Sengoku 9 matchups announed
by Jason Benfari on May 31, 2009

Matchups for the semi-finals of Sengoku's featherweight grand prix, a lightweight title fight, and a non-tournament fight were announced today for Sengoku's upcoming ninth event. The event takes place in Saitama, Japan at the Saitama Super Arena on August 2.

Hatsu Hioki will face Masanori Kanehara and Michihiro Omigawa takes on Marlon Sandro in fights to matchups to determine the finals' participants in a championship bout to occur later that evening. Fans will get to take in a lightweight championship fight and middleweight eliminator while they wait as lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka, fresh off his win over Takanori Gomi, will defend his title for the first time against Mizuto Hirota. Kazuo Misaki and former UFC and PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura will face off as well to determine the next opponent for Sengoku middleweight champion, Jorge Santiago.

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