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Post by scottnak on Sept 19, 2008 12:19:57 GMT -5
www.sherdog.com/live7:30 PM Saturday night, Sherdog.com will be streaming the card live from their website. Kazuo Misaki vs Riggs seems like a good fight (if Riggs is healthy that is). Even if you don't get a chance to watch it live, Sherdog.com will have the entire video up on the site for 30 days. Enjoy.
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Post by scottnak on Sept 19, 2008 14:29:22 GMT -5
Ishida, Misaki head up Strikeforce at Hef's house
Although this weekend is the proverbial calm before next week's storm for Japanese MMA, one of Nihon's top lightweights will take the stateside stage this Saturday, as "The Endless Fighter" Mitsuhiro Ishida will meet AKA upstart Justin “The Silverback” Wilcox on the main card of Strikeforce's second trip to the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The bout will mark the mainland U.S. debut for Ishida. Despite 21 professional bouts over a seven-year career, Ishida has fought only once outside of Japan, losing a unanimous decision to then Shooto world champion Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro in Hawaii in July 2004. The fight will also be Ishida's first action since May, where he was upset by veteran Caol Uno via a second-round submission in the quarterfinals of Dream's lightweight tournament.
"We are really looking forward to bringing Mitsuhiro Ishida to compete in front of a live audience in the mainland United States for the first time," Strikeforce's Mike Afromowitz told Sherdog.com. "His opponent, Justin Wilcox, is a highly accomplished wrester, so this matchup is a great addition to our line-up for the Mansion. We expect a highly competitive matchup."
Wilcox was a standout wrestler at Edinboro University, the school perhaps best known in the MMA world for producing NCAA champion turned top welterweight Josh Koscheck. Wilcox has since followed Koscheck to San Jose's American Kickboxing Academy, and has put together four straight wins, including a decision victory over infamous Ultimate Fighter 5 alumnus Gabe Ruediger last month.
Saturday's Strikeforce bill in the Hills will also feature lightweight champion Josh Thomson in a non-title tune-up bout against Lion's Den product Ashe Bowman. One of the world's top lightweights by virtue of his masterful June performance against Gilbert Melendez, there has been much speculation over Strikeforce's ability to find world-class opposition for "The Punk.” While Afromowitz would not characterize the Ishida and Thomson bouts as a double showcase build-up for a title fight in the future, he did acknowledge the opportunity.
"A Thomson-Ishida matchup is a possibility, if Ishida wins," conceded Afromowitz.
Also representing Japan on Strikeforce's second trip to Hef's House will be Sengoku middleweight ace Kazuo Misaki, who takes on Joe "Diesel" Riggs.
Misaki has seen action twice in 2008, submitting Shooto 183-pound world champion Siyar Bahadurzada in March, and taking a unanimous verdict over WEC veteran Logan Clark in June. Although he sustained a left ankle injury that put him on crutches following the Clark bout, the injury healed quickly and has left no lasting impact on the "Grabaka Hitman.”
The comebacking Riggs, who has suffered through a string of injuries and a recent licensing issue, got back into action in July where he notched a second-round submission over Matt Dempsey in a tune-up bout in his native Arizona.
Sherdog.com’s live Strikeforce stream will begin at 7:30 Pacific on Saturday evening.
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Post by Luis on Sept 19, 2008 17:06:00 GMT -5
Glad to see Misaki and Ishida fighting in America, even though I think Ishida has a very boring style. It was a pleasure to see Caol Uno beat him.
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Post by scottnak on Sept 19, 2008 17:35:45 GMT -5
Actually really looking forward to the DREAM card next tuesday.
Yoon Dong Sik vs Andrews Nakahara
Melvin Manhoef vs Gerard Mousasi
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs Zelg Galesic
Keitaro Nakamura vs Adriano Martins
Sergei Kharitonov vs Mighty Mo
Hideo Tokoro vs Atsushi Yamamoto
Masakatsu Funaki vs Minowaman
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Shinya Aoki vs Todd Moore
Mirko Crocop vs Alistair Overeem
Tournament Finals.
Crocop, Overeem, Aoki, Sakurai, and Kharitonov all on one card sounds pretty sweet to me.
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Post by blindwonder on Sept 19, 2008 17:58:59 GMT -5
Crocop, Overeem, Aoki, Sakurai, and Kharitonov all on one card sounds pretty sweet to me. Jacaré!!!!!!!!!! You can't post on a jiu jitsu academy forum and not enthusiastically point out that Jacaré is on the card. You should have said, "Crocop, Jacaré, Overeem, Aoki, Sakurai, and Kharitonov all on one card sounds pretty sweet to me."  |
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Post by scottnak on Sept 20, 2008 21:16:02 GMT -5
no doubt. don't know how i missed that one. he's actually my favorite to win the whole tournament.
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