Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 or S-Cup 2010 was a shoot boxing event promoted by Caesar Takeshi. It was the seven bi-annual (70kg/154lbs weight class) Shoot Boxing World Tournament, featuring an eight-man single elimination format, with one reserve fight, all fought under Shoot Boxing Rules. The eight finalists and two reserve fighters were a mixture of invitees or had been involved in previous events (for more detail on this see the bulleted list below). As well as tournament matches there were also two 'Opening Fights', a 'Women's Fight' and three 'Super Fights' all fought under Shoot Boxing Rules (various weight classes). In total there were twenty-two fighters at the event, representing six countries.

The tournament winner was Buakaw Por. Pramuk who defeated Toby Imada in the final by second round technical knockout. Both fighters were shoot boxing debutants, with Buakaw entering as the result of a dispute with K-1 and Imada a MMA fighter who was a late substitute for Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett who was unable to attend due to legal issues which prevented him from leaving the United States. Although Buakaw won the event it was Imada who had the biggest effect on the tournament, defeating three time S-Cup champion Andy Souwer in the semi-finals in what was the biggest upset ever experienced in the sport. The event was held at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

S-Cup 2010 Finalists Toby Imada - Invitee, Bellator Fighter (MMA), late replacement for Charles Bennett who was unable to participate due to legal issues Henry van Opstal - Invitee, W.M.C. European Super Welterweight Champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk - Invitee, 2004, 2006 K-1 World MAX Champion Rhyse Saliba - Invitee, W.M.C. Australian Super Welterweight Champion Hiroki Shishido - S-Cup 2004 Runner-up Andy Souwer - S-Cup 2008, S-Cup 2004 and S-Cup 2002 Champion Bovy Sor Udomsorn - Invitee Takaaki Umeno - Invitee, Shoot Boxing Japanese Super Welterweight Champion

S-Cup 2010 Reservists Kenji Kanai - Invitee, S-Cup 2008 Quarter-finalist Jun Hyuk Song - Invitee

Bracket

Results + Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 Results Opening Fight 1 –60 kg: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Yuji Sugawara def. Masaya Matsuhana Opening Fight 2 –55 kg: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Kazuyuki Fushimi def. Hiroaki Okuwa Super Fight 1 –95 kg: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Kengo Shimizu def. Shunsuke Inoue S-Cup '10 Quarter-finals: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R Andy Souwer def. Bovy Sor. Udomsorn Toby Imada def. Takaaki Umeno Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Hiroki Shishido Henri van Opstal def. Rhyse Saliba S-Cup '10 Reserve Fight: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R Jun Hyuk Song def. Kenji Kanai Women's Fight -54 kg: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Ai Takahashi def. Karina Hallinan S-Cup '10 Semi-finals: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.1R Toby Imada def. Andy Souwer Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Henri van Opstal Super Fight 2 –62 kg: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Hiroaki Suzuki def. Mitsuhiro Ishida Super Fight 3 –65 kg: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Daiki Hata def. Tomohiro Oikawa S-Cup '10 Final: Shoot Boxing Rules / 3Min. 3R Ext.2R Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Toby Imada

See also List of male kickboxers

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