World Victory Road confirmed that Gomi’s opponent will be Korean DEEP Lightweight Champion Bang Seung Hwan. In the SENGOKU Lightweight Champion Series 2008 1st Round, Satoru Kitaoka faces KOTC Lightweight champion Clay French, Eiji Mitsuoka takes on Rodrigo Damm, and former DEEP Lightweight champion Kazunori Yokota will fight Slovenian Bojan Kosednar, and Cage Force Lightweight champion Mizuto Hirota’s opponent will be IFL Lightweight champion Ryan Schultz. Duane Ludwig will not participate in the tournament, because he has a fight in the U.S. that he must participate in.

SENGOKU 4
Date : August 24th, 2008
Place : Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan
Fight : Takanori Gomi vs Bang Seung Hwan [Lightweight]
     Makoto Takimoto vs Frank Trigg [Middleweight]
     Peter Graham vs Moise Rimbon [Heavyweight]

Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round :
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Clay French
Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Rodrigo Damm
Kazunori Yokota vs. Bojan Kosednar
Mizuto Hirota vs. Ryan Schultz