Masato,Kid Yamamoto,Kenichi Ogata etc for Charity May 7th

Masato X KID - Sportsnavi.co.jp

Retired K-1 MAX great Masato and active MMA fighter Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto will hold a charity event on May 7th at Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo.

There are both active and retired fighters part of this event. Some of the fighters are:

Masato
Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto
Kenichi Ogata
Taishin Kohiruimaki
HAYATO
Akeomi Nitta
Kazuya Yasuhiro
Kozo Takeda
Jin Hirano

Masato will return to the ring one last time for a 3 rounds x 2 minutes spar against an opponent yet to be decided. 16 ounce gloves and protection will be worn. The opponent Masato seems to have in mind the most out of the fighters part of the event is retired 2006 S-cup champion Kenichi Ogata who Masato says he wanted to face for quite a while when he was active.

KID will spar with Jin Hirano, an MMA fighter who is a victim of the earthquake as he comes from the region where it hit hard.

I don’t think all of the fighters on the above list will get in the ring but they will probably be part of other activities to raise money on the 7th.

Click here to visit the blog of the event.

http://nightmareofbattle.com/?p=6289

The return of Masato

Masato will come back to spar and teh Japs will still pay to see him...lol
Props to every fighter that will participate there in order to help the victims

is there going to be a way to watch this/ will a vid surface after?

TOKYO -- Japan's two most popular fighters, 2003 and 2008 K-1 WORLD MAX GP champion Masato and Japanese MMA legend Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto, joined forces on Saturday at the Roppongi Hills Arena to promote the "Stands Up Japan" charity fight event in aid of victims of the March 11 Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

Masato stepped away from the ring in his prime in 2009, but he returned on Saturday to face two formidable opponents in one day in Shoot Boxing super welterweight champion and 2006 S-cup champion Kenichi Ogata and All Japan karate champion Kazuya Yasuhiro. With "KID" unable to fight due to injury, Shooto legend and former pacific rim champion Rumina Sato stepped up to take on on Jin Hirano, an Iwate-based figher who lost his home and gym in the tsunami.

Many other icons of the Japanese fight sport industry participated to support disaster victims, and MMA Fighting.com was ringside to capture the action.

vid here http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/05/10/masato-and-norifumi-kid-yamamoto-join-forces-at-stands-up-JAPANESE PERSON/

vid isnt working for me atm



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I cant post the link because the link has the word ' ja p' in it

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