Also on the card, Mamed Khalidov extended his unbeaten streak to 18-straight by making quick work of Jorge Santiago, while notables Jorge Masvidal, Akihiro Gono, and Dave Herman also picked up wins.

The official Sengoku 11 results were:

• Michihiro Omigawa def. Hatsu Hioki via split decision
• Mamed Khalidov def. Jorge Santiago via TKO (strikes) — Round 1
• Jorge Masvidal def. Satoru Kitaoka via knockout (punches) — Round 2
• Tomoaki Ueyama def. Hirokazu “Bull” Konno via technical submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1
• Kazunori Yokota def. Eiji Mitsuaoka via unanimous decision
• Stanislov Nedkov def. Kevin Randleman via split decision
• Akihiro Gono def. Yoon Young Kim via unanimous decision
• Marlon Sandro def. Yuji Hoshino via knockout (punches) – Round 1
• Dave Herman def. Jim York via knockout (kicks) – Round 1
• Ronnie Mann def. Shigeki Osawa via unanimous decision
• Ryota Uozomi def. Yuichiro Yajima via submission (armbar) – Round 1

The official weigh-in results for the HDNet-televised event, which is headlined by Hatsu Hioki vs. Michihiro Omigawa, were:

• Hatsu Hioki (143.1) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (143.1)
• Jorge Santiago (183) vs. Mamed Khalidov (181.7)
• Satoru Kitaoka (154.3) vs. Jorge Masvidal (154.3)
• Kazunori Yokota (153.7) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (154.3)
• Kevin Randleman (203) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (203.9)
• Akihiro Gono (167.6) vs. Yoon Young Kim (167.1)
• Marlon Sandro (143.3) vs. Yuji Hoshino (143.3)
• Dave Herman (239.6) vs. Jim York (256.4)
• Shigeki Osawa (142.9 vs. Ronnie Mann (142.4)
• Yuichiro Yajima (125.2) vs. Ryota Uozomi (124.8)
• Hirokazu “Bull” Konno (142.9) vs. Tomoaki Ueyama (142.6)

Stop back tomorrow morning for results from Sengoku 11 and stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest Sengoku news.

Pictured: Michihiro Omigawa

DREAM recently announced additions and changes to the fight card for its October 25 DREAM 12 event, including Kazushi Sakuraba replacing Melvin Manhoef against Zelg Galesic and welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis’ return to action in a non-title bout against Myeon Ho Bae. Paulo Filho is off the card after failing to arrive in Japan for his fight with Dong Sik Yoon due to visa issues, and will be replaced by Tarec Saffedine. Check out the latest DREAM 12 lineup in the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.

Pictured: Marius Zaromskis

• Vale Tudo Japan, which is set to take place on October 30th, in Tokyo, is still taking shape. An opponent for lightweight fighter Takanori Gomi, was recently announced. Gomi will be taking on King of the Cage lightweight champion Tony Hervey, in his alleged final fight in Japan. Other expect bouts for the event are “Lion” Takeshi Inoue vs. Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Willamy Chiquerim vs. Kenichiro Togashi, Mamoru Yamaguchi vs. Jesse Taitano, Tenkei Fujimiya vs. Tito Jones. Also expected to participate are Rumina Sato and Yoichiro Sato, but their opponents are yet to be determined.
• Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago will take on recent promotional acquisition, Polish light heavyweight star Mamed Khalidov in a non title fight at Sengoku 11 on November 7. Also recently added to the card were a heavyweight bout between “Big” Jim York and Dave “Pee-Wee” Herman, a lightweight number one contender match up pitting Eiji Mitsuoka against Kazunori Yokota, and a featherweight contest of Shigeki Osawa vs. Ronnie Ushiwaka Mann.
• Top female fighter Miku Matsumoto extended her winning streak to twelve straight at Deep 44th Impact on October 10, defeating “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba via unanimous decision.
• Dream 12, on October 25, has gained two more middleweight bouts as slugger Melvin Manhoef will take on Zelg Galesic, and ground ace and former WEC champion Paulo Filho will face Korean judoka Dong Sik Yoon inside the White Cage. (Dream 12 Poster included below.)

Teaser video for “Dynamite 2009!!” event, which we reported Wednesday.

Mizuto Hirota

Hatsu Hioki defeated Masanori Kanehara by unanimous decision in the first featherweight grand prix semifinal, but Hioki was unable to continue in the tournament due to a concussion suffered in the opening bout and was replaced by Kanehara. In the second semifinal contest, Michihiro Omigawa defeated Marlon Sandro by questionable “must decide” decision after the judge’s initially scored the fight a majority draw (30-30, 30-30, 30-29 Sandro).

Kanehara was crowned Sengoku’s first-ever featherweight champion by edging Omigawa by split decision in the grand prix final.

In other notable action, Kazuo Misaki scored a first-round submission of Kazuhiro Nakamura, Blagoi Ivanov, who defeated Fedor Emelianenko at the 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships, won his MMA debut by split decision, and fan-favorite Akihiro Gono suffered a third-round head kick knockout.

The official results for Sengoku 9 (Sengoku Ninth Battle) were:

• Mizuto Hirota def. Satoru Kitaoka (c) via TKO (strikes) — Round 4, 2:50
  Sengoku Lightweight Championship
• Masanori Kanehara def. Michihiro Omigawa via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29 [Must Decision: Omigawa])
  Featherweight GP Final/Sengoku Featherweight Championship
• Kazuo Misaki def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 3:03
• Blagoi Ivanov def. Kazuyuki Fujita via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-29 [Must Decision: Ivanov])
• Dan Hornbuckle def. Akihiro Gono via knockout (kick) — Round 3, 2:50
• Eiji Mitsuoka def. Clay Franch via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:51
• Yoshihiro Nakao def. Mu Bae Choi via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-28, 30-29)
• Chan Sung Jung def. Matt Jaggers via submission (triangle choke) — Round 2, 1:25
  Featherweight GP Reserve bout
• Michihiro Omigawa def. Marlon Sandro via split decision (29-30, 30-30 [Must Decision: Omigawa], 30-30 [Must Decision: Omigawa])
  Featherweight GP Semifinal
• Hatsu Hioki def. Masanori Kanehara via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-27, 29-28)
  Featherweight GP Semifinal
• Ikuo Usuda def. Koji Ando via unanimous decision (20-19, 20-20 [Must Decision: Usuda], 20-19)
  Lightweight “Gold Cup” Final
• Ryosuke Komori def. Takeshi Numajiri via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:25
  Bantamweight “Gold Cup” Final
• Shigeki Osawa def. Toru Harai via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:24
  Featherweight “Gold Cup” Final

Pictured: Mizuto Hirota

• Former EliteXC lightweight champ KJ Noons will return to MMA in 2009, likely with Strikeforce.
• Dana White is featured on the cover of the first-ever UFC magazine.
• Former UFC fighter Lee Murray, who was accused of a record $92 million robbery in 2006 in the UK, was released from a Moroccan prison on Wednesday only to be re-arrested on Thursday to be tried under Moroccan law at the request of British authorities.
• According to rumors, Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans are likely to headline UFC 107 on December 19 in Las Vegas. Main events aren’t yet rumored for Fight Night 19 (September 16 – Oklahoma City),  UFC 105 (November 14 – Manchester, England), UFC 106 (November 21 – Las Vegas), or The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale (December 5 – Las Vegas).
• A possible headliner for one of the upcoming events is Chuck Liddell, with rumors swirling in recent days that the former UFC light heavyweight champ won’t retire and will instead return for at least one more bout, with Rich Franklin mentioned as a possible opponent.
• WEC and PFC lightweight veteran Poppies Martinez has signed  with Strikeforce and will make his debut at the promotion’s August 15 event featuring Gina Carano vs. Cris Cyborg.
• Perhaps in an attempt to dismiss rumors fueled by Diego Sanchez’s recent interview that he could pull out of his August 8 lightweight bout with Kenny Florian, BJ Penn’s latest video blog is brief, simply showing the UFC lightweight champ stepping on a scale and weight in at slim 166.8 pounds ahead of the 155-pound bout.
• In a recent interview with Knuckled Up, WEC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone, who has just one fight remaining on his current contract, says that a move to the UFC is possible and that he wants to fight Cole Miller.
• With his broken hand now healed, Houston Alexander is working on his ground game with veteran Jeremy Horn in preparation for a fall UFC return.
• Following the recent demise of Setanta, the UFC’s new television partner in the UK could be ESPN.
• Early UFC fighters Mikey Burnett and Pat Miletich could rematch at a to-be-announced Strikeforce event in Oklahoma.
• Weigh-ins for UFC 100 will take place at 7pm ET on Friday July 10 and will air live on MMAFrenzy.com.
• Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Choi Mu Bae and Clay French vs. Eiji Mitsuoka have been added to the card for Sengoku Ninth Battle, which takes place on August 2 in Saitama, Japan.
• Hopes to have MMA regulated in New York before year-end have been dashed after the 2009 legislative session ended earlier this week before a decision was made on the bill.
• Aleksander Emelianenko will take on Blagoi Invanov, the 2008 Combat Sambo champion who defeated his brother Fedor en-route to the title, at a September 29 event in South Korea.
• In an appearance on HDNet’s “Inside MMA,” Cyrille Diabate, who appeared as the Team US striking coach on the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, says he expects to make his UFC debut this year.
• Lyoto Machida, Randy Couture, and Fedor Emelianenko are some of the fighters who could be featured in EA’s mixed martial arts video game.
• The UFC will return to Germany in early-2010, with an event scheduled for April in Oberhausen.
• PRIDE veteran Ricardo Arona will resume his career on September 12 in Brazil.
• The UFC awarded TUF 9 coaches Dan Hendersona and Michael Bisping new Land Rovers.
• Wanderlei Silva, who lost a close decision to Rich Franklin earlier this month at UFC 99, wants to fight twice more before the end of 2009.

[Pictured: Chuck Liddell]

Sengoku 4 features a main event lightweight bout between former PRIDE champion Takanori Gomi and Bang Seung Hwan. The opening round of the promotion’s 2008 lightweight grand prix is also slated for the event.

The complete fight card features:

• Takanori Gomi vs. Bang Seung Hwan
• Makoto Takimoto vs. Frank Trigg
• Satoru Kitaoka vs. Clay French
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Rodrigo Damm
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Kazunori Yokota vs. Bojan Kosednar
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Mizuto Hirota vs. Ryan Schultz
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Pawel Nastula vs. Yang Dong Yi
• Peter Graham vs. Moise Rimbon
• Kazuo Takahashi vs. Valentijn Overeem

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World Victory Road also announced on Tuesday that Xande Ribeiro, Roger Gracie, and Jorge Masvidal will be in action in separate bouts at Sengoku 5 and also announced the addition of Yuki Sasaki to the promotion’s middleweight tournament field.

Sengoku 5 now includes:

• Xande Ribeiro vs. TBD
• Roger Gracie vs. TBD
• Jorge Masvidal vs. TBD
• Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round participants:
  • Yuki Sasaki
  • Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos
  • Siyar Bahadurzada
  • Jorge Santiago

Kazuhiro Nakamura, Evangelista Cyborg, Siyar Bahadurzada, and Jorge Santiago are all set to participate in the opening round of the middleweight tournament.

The promotion also announced that Kazuo Takahashi will face Valentijn Overeem at Sengoku 4 on August 24th at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

SENGOKU 4

• Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan
• Makoto Takimoto vs Frank Trigg
• Pawel Nastula vs Yang Dong Yi
• Peter Graham vs Moise Rimbon
• Kazuo Takahashi vs. Valentijn Overeem
• Satoru Kitaoka vs. Clay French
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Rodrigo Damm
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Kazunori Yokota vs. Bojan Kosednar
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Mizuto Hirota vs. Ryan Schultz
  Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round

SENGOKU 5

• Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. TBD
  Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos vs. TBD
  Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Siyar Bahadurzada vs. TBD
  Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round
• Jorge Santiago vs. TBD
  Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round