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Sengoku 10 Results: Nansen Spoils Izumi’s Debut; Silva, Hornbuckle, and Doerksen Win

Kris Karkoski — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:23:56 +0000

Kickboxer Antz Nansen spoiled the MMA debut of fellow-newcomer Hiroshi Izumi on Wednesday in the main event of Sengoku 10, stopping the 2004 Olympic judo silver medalist from Japan with strikes in the opening round of the headliner at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Antonio Silva won his sixth-straight in the Sengoku 10 co-main event, submitting Jim York in the opening round to pick up his second-straight win outside the US since testing positive for steroids after winning the EliteXC heavyweight title last summer.

In other notable action, former IFL champ Ryan Schultz dropped his third-straight with a first-round knockout at the hands of Kazunori Yokota, Dan Hornbuckle stopped veteran Nick Thompson with strikes in the second-round, and Joe Doerksen won his fourth-straight with a second-round TKO of Takenori Sato.

The complete results for Sengoku 10 were:

Antz Nansen def. Hiroshi Izumi via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:56
Antonio Silva def. Jim York via submission (arm-triangle choke) — Round 1, 3:51
Makoto Takimoto def. Jae Sun Lee via unanimous decision
Kazunori Yokota def. Ryan Schultz via KO (punch) — Round 1, 2:31
Fabio Silva def. Ryo Kawamura via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:28
Dan Hornbuckle def. Nick Thompson via TKO (strikes)- – Round 2, 1:30
Joe Doerksen def. Takenori Sato via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 4:27
Maximo Blanco def. Tetsuya Yamada via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 1:12
Ikuo Usuda def. Woo Hyon Baek via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:59
Shigeki Osawa def. Ki Hyun Kim via unanimous decision
Jae Hyun So def. Ryosuke Komori via unanimous decision

Fighters Make Weight For Sengoku Seventh Battle

Kris Karkoski — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:07:51 +0000

All twenty fighters slated to participate in bouts at Sengoku Seventh Battle made weight earlier today in Japan. The event takes place overnight (HDNet – 3am ET/midnight PT) at the National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal tipped the scales at 203.5 pounds for his headlining bout against Ryo Kawamura, who weighed in at the light heavyweight limit of 205 pounds. The event also features the start of the promotion’s featherweight tournament.

The official weigh-in results were:

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (203.5) vs. Ryo Kawamura (205)*
Hatsu Hioki (143.3) vs. Chris Manuel (141.5)
Hideki Kadowaki (143.1) vs. Nam Phan (142.9)
James Thompson (271.8) vs. Jim York (264.6)*
Michihiro Omigawa (142.9) vs. L.C. Davis (142.6)
Marlon Sandro (143.3) vs. Matt Jaggers (143.3)
Masanori Kanehara (143.1) vs. Jong Man Kim (142.9)
Shintaro Ishiwatari (143.3) vs. Chan Sung Jung (143.1)
Tetsuya Yamada (143.3) vs. Ronnie Mann (142.6)
Seiya Kawahara (143.3) vs. Nick Denis (142.9)

* Non-tournament bouts

Sengoku II Results

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:28:16 +0000

Josh Barnett def. Jeff Monson via unanimous decision
Roger Gracie def. Yuki Kondo via submission – Round 1
Kevin Randleman def. Ryo Kawamura via unanimous decision
Yoshihiro Nakao def. Jim York via KO – Round 2
Jorge Santiago def. Yuki Sasaki via submission – Round 3
Eiji Mitsuoka def. Kwang Hee Lee via submission – Round 1
Mike Pyle def. Dan Hornbuckle via submission – Round 1
Satoru Kitaoka def. Ian James Schaffa via submission – Round 1