All hail the King: Muhammed Lawal returns at Sengoku 'Rebellion 2009'

by Jesse Holland on Dec 21, 2008 10:46 PM EST

World Victory Road announced the addition of wrestling phenom and Team Quest standout Muhammed Lawal to its January 4 Sengoku event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

"King Mo" (2-0) is quickly becoming a household name overseas with dominating back-to-back performances at Sengoku 5 when he pounded out Fabio Silva and Sengoku 6 when he dismantled Travis Wiuff.

He won't exactly have a walk in the park when Mo-town locks horns with the dangerous Yukiya Naito.

Naito (15-4-2) has been competing since 2002 and is riding a six-fight win streak - ending his last four by way of brutal TKO.

It will be interesting to see if Lawal utilizes his exceptional wrestling or if he continues to throw hands.

Also in action at "Rebellion 2009″ is ex-Elite XC heavyweight champion Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva (11-1). He’ll meet Yoshihiro Nakao (7-1) — the guy who infamously kissed Heath Herring before their match three years ago.

In addition, the lightweight and middleweight titles will be on the line as Takanori Gomi and Satoru Kitaoka face off for the 155-pound crown while Jorge Santiago and Kazuo Misaki throwdown for the 185-pound strap.

And let's not forget about former Elite XC undefeated heavyweight Dave "Pee Wee" Herman (13-0) as he takes on Pride FC veteran Choi Mu Bae (7-3).

Here is the current fight card for Sengoku 'Rebellion 2009':

Main Card:
Antonio Silva (11-1) vs. Yoshihiro Nakao (7-1)
Hidehiko Yoshida (8-6-1) vs. Sanae Kikuta (27-6-3)
Eiji Mitsuoka (14-6-2) vs. Sergey Golyaev (12-6)

Under Card :
Maximo Blanco (1-1) vs. Seigo Inoue (5-5-1)
Hidetada Irie (3-3-2) vs. Minoru Kato (2-5)

Sengoku Middleweight Championship:
Jorge Santiago (20-7) vs. Kazuo Misaki (21-8-2)

Sengoku Lightweight Championship:
Takanori Gomi (29-4) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (23-8-9)

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There are some pretty interesting matchups on this card.

by halljam2 on Dec 21, 2008 10:50 PM EST reply actions

Mo was down in brazil helping Big Nog out for Mir. Very surprised when i first heard. The card is OK. Very few fights that aren’t one sided.

by NameNotRequired on Dec 22, 2008 1:31 AM EST up reply actions

MAN!!
I can’t wait for Dans Blog this Week, anyone else fired UP!

Dana and Joe Silva are my Santas!!!

by mikeybear on Dec 22, 2008 3:16 AM EST up reply actions

Santiago vs Misaki is a good one!

by RoB on Dec 21, 2008 11:23 PM EST reply actions

Gomi will show everyone why he’s one of the top lightweights in the world I expect him to rebound with a great effort and hopefully Sengoku finds an opponent for James Thompson he was rumored for this card.

by Robert on Dec 21, 2008 11:25 PM EST reply actions

Where can I watch this?

by derreck on Dec 22, 2008 12:04 AM EST reply actions

Mo’s gonna be champ in the next year or so…mark my words.

by joe-ho on Dec 22, 2008 12:06 AM EST reply actions

I hate to say it ain’t so Joe but….No, he won’t be. And champ of what league? Definitely not UFC. WEC no longer has a MW division. Affliction…doubtful. He won against Silva and Wiuff but showed NUMEROUS areas of weakness that would be easily exploited by top competition. He’s had 2 fights. He’s not moving to the top anytime soon.

by Dugout on Dec 22, 2008 9:41 AM EST up reply actions

I don’t give a shit if he’s in the UFC. He can still have quality fights and compete for a championship OUTSIDE of the UFC. He doesn’t need to be a part of Zuffa to be relevant. That’s just people being oblivious to the rest of the Mixed martial arts world to think that.

by Robert on Dec 23, 2008 12:55 AM EST up reply actions