On the heels of Sengoku 4 on August 24, World Victory Road has finalized its fifth installment that features a middleweight grand prix and a pair of grappling all-stars. Sengoku 5 will take place on September 28 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Grand Prix participants include:

Yuki Sasaki (21-14-1) vs Yuki Kondo (49-22-6)
Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (16-11) vs Siyar Bahadurzada (13-3-1)
Jorge Santiago (17-7) vs Logan Clark (11-2)
Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-8) vs Paul Cahoon (10-11)

Kondo and Sasaki will be facing off for the first time, which comes as a surprise considering how many times they’ve battled under the Pancrase banner. In addition to having chewed some of the same dirt, each fighter will be looking to rebound from losses at Sengoku "Second Battle."

On the flip side, Santiago and Santos took victories in their Sengoku debuts while Nakamura is making his first appearance with World Victory Road after a 0-2 run in the UFC. Bahadurzada -- "The Afghan Killer" -- was recently choked out by Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku "First Battle" back in March.

Bahadurzada may want to reconsider his nickname before appearing stateside.

Logan Clark dropped a decision to Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku 3 back in June, but who cares? I'll watch anyone man enough to call themselves "The Pink Pounder". And speaking of poundings, England's Paul Cahoon is probably glad to be on any card that doesn't feature nemesis Melvin Manhoef.

Appearing on the main card is American Top Team’s Jorge "GameBred" Masvidal (13-3) who will be taking on Ryan "The Lion" Schultz (20-10-1). Schultz was upset at Sengoku 4 last month when he was bounced out of the lightweight grand prix in the first round by underdog Mizuto Hirota.

Also in action are jiu-jitsu all-stars Alexandre Ribeiro (0-0) and Roger Gracie (2-0). A four-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, "Xande" rocketed to the top of the grappling food chain after defeating Gracie at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world championships absolute divisions in 2006 and 2008.

Now he gets the path of least resistance as he faces the aging Takashi Sugiura (1-2), while Gracie goes head-to-head with MMA legend Travis "Diesel" Wiuff (53-11), who eroded the iron jaw of Kazuyuki Fujita at June's Sengoku 3.

Looks like Gracie got the short end of the stick in that deal.

Here is the finalized fight card for Sengoku 5:

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