3/7 SRC12 - Results

I will update the results as soon as I have them here. The event is live now, but I am not aware of good places to get live results. I am finding these on japanese twitter accounts.

Hirota has entered the ring, and has returned his belt due to the injury suffered on NYE. He will be a commentator at the next Sengoku event on June 20, and is expecting to be back in the ring in September.

Kanehara is in the ring announcing that he will fight in June. Kanehara askes to fight Sandro. Sandro steps back into the ring saying that he wanted to fight as a Sengoku fighter on NYE, he respects Kanehara but he is #1. He accepts the challenge. I am not sure that it means the fight is official, but at least the fighters agree.

SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
8. Jorge Santiago Def. Mamed Khalidov by decsion 3-0 (48-47, 48-47, 49-47)
*For those waiting for the result: It has gone 2 rounds and it sounds like a close one. Santiago was close with an omoplata attempt at the end of round 2.

The fight is into the last round now!

7. Welter: Akihiro Gono Def. Diego Gonzalez by decison 3-0
6. Light: Maximo Blanco Def. Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim by KO Round 1
5. Feather: Marlon Sandro Def. Tomonari Kanomata by KO Round 1
4. Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao Def. Henry "Sentoryu" Miller by TKO Round 2
3. Fether: Yuji Hoshino Def. Nick Denis by guillotine choke Round 2
2. Light: Leonardo Santos Def. Kiuma Kunioku by rear-naked choke Round 1
1. Feather: Shigeki Osawa Def. Kyung Ho Kang by Decision 3-0

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3/7 SRC 12 - Fight Order

Sengoku have announced the fight order for their 12th event. The main event is not a big surprise, its a rematch and this time for the title. Mamed Khalidov is takeing on champion Jorge Santiago, and it will be interesting to see if he can repeat what he did last time.

SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
8. Jorge Santiago 21-8-0 vs. 20-3-1 Mamed Khalidov

7. Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
6. Light: Maximo Blanco 4-2-1 vs. 15-5-0 Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim
5. Feather: Marlon Sandro 15-1-0 vs. 15-4-5 Tomonari Kanomata
4. Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller
3. Fether: Yuji Hoshino 16-7-7 vs. 9-1-0 Nick Denis
2. Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
1. Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang

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3/7 SRC 12 - Fight Announced, Hoshino gets a new opponent

Sengoku have announced the replacement for Wilson Reis, Yuji Hoshino will take on Nick Denis.

Sengoku have also added a fight, the Pancrase champion Marlon Sandro will take on the fighter ranked just behind him in Pancrase, Tomonari Kanomata. That means we wont get to see the fight in Pancrase, but it will be a good one for Pancrase fans.

With those fights official, I am still hoping for 1 or 2 more but with less than 2 weeks to go, this might be the complete card.

Added:
Feather: Marlon Sandro vs. Tomonari Kanomata

Changed:
Fether: Yuji Hoshino 16-7-7 vs. 9-1-0 Nick Denis

Previously Announced:
SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
Jorge Santiago 21-8-0 vs. 20-3-1 Mamed Khalidov

Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller
Light: Maximo Blanco 4-2-1 vs. 15-5-0 Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim

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3/7 SRC 12 - Maximo Blanco's Opponent Announced

Pancrase champion and Sengoku training player has had his opponent for SRC 12 announced. It is the "armbar specialist" Chang Hyun Kim. These are two very promising fighters, and it will be interesting to see if "armbar" Kim is able to resist Maxi's initial rush.

This should be a very interesting fight!

It is also worth noting that the Japanese media still has Wilson Reis on the card.

Added:
Light: Maximo Blanco 4-2-1 vs. 15-5-0 Chang Hyun "Armbar" Kim

Previously Announced:
SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
Jorge Santiago vs. Mamed Khalidov

Fether: Yuji Hoshino vs. TBA
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang
Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller

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3/7 SRC 12 - Fights Added

WVR have announced an additional 3 fights for their event on March 7.

Akihiro Gono will return against Diego Gonzalez. Gonzalez has not lost since 2006, against Dan Hardy, so it will be interesting to see how he does against the very experienced Gono.

Leonardo Santos is also returning to the Sengoku ring after a loss in his debut against Yokota. This time he will take on Pancrase veteran Kiuma Kunioku.

Also announced is the heavyweight clash between "Kiss" Nakao and "Sentoryu".

Added:
Welter: Akihiro Gono 31-15-7 vs. 13-3-0 Diego Gonzalez
Light: Kiuma Kunioku 34-22-9 vs. 6-3-0 Leonardo Santos
Heavy: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao 8-2-0 vs. 6-9-0 Henry "Sentoryu" Miller

Previously Announced:
SRC Middleweight Title Fight:
Jorge Santiago vs. Mamed Khalidov

Fether: Yuji Hoshino vs. TBA
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 4-1-0 vs. Kyung Ho Kang

Participant:

Maximo Blanco

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Mamed Khalidov Interview

Courtesy of Artur Przybysz from KSW. Here is an interview with the Sengoku 12 middlweight title challenger:

MMA fans will soon witness another spectacular Mamed Khalidov’s fight in the Land of the Rising Sun. KSW Team fighter has recently visited Warsaw in order to undergo medical tests to do a photo shoot. Although he had a busy schedule, he found a moment for a short interview:

You are going to fight for the second time in Japan on March 7th. At first there were some talks that you will square off against Canadian Joe Doerksen. However, now you are set to rematch Jorge Santiago for the Sengoku Middleweight Title. Could you tell us a little bit how it happened?

- We were offered Doerksen bout first and I agreed to it. Then it turned out they’d rather see me fight against Santiago. I guess at the beginning Sengoku matchmakers wanted to go in different directions, because I was offered a few other opponents earlier. Finally they decided to book a rematch against Jorge. Obviously I was very eager to fight him... this time for the belt.

We all saw what happened when you first met in the ring. How will this bout unfold this time?

- Last time I didn’t know him and he didn’t know me, we just saw tapes. This time it might not be the same. He may be more cautious or I may behave differently. You cannot tell. I have a feeling that it won’t be as fast as in November. He already knows what to expect.

I really want this to end quickly with my hand raised by the referee. I’ve already started my preparations, whereas before our first fight I had only three weeks to get ready. I want to be fully prepared to win this title.

You mentioned short preparations before the first bout. Ramadan, meals only after dusk and limited training obviously didn’t help. This time will you be more comfortable coming to this rematch?

-Sure! Without a doubt I’ll better prepared than the last time. Most importantly I’ll be mentally ready knowing that I’m 100%. In October I was after Ramadan, I was out of shape with only three weeks to train. It all happened so fast, weight cutting, short time to prepare. I was wondering myself if I would be able to win. This time it’s much better.

Ok. So how will your training camp look like?

- The trainings will be certainly more precise. Everything else is in God’s hands. I hope he’ll give me this strength, this power... this thing which he always gives me!

You underwent conditioning tests in KSW lab a few days ago. How was it? Are you satisfied with your results.

- That’s right I underwent tests supervised by Michal Garnys. The results were much better than before the first fight against Santiago. I had a short break from trainings in the last two weeks, but it’s not like I wasn’t doing anything. You could see that in the test’s results.

Let’s get back to Santiago. You beat him on the ground, where he is most dangerous. Do you think that this time he may want to avoid going to ground and be willing to strike with you.

- I have no idea. Before the last bout he was saying in the interviews that he wants to stand with me and I was ready for it. It turned out that he doesn’t want to trade punches with me and decided to take me down. He made mistake and I capitalized on it. It’s doesn’t mean that the second fight will be alike, I think it might be much tougher, honestly. I just hope it will be a great show and the fans will like it.

Many fans are curious if there is clause in your contract that once you win the title, you have to sign to defend it at least once?

- First I’ll get the title, then we’ll talk about it.

To finish the interview I’d like you to ask you where will be the Sengoku Middleweight belt after March 7th? Will it stay in Brazil or come to Poland?

- Only God knows it. He trains hard and I train hard, but we both can’t predict the outcome of the fight. I think we will both do whatever it takes to be victorious.

Mamed, thanks for the interview and good luck

- Thank you and greetings to all my fans.

Interview by Artur Przybysz.

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3/7 SRC 12 - Title Fight Rumored

Polish organization KSW have announced that one of their favorite fighters, Mamed Khalidov is set for a title fight with Jorge Santiago in the next Sengoku event March 7.

I think everyone remember their last fight, which was a non-title encounter.

I am putting is at rumored, even though this is coming from a very reliable source!




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