Takanori Gomi wins Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix

As expected, Takanori Gomi has won the Lightweight Title at Sengoku "Fourth Battle" this weekend.

The decision to put Gomi in the final without having to fight his way there was a decision that angered many fans, but ultimately paid off for Gomi. He faced Seung Hwan Bang at this weekend's event, winning via a lackluster unanimous decision. This gave him the title of World Victory Road Lightweight Champion. The winner of the lightweight grand prix will now fight Gomi when the time comes.

In the lightweight grand prix, heavy favourite Ryan Schultz was knocked out by Mizuto Hirota via superman punch. This loss was highly unexpected and has suprised many fans. All the winners in the grand prix were Japanese fighters, and they will face off in the semi finals.

Here are the full results from the event:

MAIN CARD
Takanori Gomi def. Seung Hwan Bang via unanimous decision
Frank Trigg def. Makoto Takimoto via unanimous decision
Yang Dong Yi def. Pawel Nastula via TKO Round 2, 2:15
Moise Rimbon def. Peter Graham via submission (rear-naked choke) Round 2, 0:42
Valentijn Overeem def. Kazuo Takahashi via KO (knee) Round 1, 2:42

SENGOKU LIGHTWEIGHT GRAND PRIX
Satoru Kitaoka def. Clay French via submission (Achilles lock ) Round 1, 0:31
Eiji Mitsuoka def. Rodrigo Damm via submission (rear naked choke) Round 1, 3:13
Kazunori Yokota def. Bojan Kosednar via unanimous decision
Mizuto Hirota def. Ryan Schultz via KO (superman punch) Round 2, 4:25

Sengoku 4 Full Card And Sengoku 5 Fighters Announced

Japanese promotion World Victory Road have anounced their full card for Sengoku 4, and some of the fighters to appear at Sengoku 5.

Here is the full card for Sengouk 4. The events marked * are the Lightweight Grand Prix bouts.

Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan
Makoto Takimoto vs Frank Trigg
Clay French vs. Satoru Kitaoka*
Rodrigo Damm vs. Eiji Mitsuoka*
Bojan Kosednar vs. Kazunori Yokota*
Mizuto Hirota vs. Ryan Schultz*
Pawel Nastula vs Yang Dong Yi
Peter Graham vs Moise Rimbon
Valentijn Overeem vs. Kazuo Takahashi

The following names have been announced for Sengoku 5 - Xande Ribeiro, Roger Gracie, Jorge Masvidal, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Evangelista Santos, Jorge Santiago and Siyar Bahadurzada.

Sengoku 4 Current Fight Card

World Victory Road have announced most of the bouts for their upcoming card "Sengoku 4".

This event will take place on August 24th, which doesn't leave the promotion much time to finalize their fight card, although this does seem to be a trend with the upstart promotion. The card for Sengoku 3 was only finalized in the few days running up to the event, so this one may not be so different.

Here is the card as it stands, featuring the return of Takanori Gomi and the arrival of Frank Trigg:

Takanori Gomi (28-3) vs Sung Hwan Pang (5-1)Makoto Takimoto (4-4) vs Frank Trigg (16-6)Peter Graham (0-1) vs Moise Rimbon (12-7-3)
Clay French (16-2) vs Satoru Kitaoka (20-8-9)Rodrigo Damm (8-1) vs Eiji Mitsuoka (13-5-2)Bojan Kosednar (6-1) vs Kazunori Yokota (6-1-3)Mizuto Hirota (9-2) vs Ryan Schultz (20-9-1)