Sengoku 6 Results and Thoughts

Quick Results:

Jorge Santiago def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 0:49

Satoru Kitaoka def. Kazunori Yokota via unanimous decision

Sergey Golyaev def. Takanori Gomi via split decision

Muhammed Lawal def. Fabio Silva via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 0:41

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Moise Rimbon via unanimous decision

Jorge Masvidal def. Seung Hwan Bang via unanimous decision

Joe Doerksen def. Izuru Takeuchi via TKO (punches) — Round 3, 4:13

Satoru Kitaoka def. Eiji Mitsuoka via submission (heel hook) — Round 1, 1:16

Kazunori Yokota def. Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision+

Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Yuki Sasaki via unanimous decision^

Jorge Santiago def. Siyar Bahadurzada via submission (heel hook) — Round 1, 1:10

• The big winners of the night: Jorge Santiago and Satoru Kitaoka.  They were the grand prix winners
• The big news may be that Gomi lost a split decision to the Russian, Golyaev. 
• Kitaoka commented on fighting Gomi or Golyaev:

I have no need to fight that Russian fighter. If it was me in there tonight, I would have crushed that Russian in seconds. I had a tougher time than Gomi — my two fights tonight and my training for them — so that’s why I said what I said [when I challenged Gomi in the ring]. Anyone have a problem with that?  I do believe that this weight class is comfortable for me. I don’t typically like to show just how hard I train, but from August to October, I had the hardest training of my life. Mitsuoka was tough he was able to sprawl on my takedown initially, and I felt that it gave him confidence, but I was able to feel out the rest of his abilities and end the fight. If I were to fight him 10 times, I would probably win two or three times, because I think he’s that strong. Still, those two or three times would be impressive showings for me.

• WVR says they still plan to match up Takanori Gomi and Satoru Kitaoka on January 4th for the lightweight title
• Also, Kazuo Misaki will take on Jorge Santiago for the middleweight title on January 4th. Santiago said:

I’ve been waiting for Misaki a long time. I fought here against [Yuki]Sasaki the first time and made my way up. I fought twice today and thought I was gonna have a belt, but I didn’t get it — I have to fight again. How long do I have to fight to get the belt? I beat everybody. Come on. Where’s Misaki

• Muhammed Lawal continued to impress with his win over Fabio Silva
• Takanori Gomi ought to be out of any discussion about being  a top 3 lightweight in the world.  Overrated!