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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Sengoku 9 Airs on HDNet Friday Night
 PRESS CONFERENCE:
WHAT: HDNet will air the exclusive U.S. broadcast of "HDNet Fights Presents: World Victory Road: Sengoku 9-Featherweight Grand Prix 2009, Final Round." The event took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on August 2.
The Featherweight Grand Prix comes to a climax as Hatsu Hioki collides with Masanori Kanehara and Michihiro Omigawa squares off with Marlon Sandro in semi-final bouts with the winners advancing to the tournament final to crown a Sengoku Featherweight Champion later in the night.
And, in what is being called the knockout of the year see American Dan Hornbuckle and Akihiro Gono battle until a wicked head kick brings a sudden halt to their welterweight match-up.
In other action, Blagio Ivanov, who handed Fedor Emelianenko his first combat sambo loss in eight years, makes his MMA debut against Kazuyuki Fujita, and Saturo Kitaoka defends his Sengoku Lightweight Title against Mizuto Hirota.
WHEN: Tomorrow, Friday, August 7 at 10:00 p.m. ET on HDNet.Labels: HDNet, Sengoku
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 4:41 PM
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Late Night MMA Fix: Sengoku To Air Live on HDNet
 PRESS RELEASE:
WHAT: HDNet will bring viewers LIVE coverage of "HDNet Fights Presents: World Victory Road: Sengoku 7" from the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The event airs at 12:00 a.m. PT this Friday, March 20 (late Thursday night, early Friday morning). The fight card features Hatsu Hioki, Hideki Kadowaki, L.C. Davis, Nick Denis, and twelve other combatants in the first round of the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix - plus undefeated Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal takes on Ryo Kawamura in the main event of the evening.
An encore presentation will be broadcast on HDNet at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT on Friday, March 20.
WHEN: Friday, March 20 at 12:00 a.m. ET with an encore at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT exclusively on HDNet.
Labels: HDNet, Sengoku
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:22 PM
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Chase Beebe to Japan
 MMAInsider has learned that former World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight champion Chase Beebe is weighing offers from Japanese promotions Dream and Sengoku.
The wrestling standout won the title at WEC 26 in the revamped organization, but lost it on his second defense to Miguel Torres at WEC 32. In his last appearance, Beebe dropped a split decision to Will Ribeiro at WEC 34.
Beebe was due to face Jeff Curran at WEC 37 on Dec. 3, but Curran had to pull out due to a broken right hand, and Beebe's Japanese offers were already on the table.
"The Dream contract they offered me was pretty sweet," Beebe said.
Beebe wants to fight around December, but said the K-1 Dynamite! New Year's Eve card was not on the table. In that respect, Sengoku was a closer fit, with an event featuring a lightweight Grand Prix scheduled for Jan. 4.
Beebe says a decision will be made in the upcoming weeks.Labels: Chase Beebe, Jeff Curran, K-1 Dynamite, Sengoku, WEC
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 10:57 PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Nick Diaz vs. Eddie Alvarez in Japan?
 News of the contractual jiu-jitsu being employed by MMA managers to free themselves of Elite XC has spread fast.
Several managers MMAInsider spoke to, including Ken Pavia of MMA Agents, Matt Stansell of NCFC Fight Management, and Cesar Gracie confirmed they had sent notices of breach to Elite as early as Tuesday last week.
Should they be successful in breaking from the defunct company, fifteen fighters will hit the free agent market in late November.
MMAWeekly.com on Tuesday confirmed that Nick Diaz was almost certainly Japan-bound and would fight for Dream (via parent company Fight Entertainment Group) or Sengoku sometime on or around the New Year.
Another fighter from Elite's roster, Eddie Alvarez, was scheduled to make his Showtime debut against Diaz on Nov. 8 before the card was cancelled. Alvarez had the same clause in his contract as Diaz allowing him to fight in Japan as long as it did not interfere with his Elite duties.
Alvarez said he was currently weighing his options with manager Monte Cox.
"He wants me to sit still a little bit so we can try to get something a little more secure and sign with a promotion that's going to take care of us financially and get us the right opponents," Alvarez said.
Alvarez says he's in shape and is ready to fight any time. A fight against Diaz in Japan would certainly interest him.
"That's a great idea," he said. "Right now, I think his main focus is signing with an organization and keeping me fighting. We want to do that in the United States, as well as Japan, but we don't have any US promotions, right now, to do that."Labels: Dream, Eddie Alvarez, Nick Diaz, Sengoku
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 7:00 PM
Friday, October 17, 2008
Sylvia In Talks With Dream and Sengoku
 Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia might be making another big move soon--to the land of the Rising Sun.
Sylvia's manager, Monte Cox, confirmed to MMAInsider that Japanese promotions Dream and Sengoku have expressed interest in importing the tree-limbed fighter. No agreements have been signed, but negotiations are ongoing.
Sylvia's non-exclusive deal with Affliction allows the move, although Cox says he would also like to see Sylvia face off with Paul Buentello or Roy Nelson on Affliction's January card--i.e., someone a little less lofty than Fedor Emelianenko--to lay the groundwork for a comeback.
Save for a few marquee names, Dream and Sengoku's heavyweight divisions are paper thin. If Sylvia's in the mood for sushi, he might do some serious damage in Japan.Labels: Dream, Monte Cox, Paul Buentello, Roy Nelson, Sengoku, Tim Sylvia, UFC
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 1:55 AM
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