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Sengoku: Soul of Fight Predictions

Filed under: Sengoku, JapanWorld Victory Road’s end of year event “Sengoku: Soul of Fight” is an ambitious effort. Twenty-eight men’ss and women’s bouts fought under MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, “jacket rules”, a featherweight title fight and welterweig…

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World Victory Road’s end of year event “Sengoku: Soul of Fight” is an ambitious effort. Twenty-eight men’ss and women’s bouts fought under MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, “jacket rules”, a featherweight title fight and welterweight and bantamweight tournaments.

Even more ambitious would be an attempt to predict every single outcome on one of the biggest fight cards of all time. Fortunately for my keyboard and my sleep schedule, I’m not an ambitious man and so after the jump I’ll break down the fights that you need to know about for the first of two huge nights in Japanese MMA.

Won Sik Park: Fighting at Home and Away

Filed under: DREAM, Sengoku, News, interview, JapanThe bombardment of South Korean island Yeonpyeong in November of this year along with nuclear tests in 2009 by North Korean forces has lead to the highest threat of war in the area since the Korean war…

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The bombardment of South Korean island Yeonpyeong in November of this year along with nuclear tests in 2009 by North Korean forces has lead to the highest threat of war in the area since the Korean war ended in 1953. During this time of crisis, South Korea’s best lightweight prospect Won Sik Park, continues to fight at home and away.

“Parky” started his compulsory two-year military service in March of this year and has already fought three times: picking up two wins and scoring a knock-out over Ryuki Ueyama at Deep 48 but having the fight being ruled a no contest due to a rules dispute. On December 30 at Sengoku: Soul of Fight (ironically Sengoku literally means “warring states” and is a reference civil war in Japan), Park will face the toughest test of his career as he uses the last of his annual vacation to face Japan’s best lightweight prospect, Maximo Blanco.

Referee Samio Kimura Knocked Out at Grachan

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One of the veteran officials of the Japanese fight circuit Samio Kimura was knocked out in the line of duty at Grachan 5 on Nov. 7th when Takeo “Cerberus Take” Shiina first knocked out his opponent Jung Hyun Lee and then assau…

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One of the veteran officials of the Japanese fight circuit Samio Kimura was knocked out in the line of duty at Grachan 5 on Nov. 7th when Takeo “Cerberus Take” Shiina first knocked out his opponent Jung Hyun Lee and then assaulted Kimura.

Shiina dropped Lee with a cross counter early in the first round and then as Kimura jumped in to stop the fight on the ground, Shiina continued throwing strikes – hitting the referee with a hammerfist to the back of the head and a knee to either the face or body. Shiina was then confronted and challenged by DREAM veteran Won Sik Park and rightfully disqualified.

Koichiro Matsumoto Captures DEEP Featherweight Title

Filed under: News, JapanKoichiro Matsumoto captured Takafumi Otsuka’s DEEP Featherweight title, and handed the DREAM veteran his third loss in five outings, at DEEP 48 in Differ Ariake, Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.

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Koichiro Matsumoto captured Takafumi Otsuka‘s DEEP Featherweight title, and handed the DREAM veteran his third loss in five outings, at DEEP 48 in Differ Ariake, Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.

Otuska seemed to control the fight over three rounds with his wrestling and was never in danger on the feet but three of the five judges saw the bout for Matsumoto.

Korean prospect Won Sik Park also had issues with DEEP officials but he does not yet know the result of his match. Park finished Ruki Ueyama with legal soccer kicks towards the end of round one but the bout was stopped due to an apparent illegal knee although DEEP officials were unable to agree if an illegal blow was thrown and thus unable to render a result.