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I'm not sure what happened in this fight. Herman, a promising heavyweight, put the pressure on Choi, using a jumping front kick, but he kept his hands low, allowing Choi to get some shots in. Another factor is that Choi is like Kazuyuki Fujita - he has an iron head. He's one of these guys who is hard to knock out; it's just be better if you choked him out. Choi took a beating at the hands of Soa Paleili in PRIDE, then came back and ended the fight with a choke. Watch it to the end, because one of Choi's buddies does a Lou Thesz press on him, nearly knocking him out. Funny stuff.

Dave "Pee Wee" Herman takes on Choi Mu Bae at Sengoku 7 in Japan later today.

Lil Nog nails Shogun during their epic battle in PRIDE.

from fightticker.com:
Edo at betwwx.com has the following translation of Brazilian publication Portal Do Vale Tudo's article on Rogerio Minotouro Nogueira's upcoming bout in Japan:

Rogerio Minotouro has confirmed that he'll be fighting at Sengoku 6 on November 1 at Saitame Arena in Japan. The Brazilian will face Rimbon Moise, who holds 23 professional MMA fights to his name with his most recent win coming in August.

Minotouro has confirmed the bout with Portal Do Vale Tudo.

"I can confirm the bout," he said, "He is a tough guy and has faced many good fighters. It will be tough. I am glad to return to Japan, where my career started and where I have a big fan following. I am very anxious to come back to fight there."

Minotouro was informed of his opponent only two weeks in advance.

"I was supposed to fight for Affliction but their card was postponed." He said, " I was coming off two knockout victories in 2008. I'm in great form. I'm in the best shape of my life."

Mo Lawal, a collegiate wrestling standout who just missed making the Olympic team this year - and who now trains with Team Quest - will make his pro debut at Sengoku V this Sunday against Travis "Diesel" Wiuff.

Wiuff, who has competed against the best in PRIDE and the UFC, has submissions and knock out power. Lawal's wrestling may be better than Wiuff's, but I have to give the nod to Wiuff with his mountain of experience.

Wiuff puts his dukes up to sqaure off; Lawal opts out. Wearing all white with a Japanese umbrella-wielding valet, the man definitely has charisma.

For a guy who's facing someone about 20 pounds heavier and with 50-something fights to his credit, Lawal's trying to play it cool.

Now that's a good lookin' belt right there.

Like its Japanese counterpart, DREAM, Sengoku is also having a middleweight grand prix. Here are the four fights for the title:
Yuki Kondo vs. Yuki Sasaki
Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Paul Cahoon
Jorge Santiago vs. Logan Clark
Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos vs. Siyar Bahadurzada

Other fights on the card:
Xande Ribeiro vs. Takashi Sugiura
Kiuma Kunioku vs. A Sol Kwon
Jorge Masvidal vs. Ryan Schultz

World Victory Road's Sengoku, Japan's other major MMA organization (in addition to DREAM) has some major news.
First, this from nightmareofbattle.com:

The SENGOKU Middleweight GP which starts at SENGOKU V on September 28th is taking shape. Four participants have been announced and there are some great names in there. The four participants are Kazuhiro Nakamura who signs with SENGOKU and drops to Middleweight, SHOOTO Light Heavyweight Champion Siyar Bahadurzada who returns to the ring for the first time since his loss against Kazuo Misaki at SENGOKU I, 2007 Strikeforce Middlweight Tournament winner Jorge Santiago, and Evangelista Cyborg from Chute Boxe. The winner of this GP will probably face Kazuo Misaki in the first ever SENGOKU Middleweight Title fight.

Update: It will be an 8-man GP and they want three of the four final participants to be Japanese. The semifinals and final fights will take place in November.

and from bloodyelbow.com:

Frank Trigg joined BloodyElbow.com editor Luke Thomas on today's episode of "MMA Nation" and revealed that Fox Sports Net (FSN) is "working diligently" on a deal which would bring World Victory Road's "Sengoku" events to the American cable network.

Trigg cited the forthcoming deal as a major factor in his signing with the Japanese promotion, since a basic cable broadcast would provide more exposure for his Triggonomics apparel line than WVR's currently Japan-only pay-per-view showings. Trigg is set to face Makoto Takimoto - a world class judoka who took gold at the 2000 Olympics and currently holds a 4-4 record in MMA - at the fourth Sengoku event on August 24th.