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ASTRA was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Japanese entertainment group J-Rock. This event took place on April 25, 2010, at the Nippon Budokan

Nippon Budokan

The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in central Tokyo, Japan.This is the location where many "Live at the Budokan" albums were recorded...

in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It served as a farewell event for legendary Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

Hidehiko Yoshida

is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a long time veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships, competing in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, also managing to fight in the semi-finals in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix...

. Fighters from various promotions such as Dream

DREAM (mixed martial arts)

Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...

and World Victory Road

World Victory Road

World Victory Road is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of Pride FC by Zuffa. It operated in conjunction with the Japan Mixed Martial Arts Federation...

were on the card.

Results

Heavyweight bout: Hidehiko Yoshida
Hidehiko Yoshida
is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a long time veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships, competing in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, also managing to fight in the semi-finals in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix...

vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Kazuhiro Nakamura is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing as a middleweight in DREAM. His primary style is judo, in which he holds a 3rd dan black belt under Hidehiko Yoshida...

Nakamura defeated Yoshida via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-28, 30-28)

Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa
Michihiro Omigawa
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...

vs. Micah Miller
Micah Miller (fighter)
Micah Thomas Miller is an American mixed martial artist who trains out of Coconut Creek, Fl. with American Top Team. He is the brother of Cole Miller.- Dream Featherweight Grand Prix :...

Omigawa defeated Miller via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-29, 30-28)

Light Heavyweight bout: Enson Inoue
Enson Inoue
Enson Inoue is a Japanese American mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 12-8-0. He is a former Shooto Heavyweight Champion. He had also previously fought in Pride Fighting Championships, the biggest mixed martial arts organization at the time...

vs. Antz Nansen
Antz Nansen
Anthony "Antz" Nansen is an New Zealand boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist-Career:Nansen practiced Kung Fu as a child and grew up playing rugby league. He began training in kickboxing at the age of 21. He is the cousin of Ray Sefo...

Inoue defeated Nansen via submission (armbar) at 2:10 of Round 1.

Welterweight bout: Ryo Chonan
Ryo Chonan
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently fighting in DEEP where he was the 3rd DEEP middleweight champion. He has previously competed in PRIDE Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is noted for being one of two fighters to finish Anderson Silva in an MMA fight at...

vs. Jung Hwan Cha

Hwan Cha defeated Chonan via KO (punches) at 1:26 of Round 2.

Lightweight bout: Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal is an American mixed martial artist of Cuban descent who trains with American Top Team. Currently signed to Strikeforce, Masvidal's record includes notable wins over Yves Edwards, Joe Lauzon, Satoru Kitaoka, Ryan Schultz, Billy Evangelista and K.J...

vs. Naoyuki Kotani
Naoyuki Kotani
Naoyuki Kotani is a Japanese mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division. He has fought in a number of different organizations including the Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship....

Masvidal defeated Naoyuki Kotani via split decision (30-29, 29-30, 30-30); Judge Matsumoto scored the bout a 30-30 draw, but gave his "must" decision to Masvidal.

Lightweight bout: Daisuke Nakamura
Daisuke Nakamura (fighter)
Daisuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who has fought for DREAM, Strikeforce, M-1 Global, DEEP, ZST, Cage Rage, PRIDE, K-1 and Cage Force promotions. He holds notable victories over Nigerian K-1 kickboxer Andy Ologun and won his mixed martial arts debut against veteran...

vs. Ganjo Tentsuku

Nakamura defeated Tentsuku via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-26, 30-25).

Welterweight bout: Yuya Shirai
Yuya Shirai
Yuya Shirai is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought for Deep, BAMMA, M-1 Global, Pancrase, DREAM and is currently the undisputed DEEP Welterweight Champion.-Mixed martial arts career:...

vs. Che Mills
Che Mills
Che Mills is an English mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British welterweight champ, and holds 2 notable KO wins over DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis.-Early career:...

Shirai def. Mills via submission (armbar) at 3:59 of Round 1.

Featherweight bout: Tatsunao Nagakura vs. Akihiko Mori

Mori defeated Nagakura via TKO (punches) at 1:04 of Round 1.

Opening Fights

Heavyweight bout: Seigo Mizuguchi vs. Baru Harn

Harn defeated Mizuguchi via unanimous decision (20-17, 20-19, 20-18).

Middleweight bout: Yusuke Sakashita vs. Kenji Nagai

Sakashita defeated Nagai via TKO (Punches) at 2:04 of Round 1.

Middleweight bout: Pavel Irkutsk vs. Masa Tsutomi

Irkutsk defeated Tsutomi via KO (Flying knee) at 2:36 of Round 1.

Bantamweight bout: Ryosuke Komori vs. Takumi Murata

Murata defeated Komori via unaniamous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18).

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