World Victory Road has just completed its fifth installment featuring a middleweight grand prix and a pair of mixed martial arts debuts. Sengoku 5 took place on September 28 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Four-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Xande Riberio was expected to use his world-class grappling skills to overcome wrestler Takashi Sugiura but instead used a surprisingly effective display of strikes to dispatch his venerable foe.
Not a bad debut for the MMA rookie.
Another first-timer who got people talking was Team Quest product Muhammed Lawal. “Mo” was sharp early on and obliterated the very experienced Travis Wiuff with a brutal ground and pound.
Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos was carried out on a stretcher in his loss to Siyar Bahadurzada, but not because of anything Bahadurzada had to offer. Santos dislocated his elbow while working for position. It was reminiscent of Shogun’s kung-fu grip at PRIDE 31.
That victory brings Bahadurzada into the second round of the middleweight grand prix. Joining him are Sasaki, Nakamura and former UFC middleweight Jorge Santiago.
And poor Ryan Shultz just can’t seem to catch a break in Sengoku. First he was upset at Sengoku 4 last month when he was Superman-punched of the lightweight grand prix in the first round by underdog Mizuto Hirota and now gets put to sleep with a flying knee by Jorge Masvidal.
Here are the Sengoku 5 complete results:
Heavyweight Fight:
Muhammed Lawal (1-0) defeats Travis Wiuff (53-12) via TKO (R1)
Light Heavyweight Fight:
Xande Ribeiro (1-0) defeats Takashi Sugiura (1-3) via TKO (R3)
Lightweight Fights:
Jorge Masvidal (13-4) defeats Ryan Schultz (20-11-1) via TKO (R1)
Kiuma Kunioku (33-22-9) defeats A Sol Kwon (5-4) via unanimous decision
Middleweight GP Series 2008 1st Round:
Yuki Sasaki (22-14-1) defeats Yuki Kondo (49-23-6) via submission (rear naked choke – R2)
Siyar Bahadurzada (14-3-1) defeats Evangelista Santos (16-12) via TKO (injury – R1)
Jorge Santiago (18-7) defeats Logan Clark (11-3) via submission (arm triangle choke – R1)
Kazuhiro Nakamura (12-8) defeats Paul Cahoon (10-12) via unanimous decision
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only fight that suprises me is wiuff,
i thought he would take this one for sure.
however more power to Lawal for the second round TKO
Muhammed Lawal (1-0) defeats Travis Wiuff (53-12) via TKO (R1)
Haha
And the funny thing is that Muhammed Lawal was the replacement lol.
did yall see it? he faked a shot and superman’ed him. that guy is awesome.
Wow, Japan’s rough on those IFL guys.
Ryan Schultz cant catch a break man.
RYAN SHULTZ GOT DESCIMATED,NOT EVEN CLOSE,KONDO LOOKED AS IF HE WAS 13,SANTIAGO WILL WIN IT ,NAKAMURA WAS A BULL,RIBEIRO/SUGS WAS THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT,WIUFF WAS SLUGGISH AND TOOK HIS OPPONENT FOR GRANTED ,ACTED LIKE HED NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT ,AND LAWAL WAS A HOUSE ON FIRE,AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE SO CALLED TOUGHEST MAN ON THE CARD FOLLOWED DREAM6 ‘S SUIT AS HE MIMICED CROCOP JUST NOT A FAKE NUT SHOT BUT ANOTHER UNDISCLOSED INJURY ,PRETTY BAD FOR THE JAPAN MMA SCENE ,2 SHOWS AND 2 MAIN EVENT PLAYERS GO DOWN WITH SUSPICIOUS INJURIES..ALA CYBORG,CROCRAP[PUSSIES]
How are they suspicious injuries?
Wow Cro Cop eating a knee to the groin stopping the fight MIGHT have been slightly controversial, but how was Cyborg’s injury suspicious at all? I mean the guy clearly broke his elbow really bad and you are straight up going to call him a pussy? You are 100% retarded.
I am glad Nakamura got another win.
Yeah he needed it. i cant beleive travis lost though. and shultz lost again.
my dude kondo lost… schnaps!
Yeah that sucks