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Wins Fairly Squarely
Career record: 207-122
Season: 46-24 (#266)
Location: Cornwall, UK
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YARENNOKA: DECEMBER 31, 2007 IN SAITAMA, JAPAN
venue: Saitama Super Arena
-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World) vs. Hong Man Choi
-Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (#2 Lightweight in the World) vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
-Gilbert Melendez (#3 Lightweight in the World) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#9 Lightweight in the World)
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (#4 Lightweight in the World) vs. Luiz Azeredo
-Shinya Aoki (#5 Lightweight in the World) vs. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante (#6 Lightweight in the World)
-Kazuo Misaki (#8 Middleweight in the World) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (#10 Middleweight in the World)
-Murilo Bustamante vs. Makoto Takimoto
-Ricardo Arona (#9 Light Heavyweight in the World) vs. TBA
-Aleksander Emelianenko (#10 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. TBA
Last edited 12/19/07 7:48AM by CornishMMA
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MY LHW DIVISION PREDICTION = Rashad beats Forrest. Rampage beats Rashad. Machida beats Rampage. Then Randy beats Machida at next years Xmas UFC!
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Post #1 12/4/07 9:19:43AM
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Wins Fairly Squarely
Career record: 207-122
Season: 46-24 (#266)
Location: Cornwall, UK
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DAMNNNNNNNNNN.................... looks like PRIDE has risen from the grave 
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MY LHW DIVISION PREDICTION = Rashad beats Forrest. Rampage beats Rashad. Machida beats Rampage. Then Randy beats Machida at next years Xmas UFC!
*waits to be chomped down on*
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Post #2 12/4/07 9:20:58AM
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NatedawgThaM
MMA Sensei
Career record: 150-91
Season: 44-24 (#1353)
Location: New Providence, Pa
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Dude this card is freakin stacked!!! I think it might actually be more stacked then any UFC card or MMA card for that matter in history!
Fedor's fighting. JZ vs.Shinya. HOLY CRAP!!! I love this card...I can't say enough to describe it. All the fights looks great...
all I can say is WAR MMA!!! A bad ass card full of bad ass fights that could possibly make the last night of the year the best PPV of the year!!!
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Post #3 12/4/07 9:42:08AM
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pv3Hpv3p
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 197-141
Season: 37-33 (#2654)
Location: East St. Paul, MN
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Posted by CornishMMA
YARENNOKA: DECEMBER 31, 2007 IN SAITAMA, JAPAN
venue: Saitama Super Arena
-Gesias "JZ" Calvancante vs. Shinya Aoki
-Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
-Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
-Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Andre "Dida" Amade
-Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
-Fedor Emelianenko vs. TBA
-Joachim Hansen vs. TBA
-Aleksander Emelianenko vs. TBA
-Roman Zentsov vs. TBA
-Ricardo Arona vs. TBA
-Luiz Azeredo vs. TBA
I've heard rumors that Fedor might be fighting Monson, but that just doesn't make any sense to me after his loss to Rizzo... I think Choi is out because of the GP he's in... I still think the most sense would be to put Arona up against him or even Rizzo would make more sense than Monson...
I guess they could do a Hansen / Azeredo rematch... Don't know who they'll find to fight Zentsov or Aleks though?
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Post #4 12/4/07 11:44:54AM
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cowcatcher
MMA Sensei
Career record: 223-120
Season: 49-20 (#64)
Location: Milwaukee
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im just happy this is happening, any word on them securing a PPV deal, or is this going to have to be viewed via the net?
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Post #5 12/4/07 12:56:14PM
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loller90278
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Career record: 164-119
Season: 34-19 (#2756)
Location: Redondo Beach
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i'll pay anything to see fedor vs aleks!!!!
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Post #6 12/4/07 2:20:45PM
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pv3Hpv3p
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 197-141
Season: 37-33 (#2654)
Location: East St. Paul, MN
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Posted by cowcatcher
im just happy this is happening, any word on them securing a PPV deal, or is this going to have to be viewed via the net?
Ya... If anyone finds any info on if we'll be able to watch this in America please let us know...
By the way, don't know if I mentioned, but that is a stylish new av you got there Cowcatcher 
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Post #7 12/4/07 2:42:47PM
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Mastodon2
MMA Sensei
Career record: 183-108
Season: 32-23 (#4471)
Location: Newcastle England
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Awesome card, hopefully this will remind UFC that getting the most exposure is not the be all and end all of MMA.
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Post #8 12/4/07 3:13:45PM
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Have it!!!
Career record: 136-71
Season: 43-27 (#735)
Location: Newcastle, UK
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This could be the best card of the year. I wasnt really a fan of pride (hard to watch in the uk) but even im stoked for this. Im thinking theirs a 0% chance of being able to watch it here but ill hopfully beable to find somwere on the net to watch it :)
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Post #9 12/4/07 3:29:32PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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9 fights that i`m really looking forword to seeing!
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"Fall down 7 times, get up 8" - Japanese proverb.
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Post #10 12/4/07 3:47:51PM
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cowcatcher
MMA Sensei
Career record: 223-120
Season: 49-20 (#64)
Location: Milwaukee
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Posted by pv3Hpv3p
Posted by cowcatcher
im just happy this is happening, any word on them securing a PPV deal, or is this going to have to be viewed via the net?
Ya... If anyone finds any info on if we'll be able to watch this in America please let us know...
By the way, don't know if I mentioned, but that is a stylish new av you got there Cowcatcher
your words sting like a punch
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Post #11 12/4/07 6:48:46PM
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puppetmaster837
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Career record: 122-75
Season: 14-8 (#5840)
Location: Tacoma
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This card seriously seems like a fantasy card invented by a fan.
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Post #12 12/4/07 11:12:49PM
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McLovin'!!!
Career record: 176-83
Season: 55-15 (#5)
Location: Florida
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Glad to see others here have good taste. This card looks to be better than all of the UFC cards that have been put out this year. I am not kidding, this card looks badass!
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Post #13 12/5/07 1:51:10AM
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SteedTheDeed
Standup Guy
Career record: 205-130
Season: 41-27 (#1728)
Location: Portland
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we'll see what fights actually happen.
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Post #14 12/5/07 12:39:20PM
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Season: 43-21 (#1066)
Location: Missouri
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these fights are nowhere near confirmed, but according to Takada's myspace they are in talks with Gomi, Sergei, and Mark Hunt to set up bouts with Hansen, Zentsov, and Aleks respectively. If the confirmed matches all happen, these fights come to fruition, and they find solid opponents for Fedor and Arona, this is probably the best card we'll see for years to come. I hope it all comes together, and this becomes an annual thing, or maybe even gets enough support to float as a regular organization. But for now, I'm just looking forward to a great card.
And I also forgot to mention, that there is apparently some loose talk about K1 loaning out Caol Uno (!!!) to fight Azeredo, which would be amazing. Once again guys, as with any rumours I post, take it with a grain of salt, especially the uno tidbit here, as it's more Japanese fanbuzz and media hearsay than anything solid. Out of the bunch, if I had to bunk on one being true, I'd say it's trying to grab Gomi for a rematch with Hansen. Takada seemed to have the most concrete stuff to say about this one, so I'm guessing it's a legit possibility. The rest could definitely happen, but for the time being there are no inked contracts or vocal confirmation from fighters, so we'll have to wait and see.
Last edited 12/5/07 2:44PM by Believe-in-judo81
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