MMA FIGHTS

Posts Tagged ‘Sengoku’

Bellator Fighting Championships officials have signed another Wand Fight Team instructor to the company’s roster.

Officials today announced the signing of welterweight and World Victory Road/Sengoku veteran Michael Costa.

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai black belt was an original member of the famed Chute Boxe Academy.

View full post on MMAjunkie.com Articles

Ryo Chonan almost didn’t fight at “Sengoku: Soul of Fight,” World Victory Road’s year-end super event.

Chonan initially was slated to fight Dan Hornbuckle, who was forced off
the card with an illness. Then came replacement Taisuke Okuno, who
missed weight and was issued two red cards, which forced him to
surrender 20 percent of his purse.

In this week’s HDNet Fights Video Vault installment, we get a quick resolution to the eventual fight.

View full post on MMAjunkie.com Articles

“My guess is this one won’t get out of the first round.”

That was the pre-fight prediction from broadcaster Frank Trigg at
December’s “Sengoku: Soul of Fight” bout between middleweights Mamed
Khalidov and Yuki Sasaki.

Trigg’s prediction, of course, came true thanks to a fight-altering blow midway through the round.

View full post on MMAjunkie.com Articles

On a day in which the Tohoku Region earthquake has devastated Japan, the island nation’s MMA community has taken a major hit, as well, as primary sponsor Don Quijote has officially terminated its sponsorship of Sengoku Raiden Championship, according to an SRC release

View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

On the same day a massive earthquake rocked Japan, one of the country’s largest mixed-martial-arts promotions announced some troubling news.

World Victory Road, home to the Sengoku Raiden Championship event series that airs on HDNet in the U.S., has lost its biggest sponsor, Don Quijote.

Officials today announced the news and hinted that – with the organization’s dependence on sponsors – Sengoku’s promotional days may be over.

View full post on MMAjunkie.com Articles

Japanese fight promotion Sengoku Raiden Championship is all but finished. SRC on Friday issued a press release stating that it’s primary sponsor, Don Quijote, has pulled all financial backing from the company. Read More >>

View full post on MMAWeekly.com

Dave “Pee Wee” Herman has been released from his contract with Japanese promotion Sengoku and has reportedly signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

World Victory Road’s middleweight champion Jorge Santiago (23-8 MMA, 7-1 SRC) could easily have a pair of…

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – Mixed Martial Arts News

World Victory Road’s middleweight champion Jorge Santiago could easily have a pair of “Fight of the Year” awards under his
belt, but his two legendary clashes with Kazuo Misaki under the Sengoku
Raiden Championships banner went largely unnoticed by U.S. fans.

If Santiago has his way, that will never be the case again.

The UFC and Strikeforce veteran recently negotiated his release from
Sengoku and hopes to land a role with a U.S.-based organization in the
coming months.

View full post on MMAjunkie.com Articles

World Victory Road’s ambitious “Sengoku: Soul of Fight” event airs in
two parts this month on HDNet, and North American fans can catch the
debut of the second episode Friday night.

HDNet airs the three-hour special Friday at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

A new episode of “Inside MMA,” featuring guests Anthony Pettis and Stefan Struve, precedes the event at 9 p.m. ET.

View full post on MMAjunkie.com Articles