[UPDATED] by Chris Nelson at 11:24 PM ET
At a presser in Tokyo, FEG have just now announced the addition of two rumored lightweight bouts to the card…
– Shinya Aoki (22-4 / DREAM LW Champion) vs. Mizuto Hirota (12-3-1 / Sengoku LW Champion)
– Tatsuya Kawajiri (25-5-2) vs. Kazunori Yokota (11-2-3)
Also, Five Ounces is reporting that a middleweight scrap between Melvin Manhoef (23-6-1) and Kazuo Misaki (22-9-2) is on, meaning Kazushi Sakuraba likely won’t participate.
Here’s how the last big MMA event of 2009 is looking so far:
Masato (54-6-2) vs. Andy Souwer (134-8-1) [K-1]
Satoshi Ishii (0-0) vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (8-7-1) [MMA]
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto (17-2) vs. Masanori Kanehara (15-7-5) [MMA]
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (35-9-2) vs. Akihiro Gono (30-15-7) [MMA]
Katsuyori Shibata (4-6-1) vs. Hiroshi Izumi (0-1) [MMA]
Hideo Tokoro (23-19-1) vs. Marlon Sandro (15-1) [MMA]
Hiroyuki Takaya (12-7-1) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (8-8-1) [MMA]
Alistair Overeem (31-11) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (15-8) [MMA]
Yosuke Nishijima (0-5) vs. Ray Sefo (2-0) [K-1]
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (7-4) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (43-30-8) [MMA/”Super Hulk” finale]
Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri vs. Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada [K-1 KOSHIEN final]
Tsukasa Fuji vs. Ryuya Kusakabe [K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal reserve]
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