World Victory Road presents Sengoku: Eighth Battle: Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Quarter-Finals May 2nd, 2009 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan Non-Tournament Bouts: 205 Lbs. Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro vs. Keiichiro Yamamiya 170 Lbs. Makoto Takimoto vs. Michael Costa 155 Lbs. Leonardo Santos vs. Kazunori Yokota (Eliminator Bout) 205 Lbs. Travis Wiuff vs. Stanislav Nedkov 155 Lbs. Maximo Blanco vs. Akhiko Mori 145 Lbs. Hirotoshi Saito vs. Yoshitaka Abe 145 Lbs. Shigeki Osawa vs. Kota Ishibashi Featherweight (145 Lbs.) Grand Prix 2009 Quarter-Finals: Hatsu Hioki vs. Ronnie Mann Michihiro Omigawa vs. Nam Phan Masanori Kanehara vs. Chan Sung Jung Marlon Sandro vs. Nick Denis
Re: WVR Sengoku: Eighth Battle: Featherweight Grand Prix Quarter-Finals Ugh, looks like Ottawa's own Nick Denis' tournament ends this weekend. Sandro will get it to the ground and 'control' out a win unless Nick can land a good shot to stun Marlon and finish him quick. Ribeiro vs Yamamiya looks like a total mismatch as Yamamiya has 66 MMA bouts and Riberio 1. But Ribeiro is the BJJ Open weight class champ and the first person to ever submit Jeff Monson in a grappling match. this may be a mismatch, but not the one it appears to be on paper should be some very good fights.. not sure if I'll wake up early to find a feed for this though
Re: WVR Sengoku: Eighth Battle: Featherweight Grand Prix Quarter-Finals (May 2nd) FEATHERWEIGHT GRAND PRIX SECOND ROUND Hatsu Hioki (143.3lbs/65.0kg) vs. Ronnie Mann (142.6lbs/64.7kg) Michihiro Omigawa (142.6lbs/64.7kg) vs. Nam Phan (142.9lbs/64.8kg) Masanoru Kanehara (142.9lbs/64.8kg) vs. Chan Sung Jung (143.3lbs/65.0kg) Marlon Sandro (143.1lbs/64.9kg) vs. Nick Denis (142.4lbs/64.6kg) NON-TOURNAMENT BOUTS Leonardo Santos (154.1lbs/69.9kg) vs. Kazunori Yokota (154.1lbs/69.9kg) Maximo Blanco (154.1lbs/69.9kg) vs. Akihiko Mouri (154.1lbs/69.9kg) Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro (203.5lbs/92.3kg) vs. Keiichiro Yamamiya (202.8lbs/92.0kg) Stanislav Nedkov (202.6lbs/91.9kg) vs. Travis Wiuff (204.8lbs/92.9kg) Michael Costa (167.3lbs./75.9kg) vs. Makoto Takimoto (166.2lbs/75.4kg) Kota Ishibashi (147.7lbs/67.0kg) vs. Shigeki Osawa (147.7lbs/67.0kg)
Re: WVR Sengoku: Eighth Battle: Featherweight Grand Prix Quarter-Finals (May 2nd) Results: Hirotoshi Saito def. Yoshitaka Abe via Submission (Armbar) at 2:52 of Round 1 Shigeki Osawa def. Kota Ishibashi via Unanimous Decision (20-18, 20-19, 20-19) Akihiko Mori def. Maximo Blanco via DQ (Illegal Soccer Kick) at 4:20 of Round 1 Stanislav Nedkov def. Travis Wiuff via TKO (Punches) at 0:42 of Round 1 Makoto Takimoto def. Michael Costa via Submission (Heel Hook) at 3:31 of Round 1 Marlon Sandro* def. Nick Denis via KO (Punches) at 0:19 of Round 1 Masanori Kanehara* def. Chan Sung Jung via Unanimous Decision (30-29, 30-29, 29-28) Xande Ribeiro def. Keiichiro Yamamiya via KO (Punch) at 2:20 of Round 1 Kazunori Yokota def. Leonardo Santos via Split Decision (30-29 Yokota x2, 29-28 Santos) Michihiro Omigawa* def. Nam Phan via TKO (Punches) at 4:52 of Round 1 Hatsu Hioki* def. Ronnie Mann via TKO (Strikes) at 3:09 of Round 1 *advances to next round of tournament.
wsa a good night of fights and the Kanehara/Sung Jung fight was top notch, but Kanehara getting the dec was VERY generous to put it politely. Sandro's KO was wicked. Great uppercut that Denis never saw coming dropped him and then a few unabated punches while he was down ended it quick. Hioki tooled Mann who was totally overmatched the Omigawa stoppage was utter BS, Phan was using his legs to try and kick Omigawa away from him but was eating punches but he wasn't defenseless. Complete crock even if Phan was eating a few good punches. If that was a Japanese fighter on the bottom they never would have stopped it. I missed the Wiuff/Nedkov fight, but Wiuff seems to have reached the end of his journeyman shelf life as a fighter, kinda like Jeremy Horn did. You can only fight so many fights and then you're body can't take it anymore.
I watched it at 4 am this morning via a live feed.. freaking videotron doesn't offer HDNet. I imagine HDNet will reair the show if you get that channel.
Some videos of the event are available here: http://www.cagepotato.com/sengoku-e...-videos-hioki-sandro-advance-featherweight-gp
