KUMITE 20

KUMITE 20: Chafing is the twentieth mixed martial arts event held by the Japanese promotion KUMITE, and their eighth event of 2015. The event took place on August 13, 2015 from the Den-Den Dome in Osaka, 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 Middleweight KUMITE tournament.

2015 Middleweight KUMITE Combatants

 * Marco van Smeerlap (2014 Champion)
 * 🇧🇷 Barbara (2014 Finalist)
 * 🇩🇪 Horst Düvers (2014 Semifinalist)
 * 🇯🇵 Takao Kusotare (2014 Semifinalist)
 * 🇺🇸 Erik Helheim (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alistair Gobb (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇯🇵 Masa Ahondara (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇨🇦 Monty Nash (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroshi "Mecha" Matsui (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇺🇸 Christian Sundance (Ranked in Top 10)
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Matryoshka (Most Glorious and Honorable Invitation)
 * 🇺🇸 Miami Dave County (Most Benevolent Fan Selection)
 * Goran Hoenselaar (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)
 * 🇺🇸 Father Chad (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)
 * 🇺🇸 Blimbo Blice (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)
 * 🇯🇵 Kick Takagi (Most Glorious Supplemental Invitation)

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

Fight Card

 * 1. ^ Middleweight KUMITE Opening Round Fight