KUMITE 19

KUMITE 19: Chafing is the nineteenth mixed martial arts event held by the Japanese promotion KUMITE, and their seventh event of 2015. The event took place on July 9, 2015 from the Dome Arigato in Tokyo, Japan.

This event featured ten sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. All fights consisted of two rounds, with the first round being ten minutes, and the second round being five. All fights are scored in their entirety, rather than by round.

This event featured the opening round of the 2015 Lightweight KUMITE tournament.

2015 Lightweight KUMITE Combatants

 * 🇨🇳 Li Fangzhu (2014 Champion)
 * 🇫🇷 Marcel Willaume (2014 Finalist)
 * 🇨🇦 Vic Futanari (2014 Semifinalist)
 * 🇷🇺 Yuri Smeshnov (2014 Semifinalist)
 * 🇺🇸 Stuart Peppers (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Byron Baudelaire (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇩🇪 Darrell Schitt (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇺🇸 Andrew Harvard (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇦🇺 Nigel Fennick (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇺🇸 Johan Ponce (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇯🇵 FORK Enomoto (Most Glorious and Honorable Invitation)
 * 🇺🇸 Ricky Baby (Most Benevolent Fan Selection)
 * 🇳🇴 Hergen Bjergensen (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)
 * 🇺🇸 Backgammon Corthez (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)
 * 🇯🇵 Akira Maguro (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)
 * 🇦🇹 Werner Schnitzel (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)

(Four supplemental invitations were awarded due to the 2014 semifinalists all being ranked in the top 10.)

Fight Card

 * 1. ^ Lightweight KUMITE Opening Round Fight