Sengoku 4 weigh-in results and quick preview

World Victory Road is set to air its fourth installment early Sunday morning and will feature a lightweight grand prix and the return of its prized acquisition Takanori Gomi. Sengoku 4 goes down tomorrow, August 24 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

All fighters were able to make weight without incident.

"The Fireball Kid" is looking for his second straight win under the upstart promotion after stopping Duane "Bang" Ludwig at Sengoku: First Battle back in March.

Opposing him will be current DEEP lightweight champion Bang Sueng Hwan. The South Korean debuted in 2007 and is the winner of five straight.

Also headlining the card will be former UFC welterweight Frank Trigg. "Twinkle Toes" last competed at HDNet Fights: Reckless Abandon back in December when he submitted Edwin "Babyface" DeWees by kimura.

Here are the official weigh-in results for Sengoku 4 (converted from kilograms):

Main Card:

Takanori Gomi (153) vs Sung Hwan Pang (154)
Makoto Takimoto (180) vs Frank Trigg (180)
Peter Graham (244) vs Moise Rimbon (211)
Takahashi Kazuo (207) vs Valentijn Overeem (238)
Pawel Nastula (223) vs Yang Dong Yi (220)

Lightweight GP:

Clay French (153) vs Satoru Kitaoka (154)
Rodrigo Damm (153) vs Eiji Mitsuoka (153)
Bojan Kosednar (153) vs Kazunori Yokota (153)
Mizuto Hirota (153) vs Ryan Schultz (153)

The GP may not have any household names, but I’ll be keeping a close eye on Clay French, who has wins over some tough competitors like Jason Ireland and Mac Danzig. And how do you not root for a guy with a glass eye? Also watch out for Brazilian black-belt Rodrigo Damm, winner of eight straight including his last match at Sengoku: Third Battle.

The winner of the tomorrow's grand prix is expected to face Gomi for a chance to become Sengoku’s first lightweight champion later this year.

Finally making his return to MMA is Olympic judo gold medalist Pawel Nastula, last seen competing at PRIDE 32 back in 2006. While his 1-3 record is nothing to brag about, three of his four fights were against some of the world’s best including Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Aleksander Emelianenko and Josh Barnett.

That’s pretty stiff competition for anyone, let alone a fighter new to the world of mixed martial arts. Now he’s on the main card matched against a more suitable opponent in Yang Dong Yi, the young and dynamic DEEP fighter who has two straight first round TKO wins to start his career.

It will be interesting to see how fans receive the Sengoku lightweight grand prix considering how soon it’s being held after the DREAM lightweight GP.

While I’ve yet to hear any fans complain about having too much MMA, there may be an unspoken expectation for the Sengoku participants to try and outshine their crosstown rivals.