Sengoku belt on the line

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Jorge Santiago defends his title. Photo: Susumo Nagao

Japan lives and breathes MMA this Saturday, with another edition of Sengoku Raiden Championship to take place. Among the main bouts on the card, Jorge Santiago defends his middleweight belt against hometown boy Kazuo Misaki, and Jiu-Jitsu black belt Léo Santos enters the promotion’s ring for a third time, against Sotaro Yamada.

“I’m happy because I’ve been training hard and I expect another win. The idea is to make it to the top of the event. I want to win this fight and return at the end of the year, who knows? maybe for a title fight or a fight that sets me up for one,” Léo Santos told GRACIEMAG.com.

Furthermore, the event features two GP’s, one welterweight and the other bantamweight. All the fighters have already made weight and are ready for their matches.

Check out the card:

Sengoku 14
Japan
Saturday, August 21,2010

Jorge Santiago vs Kazuo Misaki
Akihiro Gono vs Jadamba Narantungalag
Hatsu Hioki vs Jeff Lawson
Leonardo Santos vs Sotaro Yamada

Welterweight GP
Nick Thompson vs Taisuke Okuno
Yasubey Enomoto vs Kenta Takagi
Motoki Miyazawa vs Takuya Sato (re serve bout)

Bantamweight GP
Shintaro Ishiwatari vs Kil Woo Lee
Shoko Sato vs Takuya Eizumi
Tatsuya So vs Wataru Takahashi
Jae Hyun So vs Hirokazu Nishimura

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