12-31-07 3 Am Hdnet Directv 79

[California Patriot]

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YARENNOKA: DECEMBER 31, 2007 IN SAITAMA, JAPAN
venue: Saitama Super Arena

-Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong Man Choi
-Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
-Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
-Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Azeredo
-Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
-Murilo Bustamante vs. Makoto Takimoto
-Shinya Aoki vs. Bukyung Jung
-Michael Russow vs. Roman Zentsov

[California Patriot]

Fedor took some shots but secured an armbar his second time attempting. Gilbert lost a tough decision.

The fights were really good. I like that 10 min round, 90 sec rest between rounds 5 min round. And the judges scores are based on the whole fight, not on a round by round score.

Almost forgot the best win I felt was Kazuo Misaki over Yoshihiro Akiyama by TKO at 7:48, R1.

And it was good to see the show start off right with an American bring home the win Michael Russow defeated Roman Zentsov by Submission (North-South Choke) at 2:58, R1.

Pride and XFO veteran Mike Russow submitted Fedor Emelianenko’s teammate Roman Zentsov in the opening bout of the night. Russow secured a single leg early and took Zentsov down. He attempted a north-south choke, but later gave up on it. After more posturing, Russow secured the north-south choke again and the Red Devil fighter was forced to tap. From MMA WEEKLY.

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Agreed: Misakis knockout was awesome.

Ishidas win over Gil Melendez was big too.

And man can a giant like Hong Man Choi hit! I know Fedor has kind of a "soft"
face, but man just a few small punches from Hong Man welted up a side of Fedors face pretty good.

Aoki had a hard time with his opponent which suprised me, but maybe his opponent is a star in the making, Olympic Judo silver medal and all.

[the punisher]

I love HDNET fights it's great how they show Friday Night MMA fights from all over the US.