Yarennoka 2007 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | Yarennoka Executive Committee (former Pride staff), M-1 Global, and Fighting and Entertainment Group |
Date | December 31, 2007 |
Venue | Saitama Super Arena |
City | Saitama, Japan |
Attendance | 27,128[ citation needed] |
Yarennoka! (Japanese pronunciation: [jaɾennoka]) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that took place on December 31, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. [1] The event was promoted by the Yarennoka! Executive Committee, composed of former Pride Fighting Championships executives, and held in association with Fighting and Entertainment Group, DEEP, and M-1 Global. [2] [3] The event aired on HDNet and was billed as "Fedor Returns" in the United States; while it was shown on SKY Perfect, a Japanese pay per view network.
It was headlined by a fight between former Pride heavyweight champion and 2004 heavyweight Grand Prix champion Fedor Emelianenko and K-1 2007 World Grand Prix Finalist Hong-man Choi. The undercard showcased many top lightweight fighters and was also marked by a marquee matchup of the Pride 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix Champion Kazuo Misaki and the Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion Yoshihiro Akiyama. [4] [5] The event was a farewell show to Pride fans after their acquisition by the Ultimate Fighting Championship in early 2007. [6]
It is also credited for inspiring the former Pride executives and the Fighting and Entertainment Group to create the new fight series, Dream.
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Bu-kyung Jung | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Hidehiko Hasegawa | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Hong-man Choi | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:54 | |
Middleweight | Kazuo Misaki | vs. | Yoshihiro Akiyama | No Contest | 1 | 7:48 | [a] |
Lightweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def. | Gilbert Melendez | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Makoto Takimoto | def. | Murilo Bustamante | Decision (split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Luiz Azeredo | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Mike Russow | def. | Roman Zentsov | Submission (north-south choke) | 1 | 2:58 |