Yarennoka! or HDnet Fights: Fedor Returns which is scheduled for Dec. 31st has finalised all but one of their bouts and now the rule set they will use. Shinya Aoki is yet to have been given a replacement since Gesias Calvancante had to drop out of their bout due to injury.
The rest of the card is as follows:
Fight 1: Roman Zentsov vs. Mike Russow
Fight 2: Makoto Takimoto vs. Murilo Bustamante
Fight 3: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Azeredo
Fight 4: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez
Fight 5: Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
Fight 6: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazuo Misaki
Fight 7: Shinya Aoki vs. TBD
Fight 8: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong-man Choi
The scheduled rules according to the Yarennoka website are as follows:
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The bouts will consist of a 10 minute first round and a 5 minute 2nd round
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Judges will have to choose a winner if the bout goes the full 15 minutes. No draws.
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Soccer kicks and stomps to the head of a downed opponent will NOT be allowed.
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Knees are legal except for the Fedor vs. Choi fight where they are not. Most likely due to the weight difference.
