Replacement Opponent Named For Shinya Aoki At Yarennoka
Posted by Randy Harrison on 12.27.2007
The New Year's Eve card adds a fighter to replace the loss of Gesias Calvancante...
Shinya Aoki now knows who he will be facing when he steps into the ring at Saitama Super Arena this New Year's Eve and it's someone that no one could have expected.
South Korean Olympic Judo silver medalist Jung Bu-Kyung, a fighter who trains with famed South Korean MMA star Dong Sik Yoon, will make his professional MMA debut, two months after he began training, against Aoki, one of the top lightweight fighters in the world.
The need for an opponent was caused by Gesias Calvancante's knee injury and subsequent surgery which forced him from the huge showdown with Aoki in Tokyo. That fight is expected to be made sometime early in 2008 according to reports.
