11/1 Sengoku 6 - LIVE Results

I will do live results today, but remember what happened last time! It should be fixed now, but due to visitors etc. I will only be posting results (might change my mind), maybe some short comments. The fights start at 4PM Japan time (the Japan time shows in the bottom right.

I have had a poll going for both of the GP's and there are some clear results. In the Middleweight GP, the final should be between Nakamura and Santiago. The Lightweight tournament, the winner of Kitaoka and Mitsuoka should be the favorite.

Here is the breakdown of the poll:

Middleweight GP
Jorge Santiago 21 votes
Kazuhiro Nakamura 19 votes
Siyar Bahadurzada 9 votes
Yuki Sasaki 4 votes

Reserves:
Joe Doerkson 4 votes
Izuru Takeuchi 0 votes

Lightweight GP
Eiji Mitsuoka 36 votes
Satoru Kitaoka 21 votes
Mizuto Hirota 13 votes
Kazunori Yokota 1 vote

Reserves:
Jorge Masvidal 3 votes
Bang Seung Hwan 2 votes

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Quick Results:
GP Finals:
11. LW Final: Satoru Kitaoka Def. Kazunori Yokota by Decision 3-0
10. MW Final: Jorge Santiago Def. Kazuhiro Nakamura by KO Round 3 0:41

Non-GP Fights
9. LW: Sergey Golyaev Def. Takanori Gomi by decision 2-1
8. LHW: "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal Def. Fabio Silva by TKO Round 3
7. LHW: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Def. Moise Rimbon by Decision 3-0

GP Semi-Finals (Middle and Lightweight) and Reserve Fights
6. LW GP Res.: Jorge Masvidal Def. Bang Seung Hwan by Decision 3-0
5. MW GP Res.: Joe Doerksen Def. Izuru Takeuchi by TKO Round 3 4:13
4. LW GP: Satoru Kitaoka Def. Eiji Mitsuoka by Heel-Hook Round 1 1:16
3. LW GP: Kazunori Yokota Def. Mizuto Hirota by Decision
2. MW GP: Kazuhiro Nakamura Def. Yuki Sasaki by Decision 3-0
1. MW GP: Jorge Santiago Def. Siyar Bahadurzada by Heel-Hook Round 1 1:10

GP Semi-Finals
Fight order:
1. MW GP: Jorge Santiago 18-7-0 vs. 14-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada
Round 1
Santiago has Siyar's back. Santiago gets a heel hook, and Siyar taps, a quick submission win. JZ was in Santiago's corner.

2. MW GP: Yuki Sasaki 22-14-1 vs. 12-8-0 Kazuhiro Nakamura
Round 1
Sasaki is dancing around, Nakamura in the middle. Nakamura tries to take Sasaki down, puching him to the ropes. Exchanging some good punches, Nakamura with a slight advantage at the moment. Round 1 has been mostly fighters feeling eachother out, but looks like Nakamura has control. Sasaki is in this though.

Round 2
This is developing into a standing fight. Nakamura is trying to get Sasaki down, but Sasaki's knees are hitting the body in the clinch. Nakamura hits with a good left hand, and goes for the take down. Sasaki is able to turn and Nakamura has his back to the ropes now. Finally, Nakamura gets Sasaki to the ground, he has side control but Sasaki gets guard. The round ends with Nakamura in Sasaki's guard.

Round 3
Sasaki is keeping good distance. Sasaki is puching Nakamura into the corner and trying knees to the body. Not sure how much damage they are doing though. Nakamura gets an easy take down. Nakamura is in Sasaki's guard, attempting GNP, but spends a lot of energy with minimal results. Sasaki is bleeding from the nose, as Nakamura's puches are starting to hit the target. The bell rings and the decision should go to Nakamura.

Nakamura gets the decision 3-0, but he is very tired and has to fight again tonight. Santiago was no more than a minute in the ring...

3. LW GP: Kazunori Yokota 7-1-3 vs. 10-2-0 Mizuto Hirota
Round 1: I have to say I am excited about Hirota, he is a nice guy and I want to see him do well.
Fighters are in the ring. Yokota goes forward behind punches and goes for the takedown, doesnt get it and keeps his distance so far. Hirota is cut over his right eye. Hirota gets Yokotas back and fires of knees to the back of his thighs. Yokota gets a hold of Hirota around the neck and throws him down, for a second it looks like he has a choke, but Hirota is able to get up. Slight advantage to Yokota, he had a good take down and I think it might have gotten him the round.

Round 2
Yokota hit with a good knee to the cup, Hirota fires one back, straight to the cup. Yokota recovers and gets the takedown straight from the restart. Hirota has guard and is able to get up again. Round 2 would go to Yokota as well, I think Hirota needs to pull a KO out of the bag...

Round 3
Yokota is the more agressive and gets a takedown, but Hirota ends up on top. They stand back up and Hirota is swinging. Nothing really hits though... Yokota locks up Hirota's head in the corner and Hirota again with knees to the back of his thighs. Lots of punches back and forth, then Yokota gets the take down and is Hirota's guard. Hirota gets a leg and looks like he might get a heel hook, Yokota is able to turn it, and Hirota is able to get top position. Round ends, and this decision should go to Yokota. Yokota will feel his legs though.

Yokota gets the decision 3-0

4. LW GP: Satoru Kitaoka 21-8-9 vs. 14-5-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
Round 1
Time for what might be fight of the night. Mitsuoka needs to keep this fight standing though.

Kitaoka goes for the take down and gets it! Kitaoka tries a leg lock and with the second attempt gets a heel hook!!! Again, Kitaoka barely breaks a sweat, Mitsuoka has problems getting up though.

An amazing performance by Kitaoka!! Mitsuoka tried to avoid the takedown, but Kitaoka was just too strong.

5. MW GP Res.: Izuru Takeuchi 25-9-6 vs. 40-12-0 Joe Doerksen
Round 1
The fight has started and the fighters come out swining. Takeuchi has his wrestling shoes on and we have seen a lot of leg locks today. Doerksen has guard, but Takeuchi gets side control. Doerksen gets up and looks like he has a guilotine but Takuechi ends up on top agian. Doerksen is able able to turn and looks like he might get a good position, but Takeuchi is very experienced and gets on top again.

a very close round, would probably go to Takeuchi.

Round 2
Doerksen puching Takeuchi to the ropes but is unable to get him down. Takeuchi is pushing Doerkesen back and gets Doerksen down. Takeuchi is in Doerksen's guard, but is not looking comfortable. Doerksen gets in some upkicks, but Takeuchi is able to continue pushing forward. Doerksen gets up. Doerksen lost his mouth guard, but it was another very close round. I would give it to Doerksen, he had the submission attempts, but Takeuchi was on top and the judges might go that way.

Round 3
Takeuchi is finding his range on the feet. Doerksen get Thai clinch and looks like one knee hits the target. But Takeuchi is able to get him down again. So far Takechi's wrestling has been too strong for Doerksen. Doerksen turns in and gets mount. Not able to do much from mount so far, but he is staying on and some punches are hitting the target, 2 min left. Doerksen is able to raise up and Takeuchi gives his back. Takeuchi is turning and its back in Mount. Takeuchi is lookeing very tired and the ref steps in. A string TKO win to Doerksen!! Doerksen was patient and showed experience when he got mount, a good fight.

6. LW GP Res.: Bang Seung Hwan 5-2-0 vs. 14-3-0 Jorge Masvidal
Round 1
Both fighters very careful in the start. Masvidal is pushing forward, but Bang is able to fight back and the fight stays on the feet. Masvidal hits with a good punch! Bang is in serial trouble, but is able to recover. It was a very close call and now Bang looks angry! He does not like being punched. The bell rings and the round would go to Masvidal, he hit with a knee that had Bang in real trouble.

Round 2
Round 2 starts like round 1, both fighters are very careful. It is stand up war now, but hard to say who has the upper hand. Bang might have the upper hand in this round, but the damage done is minimal. It is a very close round, but I would give it to Bang and the fight should be 1-1.

Round 3
Bang is coming out swinging power punches, but dosent seem to hit much. Bang got a take down at the end and I have a close decision to Bang.

The judges score it for Masvidal. I think the knee in the 1st made the difference.

Non-GP Fights
7. LHW: Moise Rimbon 13-7-3 vs. 14-3-0 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Sick child is making me give up play by play so i will only be posting results :)

Nogueira get the decision 3-0

There is a break: and Kazuo Misaki and Hideki yoshida enteres the ring.

Misaki is saying he will win the fight againt the winner of the GP by KO, he wants the Sengoku belt!

Yoshida is wishing Misaki good luck, and encouraging the crowd to come back for the Sengoku NYE event.

8. LHW: "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal 1-0-0 vs. 11-4-0 Fabio Silva
Round 1: King Mo has the best enterance so far... It might take Genki Sudo to beat him...

King Mo is dominating with GnP so far.

Round 2:
It is really King Mo all over this... He takes Silva down and punishes him. Silva tries to work submission, but is never really close... I am just amazed that Silva is in there, he is showing a lot of heart.

Round 3:
King Mo takes Silva down again, and punishes him. The ref has to step in to save Silva. A very strong TKO win!

9. LW: Takanori Gomi 29-3-0 vs. 10-6-0 Sergey Golyaev
Round 1
Gomi is sitting in his face and going for a Kimura, Golyaev gets out, but Gomi gets mount. Gomi goes for an armbar and the bell rings!! Round 1 Gomi all the way!

Round 2
Golyaev is defending well, but Gomi has the upper hand. Gomi is hitting with his punches and is the beter fighter on the ground. Golyaev is seriously rocked by a counter!!! He is in real trouble and Golyaev does not follw up!! Gomi is recovering, but Golyaev is not following up!

The slow motion showes Gomi folding after a left jab. It is strange that Golyaev didnt follow up! Round 2 to Golyaev, clearly!

Round 3
Gomi was hesitant in the start, but he recovers. He gets mount and is pounding, but I smell a rat... Golyaev had 5 minutes to finish him off... Golyaev didnt punch much at the end of this fight, but he looked like the fresher fighter. He is just jabbing.

Gomi is not happy! He would be lucky to win this...

Golyaev gets the decision!!! 2-1
My faith is restored. It was an impressive performace though! He hit Gomi with a jab and it changed the fight. Now Sengoku has Gomi meeting the GP finalist, but he lost the previous fight... Exactly why I would have liked to see Gomi in the GP...

GP Finals
10. MW Final: Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Round 1
The finalists are in the ring and the anthems are being played.

Nakamura takes Santiago down and has side control. Lets see if he can do anything with it. Trying an armbar and Santiago gets up. The round ends with the fighters on their feet. Santiago had a good knee in the round. It was a close one, but will probably go to Nakamura.

Round 3
Nakamura gets hit by a HARD right and he goes down. Santiago is following up with good punches on the ground and the ref has to step in. A good win by Santiago!!! My readers were right on with this one!!

The winners reward is 5,000,000 yen. or 50,000 USD. Nakamura is not getting up though, the ref was slow stopping this, Nakamura is carried out on a streacher and its the same ref that has stopped fights early before!!! Good win by Santiago, bad move by the ref...

11. LW Final: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Kazunori Yokota
Round 1
This fight will be awesome! Kitaoka was VERY strong in his semi-final and he comes in fresh, this should be Kitaoka!

Kitaoka looks very intense.

Kitaoka dives in and Yokota is keeping himself up by the ropes. Kitaoka is trying again and has Yokota's back, Yokota tries to use the ropes to escape every time, but this is getting emnbarrasing.

Finally, Kitaoka has Yokota on his back. This is not where Yokota wants to be! Kitaoke is not able to take advantage though and the round runs out.

Round 2
Kitaoka gets control again, Yokota gets up though. This is a fight where Kitaoka is in TOTAL control so far. It is getting frustrating though, Yokota is continuing to use the ropes and gets warned by the ref. Kitaoka is controlling this out, Kitaoka has Yokota in the crusifix now. Kitaoka is going crazy now! Stomps are not legal in Sengoku, but I have seen several fighters do it today. CLEAR round to Kitaoka agian!

Round 3
Yokota is jumping out of the ropes now, thats been his defence so far. Kitaoka tries something different and gets on his back. Yokota has an armlock, but Kitaoka defends well. A Yokota knee is close. But Kitaoka catches it and the ref breaks it. Kitaoka goes for the spinning backfist, but it doesnt hit.

Yokota is spending the fight running for the ropes, and its getting predictable. Yokota is hit and almost KOed. This should be Kitaoka!!! I am very happy! Yokota tried to beat him by using his experience, but today Kitaoka was too good!

Decision Kitaoka 3-0!!!

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11/1 Sengoku - Odds

The Sengoku 6 odds are out, and there are some BIG favoties in this one. If you are looking for good value, Eiji Mitsuoka would be one. He will have a tough fight against Satoru Kitaoka, but deserves better odds than what he has at the moment. Other fights I think there might be good value is Jorge Santiago and Siyar Bahadurzada, I thi it will be tighter than that. The same goes for Jorge Masvidal and Hwan Sung Pang

Otherwise, Gomi and Nogueira are huge favorites (not unexpectedly). Even though I think Moise Rimbon might create an upset here.

Either way, it is only good value if you manage to pick a winner. Tomorrow we will see if there are any upsets.

Middleweight GP
Jorge Santiago -345
Siyar Bahadurzada +275

Kazuhiro Nakamura -345
Yuki Sasaki +275

Izuru Takeuchi +130
Joe Doerksen -160

Lightweight GP
Kazunori Yokota +175
Mizuto Hirota -215

Eiji Mitsuoka +175
Satoru Kitaoka -215

Jorge Masvidal -515
Hwan Sung Pang +365

Non-GP Fights
Sergey Golyaev +600
Takanori Gomi -800

Fabio Silva +215
Muhammed Lawal -275

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -750
Moise Rimbon +550

Thanks to:
http://combat-hooligans.com/2008/10/30/sengoku-6-odds-and-latest-ufc-lines/
http://www.betwwx.com/ufc-odds/

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11/1 SENGOKU GP Finals - Fight order

This shoule be the best event so far by Sengoku. There are 11 good fights on the card, and the GPs should bring lots of excitement.

Other than the GPs, Antonio Rogerio's return to Japan will be a highlight and his fight with Moise Rimbon should be a good one. It will also be interesting to see if "King Mo" can follow up his impressive debut.

For the GPs, it is very hard to tell who is the favorite. Personally, I think Siyar Bahadurzada should have a good chance in the Middleweight GP, but I am not sure he is back to 100% after his injury.

The lightweights are almost impossible to tell. My personal favorites are Satoru Kitaoka and Mizuto Hirota. But Eiji Mitsuoka is probably the most rounded fighter of the semi-finalists. Kazunori Yokota is also very strong, so this GP I would not write off anyone.

GP Finals:
11. LW Final: Winner Fight 3 vs. Winner Fight 4
10. MW Final: Winner Fight 1 vs. Winner Fight 2

Non-GP Fights
9. LW: Takanori Gomi 29-3-0 vs. 10-6-0 Sergey Golyaev
8. LHW: "King Mo" Muhammed Lawal 1-0-0 vs. 11-4-0 Fabio Silva
7. LHW: Moise Rimbon 13-7-3 vs. 14-3-0 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

GP Semi-Finals (Middle and Lightweight) and Reserve Fights
6. LW GP Res.: Bang Seung Hwan 5-2-0 vs. 14-3-0 Jorge Masvidal
5. MW GP Res.: Izuru Takeuchi 25-9-6 vs. 40-12-0 Joe Doerksen
4. LW GP: Satoru Kitaoka 21-8-9 vs. 14-5-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
3. LW GP: Kazunori Yokota 7-1-3 vs. 10-2-0 Mizuto Hirota
2. MW GP: Yuki Sasaki 22-14-1 vs. 12-8-0 Kazuhiro Nakamura
1. MW GP: Jorge Santiago 18-7-0 vs. 14-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada

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11/1 Sengoku - Nogueira Signing Confirmed

Sengoku have announced the last fight on their November 1 card today, and it is "Minotoro" Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Moise Rimbon.

This should be a huge signing for Sengoku! Also a good addition to this card.

It looks as though Josh Barnett will not participate though, I am a little dissapointed about that. Still a very good card.

Added:
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira "Minotoro" 14-3-0 vs. 13-7-3 Moise Rimbon

The complete card:
Middleweight GP:
Final: Winner Sasaki/Nakamura vs. Winner Santiago/Bahadurzada

Semi-Finals:
Yuki Sasaki 22-14-1 vs. 12-8-0 Kazuhiro Nakamura
Jorge Santiago 18-7-0 vs. 14-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada
Reserve Fight: Izuru Takeuchi 25-9-6 vs. 40-12-0 Joe Doerksen

Lightweight GP:
Final: Winner Kitaoka/Mitsuoka vs. Winner Yokota/Hirota

Semi-Finals
Satoru Kitaoka 21-8-9 vs. 14-5-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
Kazunori Yokota 7-1-3 vs. 10-2-0 Mizuto Hirota
Reserve Fight: Bang Seung Hwan 5-2-0 vs. 14-3-0 Jorge Masvidal

Non-GP Fights:
Takanori Gomi 29-3-0 vs. 10-6-0 Sergey Golyaev
"King Mo" Muhammed Lawal 1-0-0 vs. 11-4-0 Fabio Silva
Moise Rimbon 13-7-3 vs. 14-3-0 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

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11/1 Sengoku - Secret Fight Revealed?

Nothing official yet, but Nightmare of Battle has a scoop from Brazil. Is Lil-Nog on his way back to Japan? It certainly looks like it, Portal do Vale Tudo is saying its on. He will be fighting Moise Rimbon and that should complete the card.

With the FEG press-conference tomorrow, I would not be surpriced if the fight is confirmed tomorrow. Either way, I am expecting a Sengoku announcement tomorrow.

IF this is the fight, the card will look like this:

Middleweight GP:
Final: Winner Sasaki/Nakamura vs. Winner Santiago/Bahadurzada

Semi-Finals:
Yuki Sasaki 22-14-1 vs. 12-8-0 Kazuhiro Nakamura
Jorge Santiago 18-7-0 vs. 14-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada
Reserve Fight: Izuru Takeuchi 25-9-6 vs. 40-12-0 Joe Doerksen

Lightweight GP:
Final: Winner Kitaoka/Mitsuoka vs. Winner Yokota/Hirota

Semi-Finals
Satoru Kitaoka 21-8-9 vs. 14-5-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
Kazunori Yokota 7-1-3 vs. 10-2-0 Mizuto Hirota
Reserve Fight: Bang Seung Hwan 5-2-0 vs. 14-3-0 Jorge Masvidal

Non-GP Fights:
Takanori Gomi 29-3-0 vs. 10-6-0 Sergey Golyaev
"King Mo" Muhammed Lawal 1-0-0 vs. 11-4-0 Fabio Silva
Moise Rimbon 13-7-3 vs. 14-3-0 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

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11/1 Sengoku - Gomi Fighting!

It has been said that Gomi needed to be on this card in order to fill Saitama Super Arena, that might very well be true. Today it was announced that he is fighting, he is facing Sergey Golyaev, a new name for me (even though he fought Hellboy in 2004) and a guy that has not fought since December 2006 (according to Sherdog's fight finder). Most of his fights are in M-1 and it will be interesting to see if he poses a threat to Gomi. He was the Russian Muay Thai champion in 2000/2001 according to the Sengoku information.

Fabio Silva is returning to the ring, he is probably best known (depending on who you ask) as a Wanderlei Silva look alike, but he is a good fighter and against King Mo I would say that anything can happen. Silva has the experience, but the question is if that's enough... I would have favored Wiuff for the same reason... Silva is also giving away a bit of size in this one.

This event is looking very strong, and there is the possibility of an 11th fight. NoB is saying someone familiar to Japan and hasn't fought here (in Japan) for about 2years... There are lots of fighters that fall into that category and I don't want to speculate but there are a few names that stick out from the last couple of Pride events.

Announced today:
Takanori Gomi 29-3-0 vs. 10-6-0 Sergey Golyaev
Middleweight GP Reserve Fight: Izuru Takeuchi 25-9-6 vs. 40-12-0 Joe Doerksen
King Mo 1-0-0 vs. 11-4-0 Fabio Silva

That makes the card look like this:

Middleweight GP:
Final: Winner Sasaki/Nakamura vs. Winner Santiago/Bahadurzada

Semi-Finals:
Yuki Sasaki 22-14-1 vs. 12-8-0 Kazuhiro Nakamura
Jorge Santiago 18-7-0 vs. 14-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada
Reserve Fight: Izuru Takeuchi 25-9-6 vs. 40-12-0 Joe Doerksen

Lightweight GP:
Final: Winner Kitaoka/Mitsuoka vs. Winner Yokota/Hirota

Semi-Finals
Satoru Kitaoka 21-8-9 vs. 14-5-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
Kazunori Yokota 7-1-3 vs. 10-2-0 Mizuto Hirota
Reserve Fight: Bang Seung Hwan 5-2-0 vs. 14-3-0 Jorge Masvidal

Non-GP Fights:
Takanori Gomi 29-3-0 vs. 10-6-0 Sergey Golyaev
"King Mo" Muhammed Lawal 1-0-0 vs. 11-4-0 Fabio Silva

Yesterday NoB posted some interesting rumors. I have not seen them confirmed anywhere, but would it would be interesting if they were true. KJ Noons vs. Nick Diaz in Japan… NoB is speculating that it will be in Sengoku, I would agree… DREAM would probably put Diaz against Sakurai, as they were intending first. But let’s see.

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11/1 Sengoku - Fights added (Middleweight Semi's Announced)

Sengoku have confirmed the Middleweight matchups today. Not a huge surprise that the 2 Japanese fighters will face off in the semi-final, but this is going to be an interesting event. The lightweight semi's were already announced, but this is a very good card.

In addition to the Light- and Middleweight GP finals, we will have a Lightweight Tournament Reserve fight between Bang Seung Hwan, who was just stripped of his DEEP belt and Jorge Masvidal.

King Mo is confirmed as a participant, Josh Barnett has said earlier that he would be on this card and there should also be a middleweight reserve fight. Joe Doerksen is reported to be heading to Japan, and he should be facing Pancrase veteran Izuru Takeuchi in the Middleweight GP Reserve fight. I saw Joe Doerksen in his last fight in Japan, an easy win in DEEP 29 and look forward to seeing him again. Takeuchi is on a 5 fight winning streak and it should be a good fight.

Anyway, this looks like a strong card and I am really looking forward to this event! This event will also have the final in BOTH the GPs.

Confirmed today:

Middleweight Semi-Finals:
Yuki Sasaki 22-14-1 vs. 12-8-0 Kazuhiro Nakamura
Jorge Santiago 18-7-0 vs. 14-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada

Lightweight Reserve Fight:
Bang Seung Hwan 5-2-0 vs. 14-3-0 Jorge Masvidal

Participating:
"King Mo" Muhammed Lawal 1-0-0

Previously announced:
Satoru Kitaoka 21-8-9 vs. 14-5-2 Eiji Mitsuoka
Kazunori Yokota 7-1-3 vs. 10-2-0 Mizuto Hirota

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9/28 Sengoku - Odds

The betting lines are out, as always my source is MMA Betting (link on the left). The odds this time is from Betcris/Bookmaker Group.

Siyar is favorite in his fight, despite returning from injury (earlier than exptected too). Kazuhiro Nakamura is HUGE favorite against Paul Cahoon, almost worth the bet and hope for the upset...

Yuki Sasaki +150
Yuki Kundo -180

Evangelista Santos +120
Siyar Bahadurzada -150

Logan Clark +220
Jorge Santiago -280

Paul Cahoon +550
Kazuhiro Nakamura -750

Ryan Schultz +200
Jorge Masvidal -250

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9/28 Sengoku 5 - Fights added

Sengoku have announced another 3 fights for their 5th event. This is again looking like a solid card. I am very interested in seeing how Xande handles MMA rules, and today his opponent was announced.

Also announced were the 2 remaining fights in the middleweight GP.

Added:
Xande Ribeiro vs. 1-2-0 Takashi Sugiura

Middleweight GP
Kazuhiro Nakamura 11-8-0 vs. 10-11-0 Paul Cahoon
Jorge Santiago 17-7-0 vs. 11-2-0 Logan Clark

Perviously announced:
Middleweight GP:
Yuki Kondo 49-22-6 vs. 21-14-1 Yuki Sasaki
Evangelista Santos "Cyborg" 16-11-0 vs. 13-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada

Non-GP Fights (Winner will be in the LW reserve fight):
LW: Jorge Masvidal 13-3-0 vs. 20-10-1 Ryan Schultz

Participating:
Roger Gracie 2-0-0

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9/28 Sengoku 5 - Fights announced

Sengoku have announced the first few fights for Sengoku 5 in Yoyogi Gynasium. This will also be the first round in their Middleweight tournament.

Yuki Kondo is confirmend as a participant and we have the first half of the Middleweight 1st round ready.

Confirmed today:
Middleweight GP:
Yuki Kondo 49-22-6 vs. 21-14-1 Yuki Sasaki
Evangelista Santos "Cyborg" 16-11-0 vs. 13-3-1 Siyar Bahadurzada

Non-GP Fights (Winner will be in the LW reserve fight):
LW: Jorge Masvidal 13-3-0 vs. 20-10-1 Ryan Schultz

Participants:
-Xande Ribeiro
-Roger Gracie 2-0-0

Middleweight GP:
-Kazuhiro Nakamura 11-8-0
-Jorge Santiago 17-7-0

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Sengoku V Participants Added

Sengoku 5 (or V) have also received some updates to the card. Xande Ribeiro will make his MMA debut, he is an extremely experienced BJJ fighter and I am really looking forward to seeing what he can do in MMA. Will they pit him against Roger Gracie? I would be surprised, but would be awesome. Either way, Sengoku is really getting some good fighters in.

Xande Ribeiro
Roger Gracie 2-0-0
Jorge Masvidal 13-3-0

Middleweight GP Participant
Yuki Sasaki 21-14-1

Previously Announced:
Middleweight GP Participants:
Kazuhiro Nakamura 11-8-0
Evangelista Santos "Cyborg" 16-11-0
Siyar Bahadurzada 13-3-1
Jorge Santiago 17-7-0

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6/8 Sengoku III - Live Play-by-Play ***SPOILERS***

Sengoku holds their 3rd event today, this might be the "weakest" card so far, in the biggest arena, but lets wait and see. There are some exciting fighters on the card, and it should be good event.

The broadcast has started, the event is being shown on SkyPerfect, if you are in Japan. I am not aware of it being shown anywhere else.

There are not a lot of people so far, still early though. Let's hope the audience is stil making their way in. Looks like there are more people now, but far from full.

The fighters are now being presented.

Some new fighters are being presented in the break, Zurab Zviadauri, Georgi Gogchelidze, Eldari Kurtanidze, Ramaz Nodzadze (silver medal 2004 Olympics), Frank Trigg,

Lightweight Tournament Participants: Duane Ludwig, Rodrigo Damm, Yokota Kazunori, Mitsuoka Eiji, Satoru Kitaoka

Over all, this was this was probably the weakest Sengoku event so far... Fight of the night was Thompson vs. Costa, without a doubt!

RESULTS:
1. Fabio Silva Def. Kazuo Takahashi by KO Round 2.
2. Rodrigo Damm Def. Jorge Masvidal by TKO Round 2
3. Marcio Cruz Def. Choi Mu Bae by Triangle choke Round 1
4. Sanae Kikuta Def. Chris Rice by arm-bar Round 1.
5. Nick Thompson Def. Michael Costa by Kimura Round 2
6. Kazuo Misaki Def. Logan Clark by decision 3-0
7. Travis Wiuff Def. Kazuyuki Fujita by TKO Round 1.
8. Hidehiko Yoshida Def. Maurice Smith

8. Hidehiko Yoshida Def. Maurice Smith
The fighters for the main event are entering the ring!
Round 1: The fight has started. A careful start from both fighters. Yoshida has said before the fight that he wants to win by KO. But from how this looks, Smith wants this standing and Yoshida wants to take this to the ground. The first take down attempt is unsuccessful. But then Yoshida gets the fight down. Yoshida on top now. Yoshida chokes him out with a head-lock. I did not see a tap, but the result was clear.

7. Travis Wiuff Def. Kazuyuki Fujita by TKO Round 1.
They have changed the ring announcer. And the fighters are entering now.
Round 1: Fujita the more agressive initially. Wiuff hits with a left cross and KO's Iron-head Fujita! It is a TKO, the ref jumped in and saved Fujita from the bombs Wiuf were dropping after Fujita fell. It was close to the first punch Wiuff hits with and I am sure he will be pleased with this victory.

6. Kazuo Misaki Def. Logan Clark by decision 3-0
Fighters in the ring.
Round 3: The first fight that makes it to the 3rd round. Clark moves more forward initially, but not able to hit. Finally, Clark hits with a good right. Misaki goes down, but is able to recover. THe fight goes to the ground for the first time, Clark on the botton with Misaki in half guard. Misaki stands up, and the ref asks them both to stand. Clark is more in the fight now, but it might be too late. CLark has to move forward now, 1 minute left. The fight goes to the ground again, Misaki on top. Misaki is trying stomps, but that should be illegal... I dont know what he is thinking! Misaki should win this by decision, but deserves to be close to a diqualification or point loss in the last 10 seconds.
Round 2: Misaki hits with a high-kick. this round start much more agressive. Clark throws a low kick that hits illegal. But Misaki recovers quickly. Misaki hits with a straight right. Then Clark hits. They are trading punches and the fight has still not gone to the ground. Clark is unable to get the right distance and it looks like Misaki is in control. Misaki starting to hit more now. Clark is mostly in the middle with Misaki controling the distance. Round finishes with Misaki taking this one.
Round 1: The fighters are starting carefully. Some punches from Clark that hits air. Clark chasing Misaki, but not able to hit him. Misaki moves back and hits with some punches, but no damage. Fight has not gone to the ground yet, and no damage done. Both fighters hit with a hook, but they are both ok. The fighters look more comfortable now. No fighters hitting and the round ends. Misaki is constantly backing up, but he has hit the most. I would give the round to Misaki, but its very close.

5. Nick Thompson Def. Michael Costa by Kimura Round 2
The ring announcer is starting to annoy me (a matter of taste), but otherwise the show has been good. The fighters are making their way now.
Round 2: Fighters trying some kicks and punches now. Costa continuing on Thompson's left leg. Costa is very close with an overhand right. Costa hits with a punch and is knocked down. Thompson really looked damaged for a second. So far this is the best fight. Thompson gets on top, Costa with triangle attempt. Thompson gets on top again and gets an arm-lock. Costa taps. Round 1: Costa immidiately takes the fight to the ground. Thompson immidiately starts working on a Kimura. It changes to an arm-bar and its looking close, for now Costa is able to hold on and escapes. Costa in Thompson's guard now. A few punches, but no damage done from the top. The ref moves them to the middle, but Costa still in Thimpson's guard. less than 1 minute left. Thompson with a rubber guard attempt, but time will run out. Costa stands up and kicks Thompsons left thigh as the round finishes. Round to Thompson.

4. Sanae Kikuta Def. Chris Rice by arm-bar Round 1.
Chris Rice is in the ring, Kikuta making his way now.
Round 1: Kikuta dives in, but Rice escapes. Again, Kikuta jumps in and Rice goes for a guilliotine. Kikuta escapes and goes to half guard. Then he gets mount, lets see what he can do, he has not done any damage so far. Rice tries to escape and Kikuta tries an arm-bar. Kikuta gets the arm-bar and the fight is over.

3. Marcio Cruz Def. Choi Mu Baeby Triangle choke Round 1
Round 1: Looks like Choi is stunned by some punches early on, but he recovers and they hit the ground. Cruz on top. Choi has half guard. Choi gets up. Cruz has Choi to the ropes, and they go down. Cruz is able to punch Choi and gets his back. He is high for a rear-naked and is unable to finish. Still on Choi's back, Crus is getting a lot of unanswered punches in. It is a question of how long before the ref stops this, but for now they can continue. Cruz is going for a triangle choke from the back. He is able to secure it, total domination by Cruz.

2. Rodrigo Damm Def. Jorge Masvidal
This is the fight I am looking forward to the most on this card. 2 exciting fighters that I have not seen much of so far. Fighters are making their way to the ring now.
Round 2: Second round has started, again fighters are careful. Both fighters looking for openings on their feet, but nothing hitting the target. American fans would be boo'ing at this stage. Masvidal has hit with a few legkicks, but that's all... Then suddenly out nowhere a right that KO's Masvidal. A pre-mature stoppage in my eyes...
Round 1: Fight has started. Damm starts with a leg kick. Fighters are standoffish in the start. Nothing hit som far. Masvidal is throwing kicks, while Damm is trying to close the distance with punches. Damm goes down from a punch and the fight goes to the ground. Some scrappy takedown attempts and they go out of the ring, the ref stands them up. Interesting developement, Damm seems to get the better of the fight on the feet, almost hits with a high-kick. Round is over, with no real damage done. Round to Damm (in my book).

1. Fabio Silva Def. Kazuo Takahashi by KO Round 2.
Round 2: (news flash, a person has gone crazy in Akihabara and killed 6, 12 are injured) Fabio Silva has knocked Takahashi out in the opening seconds, while I was checking the other news. He KO'ed him with a right knee while he had him puched back in the corner.
Round 1: Intense staredown to open. Fabio Silva throws a kick that hits the sore spot. Takahashi is ready again. Fighters are in the ring for the opening fight of the night! Fighters are throwing punches, and Fabio knocks Takahashi down. Silva on top in Takahashi's guard. Takahasi turns and is on top now. He is not able to do much in Silva's guard. Takahashi has sidecontrol and triesl a arm tirangle. Silva gets up and its slugfest. No real damage, except for a knee from Silva. Silva takes the fight down again and the round finishes.

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6/8 Sengoku 3 - Can they compete??

Zach Arnold at FightOpinion has called the 3rd Sengoku event "the Mystery Sengoku Event", pointing to the fact that there has been very little publicity surrounding this event. I have to agree with him... Maybe its just too close to Sengoku 2? After Sengoku 1 everyone was singing WVR's praises, but the momentum seems to have shifted towards DREAM.

This weekend Sengoku will hold their first event on a really big stage, filling the Saitama Super Arena is not easy. It will be intersting to see if they are able to compete with the attendences DREAM has put up.

For the record, here are the attendences for the first 3 DREAM events (all were held in Saitama Super Arena):
DREAM 1 - 19,120
DREAM 2 - 21,397
DREAM 3 - 21,789

The card for this Sunday looks interesting and does have some big Japanese stars, but does it draw the crowd the same way the DREAM cards have? We will see on Sunday.

I will be doing a live Play-by-Play from this event.

The card:
Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice Smith
Kazuo Misaki 19-8-2 vs. 11-1-0 Logan Clark
Kazuyuki Fujita 15-6-0 vs. 53-11-0 Travis Wiuff
Choi Mu Bae 7-2-0 vs. 3-2-0 Marcio Cruz
Nick Thompson 35-9-1 vs. 9-3-0 Michael Costa
Fabio Silva 9-4-0 vs. 28-22-3 Kazuo Takahashi
Sanae Kikuta 26-6-3 vs. 12-5-0 Chris Rice
Rodrigo Damm 7-1-0 vs. 13-2-0 Jorge Masvidal

Participating:
Duane Ludwig 16-8-0

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6/8 Sengoku III - More Fights Announced

Sengoku have announced 2 more fights for the event next week. This is a very special event for Sengoku, as it will be their first attempt at filling Saitama Superarena.

Today they have announced the opponent for Rodrigo Damm and also Sanae Kikuta will participate in this event. Their opponents will be Jorge Masvidal and Chris Rice, both very good fighters and these fights will be interesting. It also looks like Sengoku will go above the 8 fight barrier that both DREAM and Sengoku have been struggling with (I really think these events should have close to 10 fights, like DREAM 1 had)...

Fights announced:
Rodrigo Damm 7-1-0 vs. 13-2-0 Jorge Masvidal
Sanae Kikuta 26-6-3 vs. 12-5-0 Chris Rice

Previously announced:
Hidehiko Yoshida 7-6-1 vs. 12-12-0 Maurice Smith
Kazuo Misaki 19-8-2 vs. 11-1-0 Logan Clark
Fabio Silva 9-4-0 vs. Kazuo Takahashi
Choi Mu Bae 7-2-0 vs. 3-2-0 Marcio Cruz
Kazuyuki Fujita 15-6-0 vs. 53-11-0 Travis Wiuff
Nick Thompson 35-9-1 vs. 9-3-0 Michael Costa

Participating:
Duane Ludwig 16-8-0

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