Middleweight standout Kazuo Misaki (Pictures) attended World Victory Road's post-fight press conference for "Sengoku Battle III" on crutches - the result of his decision win over Minnesota Martial Arts Academy's Logan Clark (Pictures). Misaki evaded and countered Clark's efforts en route to victory, but suffered ligament damage in his left ankle for his troubles.

"It doesn't need surgery or anything but it should be heal in a month or so," said Misaki. "I will rest for one month and then resume training."

Former UFC welterweight contender Frank Trigg (Pictures) was also announced as "in negotiations" to appear in Sengoku's next installment on Aug. 24 at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo. Misaki, who dropped a decision to the American wrestler in Feb. 2007 at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas, seemed surprised by the news.

"I would like to get revenge on him in the near future," the Grabaka rep said. "I just found out that he would be participating too. I would like and see how my ankle heals. I am confident and if I could fight against him again I would like to win."

In the lightweight ranks, Duane Ludwig (Pictures), Rodrigo Damm (Pictures), Satoru Kitaoka (Pictures), Eiji Mitsuoka (Pictures) and Kazunori Yokota (Pictures) were announced as entries for an eight-man tournament to determine a challenger for Sengoku's top dog, Takanori Gomi (Pictures).

Damm, who bested American Top Team upstart Jorge Masvidal (Pictures) with a second-round TKO just hours earlier, did not dwell on the bout's controversial stoppage, but looked to the future.

"I strongly feel that I accomplished what I needed to do," he said. "To be the top fighter I will need to compete strongly in the tournament."

Despite having just fought what some may say was an easy match, Hidehiko Yoshida (Pictures) looked tired at the press conference, nodding off when he wasn't required to speak. His first-round submission victory over Maurice Smith (Pictures) snapped a three-fight losing streak.

"I'm really relieved that I won the fight last night," said Yoshida. "I strongly believe that this win will lead me to the next fight. Whoever he is I feel I will have a good fight."

Yoshida did express his interest in facing one particular fighter in Roger Gracie (Pictures), the 2008 Mundials super heavyweight champion and a multi-time top finisher in the Abu Dhabi World Submission Grappling Championships. The 1992 Olympic judo gold medallist stated that he'd be willing to fight Gracie in any weight division.

Hoping to expand its heavyweight ranks, World Victory Road also announced the signings of four Georgian athletes: Zurab Zviadauri, a 2004 Olympic judo gold medalist at 198 pounds; Ramaz Nozadze, a 2004 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling silver medalist at 212 pounds; Eldari Kurtanidze (Pictures), a two-time Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling in 1996 and 2000; and Georgi Gogshelidze, who took second place at the 2006 FILA World Championships in the 212-pound freestyle wrestling category.

Kurtanidze is the only one of the quartet to have previously competed in MMA, the recipient of a two-minute beating at the hands of Kuzuyuki Fujita at Pride Shockwave 2006 on New Year's Eve.