Can Karla Benitez (left) upset top-ranked female fighter Megumi Fujii at Genki Desu Ka!! tonight in Japan? Photo courtesy of DreamOfficial.com.
Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) today (Dec. 30, 2011) held the official weigh in event for its massive New Year's Eve fight card scheduled for the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
FieLDS presnts Genki Desu Ka!! will bring fight fans a whopping nine straight hours of mixed martial arts (MMA) action beginning TONIGHT at 1 a.m. ET on HDNet (Friday night into Saturday).
The event, headlined by a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Satoshi Ishii, will feature a mixture of MMA, K-1, and pro wrestling bouts. In short, there's a little something for everyone.
Here are the complete Genki Desu Ka!! weigh in results:
Main Event:
265 lbs.: Fedor Emelianenko (233.2) vs. Satoshi Ishii (214.3)
Main Card:
155 lbs.: Shinya Aoki (154) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (154)
145 lbs.: Hiroyuki Takaya (143) vs. Takeshi Inoue (142.6)
170 lbs.: Hayato Sakurai (166.8) vs. Ryo Chonan (166.1)
155 lbs.: Tatsuya Kawajiri (143) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata (142.3)
115 lbs.: Megumi Fujii (114.4) vs. Karla Benitez (114.4)
DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix:135 lbs.: Bibiano Fernandes (134.2) vs. Rodolfo Marques (136.8)
135 lbs.: Masakazu Imanari (133.8) vs. Antonio Banuelos (134.2)
135 lbs.: Yusup Saadulaev (135.5) vs. Hideo Tokoro (134.2)**Mixed Rules Bout:
155 lbs.: Yuichiro Nagashima (161) vs. Katsunori Kikuno (161)
Kickboxing Bouts:
140 lbs.: Yuta Kubo (140.4) vs. Nils Widlund (139.9)
140 lbs.: Masaaki Noiri (140.8) vs. Kengo Sonoda (139.7)**Reserve bout
To get up to speed on all the news and notes for Genki Desu Ka!! check out our extensive event archive right here.
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