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Sengoku Raiden Championship’s 20-man Asian Bantamweight Tournament got under way at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. Drawing on mostly lesser known fighters from all of the second-tier events within Japan and representatives from Korea, eight bantamweights advanced through to the next round of the tournament to be held in August.
Impressive in victory were Kil Woo Lee and Shintaro Ishiwatari, both with first-round knockouts and Lee’s KO coming only 10 seconds into the bout. Also noteworthy, Jae Hyun So’s grappling display and odd triangle submission attempt were brutally effective and entertaining and the veteran of the tournament, Kazushi Sakuraba-trained Wataru Takahashi, dominated his opponent on the mat and got locked in a slick rear-naked choke without the hooks in.
A full breakdown of the fights after the break.