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SENGOKU VI Commercial Video!
The commercial video for SENGOKU VI is up on SENGOKU’s official website. The thing to note is that Takanori Gomi’s name is in it.
Also, here is a photo of the SENGOKU VI poster.
Final Preparations Mini Edition! SENGOKU V
A Sol Kwon And Masvidal Missed Weight
But they both passed their second weigh-in.
Kazuhiro Nakamura At Middleweight
Weigh-In Results
8. LHW: Xande Ribeiro (92.6 kg) vs. Takashi Sugiura (92.7 kg)
7. HW: King Mo (99.8 kg) vs. Travis Wiuff (111.9 kg)
6. MW: Yuki Kondo (82.8 kg) vs. Yuki Sasaki (82.9 kg)
5. MW: Kazuhiro Nakamura (82.9 kg) vs. Paul Cahoon (81.9 kg)
4. MW: Jorge Santiago (82.3 kg) vs. Logan Clark (82.7 kg)
3. MW: Evangelista Cyborg (81.7 kg) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (82.5 kg)
2. LW: Kiuma Kunioku (69.7 kg) vs. A Sol Kwon (70.8 kg)
1. LW: Ryan Schultz (71.2 kg) vs. Jorge Masvidal (69.6 kg)
Press Conference
Links
Jorge Santiago Video Interview
Jorge Masvidal Video Interview
SENGOKU V Preview
(Photos By: GBRing)
After DREAM.6! From Japan To Croatia
Many translated Mirko CroCop articles in this post. All thanks to Robert from MMA betting site betwwx (where you now find the SENGOKU V odds).
1. After The Bout
Cro Cop Wanted to Fight On: I Knew My Time Would Come
“Alaister was ahead on points, however its a 15 minute fight and i knew my time would come” said Mirko
Mirko wanted to continue to fight, however the ringside doctor prevented him from continuing.
“I’m angry it ended this way, it seemed as if he was the dominant one, however i wasn’t in trouble for a second and was waiting for my opportunities. I prepared very well because i thought the match could last a while. I thought i would knock him down in the end”
His manager Zvonimir Lučić confirmed that he wanted to continue the fight however the ringside officials prevented it as a precaution.
His manager stated that the injury is not a serious one. He doesn’t know when the rematch will take place however they want one as soon as possible.
Source: index.hr
King Mo! Another Prospect Debuts In SENGOKU
The replacement for Roger Gracie has been announced and he is King Mo (Muhammed Lawal) from Team Quest. Mo is a very accomplished amateur wrestling who almost made it to the Olympics this year. He took first place the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Pan-American Championships in 2007.
SENGOKU V
Date: September 28th, 2008
Place: National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, Japan
Light Heavyweight Fight:
8. Xande Ribeiro vs. Takashi Sugiura
Heavyweight Fight:
7. King Mo vs. Travis Wiuff
Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round:
6. Yuki Kondo vs. Yuki Sasaki
5. Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Paul Cahoon
4. Jorge Santiago vs. Logan Clark
3. Evangelista Cyborg vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Lightweight Fights:
2. Kiuma Kunioku vs. A Sol Kwon
1. Ryan Schultz vs. Jorge Masvidal
Melvin Manhoef Retires!
Following DREAM.6, Melvin Manhoef has announced his retirement. Read more here.
Road To Dynamite!! 2008! Part 2
DREAM.6 is over and according to reports from Japan it got a 9.0% rating, which is bad news.
DREAM.6 NYE Announcements & Challenges
Joachim Hansen entered the ring and said that he will participate on NYE.
Fedor said that he hopes to fight on NYE.
Yoshihiro Akiyama said after his fight that he wants to face Hidehiko Yoshida.
Badr Hari also entered the ring and challenged any DREAM fighter to a K-1 rules fight with him at Dynamite!!.
Suzuki And Inoue With FEG?
There are reports (could very well be false) that FEG have acquired Keiji Suzuki (2004 Judo Olympic Gold Medalist) and Kosei Inoue (2000 Judo Olympic Gold Medalist).
Gegard Mousasi To Defend DREAM MW Belt On NYE?
According to this article on fightnetwork.com, Gegard Mousasi will defend his DREAM MW Title on NYE.
Road To Dynamite!! 2008! Part 1
This is the start of a series of posts about the Japanese NYE MMA events with information and rumors as they are revealed. Some reports will probably turn out to be untrue.
So far we have that SENGOKU’s event will take place on January 4th and that the SENGOKU Lightweight title fight between Gomi and the winner of the tournament probably takes place then.
It is still not known if DREAM will have its own NYE event or if there will just be a few DREAM fights mixed with K-1 fights on the Dynamite!! card. They are hoping for KID to be ready by then and J.Z. is looking to make his return.
There was a special on the NYE events on the November edition of magazine Kakutougi Tsushin. Here are a couple of things to note from the contents:
SENGOKU January 4th
Will a Beijing 2008 medalist participate?
WVR PR Kuniyasu reveals an absolutely secret plan
Roger Gracie Officially Out! Trevor Prangley To Participate In DREAM?
WVR announced on the SENGOKU website today that Roger Gracie will not participate at SENGOKU V, and they aren’t happy. Apparently WVR requested some diagnosis and other medical papers to be sent from Roger and his management but nothing was sent. They also wanted Roger to fly to Japan and be checked by the WVR official doctor but he didn’t come. WVR views this as Roger abandoning, so there might be some kind of punishment. There is some additional information at Japan-MMA.com.
It’s impossible to know who is talking the truth in situations like these. I don’t think WVR would post a official release like this if there wasn’t any truth in it, because Roger is important to them. I don’t think Roger faked an injury either. There could have also been a misunderstanding.
In other news, Trevor Prangley told MMAJunkie.com that he could possibly be fighting in DREAM soon. Prangley just won a fight over Anthony Ruiz at the Strikeforce event this past Saturday.
Multimedia! Misaki And Ishida At Strikeforce
Nightmare Of Battle 