Sengoku IX Shaping Up

by Nick Thomas on Jul 27, 2009 10:18 AM EDT in MMA News

Here is how the Aug. 2nd Sengoku IX card (tape delayed on HDNet Aug. 7th) is looking:

SENGOKU Lightweight Title Fight (5×5):
10. Satoru Kitaoka (24-8-9) vs. Mizuto Hirota (11-3-1)

SENGOKU Featherweight GP Final:
9. Hioki/Kanehara vs. Omigawa/Sandro

SENGOKU Middleweight Title Challenger Fight:
8. Kazuo Misaki (21-9-2) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (13-9)

Heavyweight Fight:
7. Kazuyuki Fujita (15-7) vs. Blagoy Alexandre Ivanov (0-0)

Welterweight Fight:
6. Akihiro Gono (29-14-7) vs. Dan Hornbuckle (17-2)

Lightweight Fight:
5. Eiji Mitsuoka (15-6-2) vs. Clay French (16-5)

SENGOKU Featherweight GP Reserve Fight:
4. Chang Sung Jung (6-1) vs. Matt Jaggers (11-5)

SENGOKU Featherweight GP Semifinals:
3. Michihiro Omigawa (6-7-1) vs. Marlon Sandro (14-0)

2. Hatsu Hioki (19-3-2) vs. Masanori Kanehara (13-5-5)

Heavyweight Fight:
1. Yoshihiro "KISS" Nakao (7-2) vs. Choi Mu Bae (9-3)

More preview videos after the jump.

Sengoku Gold Cup:
- Ikuo Usuda (4-0) vs. Koji Ando (2-0-2) Lightweight Final

- Toru Harai (6-2) vs. Shigeki Osawa (2-0) Featherweight Final

- Takeshi Numajiri (1-1) vs. Ryosuke Komori (3-1) Bantamweight Final

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Sengoku 8 gifs by smoogy

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)

Michihiro Omigawa def. Nam Phan via TKO (Punches) at 4:52 of Round 1

Hatsu Hioki def. Ronnie Mann via Submission (Triangle and Punches) at 3:09 of Round 1

by Nick Thomas on Jul 27, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions

I was hoping they would move this up to a live broadcast because there is no affliction but i guess not.

by Rabbit915 on Jul 27, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions

It’s absolutely ridiculous that this is still going to be tape delayed. The only good reason to delay it in the first place was because of the Affliction card, but now that that’s not happening there’s no reason why they shouldn’t be showing this live.

by thepenismightier on Jul 27, 2009 9:17 AM EDT reply actions

They probably save money on the data feed…not a good excuse, but that’s what it is I suspect.

by SES 84 on Jul 27, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Liveblog, y'all.

Stay up with the nightcrawlers.

Don’t have an exact time yet, but I’m guessing Friday nighit / Saturday morning around 3AM.

by Chris Nelson on Jul 27, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

FML

I can’t make that one.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Jul 27, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I will have just arrived in Iceland. My attendance is possible.

http://www.fourouncestofreedom.com

by Tim Burke on Jul 27, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions

HDNET needs to get its act together

by Meshuggeth on Jul 27, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

Well, they were planning on focusing on Affliction, live weigh-ins and live undercard between Friday and Saturday. It is tough to change all that around a week before the event. It’s understandable in this situation.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Jul 27, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

It's going to be a really good show...

by MMASuPreMaCy on Jul 27, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

really??

it looks kinda boring…. i guess i’m interested in fujita vs. ivanov? why is everybody excited for this exactly?

by cagefightonacid on Jul 27, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny, that’s the fight I’m least excited about on the main card. I don’t expect much from Ivanov in MMA.

Top 5 Sengoku IX Fights I’m Stoked to See:

5. Misaki-Nakamura
Nakamura badly wants a rematch with Santiago, and Misaki has nothing to lose. Plus I don’t think these guys like each other anyway.

4. Gono-Hornbuckle
Hornbuckle is no scrub and Gono had better come correct for this fight, or it’ll look like his last couple in the UFC.

3. Jaggers-Jung
27 fights combined with only 4 decisions. Korean Zombie FTW.

2. Omigawa-Sandro
Like most everyone else, I’ve fallen in love with the reinvented Omigawa, and if he can pull this off… holy shit. If not, Sandro remains unbeaten, is still the man and hopefully goes on to flog Hioki in the finals.

1. Kitaoka-Hirota
‘Cause Kitaoka is never not fun to watch, and Hirota’s hands present something of a legitimate challenge.

Honorable mention to all three of the Sengoku Gold Cup finals, which will be BANANERS but probably won’t air for a while. The bantamweight fight is a pick’em with two great prospects, and Usuda and Osawa are both future stars for Sengoku.

by Chris Nelson on Jul 27, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

The card is strong all around

Omigawa-Sandro has me particularly pumped up.

It ends in an armbar or a strangle regardless.

by capital L on Jul 27, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

You just got educated by Mr. Nelson.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Jul 27, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions