi |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 5 |  Carlos Newton |
Erik Paulson |
Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:41 |
| 6 | Tom Erikson |
Ed de Kruijf |
TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:37 |
| 7 | Rumina Sato |
John Lewis |
Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:23 |
| 8 | Frank Shamrock |
Enson Inoue |
DQ (Egan Inoue Ran Into the Ring) | 2 | 7:17 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1998
Vale Tudo Japan 1998 was held on October 25, 1998 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caol Uno |
Ricardo Botelho |
Submission (Punches) | 3 | 2:03 |
| 2 |  Vladimir Matyushenko |
Kenji Kawaguchi |
KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:10 |
| 3 | Branden Lee Hinkle |
Masanori Suda |
TKO (Upkicks) | 1 | 5:26 |
| 4 | Frank Trigg |
Jean Jacques Machado |
TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 3 | 0:20 |
| 5 | Noboru Asahi |
João Roque |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 6 | Hayato Sakurai |
Sergei Bytchkov |
Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:59 |
| 7 | Andre Pederneiras |
Rumina Sato |
KO (Soccer Kick and Punches) | 1 | 4:20 |
| 8 | Enson Inoue |
Randy Couture |
Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 1999
Vale Tudo Japan 1999 was held on December 11, 1999 at the Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumina Sato |
Rafael Cordeiro |
Submission (Kneebar) | 1 | 0:58 |
| 2 | Tetsuji Kato |
Angelo Sergio |
Submission (Punches) | 1 | 7:45 |
| 3 | Takanori Gomi |
Johnny Eduardo |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 1:43 |
| 4 | Hisao Ikeda |
João Roque |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 5 | Uchu Tatsumi |
Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 6 | Caol Uno |
Andre Pederneiras |
Draw | 3 | 8:00 |
| 7 | Hayato Sakurai |
Haroldo Bunn |
TKO (Punches) | 3 | 1:31 |
Vale Tudo Japan 2009
Vale Tudo Japan 2009 was held on October 30, 2009 at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masato Sannai |
Kosuke Eda |
Draw (Majority) | 2 | 5:00 |
| 2 |  Jung Min Kang |
Yoichiro Sato |
KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:48 |
| 3 | Mamoru Yamaguchi |
 Jesse Taitano |
TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:41 |
| 4 | Willamy Freire |
Kenichiro Togashi |
TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 2:05 |
| 5 | Tito Jones |
Tenkei Oda |
Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 6 | Rumina Sato |
Corey Grant |
TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:20 |
| 7 | Takeshi Inoue |
Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
TKO (Punches) | 4 | 2:58 |
| 8 | Takanori Gomi |
Tony Hervey |
Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 |
Vale Tudo Japan 2012
Vale Tudo Japan 2012 (also known as VTJ 1st) was held on December 24, 2012 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | Daisuke Hoshino |
 Kuntap Weerasakreck |
Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:19 |
| Middleweight | Keita Nakamura |
Nobutatsu Suzuki |
Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:09 |
| Bantamweight | Kenji Osawa |
Takeshi Inoue |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Women's Strawweight | Megumi Fujii |
Mei Yamaguchi |
Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
| Bantamweight | Kyoji Horiguchi |
Ian Loveland |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Flyweight | Darrell Montague |
Mamoru Yamaguchi |
Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Lightweight | Kuniyoshi Hironaka |
Carlo Prater |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Bantamweight | Hideo Tokoro |
Rumina Sato |
TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 0:39 |
Vale Tudo Japan 2013
Vale Tudo Japan 2013 (also known as VTJ 3rd) was held on October 5, 2013 at Ota City General Gymnasium, Ota, Tokyo, Japan. The Main Event featured longtime # 1 ranked Megumi Fujii in her retirement bout.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Featherweight | Taiyo Hayashi |
Yuji Kurogane |
TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:18 |
| Flyweight | Seiichiro Ito |
Taku Kajikawa |
Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:35 |
| Strawweight | Ryuto Sawada |
Hiroyuki Takahashi |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Welterweight | Koshi Matsumoto |
Kengo Ura |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Featherweight | Akiyo Nishiura |
Shigeki Osawa |
Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Bantamweight | Yuta Nezu |
Motonobu Tezuka |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Lightweight | Naoyuki Kotani |
Daisuke Hoshino |
Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:57 |
| Featherweight | Yuta Sasaki |
Geun Do Park |
Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:36 |
| Featherweight | Yusuke Yachi |
Takeshi Inoue |
Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Flyweight | Will Campuzano |
Hideo Tokoro |
Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| Featherweight | Caol Uno |
Daniel Romero |
Submission (inverted triangle choke) | 2 | 2:23 |
| Women's Strawweight | Jessica Aguilar |
Megumi Fujii |
TKO (doctor's stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 |
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