'Mach' Sakurai signs with HERO'S?

[Blacc Jesus]

K-1 10/3 Nippon Budokan card line-up

The line-up:

1. Reserve fight: Murat Direkci (Turkey) vs. Sofiane Allouache (France)
2. HIROYA vs. Kwon Eol Zzang
3. Reserve fight: Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Virgil Kalakoda (South Africa)
4. Tournament: Buakar Por Pramuk (Thailand) vs. Masato
5. Tournament: Mike Zambidis (Greece) vs. Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine)
6. Tournament: Albert Kraus (Holland) vs. Yoshihiro Sato
7. Tournament: Andy Souwer (Holland) vs. Drago (Armenia)
8. Tournament semi-finals (two matches)
9. Kazuya Yasuhiro vs. Su Hwan Lee
10. Tournament finals

Side note: ShootBoxing, which loosely works with K-1 talent, announced Andy Ologun vs. Andy Souwer for their 10/28 Ryogoku Kokugikan (Tokyo) event. Also announced for the event is Hayato “Mach” Sakurai.

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So I guess HERO'S is gonna change the MW division to 160 after all. :D

[Blacc Jesus]

You mean the LW division?
They call it MW.

[Minotauro]

Yeh I heard hero's are gonna change there MW division from 154 to 160 and since JZ and Shaolin have struggled recently to make the weight I think it make sense. I would actually prefer Sakurai fight in Hero's hopefully get a rematch with Gomi since he is meant to be signing for them as well. Hope they sign Kawajiri as well I haven't heard anything about him. They said they would introduce a 205lbs weight class in 08 too, probably based around Soko.

[Beebs]

Yeh I heard hero's are gonna change there MW division from 154 to 160 and since JZ and Shaolin have struggled recently to make the weight I think it make sense. I would actually prefer Sakurai fight in Hero's hopefully get a rematch with Gomi since he is meant to be signing for them as well. Hope they sign Kawajiri as well I haven't heard anything about him. They said they would introduce a 205lbs weight class in 08 too, probably based around Soko.

I don't think it makes sense to change a weightclass because a few fighters can't make it. Those who can make it, fight there, those who can't, fight up.

Oddball weightclasses are bad for MMA. 155 was the standard everywhere in the world except pride, it should stay that way.