Besides the announcements of Xande Ribeiro and Evangelista Cyborg being present at Sengoku 5, the Japanese organization confirmed Roger Gracie on the card for the September 28 event, in Saitama. This will be the black belt’s third appearance in MMA. So far he has had two wins in two fights, the last being at his Sengoku debut, when he submitted experienced Yuki Kondo.
The opponents to face Xande, Roger and Cyborg have not yet been defined.
The organizers took the opportunity to confirm the official Sengoku 4 card for this coming Sunday.
Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan
Makoto Takimoto vs Frank Trigg
Clay French vs Satoru Kitaoka*
Rodrigo Damm vs Eiji Mitsuoka*
Bojan Kosednar vs Kazunori Yokota*
Mizuto Hirota vs Ryan Schultz*
Pawel Nastula vs Yang Dong Yi
Peter Graham vs Moise Rimbon
Valentijn Overeem vs Kazuo Takahashi
*Lighweight GP
