World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9
Information
Promotion World Victory Road
Date August 2, 2009
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Attendance 9,587
Event chronology
World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8 World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9 World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 10

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 9 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Victory Road on August 2, 2009. It featured the final round of WVR's 2009 Featherweight Grand-Prix. This event was broadcast in North America via tape delay on HDNet.

Contents

Featherweight Grand Prix Final Round

Featherweight Grand Prix reserve bout

Jung defeated Jaggers via submission (triangle choke) at 1:25 of round 2.

Featherweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals

Omigawa defeated Sandro via "must decide" judges decision (Omigawa, Omigawa, Sandro) after initially scoring it a majority draw (30–30, 30–30, 30–29 Sandro).
Hioki defeated Kanehara via unanimous decision.

Featherweight Grand Prix Final

Kanehara defeated Omigawa via split decision. Hioki was unable to continue due to a concussion and was replaced by Kanehara.[2]

Non-Grand Prix bouts

Nakao defeated Choi via unanimous decision.
Mitsuoka defeated French via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:51 of round 1.
Hornbuckle defeated Gono via KO (Head Kick) at 2:50 of round 3.
Ivanov defeated Fujita via split decision.
Misaki defeated Nakamura via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:03 of round 1.
Hirota defeated Kitaoka via TKO (Knees) at 2:50 of round 4 to become the new Lightweight Champion.

Sengoku Gold Cup finals

Usuda defeats Ando by unanimous decision.
Komori defeats Numajiri by TKO at 3:25 of round 1.
Osawa defeats Hari by TKO at 4:24 of round 1.

2009 Featherweight Grand Prix Bracket

  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                     
 Seiya Kawahara    
 Nick Denis W TKO  
   Nick Denis    
 
   Marlon Sandro W KO  
 Marlon Sando W Sub
 Matt Jaggers    
   Marlon Sandro    
   Michihiro Omigawa W Dec  
 Hideki Kadowaki    
 Nam Phan W TKO  
   Nam Phan  
 
   Michihiro Omigawa W TKO  
 LC Davis  
 Michihiro Omigawa W Dec  
   Michihiro Omigawa  
   Masanori Kanehara W Dec
 Shintaro Ishiwatari    
 Chan Sung Jung W Sub  
   Chan Sung Jung  
 
   Masanori Kanehara W Dec  
 Jong Man Kim  
 Masanori Kanehara W Dec  
   Masanori Kanehara*  
   Hatsu Hioki W Dec  
 Ronnie Mann W Dec  
 Tetsuya Yamada    
   Ronnie Mann  
 
   Hatsu Hioki W Sub  
 Hatsu Hioki W Sub
 Chris Manuel    

Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

Jung Chan Sung def. Matt Jaggers at Sengoku 9

References