Sources: http://www.sherdog.com/event.php?search=yes&event_id=7915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Victory_Road_Presents:_Sengoku_4
Official results:
1. Valtntijn Overeem defeated Yoshiki Takahashi with a flying knee at 2:42 of the first round.
2. Moise Rimbon defeated Peter Graham at :42 of the 2nd round
3. Dong Yi Yang defeated Pawel Nastula by TKO at 2:15 of the 2nd round. The wikipedia article says that “Yi won by TKO at 2:15 in the second round. Nastula was hit in the groin twice in the first round but decided to continue. The fight was stopped due to Nastula not responding to the referees orders in the second round, apparently due to being in pain from the hits.”
Light weight grand-prix. The winner of the tournament will face Takanori Gomi to decide who will be the first ever Sengoku Lightweight champion.
First Round Matchups:
4. Mizuto Hirota defeated Ryan Schultz by Superman Punch KO at 4:25 of the 2nd round.
5. Kazunori Yokota defeated Bohan Kosednar by unanimous decision.
6. Eiji Mistuoka defeated Rodrigo Damm by rear naked choke submission at 3:13 of the first round.
7. Satoru Kitaoka (my prediction) defeated Clay French by Achilles Lock submission just :31 seconds into the match.
Main events:
8. Frank Trigg defeated Makoto Takimoto by unanimous decision.
9. Takanori Gomi defeated current DEEP lightweight champion Seung Hwan Bang by decision.
Interesting to see former IFL Lightweight grandprix winner go down in the first round to a relative unknown and therefore leaving us with an all Japanese final 4. The Satory Kitaoka vs Eiji Mistuoka 2nd round grandprix match seems to be the more appealing of the fights as they both have an accomplished resume. Kitaoka is a PANCRASE fighter with notable victories over currect WEC lightweight champion Carlos Condit, Kurt Pelligrino, and current DEEP welterweight champion Hidehiko Hasegawa. Mistuoka on the other hand holds a victory over UFC fighter Gleison Tibau and is coming off of a huge upset over currect DREAM lightweight champion and grandprix winner Joachim Hansen.
