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28-11-2007, 13:45
'JZ' Fights Aoki on Year-End Card http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/news/2007_11/10142.jpgWednesday, November 28, 2007
by Sherdog.com Staff
With M-1 Global CEO Monte Cox, Fight Entertainment Group boss Sadaharu Tanigawa, former PRIDE general director Nobuhiko Takada (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=293) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=293@@Nobuhiko Takada)) and DEEP president Shigeru Saeki all on hand, the first two bouts for Dec. 31's Yarennoka! card were confirmed at a press conference Wednesday in Tokyo.
Working collaboratively with M-1 Global and now HERO'S parent company Fight Entertainment Group, the New Year's Eve card at Saitama Super Arena will see two time HERO'S 154-pound champion Gesias Calvancante (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=9771) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=9771@@Gesias Calvancante)) take on Shooto world champion Shinya Aoki (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=10774) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=10774@@Shinya Aoki)), while current DEEP champion Hidehiko Hasegawa (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=5417) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=5417@@Hidehiko Hasegawa)) will take on Hayato "Mach" Sakurai.
Aoki hasn't seen MMA action since April, when he submitted Dutchman Brian Lo-a-Njoe in just 93 seconds at the final PRIDE card. Aoki also picked up an easy win under grappling rules, quickly dispatching Pedro Akira (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=10517) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=10517@@Pedro Akira)) in 38 seconds as part of DEEP's inaugural DEEP-X grappling card in June.
Calvancanti has posted a 3-0 mark in 2007, and is coming off his second consecutive HERO'S 154-pound tournament win. The stalwart Brazilian smashed fellow countrymen Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro and Andre "Dida" Amade, each in the first round, en route to his second HERO'S crown.
The 32-year-old Sakurai knocked out Mac Danzig (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=3396) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=3396@@Mac Danzig)) this past February, but has kept busy in recent months by opening a new Mach Dojo gym in Tokyo, and competing in the Shoot Boxing ring, where he took a unanimous decision victory over Scandinavian export Jani Lax (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=2940) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=2940@@Jani Lax)) in October.
Hasegawa rebounded from his crushing August defeat against Dong Hyun Kim (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=16374) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=16374@@Dong Hyun Kim)), fighting to a hotly competitive draw in his rematch with the South Korean standout to retain his DEEP title. Hasegawa is first scheduled for action on Dec. 2 against BJJ world champion Lucas Lepri in a grappling match at the DEEP-X card in Tokyo.
No contract weights, or rules for the announced bouts have been decided on by promoters.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=10142
by Sherdog.com Staff
With M-1 Global CEO Monte Cox, Fight Entertainment Group boss Sadaharu Tanigawa, former PRIDE general director Nobuhiko Takada (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=293) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=293@@Nobuhiko Takada)) and DEEP president Shigeru Saeki all on hand, the first two bouts for Dec. 31's Yarennoka! card were confirmed at a press conference Wednesday in Tokyo.
Working collaboratively with M-1 Global and now HERO'S parent company Fight Entertainment Group, the New Year's Eve card at Saitama Super Arena will see two time HERO'S 154-pound champion Gesias Calvancante (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=9771) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=9771@@Gesias Calvancante)) take on Shooto world champion Shinya Aoki (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=10774) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=10774@@Shinya Aoki)), while current DEEP champion Hidehiko Hasegawa (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=5417) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=5417@@Hidehiko Hasegawa)) will take on Hayato "Mach" Sakurai.
Aoki hasn't seen MMA action since April, when he submitted Dutchman Brian Lo-a-Njoe in just 93 seconds at the final PRIDE card. Aoki also picked up an easy win under grappling rules, quickly dispatching Pedro Akira (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=10517) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=10517@@Pedro Akira)) in 38 seconds as part of DEEP's inaugural DEEP-X grappling card in June.
Calvancanti has posted a 3-0 mark in 2007, and is coming off his second consecutive HERO'S 154-pound tournament win. The stalwart Brazilian smashed fellow countrymen Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro and Andre "Dida" Amade, each in the first round, en route to his second HERO'S crown.
The 32-year-old Sakurai knocked out Mac Danzig (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=3396) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=3396@@Mac Danzig)) this past February, but has kept busy in recent months by opening a new Mach Dojo gym in Tokyo, and competing in the Shoot Boxing ring, where he took a unanimous decision victory over Scandinavian export Jani Lax (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=2940) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=2940@@Jani Lax)) in October.
Hasegawa rebounded from his crushing August defeat against Dong Hyun Kim (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=16374) (Pictures (http://www.sherdog.com/news/picture_gallery.asp?f_id=16374@@Dong Hyun Kim)), fighting to a hotly competitive draw in his rematch with the South Korean standout to retain his DEEP title. Hasegawa is first scheduled for action on Dec. 2 against BJJ world champion Lucas Lepri in a grappling match at the DEEP-X card in Tokyo.
No contract weights, or rules for the announced bouts have been decided on by promoters.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=10142