Sengoku announced today that UFC veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura, who is coming off a loss to Sokoudjou will be competing in Japan at Sengoku 5. In addition, World Victory Road also confirmed that he will be dropping weight to compete in the middleweight Grand Prix. Other participants in the Grand Prix include Evangelista Cyborg, Siyar Bahadurzada, and Jorge Santiago. 

Sengoku 4 also added another bout with Kazuo Takahashi taking on Pride veteran Valentijn Overeem, who is the older brother of Allistair Overeem.

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]
       Takahashi Kazuo vs Valentijn Overeem [Heavyweight]

ightweight 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


SENGOKU 5

Date : September 28th, 2008
Place : Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan
Lightweight GP Series 2008 1st Round participants :
       Kazuhiro Nakamura
       Evangelista Cyborg
       Siyar Bahadurzada
       Jorge Santiago