As reported by Gryphon, the main event of the much anticipated Yarennoka!! 2007 is a battle of 2006 Grand Prix Champions, Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. This certainly comes as a huge surprise considering much hype surrounding the controversial Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong Man Choi match up. Akiyama, who boasts a 10-1 record, all stoppages, was quoted earlier this month as saying that his win over Kang was merely luck and that he believed that Misaki’s win over Kang was well deserved and not accidental. Misaki, will enter this bout after a 10 month lay off. His last fight was a very disappointing loss over Frank Trigg at PRIDE 33. Misaki looks to get on his winning ways and hopefully find the same success that he did in 2006. Emelianenko vs. Choi is scheduled to be the Co-Main Event.

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