Sengoku 7: Gomi, Misaki to Battle for Belts

Fighters.com’s second-ranked lightweight “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi (29-3) and ninth-ranked middleweight “Grabaka Hitman” Kazuo Misaki (21-8-2) will battle to hold the first-ever Sengoku titles in their respective weight classes 4 January in Saitama, Japan.

World Victory Road made the official announcement after last weekend’s event.

Gomi’s opponent will be determined 1 November when Satoru Kitaoka (21-8-9) and sixth-ranked Eiji Mitsuoka (14-5-2), and Kazunori Yokota (7-1-3) and Mizuto Hirota (10-2) face each other in the Lightweight Grand Prix in Saitama.

Misaki’s opponent will be the winner of the Middleweight Grand Prix.  Four fighters remain in that tournament: “Afghan Killa” Siyar Bahadurzada (14-3-1), Jorge Santiago (18-7), Kazuhiro Nakamura (12-8), and Yuki Sasaki (22-14-1).

WVR also announced that they would include Beijing Olympic medalists on the card, as well as fighters from Sengoku 5.

Gomi most recently defeated Seung Hwan Bang (5-2) by unanimous decision in August.

Misaki fought “Diesel” Joe Riggs (28-11) earlier in September, finishing him with a second-round TKO.