Sengoku RC 14 Quick Results: Jorge Santiago and Kazuo Misaki battle in what could be the "Fight of the Year"
Posted on August 22, 2010, 08:54 AM by Anton GurevichSengoku returned to action after two months, with an entertaining SCR 14 fight card. The event was headlined by the long-anticipated rematch between the reigning Sengoku Middleweight Champion Jorge Santiago and the Japanese veteran Kazuo Misaki. Lightweight contest between the UFC vet Akihiro Gono and the Mongolian fighter Jadamba Narantungalag.
Kazuo Misaki dominated Santiago during the first four rounds of the fight, in what was an amazing display of technique in all aspects of Mixed Martial Arts, determination and heart. But it was the Brazilian who came in full force for the final five minutes, forcing Misaki's corner to throw a towel with just 30 seconds before the end of the bout. The fight is a sure candidate for "The Fight of the Year" award, alongside the three rounds of war between Leonard Garcia and the Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung at WEC 48. The only difference is the high level of technique shown by Santiago and Misaki.
As for Akihiro Gono, the colorful UFC veteran looked in bad shape against the Mongolian Jadamba Narantungalag (oh, well), losing a Unanimous Decision after three rounds. It was Gono's first defeat after getting on a three-fight winning streak, and surely rises questions on if the move down to Lightweight was a good idea.
Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 was held at the legendary Ry?goku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
Full Results:
Middleweight Championship bout: Jorge Santiago(c) vs. Kazuo Misaki
Lightweight bout: Akihiro Gono vs. Jadamba Narantungalag
Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. Jeff Lawson
Lightweight bout: Sotaro Yamada vs. Leonardo Santos
Welterweight Grand Prix bout: Taisuke Okuno vs. Nick Thompson
Welterweight Grand Prix bout: Kenta Takagi vs. Yasubey Enomoto
Welterweight Grand Prix Reserve bout: Motoki Miyazawa vs. Takuya Sato
Asian Bantamweight Grand Prix bout: Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Kil Woo Lee
Ishiwatari defeated Lee via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:20 of round 1.
Asian Bantamweight Grand Prix bout: Takuya Eizumi vs. Shoko Sato
Sato defeated Eizumi via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 1:38 of round 2.
Asian Bantamweight Grand Prix bout: Tatsuya So vs. Wataru Takahashi
Takahashi defeated So via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:34 of round 2.
Asian Bantamweight Grand Prix bout: Hirokazu Nishimura vs. Jae Hyun So
So defeated Nishimura via unanimous decision.
Comments
great main event that is top 2 or 3 fights this year. the whole card was good besides the 4 nut shots in one round fight. trigg should have took a nap at intermition he just kinda stoped talking till the main event.
its cuz that other commentator wouldnt stfu....somebody screaming in your ear about finding the finish cant be too pleasant....Oh and this fight isnt close to being fight of the year....not close at all
your crazy that fight was great and that guy yelling is one of the better color commentators in mma. he does get excited over just about everything.
hes not the best commentator of anything, the guy needs to stop yelling so loud and getting excited over everything.....Id rather have Ben Stein as a commentator then that guy screaming about finding Subs that arent there..seriously he was saying there was kimura attempts while the guy had his arms to his face blocking punches from getting through.....not even thinking of subbing at all