Sengoku Raiden Championships 15 (10/30 on HDNet at 2AM ET)

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SRC15
Date: October 30th, 2010
Place: Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan

Single Fights (3×5 mins)
10. LHW: Hiroshi Izumi vs. James Zikic
9. LW: Kazunori Yokota vs. Brian Cobb
8. LW: Maxi vs. Kiuma Kunioku
7. LHW: Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Chang Seob Lee

SRC Welterweight GP Series 2010 Semifinals (3×5 mins)
6. KTaro Nakamura vs. Takuya Wada
5. Yasubey Enomoto vs. Taisuke “Gouten” Okuno

SRC Bantamweight Asia Tournament 2010 Quarterfinals (2×5 mins)
4. Taiyo Nakahara vs. Shintaro Ishiwatari
3. Akitoshi Tamura vs. Shoko Sato
2. Shunichi Shimizu vs. Wataru Takahashi
1. Manabu Inoue vs. Jae Hyun So

 

[EmpireWF]

All I know is Kanehara, Tamura and I think Takahashi.

Oh boy

 

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The Bantamweight tourney will continue to deliver as usual. I <3 me some Jay Hyun So.

Yokota is finally returning to the ring after being in a car accident a month before his NYE fight with Kawajiri.

Izumi finally gets a solid opponent.

Maxi was supposed to fight Leo Santos for an opportunity for a title shot, but Santos was a late scratch due to injury. But they put an uber-experienced Kiuma Kunioku in front of him.

Kanehara gets a trap fight with Choi. Choi put on a really strong performance and showed a lot of ring savvy in his SRC debut. Whether he wins or loses, SRC needs to keep Choi.

The welterweight GP is where I will be my biggest focus. KTaro should cruise, but I'm definitely excited for Enamoto/Okuno. Enamoto has been dismantling fighters with his Muay Thai and Okuno displayed power in his comeback KO over Nick Thompson and the second creepiest smile I've seen in MMA.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

i think ive heard of maxi... maybe

 

[Liquidrob]

people will be mad

 

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i think ive heard of maxi... maybe

:slap:

This will be Maxi's sixth appearance for SRC and all of his fights have ended in KO. You should know him by now.

 

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Nooooo.

Doo Ho Choi is hospitalized, so his fight with Kanehara is off the card altogether.

 

[EmpireWF]

Come on, I thought the Japanese were use to fighting on mere hours notice.

 

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Come on, I thought the Japanese were use to fighting on mere hours notice.

Sengoku doesn't play that FEG shit. They've been going the US route with having fights organized and scheduled well in advanced. It is a refreshing change for the better.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Haha Nakahara uses KENTA's theme. w00t

 

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Another very good event by SRC. The first and last fights were boring, but everything in between was money.

Shimizu did work. ZST represent!

Yasubey is a machine. Okuno was a broken man and had nothing for him. He was getting WORKED so much that Enamoto just started slapboxing with him in the third. Schiavello went nuts "He slaps him, he just bitchslaps him!!"

KTaro just cruised and gave Wada the Roy Nelson Treatment.

Majin Buu is hilarious, but sloppy. Takahashi finally broke his losing streak, now he needs to call it a day.

At least Kunioku made Maxi work that KO a little bit. Maxi continues his reign as the most exciting LW on the planet and even looked bigger than I've ever seen him.

Yokota vs. Cobb was VERY good. Nice back and forth fight. Yokota looked a bit rusty, but he stayed aggressive. With Cobb playing spoiler to the Yokota/Maxi title fight, I think SRC should do a 4-man mini-tournament with Cobb, Jambada, Maxi and Hirota to decide the LW champion in 2011.

Izumi/Zikic was disappointment. Gift decision by SRC to protect their fighter for sure. Zikic clearly outboxed Izumi the whole fight. The only round you can argue that Izumi won was Round 3.

Sengoku's NYE show will be on December 30th. So that means you have SRC, DREAM/K-1 and UFC back-to-back-to-back. And it should be epic.

 

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[Kuzzy Powers]

Holy shit thats awesome.