WVR: "Sengoku 4" Fight Card

by Nick Thomas on Aug 18, 2008 10:13 AM EDT

Make your predictions or call an upset for August 24th:

Non-Tournament Bouts:
Takanori Gomi (28-3) vs. Pang Sung Hwan (5-1)

Moise Rimbon (12-7-3) vs. Peter Graham (0-1)

Frank Trigg (16-6) vs. Makoto Takimoto (4-4)

Pawel Nastula (1-3) vs. Yang Dong Yi (2-0)

Valentijn Overeem (25-22) vs. Kazuo Takahashi (28-23-3)

First Round of Lightweight Tournament:
Eiji Mitsuoka (13-5-2) vs. Rodrigo Damm (8-1)

Ryan Schultz (20-9-1) vs. Mizuto Hirota (9-2)

Clay French (16-2) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (20-8-9)

Kazunori Yokota (6-1-3) vs. Bojan Kosednar (6-1)

The Kitoaka vs. French fight should be relatively competitive and if you'll notice, (former?) IFL lightweight champ Ryan "The Lion" Schultz will be competing in the lightweight tourney. It'll be interesting to see how his wrestling translates in the ring against Japanese opponents.

It's not DREAM, but it's absolutely worth a look.

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Takimoto by RNC

by Chris Nelson on Aug 18, 2008 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

Actually...

Eiji Mitsuoka (13-5-2) vs. Rodrigo Damm (8-1)
Ryan Schultz (20-9-1) vs. Mizuto Hirota (9-2)
Clay French (16-2) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (20-8-9)
Kazunori Yokota (6-1-3) vs. Bojan Kosednar (6-1)

Takanori Gomi (28-3) vs. Pang Sung Hwan (5-1)
Moise Rimbon (12-7-3) vs. Peter Graham (0-1)
Frank Trigg (16-6) vs. Makoto Takimoto (4-4)
Pawel Nastula (1-3) vs. Yang Dong Yi (2-0)
Valentijn Overeem (25-22) vs. Kazuo Takahashi (28-23-3)

I’ll have a more thorough breakdown later this week.

by Chris Nelson on Aug 18, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Kitaoka is going to beat French and I would think he or Schultz would be favored to win the tournament. He was a ball of fast twitch muscle fiber at 170, he’s going to be positively Sherk-like at 155, but with awesome leglocks instead of lay-n-pray.

by George Lucas on Aug 18, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Sometimes

the japanese put some really inexperienced fighters against MORE experienced ones. Case in point.. Peter graham 0-1 vs. Moise Rimbon. Rimbon is a veteren of over 20 fights. Seems a little unfair.

by asmiley420 on Aug 18, 2008 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

Graham is a really experienced kickboxer with K-1. I predict first round upset by ROLLING THUNDER.

by Chris Nelson on Aug 18, 2008 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny

I was just thinking about how incredibly even most the matches are.

by smoogy on Aug 18, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I am actually looking pretty foward to this card especially the Lightweight Tournament.They might not be the biggest names in MMA’s LW devision like Dreams had in there tournament but all the fighters are pretty dam solid fighters with good records. It should take for a good tornament ?

by Shocbomb on Aug 18, 2008 12:22 PM EDT reply actions

Gomi's Fight

also I am not calling a upset in the Gomi-vs-Pang Sung Hwan fight.But I think Pang Sung Hwan is going to give Gomi a fight and not be a cake walk. He is a pretty good fighter who comes to bang, you can see that buy his Depp fights. If Gomi did not train and thinks this will be a cake walk like in the Diaz fight there is always that chance of a huge upset hear ? It Should be a good intresting fight more then people are giving it credit for.

by Shocbomb on Aug 18, 2008 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

The Lion

I have been fortunate enough to see most of Schultz’s fights in the IFL on HDNet. His performance against Horodecki (sp) was pretty intense. I like his agression and striking ability. I do not know that much about Hirota, but I am pretty excited for this fight and the rest of the tourney.

by Kel on Aug 18, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

Fight Order Announced! Roger Gracie Returns At SENGOKU V

The fight order for SENGOKU V has been announced. In the main event Takanori Gomi will face Bang Seung Hwan and in the semi main event Makoto Takimoto will take on Frank Trigg.

Update: WVR are currently negotiating with a Beijing gold medalist.

SENGOKU IV
Date: August 24th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight Fight:
9. Takanori Gomi vs. Bang Seung Hwan

Middleweight Fight:
8. Frank Trigg vs. Makoto Takimoto

Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round:
7. Satoru Kitaoka vs. Clay French
6. Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Rodrigo Damm
5. Kazunori Yokota vs. Bojan Kosednar
4. Mizuto Hirota vs. Ryan Schultz

Heavyweight Fights:
3. Pawel Nastula vs. Yang Dong Yi
2. Peter Graham vs. Moise Rimbon
1. Kazuo Takahashi vs. Valentijn Overeem

Also announced was Yuki Sasaki as a participant of the Middleweight GP and Roger Gracie, Xande Ribeiro, and Jorge Masvidal as participants of the event.

SENGOKU V
Date: September 28th, 2008
Place: National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round:
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Evangelista Cyborg
Jorge Santiago
Siyar Bahadurzada
Yuki Sasaki

Participants:
Xande Ribeiro
Roger Gracie
Jorge Masvidal

Possible Participants:
Yuki Kondo
Ryo Kawamura