Sengoku Raiden Championship 15's main event featured 2004 Olympic judoka Hiroshi Izumi taking on British veteran James Zikic. Izumi was given a questionable split-decision victory, and racked up his third professional MMA win. (Photo courtesy of Taro Irei and Sherdog)
Hiroshi Izumi defeats James Zikic via split decision (30-29, 29-30, 30-29)
Brian Cobb defeats Kazunori Yokota via split decision (28-28, 29-30, 28-28)*
Maximo Blanco defeats Kiuma Kunioku via KO (punches), Round 1, 4:26
Keita Nakamura defeats Takuya Wada via submission (punches), Round 1, 3:30
Yasubey Enomoto defeats Taisuke Okuno via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-25, 30-25)
Taiyo Nakahara defeats Shintaro Ishiwatari via split decision (19-20, 19-19, 20-20)*
Akitoshi Tamura defeats Shoko Sato via split decision (19-18, 19-20, 20-19)
Shunichi Shimizu defeats Wataru Takahashi via unanimous decision (20-19, 20-18, 20-18)
Manabu Inoue defeats Jae Hyun So via unanimous decision (20-19, 20-18, 20-18)
Kazuo Yakahashi defeats Chang Seob Lee via submission (Armbar), Round 1, 2:28
* indicates judges scored a must-decision.
Everyone should be watching Maxi Blanco. This guy is the future of the LW division in Japan. Homie is ruthless. Always puts on an amazing fight.