World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9 | ||||
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The poster for World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9. | ||||
Information | ||||
Promotion | World Victory Road | |||
Date | August 2, 2009 | |||
Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
City | Saitama, Japan | |||
Attendance | 9,587 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Victory Road on August 2, 2009. It featured the final round of WVR's 2009 Featherweight Grand-Prix. This event was broadcast in North America via tape delay on HDNet.
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World Victory Road (WVR) is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship (SRC) in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of PRIDE FC by Zuffa. It operated in conjunction with the Japan Mixed Martial Arts Federation (JMM). The Sengoku championship was broadcast on Fuji TV and pay-per-view in Japan, and on HDNet in United States.
Featherweight Grand Prix Final | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Masanori Kanehara | def. | Michihiro Omigawa | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Non-Grand Prix bouts | |||||||
Featherweight | Hatsu Hioki | def. | Masanori Kanehara | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Michihiro Omigawa | def. | Marlon Sandro | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight Grand Prix reserve bout | |||||||
Featherweight | Chan Sung Jung | def. | Matt Jaggers | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 1:25 | |
Non-Grand Prix bouts | |||||||
Lightweight | Mizuto Hirota | def. | Satoru Kitaoka (c) | TKO (Knees) | 4 | 2:50 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Middleweight | Kazuo Misaki | def. | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 3:03 | |
Heavyweight | Blagoy Ivanov | def. | Kazuyuki Fujita | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Dan Hornbuckle | def. | Akihiro Gono | KO (Head Kick) | 3 | 2:50 | |
Lightweight | Eiji Mitsuoka | def. | Clay French | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 1:51 | |
Heavyweight | Yoshihiro Nakao | def. | Mu Bae Choi | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Sengoku Gold Cup finals | |||||||
Featherweight | Shigeki Osawa | def. | Toru Harai | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:24 | |
Bantamweight | Ryosuke Komori | def. | Takeshi Numajiri | TKO (Punch) | 1 | 3:25 | |
Lightweight | Ikuo Usuda | def. | Koji Ando | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:
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izuto Hirota
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