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HERO’s 8/5 Tokyo card finalized
By Zach Arnold | July 21, 2006
A press conference was held on Saturday to announce the participation of Kaoru Uno, Hiroyuki Takaya, and Hideo Tokoro for the Middleweight tournament (8/5 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum event). Genki Sudo will not work the show due to injury (K-1 claims Sudo has a herniated disc, causing numbness in his left hand). Updated 8/5 Tokyo card line-up:
- Light Heavyweight Tournament: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kestutis Smirnovas (RINGS Lithuania)
- Light Heavyweight Tournament: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kin Tai Ei (Seido Kaikan)
- Light Heavyweight Tournament: Shungo Oyama vs. Rodrigo Gracie
- Light Heavyweight Tournament: Carlos Newton vs. Melvin Manhoef
- Middleweight Tournament: Hideo Tokoro vs. Ivan Menjivar
- Middleweight Tournament: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. J.Z. Calvan (that’s what K-1 uses as the name for Gesias Cavalcanti)
- Middleweight Tournament: Kazuya Yasuhiro vs. Rani Yahira
- Middleweight Tournament: Kaoru Uno vs. Black Mamba
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Predictions:
Uno over Mamba by submission.
Yahira over Yasuhiro by submission.
Cavalcanti over Takaya by TKO.
Menjivar over Tokoro by Decision.
Manhoef over Newton by KO.
Gracie over Oyama by Decision.
Akiyama over Ei by submission.
Sakuraba over Smirnovas by submission.
Hi guys, Alexandre “Pequeno” Franca Nogueira told he’ll square off against Koutetsu Boku in one of the super fights. Boku Boku beat Toniko Junior(former Muay Thai coach of Pequeno) to death in a so nasty match at SHOOTO.