Takanori Gomi was apparently unhappy with his listless performance in the main event of Sengoku 4. Here’s some quotes via the essential SukiMMA:
After the fight interview with SENGOKU.
Gomi:
I was going to give him damages by not punching but kicking. I was almost down in the beginning of 2R because of kicking a lot in …
Not to be outdone, World Victory Road has updated their website with some new graphics for Sengoku 5:
FightTicker is reporting that BJJ monster Roger Gracie will fight at Sengoku 5 against the always tough “TBA”. Not surprisingly, Gracie still looks a little uncomfortable in his standup game but on the mat he’s a beast.
Roger Gracie to fight at Sengoku 5 @ FightTicker
Yep–Josh Barnett vs. Tank Abbott in a pro wrestling match on the 8/15 Inoki Genome Federation show in Tokyo. We’ll try to get a feed of this and do a live narrative for you. Hopefully Abbott will try and “shoot” on Barnett…
While the Olympic coverage of the US media focuses on swimming, gymnastics and other sports for housewives and men with “sensitive dispositions”, many more worthy sports toil in near anonymity. Judo, for example, doesn’t receive anywhere near the attention it deserves. Its hard to suggest that an armed conflict might have an upside, …
A couple of notes from Josh Gross’ interview with the Russian fighting god Fedor Emelianenko. Fedor is planning to return to the ring in Japan on New Years Eve, but it won’t be against Mirko Cro Cop or as some have suggested the winner of the Josh Barnett/Andrei Arlovski fight at Affliction: Day of …
World Victory Road has added a match to the 8/24/08 Sengoku 4 card:
Valentijn Overeem vs. Kazuo Takahashi
Valentijn Overeem has been around forever and as his name suggests is the older brother of current DREAM competitor Alistair Overeem. His record is a less than stellar 25-22 but holds a couple of impressive wins over Renato …
According to SukiMMA, Kid Yamamoto’s knee surgery went well though he’s in a lot of pain. Apparently he took care of a nagging wrist injury at the same time, which is a pretty clever move. He also bought a Nintendo DS to help him get through his rehab and speaks very highly of …
We may have posted this back when the event happened, but you can never have enough Japanese MMA pagentry and enough Hidehiko Yoshida. Best comment on the YouTube page for this video:
Dream > Sengoku >>>>>>>>>>>>> UFC
so sick of that stupid gladiator bullsh*t from the year 2000
Polish judo god Pawel Nastula will face DEEP’s Yang Dong Yi at World Victory Road Sengoku IV. Yi has looked very sharp in his two DEEP fights, but he’s seriously stepping up in class against Nastula who not only is one of the best judoka in the world but has fought a frightening level …
