The two remaining bouts were announced by World Victory Road for their upcoming Dec. 30th “Sengoku: Soul of Fight” event.
Announced on Monday were the notable additions of welterweights UFC/DREAM fighter Ryo Chonan (18-11) vs. Sengoku/Bellator fighter Dan Hornbuckle (22-3) and female fighters Megumi Fujii (22-1) vs. Emi Fujino (9-4).
Chonan is 3-1 in his last four, earning a win at the Deep 50th Impact event in October. The Japanese fighter was last seen in North America at UFC 97, losing a split decision to TJ Grant. Hornbuckle is 7-1 in his last eight fights, bouncing back after losing to Ben Askren in the season 3 Bellator welterweight tournament. He defeated Brad Blackburn to earn a spot in the Season 4 tournament.
Fujii will fight for the first time since she had her 22 win streak stopped by Zoila Frausto in a controversial split decision at Bellator 34. Fujino’s ended a four fight losing skid with a win in her last fight earning a 24-second submission over Anna Saito at a Valkyrie 8 event in November.
“Soul of Fight” takes place on Dec. 30th at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. The day long 28 bout martial arts festival features a mix of mma, kickboxing, and grappling matches which see part of the event broadcast in North America on HDNet, likely via tape delay.
NightmareOfBattle.com was the first to report the news. They’ve also got the full fight card for the event.
SRC MMA Rules
SRC Featherweight Title Fight (5R x 5min)
Marlon Sandro vs. Hatsu Hioki
SRC Welterweight GP Series 2010 Final (3R x 5min)
Yasubey Enomoto vs. KTaro Nakamura
Single Fights (3R x 5min)
LW: Maximo Blanco vs. Won Sik Park
WW: Dan Hornbuckle vs. Ryo Chonan
LW: Kazunori Yokota vs. Jadamba Narantungalag
MW: Kazuo Misaki vs. Mike Seal
FW: Masanori Kanehara vs. Yoshiro Maeda
HW: Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao vs. Dave Herman
MW: Mamed Khalidov vs. Yuki Sasaki
SRC Bantamweight Asia Tournament Semifinals (2R x 5min)
Manabu Inoue vs. Shunichi Shimizu
Akitoshi Tamura vs. Taiyo Nakahara
SRC Ladies MMA Rules
Single Fights (3R x 5min)
OW: Rin Nakai vs. HARI
53.5kg: Megumi Fujii vs. Emi Fujino
Single Fights (2R x 5min)
61kg: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Hitomi Akano
48kg: Misaki Takimoto vs. Amy Davis
SRC Jacket Rules
Single Fights (1R x 5min)
LW: Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Jin Suk Jung
LW: Sotaro Yamada vs. Lee Sak Kim
59kg: Kiyotaka Shimizu vs. Ichiro Sugita
Sengoku Kickboxing Rules
Single Fights (3R x 3min)
70kg: Buakaw Por. Pramuk vs. Hiroki Nakajima
70kg: Yutaro Yamauchi vs. Go Yokoyama
70kg: Shintaro Matsukura vs. Yusuke Ikei
+86.18kg: Kazuki Ozawa vs. Chang Seob Lee
Single Fight (2R x 3min)
61.23kg: Yuji Tanaka vs. Hironobu Ikegami
Sengoku Muay Thai Rules
Single Fights (5R x 3min)
52kg: Arashi Fujihara vs. Mutsuki Ebata
61.23kg: Kanongsuk Weerasakreck vs. Genki Yamamoto
Single Fights (3R x 3min)
+86.18kg: Fabiano Cyclone vs. Andrew Peck
73kg: Musashi Miyamoto vs. Hiroki Komata
Women’s Single Fight (5R x 2min)
47.62kg: Erika Kamimura vs. Chiharu