WSOF Global Championship 2: Japan

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World Series of Fighting Global Championship 2: Japan
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Promotion World Series of Fighting Global Championship
DateFebruary 7, 2016
Venue Tokyo Dome City Hall
City Tokyo, Japan
Event chronology
World Series of Fighting 27: Firmino vs. Fodor World Series of Fighting Global Championship 2: Japan World Series of Fighting 28: Moraes vs. Barajas

World Series of Fighting Global Championship 2: Japan was a mixed martial arts event held on February 7, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. [1]

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Background

The event was headlined by a fight between Evgeny Erokhin and Brandon Cash for the inaugural WSOF GC Heavyweight Championship. Erokhin fought for the belt against Jeremy May in November at WSOF GC: China 1, but the fight ended in a no contest because of an eye poke. [2]

Results

Fight Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
HeavyweightEvgeny Erokhindef. Brandon Cash TKO (knee injury)11:47 [lower-alpha 1]
LightweightMiroslav Strbakdef. Akihiro Gono KO (punches)22:42
Featherweight Michihiro Omigawa def.Teddy VioletDecision (split)35:00
FlyweightYusaku Nakamuradef.Lawrence DiGuilioDecision (split)35:00
Women's Atomweight Hisae Watanabe def.Ye Ji LeeKO (punch)23:00
HeavyweightRichard Odomsdef. Yusuke Kawaguchi TKO (knee)13:29
FeatherweightKamil Lebkowskidef.Yoshihiro KoyamaKO (punch)14:15
BantamweightArnold Querodef.Taichi NakajimaDecision (unanimous)35:00
Strawweight Jarred Brooks def.Junji ItoTKO (elbows)23:31
Women's StrawweightAnna Bezhenardef.May OoiDecision (unanimous)35:00
  1. ↑ For Inaugural WSOF GC Heavyweight Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "Watch & Win: WSOF Global Championship 2 In Tokyo, Japan". WSOF.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "WSOF-GC China 1 Results: No HW Champion Crowned, LW Tourney Finalists Set". Asia MMA. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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