Nicky
17-11-2004, 19:17
Hermes Franca will be replacing the very slick Joachim Hansen on the December 14th Shooto year-end event in Japan. His opponent? The man he knocked out in UFC, Caol Uno. Uno gets an unexpected rematch with the now Brazilian Top Team member Franca, instead of facing another top 5 ranked 155 lb. fighter in Hansen.
Still, with that change the card is absolutely stacked with the top-tier of the smaller-weight class fighters:
Jens Pulver vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira vs. Hideki Kadowaki
Hermes Franca vs. Caol Uno
Jake Shields vs. Akira Kikuchi
Rumina Sato vs. Katsuya Toida
Makoto Ishikawa vs. Ian Shaffa
Still, with that change the card is absolutely stacked with the top-tier of the smaller-weight class fighters:
Jens Pulver vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira vs. Hideki Kadowaki
Hermes Franca vs. Caol Uno
Jake Shields vs. Akira Kikuchi
Rumina Sato vs. Katsuya Toida
Makoto Ishikawa vs. Ian Shaffa