Watch Sengoku 9 tonight on HDNet at 10 p.m. ET

Fight fans: Tune in tonight (Friday, Aug. 7) to check out "HDNet Fights Presents: World Victory Road: Sengoku 9" from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The stacked mixed martial arts event, which originally took place this past Sunday (Aug. 2), will air via tape delay in for the first time in North America at 10:00 p.m. ET on HDNet.
You’ll be able to catch the conclusion of the promotion’s featherweight grand prix, with the semifinals and finals all going down in the same night.
The final four features tournament favorite and promotion poster boy, Hatsu Hioki, colliding with fellow countryman Masanori Kanehara. While on the other side of the bracket, featherweight King of Pancrase Marlon Sandro takes on Judo player Michihiro Omigawa.
Elsewhere on the card, Satoru Kitaoka, is set to defend his Sengoku lightweight title for the first time against Mizuto Hirota.
Also in non tournament action will be a middleweight showdown between Kazuo Misaki and Kazuhiro Nakamura.
And 2008 Combat Sambo World Champion Blagoi Ivanov is set to make his mixed martial arts debut at the event against hard-hitting Japanese mainstay Kazuyuki Fujita.
Here is the line-up for Sengoku 9:
Sengoku lightweight title bout:
Satoru Kitaoka (24-8-9) vs. Mizuto Hirota (11-3-1)Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix Semifinals:
Hatsu Hioki (19-3-2) vs. Masanori Kanehara (13-5-5)
Marlon Sandro (14-0) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (6-7-1)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 (11-5) vs. Chang Sung Jung (6-1)Sengoku Gold Cup Lightweight Final:
Ikuo Usuda (4-0) vs. Koji Ando (2-0-2)Sengoku Gold Cup Featherweight Final:
Toru Harai (6-2) vs. Shigeki Osawa (2-0)Sengoku Gold Cup Bantamweight Final:
Takeshi Numajiri (1-1) vs. Ryosuke Komori (3-1)Non-tournament bouts:
Kazuo Misaki (21-9-2) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (13-9)
Eiji Mitsuoka (15-6-2) vs. Clay French (16-5)
Akihiro Gono (29-14-7) vs. Dan Hornbuckle (17-2)
Blagoi Ivanov (0-0) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (15-7)
Yoshihiro Nakao (7-2) vs. Choi Mu Bae (9-3)
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This was an amazing tournament until the judges robbed Sandro and Hioki got injured and was replaced by Kanahara instead of Jung
by BigLsBigNuts on Aug 8, 2009 5:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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