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IFL lightweight champ Ryan Schultz signs with Sengoku

July 28, 2008 by Adam Morgan  

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The fallout from the IFL debacle continues as Sherdog is reporting that former IFL lightweight champion Ryan Schultz is headed to the Japanese Sengoku promotion. He will start out in the promotion by competing in their first ever 8-man lightweight grand prix. The opening round of the grand prix takes place on August 24 in Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

The deal could span six total fights should Schultz fight his way into the grand prix finals. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to the report.

Schultz, who is 20-9-1 on his career, will be facing off against Cage Force and Shooto veteran Mizuto Hirota, who is 9-2, during the opening round of the grand prix. Schultz is riding a six fight win streak into the grand prix and this will be his first fight on Japanese soil since dropping a fight against Kuniyoshi Hironaka in 2006.

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9 Responses to “IFL lightweight champ Ryan Schultz signs with Sengoku”

  1. Sergio G. Hernandez on July 28th, 2008 7:47 pm

    He actually dropped the fight against Hironaka, no?

  2. Davey D on July 28th, 2008 8:02 pm

    I will be rooting for Schultz to win. So does the GP winner fight Gomi for the Title next year since he has his opponent set already? They have plenty of time to switch thing’s around if Takanori loses before the tounrey end’s. Hopefully he won’t but you never know???

  3. batman on July 28th, 2008 8:34 pm

    Im glad he didn’t go to the UFC, I do like the UFC but I want other companies to get bigger.

  4. LiuLang on July 28th, 2008 9:27 pm

    At #3:

    Ya, why on earth would we want to see the best fights possible? Least he could have done was sign with Dream.

  5. Jeremy on July 28th, 2008 9:46 pm

    mmajunkie is reporting LC Davis has signed with the WEC and is replacing Cub Swanson on the next WEC card. nice 145lbs. addition to their roster

  6. Davey D on July 28th, 2008 9:52 pm

    I think Gomi likes it this way. Why not just have your opponent’s come to you? That’s not to say I agree with this and DREAM may have been better (from a fan standpoint).

    But, he’s the major star in WVR. Not one of many elsewhere. He’s at home there and has chose this route for himself. Almost like Jake Sheilds has. Will it work? We’ll see…

  7. doubleA-ron on July 29th, 2008 4:04 am

    yeah would have been better to see him in dream or wec. Atleast to be able to watch on tv.

  8. dpk on July 29th, 2008 6:03 am

    I guess he wanted to stay as a big fish in a little pond. If he went to UFC or even Dream he would be a solid LW but not near the top of the org.

  9. explosions in space on July 29th, 2008 6:55 am

    What happened to Duane Ludwig? Wasn’t he supposed to be in this GP?

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