(Silva vs. York. Props to MMA Share)

Sengoku 10 went down earlier today in Saitama, Japan, and what it lacked in big names, it more than made up for in thrilling finishes. In the headlining bout, Olympic judo silver medalist Hiroshi Izumi made the brilliant decision to stand and bang with Kiwi kickboxing champ Antz Nansen, and got worked; the ref eventually stopped the fight after Izumi was punched to the mat three times in a single 35-second stretch. Meanwhile, in the fights that you might actually care about, Antonio Silva ended "Big" Jim York‘s night in the first round with an arm-triangle choke, following a methodical performance that saw Bigfoot control the standup and take York down with ease.

Dan Hornbuckle followed up his knockout of the year candidate against Akihiro Gono last month with another fantastic performance against Nick Thompson, earning a second-round TKO with a flurry of strikes that began with a straight left and ended with a knee to the jaw. (We’ll post the video when we find it.) Also, Kazunori Yokota scored a first-round knockout over former IFL lightweight champion Ryan Schultz, who has now lost three straight fights in Sengoku.

Full results and more videos after the jump…


– Antz Nansen def. Hiroshi Izumi via TKO, 2:56 of round 1
– Antonio Silva def. Jim York via submission (arm-triangle choke), 3:51 of round 1
– Makoto Takimoto def. Jae Sun Lee via unanimous decision
– Kazunori Yokota def. Ryan Schultz via KO, 2:31 of round 1
– Fabio Silva def. Ryo Kawamura via TKO, 2:28 of round 1
– Dan Hornbuckle def. Nick Thompson via TKO, 1:30 of round 2
– Joe Doerksen def. Takenori Sato via TKO, 4:27 of round 2
– Maximo Blanco def. Tetsuya Yamada via TKO, 1:12 of round 2
– Ikuo Usuda def. Woo Hyon Baek via TKO, 4:59 of round 1
– Shigeki Osawa def. Ki Hyun Kim via unanimous decision
– Jae Hyun So def. Ryosuke Komori via unanimous decision

(Nansen vs. Izumi)

(Yokota vs. Schultz)