Sengoku: No Ran 2009

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1 Background
2 Fight Card
3 Pre-Event Notes
4 Results
5 World Victory Road Event Chronology
6 External Links

Background

Sengoku: No Ran 2009 was the seventh installment of Japanese promotion's, World Victory Road's "Sengoku" series and a 9 bout fight card.

The card took place in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on January 4th, 2009 and featured a lightweight championship bout as its main event, which featured former PRIDE lightweight champion, Takanori Gomi against Sengoku lightweight tournament champion, Satoru Kitaoka.

A middleweight championship bout between PRIDE welterweight tournament winner, Kazuo Misaki and Sengoku middleweight tournament victor, Jorge Santiago served as a co-main event.

Fight Card

Light Heavyweight Bout: Hidetada Irie vs. Minoru Kato
Lightweight Bout: Maximo Blanco vs. Seigo Inoue
Heavyweight Bout: Mu Bae Choi vs. Dave Herman
Lightweight Bout: Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Sergey Golyaev
Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Silva vs. Yoshihiro Nakao
Light Heavyweight Bout: Muhammed Lawal vs. Yukiya Naito
Light Heavyweight Bout: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Sanae Kikuta
Middleweight Championship Bout: Kazuo Misaki vs. Jorge Santiago
Lightweight Championship Bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Satoru Kitaoka

Pre-Event Notes

Both, Satoru Kitaoka and Jorge Santiago earned their title shots with victories in Sengoku's 8-man lightweight and middleweight tournaments.

The lightweight tournament in which Kitaoka was victorious was billed as "The Road to Gomi", meaning the winner of the tournament would face Takanori Gomi for the Sengoku lightweight title. However, plans seemed to go amiss when Gomi suffered a shock loss to Sergey Golyaev at Sengoku: Sixth Battle (the event that also featured the tournament finals). This was put aside though and Kitaoka was still set to face Gomi for the lightweight title.

Antonio Silva's fight against Yoshihiro Nakao will be his first bout after getting convicted of using illegal substances by the California State Athletic Commission. Silva went against the warnings of the CSAC that if he fought outside of the country he may not be able to receive a fighter license upon return to the US.

Results

Light Heavyweight Bout: Hidetada Irie def. Minoru Kato via TKO (punches) 4.21 into round 2.
Lightweight Bout: Maximo Blanco def. Seigo Inoue via KO (stomps) at .38 of round 1.
Heavyweight Bout: Mu Bae Choi def. Dave Herman via TKO (punches) at 2.22 of roudn 2.
Lightweight Bout: Eiji Mitsuoka def. Sergey Golyaev via submission (armbar) at 4.22 of round 1.
Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Silva def. Yoshihiro Nakao via TKO (knee injury) at 1.42 of round 1.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Muhammed Lawal def. Yukiya Naito via TKO (punches) at 3.54 of round 1.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Sanae Kikuta def. Hidehiko Yoshida via split decision.

Middleweight Championship Bout: Jorge Santiago def. Kazuo Misaki via tech. submission (rear naked choke) at 3.26 of round 5.

Going into the fifth round, Misaki had a hefty points lead and had been outworking Santiago on the feet for the majority of the first four rounds. Santiago changed it up in the fifth and scored a takedown before passing to mount and eventually Misaki's back. He quicky latched onto the rear naked choke, which Misaki tried hard to fight but eventually succumbed to unconsciousness. With the victory, Santiago was crowned the first ever Sengoku middleweight champion.

Lightweight Championship Bout: Satoru Kitaoka def. Takanori Gomi via submission (achilles lock) at 1.41 of round 1.

For the first minute of the bout, both fighters kept their distance and circled. Shortly thereafter a scramble ensued after Kitaoka shot in for a takedown. Gomi briefly took Kitaoka's back but was reversed, putting Kitaoka into his guard. From there Kitaoka spun around and latched onto a leg. Gomi grew impatient and sat back causing more pressure to be applied on the submission, quickly forcing the tap. With the victory, Kitaoka became the first Sengoku lightweight champion.