Tim Sylvia vs Jerome Lebanner booked for Dec. 31 pro wrestling bout in Japan

Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia is back on the FieLDS 'Genki Desu Ka!!' fight card for Dec. 31, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

But he won't be fighting.

Instead, "The Maine-iac" will be facing off against K-1 kickboxer Jerome LeBanner in a pro wrestling bout under the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) banner as part of the New Year's Eve extravaganza that will include Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii and the DREAM bantamweight grand prix finals, among others.

Sylvia was originally booked to sling leather opposite domestic do-badder Brett Rogers, but "The Grim's" legal run-ins threw a monkey wrench into those plans.

Here's what else to expect from the Genki Desu Ka!! supershow:

DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix:

135 lbs.: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
135 lbs.: Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos
135 lbs.: Winner of Fernandes-Marques vs. Winner of Imanari-Banuelos

Main Card:

265 lbs.: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
155 lbs.: Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka
170 lbs.: Hayato Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
145 lbs.: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi Inoue
155 lbs.: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
115 lbs.: Megumi Fujii vs. Karla Benitez

Mixed Rules Bout:

155 lbs.: Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno

Kickboxing Bouts:

140 lbs.: Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund
140 lbs.: Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda

Pro Wrestling Bouts:

Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts
Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki
Tim Sylvia vs. Jerome LeBanner

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more updates to FieLDS presents 'Genki Desu Ka!!' as they become available.