Japanese MMA promotion World Victory Road held their Sengoku 6 event last night, and one of the best lightweight fighters in the world suffered an upset.
Takanori Gomi, a fighter who most believe to be one of the top five lightweights in the world and the absolute best non-UFC lightweight fighter, dropped a split-decision loss to Red Devil team member Sergey Golyaev. Gomi, the crown jewel of World Victory Road, had been expected to face the winner of the lightweight Grand Prix, a tournament which also concluded at Sengoku 6.
Other results from Sengoku 6:
- Jorge Santiano d. Siyar Bahadurzada (Middleweight GP semi-finals)
- Kazuhiro Nakamura d. Yuki Sasaki (Middleweight GP semi-finals)
- Kazunori Yokota d. Mizuto Hirota (Lightweight GP semi-finals)
- Satorua Kitaoka d. Eiji Mitsuoka (Lightweight GP semi-finals)
- Joe Doerksen d. Izuru Takeuchi
- Jorge Masvidal d. Seung Hwan Bang
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira d. Moise Rimbon
- Muhammed Lawal d. Fabio Silva
- Sergey Golyaev d. Takanori Gomi
- Satoru Kitaoka d Kazunori Yokota (Lightweight GP finals)
- Jorge Santiago d. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Middleweight GP finals)
