11/7 Sengoku 11 - Participants and Rumors

Sengoku made some additional announcements about future events yesterday, in addition to that there are some very interesting rumors going around.

To take what is confirmed first:
Sengoku 11 will take place on November 11 in Ryogoku Kokugikan, that is normally the venue for the Sumo tournaments in Tokyo and is a very good arena.

3 fighters are confirmed: Kevin Randleman, Michihiro Omigawa and middleweight champion Jorge Santiago.

Jorge Santiago was meant to be facing the winner of Kazuo Misaki and Kazuhiro Nakamura, but with Misaki's legal problems that option was discarded. It remains to see who the opponent will be.

For the rumors:
-Josh Barnett is expected to participate in the Sengoku 11 event. There has been rumors of it being a heayweight title fight.
-There are rumors that Kevin Randleman's opponent will be King Mo.
-Satoru Kitaoka, Akihiro Gono and Eiji Mitsuoka are possible participants for Sengoku 11.

Cofirmed Participants:
Kevin Randleman 17-13-0
Michihiro Omigawa 7-8-1
Jorge Santiago 21-7-0


For the NYE event it will be held in Ariake Colosseum, Sengoku have not yet deceided on a date, it will either be 12/31 (head to head with Dynamite!) or 1/3. Satoshi Ishii has confirmed to Sportsnavi that he will make his debut at this event.

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Sengoku II - Videos

Just the videos from yesterday's event.

Josh Barnett vs. Jeff Monson

Josh Barnett vs. Jeff Monson - Sengoku WVR II
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Roger Gracie vs. Yuki Kondo




Kevin Randleman vs. Ryo Kawamura


Sengoku II Kevin Randleman vs Ryo Kawamura
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Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Jim York

Sengoku II Yoshihiro Nakao vs Jim York
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Jorge Santiago vs. Yuki Sasaki

Sengoku II Yuki Sasaki vs Jorge Santiago
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Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Kwang Hee Lee

Sengoku II Eiji Mitsuoka vs Kwang Hee Lee
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Mike Pyle vs. Dan Hornbuckle

Mike Pyle vs. Dan Hornbuckle - Sengoku WVR II
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Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa

Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa - Sengoku WVR 2
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5/18 Sengoku - Josh Barnett Fighting Jeff Monson

Just since I totally missed the ball on this... Sengoku announced on Thursday that Josh Barnett's opponent for the May 18. event will be none other than Jeff Monson. This will of course be the main event, and I have to say that this is the first heavyweight fight in Japan that I have really looked forward to in over a year.

The card as it looks now:

Added:
Josh Barnett 21-5-0 vs. Jeff Monson 24-7-0

Previously announced:
Kevin Randleman 16-12-0 vs. 8-2-2 Ryo Kawamura
Eiji Mitsuoka 12-5-2 vs. 5-0-0 Kwang Hee Lee
Satoru Kitaoka 19-8-9 vs. 7-4-1 Ian Schaffa
Yuki Sasaki 21-13-1 vs. 16-7-0 Jorge Santiago
Yoshihiro “Kiss” Nakao 6-1-0 vs. 9-1-0 Big Jim York
Mike Pyle 15-5-1 vs. 15-1-0 Dan Hornbuckle

Participating:
Roger Gracie 1-0-0

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5/18 Sengoku - Randleman's Opponent announced

Sengoku announced Kevin Randleman's opponent today. He will fight Ryo Kawamura. Kawamura won his fight in Sengoku 1 against Braga Neto and is an up and coming Pancrase fighter.

This should be a good fight for Randleman too, he is coming of a long break and I think he needs a fight to get back into is. This should be competitive.

Added:
Kevin Randleman 16-12-0 vs. 8-2-2 Ryo Kawamura

Previously announced:
Eiji Mitsuoka 12-5-2 vs. 5-0-0 Kwang Hee Lee
Satoru Kitaoka 19-8-9 vs. 7-4-1 Ian Schaffa
Yuki Sasaki 21-13-1 vs. 16-7-0 Jorge Santiago
Yoshihiro “Kiss” Nakao 6-1-0 vs. 9-1-0 Big Jim York
Mike Pyle 15-5-1 vs. 15-1-0 Dan Hornbuckle

Participating:
Josh Barnett 21-5-0
Roger Gracie 1-0-0

Rumored:
Jeff Monson 24-7-0

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5/18 Sengoku - Fight Announced

Sengoku added another fight to their May 18 card today. This one has been rumored on a few discussion forums, and I think it will be a good one: Mike Pyle 15-5-1 vs. 15-1-0 Dan Hornbuckle.

It is also rumored that Roger Gracie has been offered both Jeff Monson and Josh Barnett, but both of these were turned down from the Gracie camp.

Will be interesting to see if Sengoku can get a TV deal with Fuji TV. It would definately give them more publicity. They are putting up some good match-ups and it will be interesting to see if they manages to fill the card this time.

Eiji Mitsuoka 12-5-2 vs. 5-0-0 Kwang Hee Lee
Satoru Kitaoka 19-8-9 vs. 7-4-1 Ian Schaffa
Yuki Sasaki 21-13-1 vs. 16-7-0 Jorge Santiago
Yoshihiro “Kiss” Nakao 6-1-0 vs. 9-1-0 Big Jim York
Mike Pyle 15-5-1 vs. 15-1-0 Dan Hornbuckle

Participating:
Roger Gracie 1-0-0
Kevin Randleman 16-12-0

Rumored:
Jeff Monson 24-7-0

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5/18 Sengoku 2- Randleman and York added to May event

Sengoku has updated their web-site with 2 more participants for their May event.

Kevin Randleman was announced at Sengoku 1, but "Big" Jim York will be new to a lot of fight fans.

York has an impressive record in Japan, Australia and Korea with 9-1-0, his 3 last fights were in MARS and all decided in the first round. He is a heavyweight, so the quality of opponents is always a question in Japan. He is on a 9 fight winning streak, so this should be a deserved step up in level of opponent.

Fights:
Satoru Kitaoka 19-8-9 vs. 7-4-1 Ian Schaffa
Eiji Mitsuoka 12-5-2 vs. 5-0-0 Kwang Hee Lee

Participants:
"Big" Jim York 9-1-0
Kevin Randleman 16-12-0
Roger Gracie 1-0-0
Yuki Sasaki 21-13-1
Yoshihiro “Kiss” Nakao 6-1-0

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Randleman to Fight in IGF

Kevin Randleman is announced as a participant in IGF Gnome 4. This is a Pro-wresting organisation.

Also participating in this event is Josh Barnett.

The event will be held in Osaka April 12.

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/headlines/wrestling/20080327-00000031-spnavi-fight.html

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5/18 Sengoku - Randleman and Gracie signed

Sengoku just announced at their first event that they have signed Kevin Randleman and Roger Gracie for their next event to be held 5/18.

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