The Rematch! Aoki Vs. “Mach” II Announced
Aoki, Sasahara, "Mach", and the Belts. - GBRing.com
The rumored fight is now official as Shinya Aoki vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai was announced as a first round match-up for the DREAM Welterweight GP which kicks off on April 5th.
Update: The rest of the GP line-up is planned to be announced next week. The event will consist of 9 or 10 fights. One of the four last spots might be given to another Japanese fighter.
OLYMPIA DREAM.8 Welterweight GP 2009 1st Round
Date: April 5th, 2009
Place: Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan
Welterweight GP Fight:
Shinya Aoki vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai
Welterweight GP Participants:
Seichi Ikemoto
Yuya Shirai
Featherweight GP Fight:
Hideo Tokoro vs. DJ.taiki
88 kg/194 lbs Fight:
Minowaman vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Middleweight Fight:
Andrews Nakahara vs. Zelg “Benkei” Galesic
Possible GP Participants:
Andre Galvao
Marcello Garcia
John Alessio
Possible Participants:
Ronaldo Jacare
Gegard Mousasi
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Excellent. FEG is doin’ it real big for this event. Respect.
A younger Aoki tooled Mach in their first fight, so I can only imagine what a more experienced Aoki will do. Should be an awesome fight.