Weigh ins for FIELDS presents FIGHT FOR JAPAN “Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011! have taken place, and all feature fighters have been cleared for this weekends event. The event is headlined by legendary heavyweight Fedor “ The Last Emperor” Emelianenko who will be facing Olympic Gold Medalist in Judo Satoshi Ishii on December 31, 2011. The event, which takes place from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, will be broadcast in North America on HDNet start time in North America is 1am ET 10pm PT.
Fedor vs. Ishii
Aoki vs. Kitaoka
Takaya vs. Inoue
Official weights and bout order below.
Fight 1: Hideo Tokoro (Japan) 61.0kg VS Yusup Saaduleaev (Russia) 61.0kg
(Bantam weight tournament reserve fight / 61kg, 134.2lb)
Fight 2: Masakazu Imanari (Japan) 60.8kg VS Antonio Banuelos (USA) 61.0kg
(Bantam weight tournament semi-final 1 / 61kg, 134.2lb)
Fight 3: Bibiano Fernandes (Brazil) 61.0kg vs Rodolofo Marques (Brazil) 61.0kg
(Bantam weight tournament semi-final 2 / 61kg, 134.2lb)
Fight 4: Masaaki Noiri (Japan) 64.0kg VS Kengo Sonoda (Japan) 63.5kg
(Kickboxing rule / 64kg, 141.1lb)
Fight 5: Yuta Kubo (Japan)63.8kg VS Nils Widlund (Sweden) 63.6kg
(Kickboxing rule / 64kg, 141.1lb)
Fight 6: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (Japan) 75.8kg VS Ryo Chonan (Japan)75.5kg (76kg, 167.6lb)
Fight 7: Tatsuya Kawajiri (Japan)65.0kg VS Kazuyuki Miyata (Japan) 64.7kg (65kg, 167.6lb)
Fight 8: Megumi Fujii (Japan) 52.0kg VS Karla Benitez (Venezuela) 52.0kg
(Female MMA rule 52kg, 114.6lb)
Fight 9: Josh Barnett (USA) VS Hideki Suzuki (Japan)
(IGF rule / freeweight)
Fight 10: Yucihiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima (Japan) 73.5kg VS Katsunori Kikuno (Japan) 73.5kg
(Kickboxing/MMA Mix rule / 73.5kg)
Fight 11: Winner of IMANRI/BANUELOS VS Winner of FERNANDES/MARQUES
(Bantam weight tournament final / 61kg, 134.2lb)
Fight 12: Jerome Le Banner (France) VS Tim Sylvia (USA)
(IGF rule / freeweight)
Fight 13: Peter Aerts (Holland) VS Kazuyuki Fujita (Japan)
(IGF rule / freeweight)
Fight 14: Shinichi Suzukawa & Atsushi Sawada (Japan) VS Kazushi Sakuraba & Katsutyori Shibata (Japan)
(IGF rule / freeweight)
Fight 15: Hiroyuki Takaya (Japan) 65.0kg VS Takeshi “Lion” Inoue (Japan) 64.8kg
(Featherweight title fight / 65kg, 167.6lb)
Fight 16: Shinya Aoki (Japan) 70.0kg VS Satoru Kitaoka (Japan) 70.0kg
(Lightweight title fight / 70kg, 154.3lb)
Fight 17: Fedor Emelianenko (Russia) 106kg VS Satoshi Ishii (Japan) 97.4kg(Heavyweight)
