Sengoku: "Soul of Fight" went down earlier today (Dec. 30) from the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, featuring a massive card stacked with International competition in the promotion's year end extravaganza.
Hard-hitting featherweight Marlon Sandro was favored to bring home the Sengoku 145-pound title; however, opponent Hatsu Hioki didn't stick the script, weathering the usual Sandro onslaught in the earlier rounds only to drag him into deep waters later in the fight.
As a result, the tired Brazilian came up short on the judges scorecards and Hioki is the new division champion.
Popular female fighters Roxanne Modafferi and Hitomi Akano were expected to throw hands on the main card but the "warrior" wasn't too "happy" when she was hospitalized with food poisoning the night before the fight. Doctor's failed her in the pre-fight physical and "Girlfight Monster" won by forfeit.
Kazuo Misaki, Mamed Khalidov, "Pee-Wee" Herman and Megumi Fujii were also victorious.
Here are the SRC: "Soul of Fight" quick results (via MMA Fighting):
Main Card:
145 lbs.: Hatsu Hioki def. Marlon Sandro via unanimous decision
185 lbs.: Kazuo Misaki def. Mike Seal via TKO
185 lbs.: Mamed Khalidov def. Yuki Sasaki via TKO
155 lbs.: Jadamba Narantungalag def. Kazunori Yokota via KO
265 lbs.: Dave Herman def. Yoshihiro Nakao via unanimous decision
135 lbs.: Hitomi Akano def. Roxanne Modafferi via food poisoning
105 lbs.: Misaki Takimoto def. Amy Davis via split decision
145 lbs.: Rin Nakai def. Mika Harigai via submission
115 lbs.: Megumi Fujii def. Emi Fujino via unanimous decision
185 lbs.: Taisuke Okuno def. Ryo Chonan via KO
Sengoku vs. DREAM:
155 lbs.: Maximo Blanco def. Won Sik Park via must decision
145 lbs.: Yoshiro Maeda def. Masanori Kanehara via TKO
Welterweight Grand Prix Final:
170 lbs.: Keita Nakamura def. Yasubey Enomoto via submission
Bantamweight Grand Prix Semifinals:
135 lbs.: Taiyo Nakahara def. Akitoshi Tamura via DQ
135 lbs.: Shunichi Shimizu def. Manabu Inoue via split decision
For more International competition remember that FieLDS Dynamite!! goes down tomorrow morning (Dec. 31) live via HDNet beginning at 4 a.m. ET.
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