There's been a lot of changes as you can see!
In december 2008 there were 2 huge Shooto-events on European soil in both Finland and Belgium.
And both events had European titles on the line!
In the -70 kg's class Bendy Casemir from the French Haute Tension captures the title by submitting Dutch superstar
Marc Duncan by a kneebar in the 3rd round.
And if you can submit Duncan you are one hell of a grappler!
There are also 2 newcomers in the ranking. Finnish fighter Jukka Kuitunen Swedish talent Hamid Corassani.
Another titlefight took place in Belgium in the -76 kg's class between David Baron (Haute Tension) and Niek Tromp
(Tatsujin Dojo) with Baron coming out victorious. (winner by sumission, guillotinechoke R1)
In that same weigthclass Wim Deputter battled with Willy Ni, and by submitting the slick Ni Deputter climbs to the
3rd place in the ranking!
I personnaly believe Deputter has everything in him to become the next -76 kg's European Champion.
The -83 kg's shows the return of Finnisch supertalent Sauli Heilemo after a long absence. He defeated the Danish
Nic Osei by TKO rd2.
The higher weightclasses show no changes, but as you can see Nathan Schouteren from the dutch MMA team
VC de Groot is first in line to fight for the European title so stay tuned!
–65 kg lightweight
Champion David Lejenas (Sweden)
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Rnk
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Change
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Name
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Country
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Record
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Last fight
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Champ
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-
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Lejenas David
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Sweden
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3-1-0
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17-11-2007
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1st
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Lähdesmäki Matteus
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Finland
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4-1-2
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17-11-2007
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2nd
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-
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Frota Augusto
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Switzerland
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3-0-0
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2-4-2006
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3rd
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-
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Eklund Per
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Sweden
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1-0-1
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12-5-2007
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–70 kg welterweight
Champion Bendy Casemir
(France)
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Rnk
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Change
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Name
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Country
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Record
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Last fight
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Champ
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Casimir Bendy
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France
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3-0-1
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15-12-2007
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1st
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Duncan Marc
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Holland
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9-3-0
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15-12-2007
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2nd
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Kvanström Jerry
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Finland
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1-0-0
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29-9-2007
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3rd
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up
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Quoniam Yohan
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France
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3-1-0
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15-12-2007
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4th
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Latoel Vincent
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Holland
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7-6-0
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15-12-2007
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5th
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-
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Buzinskas Marius
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Lithuania
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2-0-0
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23-4-2006
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6th
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-
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Seludcenkov Aleksandr
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Belarus
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1-3-0
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4-7-2006
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7th
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new
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Kuitunen Jukka
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Finland
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2-2-0
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17-11-2007
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8th
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new
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Corassani Hamid
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Sweden
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2-1-0
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17-11-2007
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–76 kg middleweight
Champion David Baron
(France)
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Rnk
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Change
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Name
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Country
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Record
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Last fight
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Champ
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Baron David
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France
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5-0-0
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15-12-2007
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1st
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Tromp Niek
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Holland
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2-2-2
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15-12-2007
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2nd
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Trompert Roemer
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Holland
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4-2-0
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17-11-2007
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3rd
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up
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Putter Wim de
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Belgium
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2-0-0
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15-12-2007
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4th
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Ni Willy
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Holland
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5-2-0
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15-12-2007
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5th
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Tredowski Grzegorz
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Poland
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1-0-2
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17-11-2007
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6th
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Martinez Chico
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Holland
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1-0-0
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21-1-2007
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7th
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Liaukevičius Marius
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Lithuania
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5-1-0
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29-9-2007
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8th
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Karatas Oktay
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Holland
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3-2-1
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9-9-2007
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9th
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Bielkheden David
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Sweden
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5-2-0
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12-5-2007
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10th
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new
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Jarman Raymond
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Holland
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2-5-0
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12-5-2007
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–83 kg lightheavyweight
Champion VACANT
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Rnk
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Change
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Name
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Country
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Record
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Last fight
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1st
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Baharduzada Siyar
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Holland
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7-1-1
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17-11-2007
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2nd
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Schouteren Nathan
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Holland
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5-4-1
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17-11-2007
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3rd
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-
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