Olympic Gold Medalist Judoka Satoshi Ishii To Make MMA Debut vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

The long awaited debut of Satoshi Ishii the judo Olympic gold medalist in 2008 appears set to take place on New Years Eve against former gold medalist in the same sport, Hidehiko Yoshida. Nightmare of Battle chimes in:

Clearly a battle between two Japanese gold medalists is going to do huge business in Japan but there is a huge risk that a bad loss ruins Ishii who is the great hope of the Japanese MMA scene at the moment. Chris Nelson from BloodyElbow with more: