1/4 Sengoku no Ran 2009 - Results

A very interesting Card in Saitama Super Arena today! And there are spoilers if you read on!

Making their Sengoku debuts were Dave Herman and Antonio Silva. 2008 was a year with several upsets, and 2009 has started out like that too! King Mo again proved that he is a force in Sengoku and it will be interesting to see where he goes in 2009, he is growing into a big Sengoku star and it will be interesting to see who will challenge him next!


There were also 2 title fights on this card. The Sengoku title fights are 5 rounds, something that is a new thing in Japan and it might not have suited Misaki who was choked out in the last round.

Satoru Kitaoka made it a double for the GP winners, even though he admits in his speach that Gomi is popular. Kitaoka says that Gomi didnt perform 100% and he would like a rematch!

Fight order:
9. Main-Event: Light Weight Title Fight:
Satoru Kitaoka Def. Takanori Gomi by heel-hook Round 1 1:41

8. Middle Title Fight:
Jorge Santiago Def. Kazuo Misaki by rear-naked choke Round 5 3:26

7. Light-Heavy: Sanae Kikuta Def. Hidehiko Yoshida by decision 2-1
Both fighters enter the ring with NO gi.

In the intermission Satoshi Ishii enters the Sengoku ring wearing a UFC shirt! It is also announced that the first event of 2009 will be March 20 and it will feature the featherweight tournament.

6. Light-Heavy: Muhammed Lawal "King Mo" Def. Yukiya Naito by TKO Round 1 3:54
5. Heavy: Antonio Silva Def. Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao by TKO Round 1 1:42
4. Light: Eiji Mitsuoka Def. Sergey Golyaev by arm-bar Round 1 4:44
3. Heavy: Choi Mu Bae Def. Dave "Pee-Wee" Herman by TKO Round 22:22

Opening Fights:
2. Light: Maximo Blanco Def. Seigo Inoue by TKO Round 1 0:38
1. Light-Heavy: Hidetaka Irie Def. Minoru Kato by TKO Round 2 4:21