As expected, the lack of star power at World Victory Road's Sengoku Raiden Championships 15 produced some rather lackluster performances. Most notably, Olympic Judo silver medalist Hiroshi Izumi baffled fans with his propensity to strike with James Zikic in their main event showdown.
BloodyElbow.com brings you live play-by-play and results from Sengoku Raiden Championship's SRC 15, featuring a main event between Hiroshi Izumi and James Zikic, plus fighters like Maximo Blanco, Kazunori Yokota and more.
In the main event, Olympic judoka Hiroshi Izumi takes on former Cage Rage light heavyweight champ James Zikic. Also, former lightweight title contender Kazunori Yokota returns against Brian Cobb, and current lightweight title contender Maximo Blanco faces Kiuma Kunioku, a late replacement for the injured Leonardo Santos. On the undercard, it's the 2010 Welterweight Grand Prix semifinals and 2010 Asia Bantamweight quarterfinals.
A full, in-depth preview of the Sengoku Raiden Championships XIII event card featuring a Featherweight title showdown between current title holder Masanori Kanehara and Nova Uniao black belt and newly-minted knockout artist Marlon Sandro.
An exciting lightweight tilt between Venezuelan wrestling import Maximo Blanco and Brazilian Rodrigo Damm was announced for Sengoku Raiden Championship 13 on June 20th. Also set to participate: 2004 Olympic silver medalist Hiroshi Izumi, MMA legend Sanae Kikuta and featherweight prospect Shigeki Osawa.
Announced for Sengoku Raiden Championship 13: SRC Featherweight Title Fight - 5R x 5 min. Masanori Kanehara (16-7-5) vs. Marlon Sandro (16-1) LW: Maximo Blanco (5-2-1, 1 NC) vs. TBA LHW: Hiroshi Izumi (1-1) vs. TBA Photo via Sengoku.
The event will also see DREAM and Sengoku lightweight champions Shinya Aoki and Mizuto Hirota battling one another, 2008 Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii making his debut, and some intriguing bouts featuring Melvin Manhoef, Kazuo Misaki, Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Kazunori Yokota, Akihiro Gono, Hayato Sakurai, and many, many more.
Takanori Gomi and Josh Thomson at American Kickboxing Academy. More photos from Gomi's blog in the comments.
Sengoku 10 Live Results and Commentary @ 3 AM ET / Midnight PT
A complete preview of Sengoku X taking place on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd at 3 AM EST on HDNet.
