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Takashi Sugiura is about to lose badly
By Zach Arnold | September 3, 2008
NOAH pro-wrestler Takashi Sugiura has been booked against Xande Ribeiro on September 28th for Sengoku’s Tokyo event at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I. The bout will take place at 205 pounds.
Sengoku 9/28 Tokyo card line-up:
- Middleweight GP series; Logan Clark vs. Jorge Santiago (ATT)
- Middleweight GP series: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Paul Cahoon (Golden Glory UK)
- Middleweight GP Series: Yuki Kondo vs. Yuki Sasaki
- Middleweight GP series: Evangelista Cyborg vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
- Lightweights: Ryan Schultz vs. Jorge Masvidal
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The entire card looks pretty bad so far. Jorge Santiago is the only guy fighting who’s won more than a couple recently. Masvidal, Schultz, Sasaki, Clark, Cahoon, Nakamura and Sugiura are all coming off of losses. Cyborg is 2-3 in his past 5 and Kondo is 5-6-1 in his past 12. Top to bottom the card is looking pretty shitty. No wonder they’re on the verge of folding.
Come on Zach. Sugiura has the olympic slam!!!
@Teufel: WVR is nowhere near folding. With the kind of financial backing they have, they could keep going almost indefinitely.
Not to mention the ankle lock and a mean spear.
I love Takashi Sugiura, and he’s one of the reasons NOAH is still the best professional wrestling promotion in the world. But I don’t need to see him outmatched (and possibly destroyed) in MMA fights.
ultimo santa not sure about. Noah always produces some awesome matched but I think New Japan is a better booked promotion these days.
NOAH and Dragon Gate all the way. They have all the talent.
Sugiura does have a pretty strong amateur wrestling background. If he can use it and get inside, he’ll stand a chance.
xande is the best bjj guy in the world and i know 1st hand, i feel sorry for your boys wrestler suigiura