SuperBrawl 35 "The Return of the Yamato Damashii"

Honolulu, Hawaii

Super Brawl 35 featured Enson "Yamato Damashii" Inoue's MMA debut in Hawaii. Enson brought with him a team of warriors from his Purebred gym in Omiya, Japan. Purebred ended up posting a 4-4 record at the event, which showed that the opponents chosen for the Purebred team were evenly matched and proved that it could be and was anyone's fight. Purebred's opposition included a couple of UFC veterans in Jeff Curran and Rich Franklin, and a man that should be in the UFC, Joe Doerksen, all of whom came out victorious. Some of the highs of the event were the Curran-Nonaka and Doerksen-Fukuda fight. Jeff Curran set the pace for most of the fight, but Nonaka kept it interesting by interrupting Curran's striking dominance with take downs and excellent submission defense. The fight of the night without question was Joe Doerksen taking on a fighter making his MMA debut, Riki Fukuda fighting out of the Purebred gym. Doerksen opened up the fight with a flurry of punches and knees that immediately cut open Fukuda. However, Fukuda was like a machine that took everything that Doerksen had and kept coming forward. Fukuda escaped out of numerous submission attempts by Doerksen and had Doerksen tiring himself out trying to finish off Fukuda. Remember the name Riki Fukuda, you will definitely be hearing a lot about him in the future. A lot of Hawaii fight fans came out to see Enson's Hawaii debut and high expectations were put on him going into the fight. Many of the Hawaii fans have not even heard of Tom Sauer even though Sauer was a highly successful participant in the RINGS USA event that was held in Hawaii about four years ago. On that night, Sauer KO'd both of his opponents, one of them being RINGS and Pride veteran, Valentijn Overeem to go on to the final RINGS USA tournament. Sauer is a tough journeyman fighter who is well versed in submissions and has knock out power as seen in his 17-9 MMA record. The match would end in somewhat of a controversy, topped off by a riot. Read the next issue of Full Contact Fighter for the full details on the referee stoppage, the face off in the ring immediately following the fight and Grappling Unlimited's fight with a huge guy in the crowd. Written by:Chris Onzuka (Found on http://www.fcfighter.com/)Official Results128lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Jyoji Yamaguchi (Purebred, Omiya) def. Bill "The" Kidd (Indianapolis)KO at 0:07 into R3.155lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Bart Palaszewski (Team Curran) def. Hiroaki Okada (Purebred, Omiya)TKO via referee stoppage due to strikes at 3:02 into R3.150lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Makoto Ishikawa (Purebred, Omiya) def. Antoine Skinner (Indianapolis)Unanimous decision [(29-28), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.I found this small write up posted on Sherdogs website.The next fight, Jason Dent versus Tetsuji Kato (Team Purebred), started out lightning quick with both guys exchanging on the feet, but ended up sticking mostly to the ground. Here, Kato was able to ground and pound his way to a unanimous decision. Not much more to this one, as nearly the entire thing past the initial exciting banging was spent moving for position. 155lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Tetsuji Kato (Purebred, Omiya) def. Jason Dent (Indianapolis) Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.Heavyweight: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Kerry "Meat Truck" Schall (Meat Truck Inc., Ohio) def. Ray "King Kong" Serraile (Grappling Unlimited) TKO via referee stoppage due to strikes from the cross position at 2:15 into R1. *Serraile suffered a separate shoulder some time during the fight160lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes:Ryan Bow (Purebred, Tokyo) def. Deshaun Johnson (HMC)Submission via Kimura key lock at 2:01 into R1.205lbsJoe Doerksen (Team Extreme) def. Riki Fukuda (Purebred Omiya)Unanimous decision [(30-27), (30-27), (30-27)] after 3 rounds.138lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Jeff "Big Frog" Curran (Team Extreme) def. Kimihito Nonaka (Purebred, Omiya)Submission via rear-naked choke at 4:35 into R3.205lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes: Rich "Ace" Franklin (Team Extreme) def. Leo SylvestSubmission due to strikes from the mount at 1:13 into R1.Main Event205lbs: 3 Rounds X 5 Minutes:Tom "Trauma" Sauer (Ocala, FL,) def. Enson "Yamato Damashii" Inoue (Purebred, Omiya)TKO via referee stoppage due to strikes from the mount at 4:14 into R1.