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World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 on Saturday August 21, 2010 11pm PT / 2am ET (Sunday August 22, 2010) LIVE on HDNET This event will have the Bracket B of the 170 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bouts & the Asian 135 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bouts
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185 lbs Main Event Title Bout Rematch
Jorge Santiago
Pro Record: 22-8
Last 3 Years: 9-1
Finishing Percentage: 90.9%
Notable Wins: Mamed Khalidov, Kazuo Misaki, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Siyar Bahadurzada, Logan Clark, Yuki Sasaki, Trevor Prangley, Sean Salmon, Jeremy Horn, Leopoldo Serao, Chris Ligouri, Takuya Wada, Derrick Noble
Notable Losses: Manny Gamburyan, Keith Wisniewski, Diego Sanchez, Jordan Radev, Joey Villasenor, Chris Leben, Alan Belcher, Mamed Khalidov
Vs.
Kazuo “Hitman” Misaki (No longer the “Grabaka Hitman”, because he left the Grabaka MMA gym)
Pro Record: 22-10-2
Last 3 Years: 4-2
Finishing Percentage: 59.1%
Notable Wins: Kazuhiro Nakamura, Joe Riggs, Logan Clark, Siyar Bahadurzada, Denis Kang, Dan Henderson, Phil Baroni, Ed Herman, Jorge Patino, Yuji Hisamatsu, Hikaru Sato
Notable Losses: Chris Lytle, Nate Marquardt (2 X’s), Ricardo Almeida, Daniel Acacio, Dan Henderson, Paulo Filho, Frank Trigg, Jorge Santiago, Melvin Manhoef
Notable Draw: Jake Shields
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154 lbs Bout
*Akihiro “The Magic Man” Gono
*NOTE: 154 lbs Division Debut
Pro Record: 32-15-7
Last 3 Years: 4-3
Finishing Percentage: 50%
Notable Wins: Diego Gonzalez, Hayato Sakurai, Yoon Young Kim, Tamdan McCrory, Yuki Kondo, Gegard Mousasi, Hector Lombard, Daniel Acacio, Tim McKenzie, Tsuyoshi Kurihara, Keiichiro Yamamiya (2 X’s)
Notable Losses: Matt Hughes, Yuki Kondo, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Dan Henderson, Denis Kang, Dan Hardy, Jon Fitch, Dan Hornbuckle
Notable Draws: Chael Sonnen, Murilo “Ninja” Rua, Jutaro Nakao
Vs.
Jadamba Narantungalag
Pro Record: 2-2
Notable Loss: Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto
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145 lbs Bout
*Hatsu Hioki
*NOTE: He is the Japanese Version of Jorge Gurgel or Conor Heun. Meaning He is a BJJ world class Black Belt that likes to strike in the later rounds. IF Hioki can’t submit his opponent in Round 1. Starting Rds. 2 & on, he decides to Kickbox for rest of the fight
Pro Record: 21-4-2
Last 3 Years: 9-2-1
Finishing Percentage: 66.7%
Notable Wins: “Lion” Takeshi Inoue, Masanori Kanehara, Ronnie Mann, Chris Manuel, Rumina Sato, Thierry Quenneville, Katsuya Toida, Brian Geraghty, Mark Hominick (2 X’s), Jeff Curran, Tom Niinimaki, Hideki Kadowaki
Notable Losses: Hiroyuki Takaya, Antonio Carvalho, Jong Man Kim, Michihiro Omigawa
Notable Draws: Hiroshi Nakamura, Bao Quach
Vs.
Jeff “Ippon (English: One Full Point)” Lawson
*NOTE: TUF Season 9 Team U.K. 155 lbs Cast Member
Pro Record: 14-3
Last 3 Years: 7-1
Finishing Percentage: 100%
Notable Wins: David Lee, Joakim Engberg
Notable Losses: Andre Winner, Kenneth Rosfort
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170 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bracket B Bout
Taisue “Goten” Okuno
Pro Record: 9-4-2
Last 3 Years: 6-3-2
Finishing Percentage: 77.8%
Notable Win: Yoichiro Sato
Notable Loss: Shigetoshi Iwase
Notable Draws: Xavier Lucas, Takasuke Kume
Vs.
Nick “The Goat” Thompson
Pro Record: 38-12-1
Last 3 Years: 6-3
Finishing Percentage: 84.2%
Notable Wins: Paul Daley, John Troyer, Mark Weir, Eddie Alvarez, Ansar Chalangov, Chris Wilson, Keith Wisniewski, Josh Neer, Victor Moreno, Joey Clark
Notable Losses: Brian Ebersole, Yushin Okami, Ed Herman, Karo Parisyan, Jake Shields, Tim Kennedy, Dan Hornbuckle
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170 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bracket B Bout
Kenta Takagi
Pro Record: 6-2
Last 3 Years: 6-2
Finishing Percentage: 100%
Notable Wins: N/A
Notable Losses: Takasuke Kume, Yusaku Tsukumo
Notable Draws: N/A
Vs.
Yasubey Enomoto
Pro Record: 4-1
Last 3 Years: 3-1
Finishing Percentage: 50%
Notable Win: Sanae Kikuta
Notable Loss: Tyler Stinson
Notable Draw: N/A
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170 lbs Grand Prix Reserve Bout
Motoki Miyazawa
Pro Record: 6-2
Last 3 Years: 4-2
Finishing Percentage: 83.3%
Notable Win: Shigetoshi Iwase
Notable Losses: Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Eiji Ishikawa
Notable Draw: N/A
Vs.
Takuya Sato
Pro Record: 5-3-2
Notable Wins: Taisuke Okuno, Takasuke Kume
Notable Losses: Yoichiro Sato, Takasume Kume
Notable Draw: N/A
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Asian 135 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bout
Shintaro Ishiwatari
Pro Record: 8-3-3
Last 3 Years: 5-2-2
Finishing Percentage: 62.5%
Notable Wins: Wataru Miki, Tenkei Oda, Tomonori Taniguchi
Notable Losses: Daisuke Ishizawa, Chan Sung “Korean Zombie” Jung, Taiki Tsuchiya
Notable Draws: Michihiro Omigawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
Vs.
Kil Woo Lee
Pro Record: 1-1
N/A on Notables
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Asian 135 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bout
Takuya Eizumi
Pro Record: 7-5
Notable Losses: Isao Hirose, Mitsuhisa Sunabe, Kiyotaka Shimizu, Ryosuke Tanuma
Vs.
Shoko Sato
Pro Record: 8-3
N/A on Notables
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Asian 135 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bout
Tatsuya So
Pro Record: 6-4-1
Notable Win: Masaki Yanagisawa
Notable Losses: Manabu Inoue, Seiya Kawahara
Vs.
Wataru Takahashi
Pro Record: 11-13-4
Notable Losses: Shigeyuki Uchiyama, Katsuya Toida, Tomonori Taniguchi, Tashiro Nishiuchi, Tomonari Kanemata, Pete Spratt
Notable Draw: Daisuke Hanazawa
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Asian 135 lbs Grand Prix Opening Round Bout
Hirokazu Nishimura
Pro Record: 4-3-1, 1 NC
Notable Losses: Yoshihiro Matsunaga, Seiya Kawahara
Vs.
Jae Hyun So
Pro Record: 5-8
Notable Losses: Kazuyuki Miyata, Kyung Ho Kang
Tim Sylvia now trains at Indiana to train with Team Wolfpack for this fight. Tim Sylvia trained with Sean McCorkle (New UFC HW signee who will fight Mark Hunt later this year in the UFC), Matt Mitrione, Robert "Bubba" McDaniel, & Josh Barnes (Bellator, Moosin, & Elite XC Veteran).
Paul Buentello now trains up at Colorado to train at Trevor Wittman's Grudge Training Center (A.K.A. Greg Jackson's Denver) to prepare for this fight. Paul Buentello was training with Coach Trevor Wittman, Rashad Evans, Shane Carwin, Justin Wren, James McSweeney, Eliot Marshall, Duane "Bang" Ludwig, Brendan Schaub, Nate Marquardt for this fight.
Jens Pulver trained a little bit with B.J. Penn for PWP: War on the Mainland. Jens Pulver & B.J. Penn are planning to train together long term
Jens Pulver said he won't retire until he gets KO'ED cold or get carried out on a stretcher (a la Chuck Liddell style)
Power House Promotions (PWP): War on the Mainland was run by Monte Cox and Former WBC Welterweight Boxing Champion (Champion from 1976 to 1979) Hall of Famer Carlos Palomino.
Dennis Hallman apologized after his win at UFC 117 in the cage for accusing 75% of the fighters in the UFC doing roids on inside mma on hdnet
Miesha Tate is dating WEC fighter Bryan Caraway.
Jorge Gurgel is dating Bellator 115 lbs womens tournament fighter Zoila Frausto
Chris,
1) Taking credit for your wife mowing the lawn... ha ha
2) Meisha Tate is way hotter than Gina Carano!
exhibit a - http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/fighter/20081030103021_tate.JPG
Michael Callhan,
Miesha Tate does look better in person than she does on tv or pictures
Dominick Cruz did say in a interview last week that his hands are NOT 100% for the fight (tomorrow)
Fight Teams fighting at WEC 50 on Main Card:
Representing Team Alpha at Joseph Benavidez & Chad Mendes
Representing American Top Team: Brad Pickett
Representing Alliance MMA: Dominick Cruz
Representing Team Takedown / Cobra Kai Jiu-Jitsu: Shane Roller
Representing Greg Jackson's: Cub Swanson
Representing Jeff Curran's Team Curran: Bart Palazewski
Representing Pat Miletichs' MFS Elite: Zach Micklerwight
Representing Duke Roufus's Roufusport: Anthony Pettis (also trained at Miletich's camp a little bit)
Representing Twisted Genetiks: Scott Jorgesen
TWO Strikeforce Houstong Prelims will be available Sherdog.com Live 08/21/10 at 9pm ET / 6pm
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Daniel Cormier
Pro Record: 4-0
Finishing Percentage: 100%
Training Camp: American Kickboxing Academy / King Mo Lawal's Team Thirsty GDP (Get Dat Paper)
King of the Cage Heavyweight Champion
TUF Season 12 Team Koscheck Wrestling Coach
2004 Summer Olympics Wrestling 4th Place
2008 Summer Olympics U.S. Wrestling Team Captain
vs.
Jason Riley
Pro Record: 9-3
Finishing Percentage: 88.9%
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Andre Galvao
Pro Record: 4-1
Finishing Percentage: 75%
Veteran of DREAM & Strikeforce
vs.
Jorge Patino
Pro Record: 20-12-1
Finishing Percentage: 65%
Veteran of UFC & PRIDE
The running joke on twitter about WEC announcing doing a show in December 2010 in Glendale, Arizona is "Jokes about deporting non-white fighters"
Something to note about on Saturday Strikeforce fights. Mark Munoz's Reign Training Center fighters and Black House fighters do cross train with each other. But Mark Munoz will be in King Mo Lawal's corner. Here's the thing that Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante & King Mo never trained together even though both camps cross train with each other.
Who kept rubbing against or breathing against the mic on this show? Annoying.
Everything else was great. Funny show. I loved the banter intermixed with the MMA stuff. Really kept it from being too boring.
Overall Great Show.
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