World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 3

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 3 was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

event promoted by World Victory Road

World Victory Road

World Victory Road is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts organization which promoted the Sengoku Raiden Championship in Japan. The organization was formed in 2007 following the purchase of Pride FC by Zuffa. It operated in conjunction with the Japan Mixed Martial Arts Federation...

. The event took place on June 8, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena

Saitama Super Arena

is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and...

in Saitama City, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Results

Light-heavyweight bout

Fabio Silva vs

Yoshiki Takahashi

Silva defeated Takahashi by KO (Knee strike) at 0:24 of the second round.

Lightweight bout

Rodrigo Damm

Rodrigo Damm is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who has competed for World Victory Road, Strikeforce, Jungle Fight, bodogFIGHT, and Shooto promotions. Rodrigo's sister Carina Damm is also a mixed martial artist. Damm made his US debut at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs...

Jorge Masvidal

Jorge Masvidal is an American mixed martial artist of Cuban descent who trains with American Top Team. Currently signed to Strikeforce, Masvidal's record includes notable wins over Yves Edwards, Joe Lauzon, Satoru Kitaoka, Ryan Schultz, Billy Evangelista and K.J...

Damm defeated Masvidal by TKO (Punch) at 4:38 of the second round.

Heavyweight bout

Márcio Cruz

Márcio "Pé de Pano" Cruz is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. In BJJ, he is a third degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr....

vs.

Choi Mu Bae

Choi Mu-Bae , often anglicised to Mu-Bae Choi, is a South Korean former heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler and now mixed martial artist, who is associated with Team Tackle and KPW Korea.-Mixed martial arts:...

Cruz defeated Choi by Submission (Triangle Armbar) at 4:37 of the first round.

Middleweight bout

Sanae Kikuta

Sanae Kikuta is a Japanese mixed martial artist who rose to popularity fighting in the Pancrase organization, and currently fights for World Victory Road...

Chris Rice

Kikuta defeated Rice by Submission (Armbar) at 3:54 of the first round.

Welterweight bout

Nick Thompson

Nicholas Delton Thompson is a retired American mixed martial artist. He retired with a professional mixed martial arts record of 38-14-1. He has fought professionally on both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bodog Fight shows...

Michael Costa

Michael Costa (fighter)

Michael Costa is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has competed in Brazil's long-running mixed martial arts event Storm Samurai, the Japanese based Sengoku , and the Art of War Fighting Championship in China...

Thompson defeated Costa by Submission (Kimura

Kimura

Kimura is the 18th most common Japanese surname.Kimura may also refer to:-People:*Asami Kimura, singer*Ayaka Kimura, singer*Doreen Kimura, psychobiologist*Gary Kimura, software developer*Hidefumi Kimura, manga author...

) at 4:13 of the second round.

Middleweight bout

Kazuo Misaki

Kazuo Misaki is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former judoka. He was the 2006 Pride Welterweight Grand Prix winner, and is currently competing in Sengoku. He is a long time veteran of Pancrase and has also competed in Strikeforce...

Logan Clark

Logan Thomas Clark is an American mixed martial artist.-Biography:Born in Southeastern Minnesota, Clark was raised on a farm north of Dover, MN. In 1987, at the age of 2, Clark's father died leaving his mother to raise the family. Clark has 3 siblings: Tyrel Clark, Doron Clark, and Amanda Clark...

Misaki defeateds Clark by three round unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

, 3–0.

Heavyweight bout

Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff is a mixed martial arts fighter born in Minnesota, United States. He competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions...

Kazuyuki Fujita

is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and a former amateur wrestler. He has fought in mixed martial arts promotions including PRIDE, K-1 and currently fighting in Sengoku....

Wiuff defeated Fujita by TKO (Punches) at 1:24 of the first round.

Heavyweight bout

Hidehiko Yoshida

is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a long time veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships, competing in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, also managing to fight in the semi-finals in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix...

Maurice Smith

Yoshida defeats Smith by Submission (Neck Crank) at 2:23 of the first round.

Results

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