Re-Injured Nose! Akiyama Not In Middleweight GP

Yoshihiro Akiyama announced today at a press conference that he will not participate in this years DREAM Middleweight GP due to a re-injured nose that he sustained in training. Akiyama originally injured his nose in his fight against Kazuo Misaki at Yarennoka! on NYE.

OLYMPIA DREAM.2 Middleweight GP 2008 1st Round
Date: April 29th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Middleweight GP 1st Round:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Masakatsu Funaki
Denis Kang vs. Gegard Mousasi
Ronaldo Jacare vs. Frank Trigg
Kin Taiei vs. Minowaman
Magomed Sultanakhmadov vs. Zelg Galesic
Yoon Dong Sik vs. Shungo Oyama

Lightweight GP 1st Round:
Shinya Aoki vs. J.Z. Calvan

Possible GP Participants:
Dae Won Kim
Mamed Khalidov
Daniel Acacio

Possible Participants:
Marcelo Garcia
Jon Olav Einemo
Nick Diaz