Sengoku 'Ninth Battle' weigh in results for Aug. 2 event

by Jesse Holland on Aug 1, 2009 3:31 PM EDT

World Victory Road is set to present Sengoku "Ninth Battle" taking place tomorrow (August 2) at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

For fans in North America it will be aired on HDNet via tape delay next Friday, August 7, at 10:00pm ET.

The event will of course host the conclusion of the promotion’s featherweight grand prix, with the semifinals and finals all set to go down in the same night.

Also on tap is the conclusion to the promotion's "Gold Rush" tournament with three finals decided in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight divisions.

Rounding out the card will be a lightweight title fight between champion Satoru Kitaoka (24-8-9) and challenger Mizuto Hirota (11-3-1).

Fortunately all 24 fighters set to compete tipped the scales at today's weigh-in event without incident.

Here are the complete Sengoku 9 weigh-in results:

Sengoku Lightweight title bout:
Satoru Kitaoka (69.9 kg/153.8 lbs.) vs. Mizuto Hirota (70 kg/154 lbs.)

Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix Semifinals:
Hatsu Hioki (65 kg/143 lbs.) vs. Masanoru Kanehara (65 kg/143 lbs.)
Michihiro Omigawa (64.9 kg/142.8 lbs.) vs. Marlon Sandro (64.7 kg/142.3 lbs.)

Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix Final:
Hatsu Hioki (19-3-2) or Masanori Kanehara (13-5-5) vs. Marlon Sandro (14-0) or Michihiro Omigawa (6-7-1)

Sengoku Featherweight reserve bout:
Matt Jaggers (64.6 kg/142.1 lbs.) vs. Chan Sung Jung (64.8 kg/142.6 lbs.)

Sengoku Gold Cup Lightweight Final:
Koji Ando (69.9 kg/153.7 lbs.) vs. Ikuo Usuda (70.1 kg/154.3 lbs.)

Sengoku Gold Cup Featherweight Final:
Toru Harai (65.1 kg/143.3 lbs.) vs. Shigeki Osawa (65.1 kg/143.3 lbs.)

Sengoku Gold Cup Bantamweight Final:
Ryosuke Komori (60.1 kg/132.3 lbs.) vs. Takeshi Numajiri (60 kg/132.1 lbs.)

Non-tournament bouts:
Kazuo Misaki (83 kg/182.6 lbs.) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (83 kg/182.6 lbs.)
Clay French (70 kg/154.1 lbs.) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (70.1 kg/154.3 lbs.)
Dan Hornbuckle (75.3 kg/165.7 lbs.) vs. Akihiro Gono (76 kg/167.2 lbs.)
Kazuyuki Fujita (112.5 kg/247.5 lbs.) vs. Blagoy Alexandre Ivanov (110 kg/242 lbs.)
Choi Mu Bae (109.4 kg/240.7 lbs.) vs. Yoshihiro Nakao (100.3 kg/220.7 lbs.)

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Mania, are you going to be covering this event??

by billyp on Aug 1, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

I doubt it even though this card is sick! BloodyElbow is though. Can’t wait for Sandro-Omigawa.

by NameNotRequired on Aug 1, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

this card is really good. Sengoku and Strikeforce have the best non-UFC fights in mma.

by Bill Maher on Aug 1, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh, this is the the first Sengoku card I’ve really anticipated. Outside the UFC, its the WEC then Strikeforce, then Dream and Sengoku, and at the very bottom of the list (even below Extreme Challenge) is M-1.

by Synyster on Aug 1, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions