*Official* SENGOKU: World Victory Road Thread (MMA of course!)

[LEONARD]

SENGOKU - World Victory Road - March 5, 2008 from Tokyo (SkyPerfect PPV)

-Takanori Gomi vs Duane Ludwig
-Josh Barnett vs Hidehiko Yoshida
-Kazuo Misaki vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
-Makoto Takimoto vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
-Ryo Kawamura vs. Antonio Braga Neto
-Fabricio Monteiro vs Nick Thompson
-Kazuyuki Fujita vs Peter Graham

Looks like this won't be broadcasted in the US, but the vids will be online during the day tomorrow I'm sure. Can probably stream it at 4 am, if you're a real MMA fan :fro

Weigh-in results, press conf pics, links to articles, etc
http://nightmareofbattle.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/final-preparations-sengoku-i/

Sherdog Preview/Picks
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=11615

Barnett video interview…very interesting. Man, Stitch gets around quick…straight from Ohio on Saturday to Japan (can see him in the background with Sol and others)
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1470

Barnett talks about Fedor
http://bloodyelbow.com/story/2008/3/3/115214/5078

[Evan]

Barnett talks about Fedor
http://bloodyelbow.com/story/2008/3/3/115214/5078.

Blocked at work…could someone copy and paste for me?

Lol…sorry to ask

[LEONARD]

just a snippet...

One fight that seems to still saturate the mind of many fans of the sport is Barnett matching up with Fedor Emelianenko, but he says he isn't concerned about it.

"Honestly, I don't think much about it at all. I'm not Randy (Couture)," he said about the Fedor fight. "I'm not going to chase after this fight. For me, I need to be out there fighting my fights, creating my own merit. Fedor is the No. 1 guy out there based on his past performances; he's an incredible fighter and a cool guy. At this point people need to go their own ways.

"I've been waiting way too damn long to get a fight because of the turmoil that came of Pride folding, so at this point I'm not going to do anything that could possibly stall or hold up my career anymore in hopes in putting one specific (fight) together."

[Evan]

interesting

Thank you

[Evan]

who's getting up early?

[dallaskd]

hell of a card!

[dallaskd]

who's getting up early?

I thought about streaming it but i have a test and i need some sleep. ill probably just watch the fights in a few days once they're posted.

[dallaskd]

hoping to see Misaki get his ass kicked. :fro Akiyama should have beat him. Glad to see Barnett, Fujita, Thompson, Gomi back. I cant wait to see Takimoto. He looked great on New Years Eve. I just wish some of these LWs on this show and on the Dream 1 card, and in M-1 would sign with the UFC.

[dallaskd]

Wait the Misaki-Akiyama fight got overturned into a NC??? It was orginally declared a KO by a punch-kick combo and on the soccer kick it looked like Akiyama's knees were above the gound which would make it legal. When did it get overturned and why? Was it the kick?

[Evan]

So sherdog refers to Josh as a former UFC fighter now....odd...

"Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (Pictures) submitted Hidehiko Yoshida (Pictures) Wednesday evening at World Victory Road's "Sengoku" with a heel hook in the third round.

Also on the card, Takanori Gomi (Pictures) stopped Duane Ludwig (Pictures) in the first frame … Read More"

[LEONARD]

Wait the Misaki-Akiyama fight got overturned into a NC??? It was orginally declared a KO by a punch-kick combo and on the soccer kick it looked like Akiyama's knees were above the gound which would make it legal. When did it get overturned and why? Was it the kick?

Yes, soccer kicks were illegal and they determined that he was still down...


So sherdog refers to Josh as a former UFC fighter now....odd...

"Former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (Pictures) submitted Hidehiko Yoshida (Pictures) Wednesday evening at World Victory Road's "Sengoku" with a heel hook in the third round.

Also on the card, Takanori Gomi (Pictures) stopped Duane Ludwig (Pictures) in the first frame … Read More"

Well, isn't he?? :dizzy

I gotta find some vids!!!!!!!!

[Evan]

yeah but he has most recently been a PRIDE fighter.

[LEONARD]

Gotcha...well maybe they just referred to him that way because he was UFC champ, and never Pride champ?

[Evan]

Yeah who knows. It's just strange…especially for Sherdog.

[Evan]

Josh Barnett def. Hidehiko Yoshida via Tapout (Heel Hook) Rd 3.
Takanori Gomi def. Duane “Bang” Ludwig via TKO (Doctor Stoppage – Cut) Rd 1.
Kazuo Misaki def. Siyar Bahadurzada via Tapout (Guillotine Choke) Rd 2.
Kazuyuki Fujita def. Peter Graham via Tapout (North-South Choke) R1.
Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos def. Makoto Takimoto via Tapout (Heel Hook) Rd 1.
Ryo Kawamura def. Antonio Braga Neto via Unanimous Decision.
Nick Thompson def. Fabricio Monteiro via Unanimous Decision.

[LEONARD]

This guy looks like a likely candidate to have the fights up anytime now...
http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bbream

He has the main intro and fighter intros up...

Intro
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cyE-qsgCFcI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ACok7UXv3Zo

Gomi
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jtcvfHVXHj8

Yoshida
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjFfxPHmE-I

Fujita
http://youtube.com/watch?v=khBSE93KCo4

Monteiro
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ImkPXN9HIxY

Ryo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cyzCQW5HL18

Makoto
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q4VVRn344XY

Misaki
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SmixF54ro_A

[LEONARD]

Will Dana sue??

"SENGOKU"

"SEN" means "FIGHT".

"GOKU"means "ULTIMATE"

:lol

[LEONARD]

rough pbp
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/gryphonjapan/20080305

Randleman and Roger Gracie will be on their 2nd card...

[LEONARD]

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=742938

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/57/57270.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/21awggg.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/2v2jp0l.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g197/mmaniac21/jshysh.jpg

http://i25.tinypic.com/20l1jyr.jpg

http://i25.tinypic.com/28wjz21.jpg

[LEONARD]

highlights of Gomi and Barnett fights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mAUR1X4awc

[LEONARD]

Gomi vs Ludwig
http://mmafightvideos.blogspot.com/2008/03/takanori-gomi-vs-duane-ludwig-video.html

Barnett vs Yoshida
http://mmafightvideos.blogspot.com/2008/03/josh-barnett-vs-hidehiko-yoshida-video.html

Fujita vs Graham
http://mmafightvideos.blogspot.com/2008/03/kazuyuki-fujita-vs-peter-graham-video.html

Cyborg vs Takimoto
http://mmafightvideos.blogspot.com/2008/03/evangelista-cyborg-santos-vs-makoto.html

Misaki vs Bahazurzada
http://mmafightvideos.blogspot.com/2008/03/kazuo-misaki-vs-siyar-bahadurzada-video.html

[Heath Ledger]

The title of this thread got my attention because i sell a SENGOKU samurai sword.

[Evan]

How's your knife auction site going?

[Heath Ledger]

Its in a stalled state as ive had to devote all of my time to my other business another knife site that is doing very well in combination with my Amazon sales.

[Evan]

Well good luck to you regardless of how you go about it. :toast