from sherdog:
? Golyaev, the world?s ninth-ranked lightweight according to Sherdog.com, will meet the highly regarded Eiji Mitsuoka in what Sengoku frontman Takahiro Kokuho informally called a number one contender?s match. Mitsuoka (14-6-2), who holds a victory against Joachim Hansen, submitted to Kitaoka in the lightweight grand prix final;
? Undefeated heavyweight prospect Dave Herman will make his promotional debut against Pride veteran Mue Bae Choi. Herman (13-0), an athletic 6-foot-5 Indiana native, has finished all 13 of his opponents, 12 of them in the first round. The 38-year-old Choi (7-3) has won two of his past three fights;
? The heads of both Grabaka and Yoshida Dojo, Sanae Kikuta and Hidehiko Yoshida, will battle in a light heavyweight affair. ?Since the day that this bout was decided, I?ve lost a lot of weight,? said Yoshida, who recently claimed he would not don a gi for the bout. ?I feel very light and speedy.? Kikuta (27-6-3) has not lost a match since 2003. ?This fight looks like Yoshida Dojo versus Grabaka, but I feel more like it?s just between him and me, as individual fighters. If he was just a normal judoka, I?d just take him down, but he?s a power fighter like me, so I expect it to be a little more difficult,? Kikuta said;
? EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva -- still under suspension by the California State Athletic Commission after a positive test for steroids -- will collide with Yoshihiro Nakao in a heavyweight bout. Silva (11-1) has won four in a row;
? Finally, Muhammed Lawal will face Yukiya Naito in a light heavyweight matchup. The charismatic Lawal (2-0) has impressed early on in his MMA career with wins against the Chute Boxe Academy?s Fabio Silva and UFC veteran Travis Wiuff.
