Sengoku 9 Results
By Josh Stein on Aug 02, 2009
If you don’t like spoilers, I’ve posted the results below the fold, and will post video of the event later.
There were 13 fights, total, on the night, including a lightweight title defense and the conclusion of the featherweight tournament.
Ryosuke Komori (4-1 MMA) defeats Takeshi Numajiri (1-2 MMA) via TKO @ 3:25 of Round 1.
Shigeki Osawa (3-0 MMA) defeats Toru Harai (6-3 MMA) via TKO @ 4:24 of Round 1.
Ikuo Usuda (5-0 MMA) defeats Koji Ando (2-1-2 MMA) via Unanimous Decision.
Yoshihiro Nakao (8-2-0-2 MMA) defeats Mu Bae Choi (9-4 MMA) via Unanimous Decision.
Hatsu Hioki (20-3-2 MMA, #5 IWMMAR) defeats Masanori Kanehara (14-6-5 MMA) via Unanimous Decision.
Michihiro Omigawa (7-8-1 MMA) defeats Marlon Sandro (14-1 MMA) via Split Decision.
Chan Sung Jung (7-1 MMA) defeats Matt Jaggers (14-7 MMA) via Submission (Triangle Choke) @ 1:25 of Round 2.
Eiju Matsuoka (16-6-2 MMA) defeats Clay French (17-6 MMA) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) @ 1:51 of Round 1.
Dan Hornbuckle (18-2 MMA) defeats Akihiro Gono (29-15-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) via Knockout (Head Kick) @ 2:50 of Round 3.
Blagoi Ivanov (1-0 MMA) defeats Kazuyuki Fujita (15-8 MMA) via Split Decision.
Kazuo Misaki (22-9-2-1 MMA) defeats Kazuhiro Nakamura (13-10 MMA, 0-2 UFC) via Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) @ 3:03 of Round 1.
Masanori Kanehara (14-6-5 MMA)* defeats Michihiro Omigawa (7-8-1 MMA) via Split Decision.
Mizuto Hirota (12-3-1 MMA) defeats Satoru Kitaoka (25-9-9 MMA, #10 IWMMAR) via TKO @ 2:50 of Round 4.
* Though Kanehara lost to Hatsu Hioki in the semi-final round of the featherweight tournament, Hioki was unable to continue as the result of a concussion suffered during the bout, and so Kanehara advanced instead.
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Is it just me or does the long shot on betting odds seem to win a lot in the Grand Prix tournaments in Japan?
Kanehara was around +1700 to win the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix Tournament.
I’m not suggesting any kind of conspiracy in regards to betting on those fights because having watched them the fights definitely looked legit. I’m just wondering what that says about the tournament structure or about the level of competition?