Leo Santos is out of Sengoku 15

Leonardo Santos - Photo: Sherdog

The Nova União athlete, Leo Santos, would hold his fourth fight at Sengoku, on the 30th of this month, against the Venezuelan Maximum white. However, a neck injury suffered during training forced the black belt to abandon the event, being replaced by the Japanese Kiuma Kunioku.

Santos is a four-time Jiu-Jitsu World Cup champion and would be looking for his third positive result at Sengoku, where he still has one defeat. The Rio fighter has eight wins and two losses on his record, having reached the peak of his career between 2008 and 2009 at Shooto Brasil, where he won the four fights he had in the organization.

With the departure of the Brazilian athlete from Sengoku 15, this edition of the event will not feature Brazilian participation. Check out the updated Sengoku 15 card:

Hiroshi Izumi vs. James Zikic
Kazunori Yokota vs. Brian Cobb
Maximo Blanco vs Kiuma Kunioku
Masanori Kanehara vs Doo Ho Choi
Kazuo “Yoshiki” Takahashi vs. Chang Seob Lee

Welterweight GP Semifinals:

Keita Nakamura vs. Takuya Wada
Yasubey Enomoto vs. Taisuke “Gouten” Okuno

Quarterfinals of the Asian bantamweight GP:

Akitoshi Tamura vs. Shoko Sato
Manabu Inoue vs. Jae Hyun So
Taiyo Nakahara vs. Shintaro Ishiwatari
Shunichi Shimizu vs. Wataru Takahashi

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