Video of the Day - Kitaoka v. Brooks

Here is Will Brooks fighting Satoru Kitaoka at Dream 18 which took place on 12/31/12 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

This was the last fight for Brooks (15-1) before Bellator, where he has gone 7-1 with back to back wins over Michael Chandler for Bellator's LW Title. Kitaoka (36-13) is a 15 year MMA veteran with career submission victories over UFC veterans Takanori Gomi, Paul Daley, Kurt Pelligrino and Carlos Condit.

Brooks will next defend his title against Dave Jansen (20-2) at Bellator 136 on April 10th.

Video of the Day - O'Grady v. Kitaoka

Here is Dom O'Grady (15-6) fighting Satoru Kitaoka (32-12) at Pancrase 252 which took place on 9/29/13 in Yokohama, Japan.

Video of the Day - Kitaoka v. French

Here is former Sengoku champion Satoru Kitaoka fighting Clay French in "Sengoku - Fourth Battle" which took place on 8/24/08 at the Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Kitaoka (28-10-9) next fights Willamy Freire at Dream 17. Kitaoka, who has spent his entire fight career in Japan, has 15 submission wins on his resume, including subs over UFC veterans Takanori Gomi, Carlos Condit, Kurt Pellegrino and Paul Daley.

Clay French (19-6), a former KOTC champ, has had a solid career in his own right, defeating WEC vet James Krause via split decision at the Titan Fighting Championship on 7/29/11. He holds wins over Jameel Massouh, Mac Danzig and Jason Ireland.

Dream 17 takes place on September 24, 2011, in Saitama, Japan at the Saitama Super Arena and will be broadcast on HDNet. The fights feature the quarterfinals of the bantamweight grand-prix.

Shinya Aoki v. Rob McCullough
Joachim Hansen v. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Takeshi Inoue v. Caol Uno
Yan Cabral v. Kazushi Sakuraba
Willamy Freire v. Satoru Kitaoka
Gerald Harris v. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Antonio Banuelos v. Hideo Tokoro - BWGP
Bibiano Fernandes v. Takafumi Otuska - BWGP
Masakazu Imanari v. Abel Cullum - BWGP
Rodolfo Marques v. Yusup Saadulaev - BWGP
Baru Harn v. Ikuhisa Minowa

Sengoku 6 Results

I'm still trying to locate all the fights from World Victory Road's Sengoku 6. In a shocking upset, Takanori Gomi lost a somewhat controversial split decision to Sergey Golyaev. Jorge Santiago added a second tournment title as he becomes one of the hottest 185 pound fighters outside the UFC. Satoru Kitaoka won the lightweight tournament title.

Jorge Santiago def Kazuhiro Nakamura via TKO- R3, 0:49
Satoru Kitaoka def Kazunori Yokota via unanimous decision
Sergey Golyaev def Takanori Gomi via split decision
Muhammed Lawal def Fabio Silva via TKO- R3, 0:41
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def Moise Rimbon via unanimous decision
Jorge Masvidal def Seung Hwan Bang via unanimous decision
Joe Doerksen def Izuru Takeuchi via TKO- R3, 4:13
Satoru Kitaoka def Eiji Mitsuoka via sub (heel hook)- R1, 1:16
Kazunori Yokota def Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision
Kazuhiro Nakamura def Yuki Sasaki via unanimous decision
Jorge Santiago def Siyar Bahadurzada via sub (heel hook)- R1, 1:10

*Pic of MW Champ Jorge Santiago

Kitaoka vs. Mitsuoka

Santiago v. Bahadurzada