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Gesias “JZ” Calvancante vs. Shinya Aoki Set for March K-1 Show
Gesias “JZ” Calvancante vs. Shinya Aoki Set for March K-1 Show
By John Morgan/TAGG Radio The hotly anticipated Gesias “JZ” Calvancante (14-1-1) vs. Shinya Aoki (12-2) match-up — first promised to the world and then removed from a New Year’s Eve “Yarennoka!” card in Japan — has been reset for a March date in Japan. American Top Team General Manager Richie Guerrero confirmed the K-1 sanctioned fight during his ...
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CKA: Jan 24, 2008
MMA on Tap — ... It seems like Gesias Calvancante and Shinya Aoki will finally meet at a K-1 show in Japan in March. American Top Team’s manager Richie Guerrero (who manages Calvancante as well) announced the matchup yesterday during an interview on ...

Is the UFC Model Doomed?
Bloody Elbow — ... And two fights announced yesterday serve as reminders that not all the biggest fights are happening in the UFC: Aleksander Emelianenko vs Josh BarnettAccording to the unsurpassed Bloody Elbow Meta-Rankings, Aleksander is the #11 most highly regarded heavyweight in the world and Josh Barnett is #8. This fight should set up Barnett to fight Fedor at some point in the future -- possibly not until 2009, after the big Fedor vs Randy Couture payday. Shinya Aoki vs Gesias "JZ" CalvancantiThe Bloody Elbow Meta-Rankings have these two ...

Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancante vs. Shinya Aoki scheduled for March
Five Ounces of Pain — That’s the good word according to MMA Junkie: The hotly anticipated Gesias “JZ” Calvancante (14-1-1) vs. Shinya Aoki (12-2) match-up — first promised to the world and then removed from a New Year’s Eve “Yarennoka!” card in Japan — has been reset for a March date in Japan. American Top Team General Manager Richie Guerrero confirmed the K-1 sanctioned fight during his appearance on Wednesday’s episode of TAGG Radio. While it seems like the Japanese had no intentions of ever putting this fight on the Yarennoka! ...

JZ Calvancante vs. Shinya Aoki Set For March
MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion — ... According to MMAJunkie, JZ Calvancante will fight Shinya Aoki this March in Japan. The two were scheduled to fight on Nye’s Yarennoka! event, but the fight was cancelled at the last minute, after it was learned that JZ had surgery on his knee and was not even training for the fight. ...

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