Hero's 6 was a mixed martial arts

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...

 event held by the Hero's

HERO'S

Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1...

 promotion on August 5, 2006 at the Ariake Coliseum

Ariake Coliseum

is an indoor sporting arena in located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000. The arena is used as the center court for the Japan Open Tennis Championships and the Toray Pan Pacific Open held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park....

 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

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The quarter-finals of the 2006 Lightweight

Lightweight (MMA)

The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...

 Grand Prix was held at the event. The opening round had took place at the previous event

Hero's 5

Hero's 5: 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix Opening Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on May 3, 2006 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.The opening round of the 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix was held at the event...

. The 2006 Light Heavyweight

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

 Grand Prix also opened at the quarter-final stage at Hero's 6.

Results

• Lightweight bout:   Kotetsu Boku
  Kotetsu Boku
  is a Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist, fighting in the lightweight class. He has mostly fought in Shooto, where he was the Lightweight Champion, but also in DREAM, Cage Force and K-1 Hero's. He is nicknamed "The Korean Tiger" because of his Korean heritage, and he has a tiger tattooed on...
  
   vs.   Alexandre Franca Nogueira
  Alexandre Franca Nogueira
  Alexandre Franca "Pequeno" Nogueira is a Brazilian Luta Livre fighter and the former Lightweight champion of Shooto, a Japanese mixed martial arts organization. Nogueira began his professional career at the age of 21, defeating Noboru Asahi. He trains with the World Fight Center...
  
  

Boku defeated Nogueira via unanimous decision.

• Heavyweight bout:   Kim Min-Soo vs.   Semmy Schilt
  Semmy Schilt
  Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...
  
  

Schilt defeated Kim via submission (triangle choke) 4:46 of round 1.

• Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Ivan Menjivar
  Ivan Menjivar
  Ivan Menjivar is a Salvadoran-Canadian professional mixed martial artist currently fighting in the bantamweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
   vs.   Hideo Tokoro
  Hideo Tokoro
  Hideo Tokoro is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in Dream in the bantamweight division. He competed in many mixed martial arts fights in other various promotions such as TFC, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's.-DREAM:...
  
  

Menjivar defeated Tokoro via majority decision.

• Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Gesias Cavalcante vs.   Hiroyuki Takaya
  Hiroyuki Takaya
  |-| Win|align=center| 16–9–1| Kazuyuki Miyata| Decision | Dream: Japan GP Final| |align=center| 3|align=center| 5:00|Tokyo, Japan, Japan| Defended DREAM Featherweight Championship|-| Loss|align=center| 15–9–1| Robbie Peralta| Decision...
  
  

Cavalcante defeated Takaya via KO (flying knee) at 0:30 of round 1.

• Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Rani Yahya
  Rani Yahya
  Rani Ahmad Yahya is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Yahya won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007...
  
   vs.   Kazuya Yasuhiro

Yahya defeated Yasuhiro via submission (Brabo choke) at 1:08 of round 1.

• Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Kultar Gill
  Kultar Gill
  Kultar "Black Mamba" Gill is a professional Indian-Canadian welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and lightweight mixed martial artist, fighting for Team Mamba in Abbotsford, British Columbia....
  
   vs.   Caol Uno
  Caol Uno
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Specifically, Uno is known for his low single leg takedown and rear naked choke. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan...
  
  

Uno defeated Gill via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:30 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Yoshihiro Akiyama
  Yoshihiro Akiyama
  , born Choo Sung-hoon , is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. He is a fourth-generation Japanese of Korean descent and acquired Japanese nationality in 2001....
  
   vs.   Taiei Kin
  Taiei Kin
  Kin Taiei is a Korean-Japanese light heavyweight karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist competing in K-1 and DREAM. He's also a karate instructor and a trainer for professional fighters...
  
  

Akiyama defeated Kin via technical submission (armbar) at 2:01 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Crosley Gracie
  Crosley Gracie
  Crosley Gracie is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and a mixed martial artist. He is the son of Rosley Gracie and grandson of the founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie. He is a member of the Gracie family.- Biography :...
  
   vs.   Melvin Manhoef
  Melvin Manhoef
  Melvin Manhoef is a Dutch-Surinamese Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, trained by Mike Passenier and fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In kickboxing, he is the current It's Showtime 85MAX World Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion...
  
  

Manhoef defeated Gracie via TKO (punches) at 9:12 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout:   Don Frye
  Don Frye
  Donald Frye is a retired American mixed martial artist, actor, and professional wrestler. Frye rose to fame fighting in early Ultimate Fighting Championship events, winning the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournaments...
  
   vs.   Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Frye defeated Yamamoto via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:52 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Rodrigo Gracie
  Rodrigo Gracie
  Rodrigo Gracie is a former Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and a 1998 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Gold Medalist.- Biography :...
  
   vs.   Shungo Oyama
  Shungo Oyama
  Shungo Oyama is a Japanese mixed martial artist with a background in judo and sambo.-Early life:He was born in Nasu District in Tochigi Prefecuture, Japan on April 11, 1974 as Toshiyuki Oyama...
  
  

Oyama defeated Gracie via majority decision.

• Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final bout:   Kazushi Sakuraba
  Kazushi Sakuraba
  is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former professional wrestler. He has competed in pro-wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling. He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-1 Hero's and Dream...
  
   vs. Kęstutis Smirnovas

Sakuraba defeated Smirnovas via submission (armbar) at 6:41 of round 1.

Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix

* Kęstutis Smirnovas replaced Kazushi Sakuraba in the semifinals as Sakuraba was injured.