Yoshida to fight in PRIDE USA

[( o Y o )]

As announced by him at the most recent VIVA

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pride/headlines/20060808-00000006-spnavi_ot-spo.html

[blacks]

Pride: The Real Deal
http://www.mma-news.ch/tamura_yoshida1.jpg


Does this mean we will see Yoshida fight without a gi?

[FieldingMellish]

What a silly bit of matchmaking.

They need Yoshida more than ever for the Japanese shows so they put him out there on a US event where he'll mean nothing.

Pure genius.

[majorcunningham]

Does this mean we will see Yoshida fight without a gi?

that's a good question. there's no way he can fight in las vegas with gi. is the event 100% confirmed to be in las vegas?

[TheDude]

Makes no sense at all.

[RedHawk]

Good. I see I'm not alone in thinking "WTF?"

[Grant Ellis]

Yoshida fought without a gi against Ogawa, so it won't be anything new.
And yes, I don't care Yoshida is coming either, but I should still get my picture taken with him.

[( o Y o )]

Nak may be there too. I assume this will be on live PPV in Japan or there is no way they could swing this.

[RedHawk]

Nak may be there too. I assume this will be on live PPV in Japan or there is no way they could swing this.


OK, that makes alot more sense.

[Grant Ellis]

He could always outstrike tank abbott again over here :P haha

[( o Y o )]

OK, that makes alot more sense.

Yeah, I think watching their hometown boys fight in the US against big bad gaijin may even bump the usual PPV buy rate a bit. If it is LV then their usual PPV starting time of 4pm would only be moved 4 or 5 hours earlier (ala K-1 LVGP starts live in Japan at 11am)....still very watchable as it isn't something like 3am.

[Grant Ellis]

I just hope they get lots of quality opponents.

Paul Buentello vs. Yoshida
Matt Lindland vs. Nakamura
Yves Edwards vs. Hayato Sakurai