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Jean-Claude Van DammeActor and Supposed martial artist
Jean-Claude Van Damme told the media that he would like to "return to fighting and win the
K-1 world title".
The 44-year old Van Damme
claims to have once been European karate champion, but his claims have since been thoroughly researched and supposedly found to be
false.
Furthermore,
Howard Hanson, President of the
World Karate Association, claims that he only found evidence of Van Damme competing in
one amateur bout.
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Royce Gracie (left) facing off to a cardboard cut-out of Akebono.Below is a possible partial line-up and a list of possible participants that the Japanese media is saying is most likely to take place for the
K-1 show on
December 31st:
Officially announced MMA rules matchups:
Royce Gracie vs.
AkebonoKazuyuki Fujita vs.
Karam IbrahimBob Sapp vs.
TBAB.J. Penn vs.
Kaoru UnoMike Bernardo vs.
Bobby Ologun Officially announced K-1 rules matchups:
Masato vs.
Norifumi 'Kid' YamamotoPossible MMA rules matchups:
Jerome Le Banner vs.
Yoshihiro Akiyama or
Sean O'HaireSean O'Haire vs.
Gary GoodridgeOther fighters to possibly be on the card:
Don Frye
Tom Erikson
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
Wakanohana
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Some of the announced participants for the PRIDE show on December 31st.Below is the possible line-up that the Japanese media is saying is most likely to take place for the
PRIDE show on
December 31st. The final card is scheuled to have a total of
ten matchups:
Officially announced matchups:
Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira vs.
Fedor Emelianenko Rulon Gardner vs.
Hidehiko YoshidaVanderlei Silva vs.
Kazushi SakurabaMirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs.
Kevin RandlemanJens Pulver vs.
Takanori GomiDan Henderson vs.
Yuki KondoMakoto Takimoto vs.
TBA (possibly
Rogerio 'Minotoro' Nogueira)
Possible matchups:
'Giant' Silva vs.
Takashi SugiuraHenry 'Sentoryu' Miller vs.
Fabricio Werdum D. Mishima vs.
Luis 'Buscape' Firminho
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