Sengoku," the first-ever show held under the World Victory Road banner, was held today at the Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Notables Josh Barnett, Takanori Gomi and Kazuo Misaki were all in action.

WVR launched earlier this year and made an immediate splash by announcing that then-top free agent Gomi had signed a lucrative long-term deal with the Japanese-based organization. Today he took on veteran and former UFC fighter Duane "Bang" Ludwig.

Gomi was victorious in his WVR debut, scoring an early TKO victory by opening a cut on Ludwig's nose. Favorites Josh Barnett (third-round submission) and Kazuo Misaki (second-round submission) also posted victories.

Additionally, there's some good news for Strikeforce and EliteXC. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos, who yesterday was confirmed as a late replacement for Joe Rigg to fight Joey Villasenor on March 29, inflicted little damage in his first-round submission of Makoto Takimoto.

The full results included:

• Josh Barnett def. Hidehiko Yoshida via submission (heel hook) -- Round 3, 3:23
• Takanori Gomi def. Duane Ludwig via TKO (cut) -- Round 1, 2:28
• Kazuo Misaki def. Siyar Bahadurzada via submission (guillotine choke) -- Round 2, 2:02
• Kazuyuki Fujita def. Peter Graham via submission (north-south choke) -- Round 1, 1:32
• Evangelista Santos def. Makoto Takimoto via submission (heel hook) -- Round 1, 4:51
• Ryo Kawamura def. Antonio Braga Neto via unanimous decision
• Nick Thompson def. Fabricio Monteiro via unanimous decision