AMSTERDAM, Holland, Oct. 8 The weigh-ins and rules meeting for the first Bushido Europe event took place at the Mercure Hotel Saturday afternoon.
All fighters present made weight without any trouble, though the absence of
Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) was not clearly addressed by the promoters. At this point it seems as though the fight between Fedor and
Bob Schrijber (Pictures) is a no-go.
Late replacements on the card include
Fatih Kocamis, who steps in to replace an injured
Igor Vovchanchyn (Pictures), and
Ibragim Magomedov (Pictures), who replaces an injured
Valentijn Overeem. Chief PRIDE referee Yuji Shimada is present and will referee some of the MMA fights to be contested under full PRIDE rules.
The line-up for tomorrow's action is:
1.
Gegard Mousasi vs
Stefan Klever (MMA)
2. Tsuyoshi Tajima vs
Rodney Faverus (Kickboxing)
3. Imro Main vs William Diender (Kickboxing)
4.
Ibragim Magomedov (Pictures) vs
Antoni Hardonk (MMA)
5. Ronnie Rivano vs
Chico Martinez (MMA)
6.
Jerrel Venetiaan (Pictures) vs Ashwin Balrak (Kickboxing)
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7. Nicholas Pettas vs Gokhan Saki (Kickboxing)
8.
Kevin Randleman (Pictures) vs
Fatih Kocamis (MMA)
9. Tyrone Spong vs
Vincent Vielvoye (Kickboxing)
10.
Mark Coleman (Pictures) vs Milvo Voorn (MMA)
11.
Rene Rooze (Pictures) vs Alexander Emelianenko (MMA)