Sengoku 9: Mizuto Hirota upsets Satoru Kitaoka to win lightweight championship (Video)

by Jesse Holland on Aug 2, 2009 1:33 PM EDT

Check out more videos from Sengoku "Ninth Battle" including the Featherweight Grand Prix Final of Masanori Kanehara vs. Michihiro Omigawa after the jump:

Masanori Kanehara vs. Michihiro Omigawa:

Kazuo Misaki vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura:

Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Blagoy Alexandre Ivanov:

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Cardio…

by Bennie Blanco on Aug 2, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

Pretty much as I expected- he would either steamroll him in the 1st or he’d get sprawl and brawled until he dies from gassing.

by NameNotRequired on Aug 2, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I was surprised at how good Hirota was on the defense on the ground; I thought Satoru would school him in the 1st 2 minutes. I was wrong.

Mania, the 3rd video is Marlon Sandro vs Omigawa

by Synyster on Aug 2, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea i was surprised too, especially after seeing that Kitaoka training vid showing his ridiculous grappling game against uno and mitsuoka.

by NameNotRequired on Aug 2, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I watched that when you told me to check it out. That was insane.

Off topic, but I found a line for the Torres fight, with him only a -325 favorite. Seeing as he’ll probably get up to -500, I jumped all over that. Parlayed him with Neer and Riley, and got a pretty decent payout (for the money I bet with anyway)

by Synyster on Aug 2, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

As soon as people realize that the card is next week, that line will jump to -500 or at least in the 450 range. But go to sports book, they got him at -270. Use http://mmamoneyline.com/, they compile all the lines for a tone of sites. Here are some of my value recommendations for 101 are John Howard and Hendricks (yea that one is iffy but i like it).

by NameNotRequired on Aug 2, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Y I always get this fights for some reason I always pick the guy who wins even on the upsets exept for penns last fight I was blinded by me being a huge penn fan and not being to fond of GSP I think I should start betting all all this cards I usally use sportsinteraction but do guys think bodog or mmamoneyonline have better odds let me know

by Nor Cal Mexican (formely Philicutioner) on Aug 3, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m looking for a good betting site that allows MMA parlays in Canada. Any input would be much appreciated.

by Jeremyjackson on Aug 3, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow
Hirota sick knees

by phenomenal angel on Aug 2, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

RUMOR – UFC 104- THIAGO ALVES VS WANDERLAI SILVA.

by newfie on Aug 3, 2009 7:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Source?

by JRE on Aug 3, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions

MMABAY.CO.UK.
alves was talking in an interview about moving to 185 and wanderlai may very well be his first opponent. interview was with mmatko.com

by newfie on Aug 3, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions

ivanov is gonna get massacred by aleks great win by hirota

by oscar on Aug 2, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

man the judging in japan seems so biased

by Akabane on Aug 2, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions

japan is very crooked for mma, ur allowed to use roids, and sum of the fights r fixed..

by guyverbob on Aug 2, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions

i had the oportunity to saw the fights live… and in my mind the difference between fighters from that part of the world and the americans is that even in the fight, they felt so much respect for the other guy that sometimes is a little boring… you’ll never see a guy like brock lesnar there…btw seek ko by dan hornbuckle, poor gono but sometimes you learn more from these kind of loses…

by Ryosuke on Aug 2, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Have you ever heard of Bob Sapp?

by Pat on Aug 2, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t know what Kitaoka was thinking. Almost as though he purposely didn’t go for leg locks as if he was trying to prove something. There were a few good times he could have went for the leg lock, like he usually does, but instead decided to pass guard or throw stomps. Good fight, even though I was rooting for Kitaoka.

by Benz on Aug 2, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions