U-Spirits Again - March 9th Tokyo

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Hans Nijman! Original PRIDE GP Participant Returns

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SHIRUBA

 – POSTED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The seventh bout has been announced for the March 9th Hiromitsu Kanehara produced event “U-SPIRITS again”.

Pro-Wrestling and Pancrase legend Minoru Suzuki will return to take on PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 participant Hans Nijman. The 53 year old RINGS Holland veteran Nijman faced Kazuyuki Fujita in the opening round of the PRIDE GP and lost by submission, his last MMA fight was in 2003 against UFC Heavyweight Cheick Kongo in Amsterdam.

Quite a cast they have managed to gather for this event…

Hiromitsu Kanehara (19-26-5) vs. Yuki Kondo (54-27-8)
Yoshihiro Takayama (0-4-0) vs. Hikaru Sato (21-21-4)
Katsunori Kikuno (18-5-2) vs. Takafumi Ito (36-32-13)
Minoru Suzuki (29-20) vs. Hans Nijman (9-6)
KEI Yamamiya (44-29-10) vs. Daijiro Matsui (12-25-6)
Yoshiki Takahashi (29-26-3)  vs. Kenichi Yamamoto (5-11-2)
Takaku Fuke (16-28-5)  vs. Mitsuya Nagai (7-6-0)

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Rear Naked News Editors Note:

I just don't know what to make of this event. On the surface it seems to be all that's wrong with Japanese MMA.

A load of fighters with piles of fights under their belts, some with winning records others with very average ones. 

What are you to make of a bout where a man who is 21-21-4 is due to tackle a man without a win to his name at 0-4?

Or another where a very experienced 44-29-10 tackels a man with a 12-25-6 record.

And all the draws in these Japanese organisations that have two round fights. What's the point? 

Why not go to three round bouts, people feel cheated when they see draws. 

It's shocking and sad to see how Japanese MMA continues to fade.

U-Spirits Again is to be held on March 9th 2013 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.