Sengoku 13 results: Sandro demolishes Kanehara in 38 seconds at Raiden Championship

by Akimitsu Kuwabara on Jun 20, 2010 1:00 PM EDT

At the fabled sumo arena, Ryogoku Kokugikan, a new SRC featherweight champion was born, as Marlon Sandro blasted the inaugural and defending champion, Masanori Kanehara, in just 38 seconds.

Sandro -- a product of the famed Nova Uniao team -- wasted no time in closing the distance and unleashing a flurry of punches in the opening frame. Having forced Kanehara to retreat with the onslaught, he uncorked a devastating right uppercut that collapsed the 2009 Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix champion to the mat.

With four first-round knockouts in his last five fights, Sandro has continued to leave a trail of destruction behind him, cementing himself as a force to be reckoned with in the featherweight division.

In the promotion’s welterweight grand prix, UFC veteran Keita Nakamura finished the Bellator season one welterweight runner-up, Omar de la Cruz, in the second round via technical knockout. The former welterweight King of Pancrase, Takuya Wada, also advanced to the second round of the tourney with a close decision victory over Jae Sun Lee.

Elsewhere, Venezuelan wild man, Maximo Blanco, earned a high-profile victory with a second-round stoppage of Rodrigo Damm. Former ADCC winner and Grabaka founder, Sanae Kikuta, faltered in his welterweight debut against the unheralded Swiss national, Yasubey Enomoto.

Sengoku 13 quick results:

Ye Won Nam def. Ikkei Nagamura via Submission (rear naked choke), 3:03 Rd. 1
Kazuki Tokudome def. Yuma Ishizuka via TKO (punches), 3:22 Rd. 1
Ryo Kawamura def. Hidetaka Irie via TKO (punches), 3:00 Rd. 2
Doo Ho Choi def. Ikuo Usuda via decision (split)
Shigeki Osawa def. Katsuya Toida via DQ, 1:35 Rd. 3
Takuya Wada def. Jae Sun Lee via Decision (split)
Keita Nakamura def. Omar de la Cruz via TKO (punches), 3:53 Rd. 2
Maximo Blanco def. Rodrigo Damm via TKO (punches), 0:45 Rd. 2
Yasubey Enomoto def. Sanae Kikuta via TKO (punches), 3:57 Rd. 1
Hiroshi Izumi def. Chang Seob Lee via TKO (punches), 4:37 Rd. 1
Marlon Sandro def. Masanori Kanehara via KO (punch), 0:38 Rd. 1

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Sandro is about the only FW I am interested in seeing Aldo fight. Anything else is a waste of time, at this point.

by frosnt1 on Jun 20, 2010 1:39 PM EDT reply actions

Really?

I haven’t seen his performances, you think he could beat Aldo?

"The other shape,
If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none,
Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb;
Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd;
For each seem'd either; black it stood as night,
Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell,
And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head
The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Satan was now at hand; and from his seat
The monster, moving onward, came as fast
With horrid strides; Hell trembled as he strode."
-- John Milton

by O damn he got caught on Jun 20, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

maybe

he is a really nasty individual. He is very aggressive with amazing BJJ and Wrestling. He also hits really hard.

by Bill Maher on Jun 20, 2010 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I use to think that in MMA the p4p hardest puncher was KID Yammamoto....

until i saw Sandro. This guy packs unreal power, he gets guys out of there in seconds. Like his past four or five fights have all been less than a minute. His BJJ is superb but his hand technique has long to go but like a Carwin, he probly will never have solid boxing since his power will eliminate any technical error on his part. Too bad WEC won’t bring him in coz he won’t fight Aldo or Wagnney, it would be AKA all over again and sean shelby dont care too much for that. He would have to go to LW in the UFC.

Big Nog for Life
Inventor/supporter of "Gleison Tibau to Featherweight" movement.

by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jun 20, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Also Maximo Blanco......

The greatest fighter with the worst record. I don’t think Rogan or Goldy would have any quotes that could capture his wildness. World class wrestling too. Watch for him when he breaks into US promotions, a lot of $$$ to be made there.

Big Nog for Life
Inventor/supporter of "Gleison Tibau to Featherweight" movement.

by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jun 20, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Blanco is a scary dude

he would be a great addition to WEC.

by Bill Maher on Jun 20, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree!

Sandro’s willingness to engage on the feet as well as his superb ground game would make a fight with Aldo very entertaining and even-matched. We’ve seen though, dominant fighters in Japan, come to the US and get stomped, and in all honestly (nuthugging aside), I still think Aldo would decisively defeat Marlon before the fight reached those pesky judges!

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by HardBoiled on Jun 20, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions