9/23 Sengoku 10 - LIVE results

Been sick as a dog for a week now, and hence very few updates. Hopefully I can do something about that today, at least I will give you the live results from Saitama Community Centre.

It is a very good card, and the main event should draw a lot of judo fans to the arena. Hiroshi Izumi is making his debut.

The fight between Nick Thompson and Dan Hornbuckle should be very interesting, just to name one fight.

Opening fights:
1. Bantam: So Jee Hyun Def. Ryosuke Komori by Decision 3-0
2. Feather: Shigeki Osawa Def. Kim Ki Hyun by Decision 3-0
3. Light: Ikuo Usuda Def. Baek Woo Hyun TKO Round 1 by 4:59

Main-Card:
4. Light: Maximo Blanco Def. Tetsuya Yamada by TKO Round 2 1:12
5. Middle: Joe Doerksen Def. Takenori Sato by TKO Round 2 4:27
6. Welter: Dan Hornbuckle Def. Nick Thompson by TKO Round 2 1:30
7. Light-Heavy: Fabio Silva Def. Ryo Kawamura by TKO Round 1 2:28
8. Light: Kazunori Yokota Def. Ryan Schultz by KO Round 1 2:21
*Big KO, I hope Schultz is ok. Yokota should be on his way to a title fight and a re-match with champion Hirota

Sengoku 11 Participants announced:
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Hatsu Hioki
Jorge Santiago
Akihiro Gono

Sengoku will go head to head with Dynamite! on NYE. First fight announced:
Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

9. Welter: Makoto Takimoto Def. Jae Sun Lee by Decision 2-0
10. Heavy: Antonio Silva Def. "Big" Jim York by arm-triangle Round 1 3:51
11. Light-Heavy: Antz "notorious" Nansen Def. Hiroshi Izumi by KO Round 1

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Fight Order

Sengoku have made some big announcements today.

First of was the fight order for Sengoku 10, and it is a very good card. The addition of Hiroshi Izumi to this card should attract some main stream attention. But there are some very good fights on this card, standing out to me is the fight between Nick Thompson and Dan Hornbuckle, also the lightweight bettle between Kazunori Yokota and Ryan Schultz should make sure that this is an event worth the ticket prices.

Hiroshi Izumi gets to fight in the main event, he is takeing on the Kiwi Antz Nansen. The co-main event has been given to the heavyweights former EliteXC champion Antonio Silva is taking on "Big" Jim York.

In the opening fights we will see the winners of the Japanese and Korean "rookie" tournaments face eachother in 3 fights that should be very good. I hope we get to see them.

11. Light-Heavy: Hiroshi Izumi (debut) vs. Antz "notorious" Nansen
10. Heavy: Antonio Silva 12-1-0 vs. 11-2-0 "Big" Jim York
9. Welter: Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0 vs. 5-4-0 Jae Sun Lee
8. Light: Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz
7. Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 10-4-2 vs. 11-5-0 Fabio Silva
6. Welter: Nick Thompson 38-11-1 vs. 18-2-0 Dan Hornbuckle
5. Middle: Takenori Sato 9-6-4 vs. 42-12-0 Joe Doerksen
4. Light: Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada

Opening fights:
3. Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
2. Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
1. Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Izumi's Opponent Announced

WVR have announced the opponent for Hiroshi Izumi's MMA debut, the Judoka will take on the New Zealand kickboxing and Muay Thai champion Antz "Notorious" Nansen. As far as I know both these fighters are making their MMA debuts, but it should be an interesting mix of styles.

The other fights announced today are Makoto Takimoto aginst Korean Sprit MC veteran, Jae Sun Lee. And Antonio Silva will take on "Big Jim York.

Added:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut) vs. Antz "notorious" Nansen
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0 vs. 5-4-0 Jae Sun Lee
Antonio Silva 12-1-0 vs. 11-2-0 "Big" Jim York

Previously Announced:
Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 10-4-2 vs. 11-5-0 Fabio Silva
Middle: Takenori Sato 9-6-4 vs. 42-12-0 Joe Doerksen
Welter: Nick Thompson 38-11-1 vs. 18-2-0 Dan Hornbuckle
Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz

Opening fights:
Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Fights Announced

Sengoku have announced 3 more fights for their 10th (actually 11th) event. It is looking like another strong card, and they are really starting to build momentum. Already 5 fights announced for the main card, and they are looking really good.

IMO the most interesting of these matchups is the Thompson vs. Hornbuckle fight. After his crushing win over Akihiro Gono in his last fight, it will be interesting to see if Hornbuckle can build on that in this fight.

Announced:
Light-Heavy: Ryo Kawamura 10-4-2 vs. 11-5-0 Fabio Silva
Middle: Takenori Sato 9-6-4 vs. 42-12-0 Joe Doerksen
Welter: Nick Thompson 38-11-1 vs. 18-2-0 Dan Hornbuckle

Previously announced:
Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz

Opening fights:
Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

Participants:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut)
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0
Antonio Silva 12-1-0

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - The Fresh King of Pancrase fighting

The newly crowned King of Pancrase has been added to the upcoming Sengoku card, Maximo Blanco have always been a very talented fighter his problem has been containing his enthusiasm. This time he will take on the very talented Tetsuya Yamada, who was very impressive in his loss in the featherweight GP. He is still very young, and weight gain is natural he will move up to lightweight and his first fight will be a tough one.

There are also 3 opening fights added, these are the winners of the Sengoku G tournamnets in Japan and Korea taking eachother on.

This looks to be another very interesting event from Sengoku, to be held in Saitama Community Arena. They seemed to have settled on a format of very talented fighter forming the opening fights, and I think it is a very good way of giving these young fighters invaluable experience.

Added:
Maximo Blanco 3-2-1 vs. 3-1-0 Tetsuya Yamada
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3 vs. 20-11-1 Ryan Schultz

Opening fights:
Light: Ikuo Usuda 5-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Baek Woo Hyun
Feather: Shigeki Osawa 3-0-0 vs. Kim Ki Hyun
Bantam: Ryosuke Komori 4-1-0 vs. So Jee Hyun

Participants:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut)
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0
Antonio Silva 12-1-0
Joe Doerksen 42-12-0

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9/23 Sengoku 10 - Participants announced

Yesterday Sengoku had their 9th event, they also introduced a judging system where the judge can chose the fighter they like. I have to say I hate the way they developed the "must" system. It allowes the judge to chose the fighter, if they rule it a draw.

Anyway, the card was solid, Kanehara vs. Hioki was fight of the night, and Sengoku got their Japanese champion.

Anyway, looking forward to Sengoku 10, there are some very interesting fighters announced. I just hope they dump the "must" system. They have really signed some very good fighters, and managed well they can attract a lot of new fans.

Announced for this event are:
-Athen Olympics judo silver medalist, Hiroshi Izumi.
-Sydney judo gold medalist, Makoto Takimoto.
-The fighter that knocked the new Sengoku lightweight champion out of the tournament, Kazunori Yokota.
-Former EliteXC heavyweight champion, Antonio Silva.
-Former IFL lightweight champion, Ryan Schultz.
-Former WEC title contender, Joe Doerksen.

Participant:
Hiroshi Izumi (debut)
Makoto Takimoto 5-5-0
Kazunori Yokota 9-2-3
Antonio Silva 12-1-0
Ryan Schultz 20-11-1
Joe Doerksen 42-12-0

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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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8/24 Sengoku 4 Betting Odds

Bookmaker.com have announced the odds for tomorrow's Sengoku event. No surprise that Gomi is favorite in his fight, but I actually think Pang is underrated. Will be interesting to see.

http://www.bookmaker.com/sportsbook.aspx

I will get a live Play-by-Play going, so check in tomorrow for the results, if you're not able to watch the event.

Sung Hwan Pang +600
Takanori Gomi -1100

Frank Trigg -430
Makoto Takimoto +350

Clay French -105
Satoru Kitaoka -125

Eiji Mitsuoka +175
Rodrigo Damm -215

Bojan Kosednar +115
Kazunori Yokota -145

Mizuto Hirota +255
Ryan Schultz -315

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