Veteran fighter and former UFC middleweight Joe Doerksen (40-12) has agreed to meet Izuru Takeuchi (25-9-6) in a World Victory Road middleweight grand prix reserve bout.

That fight, and a host of others, take place Nov. 1 at Sengoku 6.

The event, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, features the semifinals and finals of World Victory Road's middleweight and lightweight grand prix tournaments.

Doerksen, who announced his participation via a MySpace bulletin, recently suffered three consecutive losses in the WEC and UFC before he left the Zuffa LLC-owned organizations. He returned in August at a one-off event in Canada and defeated John Meyer (5-3) via split decision.

Aside from those three Zuffa losses, Doerksen has won his past eight fights.

He'll now meet Takeuchi, a longtime Pancrase fighter who's riding a five-fight win streak. The former middleweight King of Pancrase, who will make his WVR debut, has gone to decision in six of his past seven fights.

The winner of the Doerksen-Takeuchi fight could be a substitute for Siyar Bahadurzada, Jorge Santiago, Kazuhiro Nakamura or Yuki Sasaki, GP middleweight semifinalists who also compete that night.

In the night's lightweight grand prix, semifinalists Mizuto Hirota, Kazunori Yokota, Satoru Kitaoka and Eiji Mitsuoka also compete.

The latest Sengoku 6 card includes:

• Josh Barnett vs. TBA
• Muhammad "King Mo" Lawal vs. TBA
• Middleweight GP final
• Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Jorge Santiago
• Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Yuki Sasaki
• Bang Seung Hwan vs. Jorge Masvidal
• Lightweight GP final
• Mizuto Hirota vs. Kazunori Yokota
• Satoru Kitaoka vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
• Joe Doerksen vs. Izuru Takeuchi

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