With the card for its May 18 show set since the beginning of the week, Sengoku promoter World Victory Road has now moved on to planning its third event, scheduled for June 8.

After shows at the 10,500-seat Yoyogi National Gymnasium and the 10,000-seat Ariake Colosseum, WVR will try to fill the roughly 37,000-seat Saitama Super Arena in June.

The venue, which is located just outside Tokyo, has a sentimental value for Japanese fight fans. It was the main arena for the Pride Fighting Championships for the past seven years.

Headlining the show will once again be WVR showpiece Hidehiko Yoshida (Pictures). The Olympic judo gold medalist is coming off the first submission defeat of his career, losing in March to Josh Barnett (Pictures). An opponent for the 38-year-old Japanese grappler is being chosen from a selection of four foreign fighters, according to the promotion, and will be announced in the next few days.

Yoshida, along with his management company J-Rock, is also responsible for the booking of the event.

"We want to put on a show which the customer can enjoy," he told the Japanese media. "I am currently working very hard on my boxing. At least once in my career, I would like to win by knockout."

The promotion also announced the first fight for the June 8 show. In a welterweight clash, Bodog Fight welterweight champion Nick Thompson (Pictures) will take on Brazilian muay Thai specialist Michael Costa of Chute Boxe fame.

Thompson was in action at the first Sengoku event, winning a controversial decision over Costa's countryman Fabricio Monteiro (Pictures). Costa has spent the majority of his career fighting for Chute Boxe's house show, Storm Samurai.

Also scheduled to appear on the card is five-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz, Bodog Fight veteran Rodrigo Damm, former K-1 MMA heavyweight champion Kazuyuki Fujita (Pictures) and another member of Chute Boxe in Fabio Silva (Pictures).

Takanori Gomi (Pictures) stated in an interview that he also plans to return at Sengoku III, but the "Fireball Kid" has yet to be officially confirmed by the promotion.