World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 10

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 10 was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

event promoted by World Victory Road

World Victory Road

World Victory Road is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of Pride FC by Zuffa. It operated in conjunction with the Japan Mixed Martial Arts Federation...

on September 23, 2009. The event included three Gold Cup matches featuring the winners of Sengoku: Gold Cup South Korea versus the winners of Sengoku: Gold Cup Japan. It was broadcast live in North America on HDNet

HDNet

HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...

Announced Matchups

Lightweight bout: Maximo Blanco
Maximo Blanco
Maximo Blanco is a Venezuelan mixed martial artist and former lightweight King Of Pancrase who has competed for World Victory Road. Blanco holds notable wins over brothers Seigo Inoue and Katsuya Inoue.-Early life:...

vs. Tetsuya Yamada

Blanco defeated Yamada via TKO (Knee & Strikes) at 1:11 of round 2.

Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...

vs. Takenori Sato

Doerksen defeated Sato via TKO (Punches) at 4:29 of round 2.

Welterweight bout: Nick Thompson
Nick Thompson
Nicholas Delton Thompson is a retired American mixed martial artist. He retired with a professional mixed martial arts record of 38-14-1. He has fought professionally on both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bodog Fight shows...

vs. Dan Hornbuckle
Dan Hornbuckle
Dan Hornbuckle is an American mixed martial artist. Hornbuckle holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Jack McVicker and has a self-proclaimed black belt in "intensity". Hornbuckle is Native American, and is a member of the Eastern Band Cherokee tribe...

Hornbuckle defeated Thompson via TKO (Strikes) at 2:28 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Ryo Kawamura vs. Fabio Silva

Silva defeated Kawamura via TKO (Strikes) at 2:30 of round 1.

Lightweight bout: Kazunori Yokota
Kazunori Yokota
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. Yokota became famous fighting in the Japanese MMA promotion DEEP, and eventually debuted WVR Sengoku, his only fight in a cage was his MMA debut, which was in GCM Demolition in 19 September 2004 against Keita Nakamura, the fight resulted in a...

vs. Ryan Schultz
Ryan Schultz
Ryan James Schultz is an American mixed martial artist. Before the closing of the International Fight League, he was the promotion's Lightweight Champion.-Biography:...

Yokota defeated Schultz via KO (Right Hook) at 2:31 of round 1.

Welterweight bout: Makoto Takimoto
Makoto Takimoto
is a Japanese judoka. He won a gold medal at the -81 kg category of the 2000 Summer Olympics.He is from Iwai, Ibaraki. He began judo at the age of 6. After graduation from Nihon University, he belonged to the Japan Racing Association. Takimoto made his MMA debut on 31 December 2004 against...

vs. Jae Sun Lee

Takimoto defeated Sun Lee via decision (unanimous) after 3 rounds.

Heavyweight bout: Antonio Silva
Antonio Silva (fighter)
Antonio Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He initially fought in the super heavyweight division, but currently competes in the heavyweight weight class. He is the first and last EliteXC heavyweight champion...

vs. Jim York
Jim York (fighter)
Jim York is a New Zealand mixed martial artist who has fought for the World Victory Road, Impact FC and King of the Cage promotions.York is best known for his fights with Japanese firebrand Yoshihiro Nakao and UFC vet Dave Herman...

Silva defeated York via submission (arm triangle choke

Arm triangle choke

Arm triangle choke, side choke, or head and arm choke are generic terms describing blood chokeholds in which the opponent is strangled in between his or her own shoulder and the practitioner's arm. This is as opposed to the regular triangle choke, which denotes a chokehold using the legs, albeit...

) at 3:51 of round 1.

Light Heavyweight bout: Hiroshi Izumi
Hiroshi Izumi
Hiroshi Izumi is a Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist.He won the Men's -90kg category silver medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the gold medal at the World judo championship games in Cairo, Egypt on 2005....

vs. Antz Nansen
Antz Nansen
Anthony "Antz" Nansen is an New Zealand boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist-Career:Nansen practiced Kung Fu as a child and grew up playing rugby league. He began training in kickboxing at the age of 21. He is the cousin of Ray Sefo...

Nansen defeated Izumi via TKO (Punches) at 2:56 round 1.

Gold Cup Bouts

Lightweight bout: Ikuo Usuda vs. Woo Hyun Baek

Usuda defeated Baek via TKO (Punches) at 4:59 of Round 1.

Featherweight bout: Shigeki Osawa
Shigeki Osawa
Shigeki Osawa is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Osawa has competed almost exclusively for Sengoku.-Background:...

vs. Ki Hyun Kim

Osawa defeated Kim via decision (unanimous) after 3 rounds.

Bantamweight bout: Jae Hyun So vs. Ryosuke Komori

So defeated Komori via decision (unanimous) after 3 rounds.

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.