3/5 Sengoku - Preparations underway

The big event this week in Japan, no doubt the Sengoku event. This is the start of a very exciting month for Japanese MMA.

The main event will be between Hidehiko Yoshida and Josh Barnett. Yoshida has appearantly spent his time trying out a new outfit for the event. Currently under testing is a uniform consisting of a Judo top and thights. (thank you Coyote for the tip).

Barnett has been interviewed by MMA Weekly and says he is looking forward to fighting Yoshida, who he has trained with in the past.

The fights on this card:
Hidehiko Yoshida 7-5-1 vs. 20-5-0 Josh Barnett
Takanori Gomi 27-3-0 vs. 16-7-0 Duane Ludwig
Kazuo Misaki 18-8-2 (1NC) vs. 13-1-1 Siyar Bahadurzada
Kazuyuki Fujita 14-6-0 vs. Peter "Rolling Thunder" Graham
Makoto Takimoto 4-3-0 vs. 15-10-0 Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
Ryo Kawamura 7-1-2 vs. 4-0-0 Antonio Braga Neto
Fabricio Monteiro 16-6-0 vs. 34-9-1 Nick Thompson