Jorge Santiago successfully defends Sengoku belt
If the Brazilians had a party at Strikeforce this Saturday night (remember here), on the other side of the world, Brazilian athletes continued to shine this Sunday morning (Brasília time). Jorge Santiago faced the tough Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku 14, an event held in Tokyo, Japan, and successfully defended the organization's middleweight belt, beating the Japanese via technical knockout in the fifth round. Already Leo Santos defeated Sotaro Yamada, due to an irregular blow applied by his opponent.
Jorge Santiago suffers suffocation, but beats Misaki
In the rematch between Jorge Santigo and Kazuo Misaski, the Japanese athlete once again started the fight better. The Japanese worked with takedowns and submission attempts, all well defended by the Brazilian. However, in the fourth round, with a strong left cross, Santiago was knocked down and was severely punished with punches from mount and knees in the position on all fours. To try to escape the pressure, the Tupiniquim athlete intentionally left the ring and was punished with a red card (which removes 10% of the purse and a point on the judges' scorecards). When the round restarted, it was the Brazilian's turn to take down Misaki and work on ground and pound, where Kazuo was saved by the bell. In the last and decisive round, “Jorginho” went all out and in the opening moments returned the knockdown. Quick on the trigger, the ATT athlete mounted the Japanese and worked with strong punches, trying to defend himself, Misaki turned his back and Santiago attacked with a rear naked choke, again defended by his opponent. With 40 seconds left until the end of the fight, the Brazilian again mounted and threw several punches, unable to defend himself, the Japanese's corner threw in the towel and the Brazilian successfully defended his belt.
Leo Santos wins by disqualification
In search of his third victory at Sengoku, the Nova União athlete Leo Santos He started the fight better against Sotaro Yamada, but during the clinch the Brazilian unintentionally landed a knee on the Japanese man's genitals. Already recovered, when the fight resumed, the Japanese athlete, showing total lack of control, landed three low blows on Leo and was disqualified from the fight. Check out the other results of the event:
Jorge santiago defeated Kazuo Misaki via TKO in R5;
Jadamba Narantungalag defeated Akihiro Gono via unanimous decision by the judges;
Hatsu Hioki submitted Jeff Lawson with a triangle choke in R1;
Leonard Santos defeated Sotaro Yamada by disqualification in R1;
Taisuke Okuno defeated Nick Thompson via knockout in R3;
Yasubey Enomoto submitted Kenta Takagi with a choke;
Takuya Sato defeated Motoki Miyazawa via unanimous decision;
Shintaro Ishiwatari submitted Kil Woo Lee with a guillotine choke in R1;
Shoko Sato defeated Takuya Eizumi TKO via TKO in R2;
Wataru Takahashi submitted Tatsuya So with a rear naked choke in R2;
Wataru Takahashi submitted Tatsuya So with a rear naked choke in R2;
Jae Hyun So defeated Hirokazu Nishimura via unanimous decision;
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