Aoki vs J.Z!

[Influcted]

'JZ' Fights Aoki on Year-End Card Wednesday, 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 (Pictures) 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 (Pictures) take on Shooto world champion Shinya Aoki (Pictures), while current DEEP champion Hidehiko Hasegawa (Pictures) 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 (Pictures) 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 (Pictures) 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 (Pictures) in October.

Hasegawa rebounded from his crushing August defeat against Dong Hyun Kim (Pictures), 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

[Judas]

Heeel vet dit!

[Influcted]

Fightcard etc;

The second Yarennoka! press conference was held today and two big fights were announced for the event.

The first fight is a dream match-up between Shooto Middleweight Champion Shinya Aoki and 2-time Hero’s Middleweight Tournament Champion, J.Z. Calvan.

The second fight is between DEEP Welterweight Champion Hidehiko Hasegawa and Japanese MMA Legend Hayato Sakurai.

Yarennoka!
Date: 31/12-2007
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Fights:
Shinya Aoki vs. J.Z. Calvan
Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa

Participants:
Emelianenko Fedor
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Kazuo Misaki
Joachim Hansen
Luiz Azeredo
Ricardo Arona
Gilbert Melendez

Rumored Participants:
Aleksander Emelianenko
Roman Zentsov
Mark Hunt

[cholitzu]

Vette partij idd
ook leuk om Hunt weer in actie te zien..

[Tony]

heeeeel mooi inderdaad...

Ik wil Hunt wel zien tegen Zentsjov....

[HUNTER]

vet hoor!!!

Aoki vs GZ!!

[Evilman]

Kicken!
Ik reken ook op de grootste aanpak
als in Pride tijden met dikke opkomsten.

Ik ben bang (voor mn huiswerk)
dat er weer mooie tijden aankomen!

[sportfan]

Ook positieve ontwikkeling dat er vechters 'geruild' worden (JZ vecht bij K1 Hero's), natuurlijk jammer dat er niet tussen K1 en UFC geruild kan worden (contractueel).

[54321]

jz gaat m heel hard ko slaan.

[KO TKO]

Shinya Aoki vs. J.Z. Calvan Lijkt mij een mooi gevecht. Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa lijkt mij trouwens ook leuk.


Ik wil Mark Hunt wel tegen Aleksander Emelianenko zien.

[MB667]

Aoki is echt wel een vette vechter om naar te kijken.