Report: HERO'S KOREA October 28th, starring Denis Kang

smoogy · #1 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 01:11 AM

This blogger is pretty reliable and I'm sure they have some information that MMAWeekly does not.

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October 28th! OLYMPIA HERO’S KOREA 2007
Posted on September 19, 2007 by shiruba

The next Hero’s event will be held in South Korea on October 28th. Not much is known yet but here is something from MMAWeekly:

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While Kang did miss out on fighting at the Hero’s event in Japan last night, he is looking to fight before the end of the year.

“There’s [a Hero’s event] in October, if not then, New Year’s for sure,” said Kang about his potential Hero’s debut.

OLYMPIA HERO’S KOREA 2007
Date: 28/10-2007
Place: Jangchung Gymnasium In Seoul, South Korea

Possible Participants:
Denis Kang

http://nightmareofbattle.wordpress.c...os-korea-2007/

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...4720&zoneid=13

I'll go out on a limb and say these are also some likely combatants:

-Marcelo Garcia (Signed)
-Takanori Gomi (Verbally committed)
-Thierry Sokoujdou (Said by his manager to be on the verge of signing)
-Melvin Manhoef? (He came out of the MWGP final show unscathed)
-Dong Sik Yoon (Same)
-Min Soo Kim (Just makes sense)
-Pawel Nastula (Rumoured to be fighting Kim at MWGP show at one point)

Nastula vs. Kim would be a gold medal vs gold medal Judo matchup and thus create a ton of hype in the Japanese fight scene, where amatuer credentials are a big boost for the profile of most fighters.

Dr. MMA · #2 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 02:39 AM

oh man can't wait to see denis kang fight... K1 hero's is definitely looking like the next pride.

FE_EatsChildren · #3 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 03:06 AM

oh fuck... definitely gonna try to attend this one. :P

Raiders18 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 03:37 AM

Can't wait to watch this one. Hopefully your right about Gomi, Manhoef and/or Sokoudju being on the card. I wanna see Gomi and Soku back fightin again.

smoogy · #5 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 05:37 PM

From NoB:

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Update: There is talk that Yoshihiro Akiyama might make his return at this event also.

OLYMPIA HERO’S KOREA 2007
Date: 28/10-2007
Place: Jangchung Gymnasium In Seoul, South Korea

Possible Participants:
Denis Kang
Yoshihiro Akiyama

valheruking · #6 (**permalink**) 09-20-2007, 06:24 PM

Cool, thanks for the info.

smoogy · #7 (**permalink**) 09-21-2007, 12:08 AM

Dong Sik Yoon and Melvin Manhoef are expected to compete.

Nutsblood · #8 (**permalink**) 09-21-2007, 05:38 AM

Sweet, thanks for the info. Can't wait to see Gomi (hopefully) back in action.

chungt79 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-21-2007, 10:49 AM

Oh what a event this would turn out to be. Dongsik Yoon's been looking very good in his last two fights as he finally got a winning mentality in his head. And you got Akiayma and Denis Kang fighting? I know this is all specualtion at this point but damn this is exciting.