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5 Super Koreans will be fighting in the event.
from the left
Yoon Dong-Sik
Republic of Korea / Freelance / Judo
COUNTRY : Republic of Korea
DATE OF BIRTH : August 24, 1972
HEIGHT : 6 feet 0 inch
WEIGHT : 198 lbs
*BOUT RESULTS*
13 Fights 11 Wins 2 Losses
*LAST 30 FIGHT*
17 Sep. 2007 HERO'S Middle Weight World Championship Tournament FINAL W ZELG "BENKEI" GALESIC 1R Armbar Super Fight / MMA
02 Jun. 2007 Dynamite!! USA W MELVIN MANHOEF 2R ArmBar MMA
Yoshihiro Akiyama(He is an ethnic Korean. His Korean name is
Chu Seong-Hoon)
Japan / Freelance / Judo
COUNTRY : Japan
DATE OF BIRTH : July 29, 1975
HEIGHT : 5 feet 10 inch
WEIGHT : 187 lbs
*TITLES*
HERO'S Light Heavy Weight World Champion ('06)
Kodokan Cup Japan Judo Tournament 81kg Champion ('01)
All Japan Industrial Judo Tournament Individual Section 81kg Champion ('01)
East Asia Judo Competition 81kg Champion ('01)
Asia Judo Tournament in Pusan 81kg Champion ('02)
Paris International Judo Tournament 81kg Champion ('02)
Japan International Judo Tournament 81kg Champion ('03)
All Japan Invitational Judo Tounament 81kg Champion ('03)
*BOUT RESULTS*
MMA 10 Fights 9 Wins 1 Loss 1 KO 1 No Contest
*LAST 30 FIGHT*
31 Dec. 2006 FieLDS K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! - KAZUSHI SAKURABA No Contest MMA
09 Oct. 2006 HERO'S Middle Weight & Light Heavy Weight Tournament Final W KESTUTIS SMIRNOVAS 1R KO Semi Final / MMA
W MELVIN MANHOEF 1R Armbar Final / MMA
05 Aug. 2006 HERO'S 2006 Light Heavyweight & Middleweight Opening Tournament W TAIEI KIN Decision MMA
03 May 2006 HERO'S 2006 W KATSUHIKO NAGATA 1R KO MMA
15 Mar. 2006 HERO'S 2006 W TOKIMITSU ISHIZAWA Sodeguruma MMA
05 Nov. 2005 HERO'S 2005 in Seoul W MASAKATSU OKUDA 1R TKO MMA
12 Oct. 2005 K-1 WORLD MAX 2005 W MICHAEL LERMA 1R TKO MMA
06 Jul. 2005 HERO'S W CARL "Tombstone" TOOMEY 1R Armbar MMA
26 Mar. 2005 HERO'S L JEROME LE BANNER 1R KO MMA
31 Dec. 2004 Dynamite!! W FRANCOIS "THE WHITE BUFFALO" BOTHA 1R Armbar MMA
Denis Kang
Record 27 - 8 - 1 (Win - Loss - Draw) ( 2 NC )
Wins 8 (T)KOs (29.63%)
15 Submissions (55.56%)
4 Decisions (14.81%)
Losses 1 (T)KOs (12.50%)
5 Submissions (62.50%)
2 Decisions (25.00%)
Association American Top Team
Weight 185lbs (84kg)
City Vancouver
State British Colombia
Country Canada
Result Opponent Method Event Title Date Round Time
Win Junggyu Choi Decision (Unanimous) Spirit - Martial Challenge 3/11/2007 3
Loss Kazuo Misaki Decision (Split) PRIDE - Bushido 13 11/5/2006 2 5:00
Win Akihiro Gono Decision (Unanimous) PRIDE - Bushido 13 11/5/2006 2 5:00
Win Amar Suloev Submission (Rear Naked Choke) PRIDE - Bushido 12 8/26/2006 1 4:10
Win Murilo Rua KO (Punches) PRIDE - Bushido 11 6/4/2006 1 0:15
Win Albert Basconcelles KO Spirit MC - Only One 4/22/2006 1 0:12
Win Mark Weir Submission PRIDE - Bushido 10 4/2/2006 1 4:55
Win Ron Fields Submission (Rear Naked Choke) AFC 14 - Absolute Fighting Championships 14 12/10/2005 1 2:46
NC Robert Villegas No Contest Spirit MC - MW Grand Prix Final 10/29/2005 1
Win Andrei Semenov Decision (Unaminous) PRIDE - Bushido 8 7/17/2005 2 5:00
Win Takahiro Oba Submission (Armbar) PRIDE - Bushido 6 4/3/2005 1 4:24
Win Alexei Vezelozorov Submission (Choke) M-1 MFC - Heavyweight GP 12/4/2004 1 1:17
Win Jin Ho Yang TKO Spirit MC - Grand Prix 9/11/2004 N/A
Win Jae Young Kim Submission (Choke) Spirit MC - Grand Prix 9/11/2004 N/A
Win Jyunpei Hamada Submission (Armbar) Spirit MC - Grand Prix 9/11/2004 N/A
Win Kobus Huisamen TKO Spirit MC - Revolution 6/12/2004 1
Win Hyunchul Cho Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Spirit MC - Spirit Martial Challenge 4/10/2004 1
Draw Andrei Semenov Draw M-1 MFC - Russia vs the World 7 12/5/2003 1 10:00
Win Stephan Potvin TKO TKO 13 - Ultimate Rush 9/6/2003 3
Win Kaipo Kalama Decision (Majority) SB 30 - Collision Course 6/13/2003 3 3:00
Win Brendan Seguin Submission (Armbar) SB 30 - Collision Course 6/13/2003 1 2:24
Win Keith Rockel KO USMMA 3 - Ring of Fury 5/3/2003 2 2:59
Win Chris Peak Submission (Rear Naked Choke) WFF 4 - Civil War 4/4/2003 1 0:57
Loss Jason Miller Submission (Rear Naked Choke) EC 50 - Extreme Challenge 50 2/23/2003 2 1:41
Loss Joe Doerksen Submission (Triangle Choke) UCC 11 - The Next Level 10/11/2002 1 4:49
Win Pat Healy Submission (Guillotine) RITR 7 - Rumble in the Ring 7 7/20/2002 1
Win Shane Biever Submission (Armlock) WFF 2 - World Freestyle Fighting 2 6/22/2002 1
NC Dennis Hallman No Contest WFF 1 - World Freestyle Fighting 1 4/13/2002 2
Loss Marty Armendarez TKO (Punches) IFC WC 15 - Warriors Challenge 15 8/31/2001 1 3:52
Loss Osami Shibuya Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Pancrase - Proof 3 5/13/2001 3 3:45
Loss Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision (Majority) Pancrase - Trans 7 12/4/2000 2 3:00
Win Minoru Suzuki Submission (Back Injury) Pancrase - 2000 Anniversary Show 9/24/2000 1 3:43
Win Lonnie Canida TKO WCT - Western Canada's Toughest 3/18/2000 N/A
Loss Joe Slick Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) EC 24 - Extreme Challenge 24 5/15/1999 1 5:53
Loss Jacen Flynn Submission (Guillotine Choke) BRI 2 - Bas Rutten Invitational 2 4/24/1999 1 4:07
Win Tom Bolger Submission (Triangle Choke) BRI 2 - Bas Rutten Invitational 2 4/24/1999 1 1:55
Win Fadi Habib TKO UWC 2 - Ultimate Warrior Challenge 2 11/1/1998 1
Win Eric Harcrow Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UWC - Ultimate Warrior Challenge 8/2/1998 1
Taiei Kin(He is also an ethnic Korean and his name is
Kim Tae-Young)
Japan / Seido Kaikan / Karate
COUNTRY : Japan
DATE OF BIRTH : July 08, 1970
HEIGHT : 5 feet 11 inch
WEIGHT : 187 lbs
*TITLES*
Karate World Cup '92 Finalist
Karate World Cup '93 3rd Place
Karate Japan Open Finalist '93, '94
Karate World Cup '95 Champion
K-3 GRAND PRIX '95 Finalist
U.K.F. World Lightheavyweight Champion
W.M.T.C.World Juniormiddleweight Champion
*BOUT RESULTS*
27 Fights 21 Wins 5 Losses 1 Draw 6 KOs
MMA 2 Fights 1 Win 1 Loss 1 KO
*LAST 30 FIGHT*
05 Aug. 2007 K-1 WORLD GP 2007 IN HONG KONG W YUSUKE FUJIMOTO 2R KO
W SENTORYU 1R KO
31 Dec. 2006 K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! W TOKIMITSU ISHIZAWA 1R KO MMA
05 Aug. 2006 HERO'S 2006 Light Heavyweight / Middleweight Opening Tournament L YOSHIHIRO AKIYAMA Decision Quarter Final / MMA
30 Jul. 2000 K-1 WORLD GP2000 in Nagoya W STAN THE MAN Decision
14 Mar. 1998 W TARO MINATO Decision
09 Nov. 1997 W TARO MINATO Decision
07 Jun. 1997 K-1 FIGHT NIGHT '97 W ORLANDO WIET Decision
05 Jan. 1997 W ORLANDO WIET Decision
01 Sep. 1996 K-1 REVENGE '96 W WANLOP SOR. SARTHAPHAN Decision
02 Jun. 1996 K-1Fight Night II W AZEM MAKSUTAJ Decision
30 Mar. 1996 L WANLOP SOR. SARTHAPHAN Decision
09 Dec. 1995 K-1 HERCULES W PETER TEYSSE 2R TKO
03 Sep. 1995 K-1 REVENGE II W DALE WESTERMAN Decision
16 Jul. 1995 K-1 LEGEND W GURKAN OZKAN Decision
W ORLANDO WIET 2nd Ex.R Decision
L IVAN HIPPOLYTE 2nd Ex.R Decision
10 Jun. 1995 K-1 Fight Night W Decision
25 Mar. 1995 K-LEAGUE E BAYRAM COLAK Decision
10 Dec. 1994 K-1 LEGEND W Decision
18 Sep. 1994 K-1 REVENGE W ORLANDO WIET 4R KO
04 Mar. 1994 K-1 CHALLENGE W CHANGPUEK KIATSONGRIT Decision
15 Nov. 1993 ANDY'S GLOVE W 1R KO
03 Oct. 1993 KARATE WORLD CUP '93 L MASAAKI SATAKE
04 Sep. 1993 K-1 ILLUSION W Decision
25 Jun. 1993 SANCTUARY III L CHANGPUEK KIATSONGRIT Decision
30 Apr. 1993 K-1 GRAND PRIX'93 W MICHAEL THOMPSON Decision
30 Mar. 1993 SANCTUARY I W HARUAKI WADA 1R KO
MIN SOO KIM
Republic of Korea / Freelance / Judo
COUNTRY : Republic of Korea
DATE OF BIRTH : January 22, 1975
HEIGHT : 6 feet 1 inch
WEIGHT : 254 lbs
*TITLES*
Iran FAJR International Tournament under 100kg Gold Medalist '03
11th Pacific Judo Championship under 100kg Silver Medalist '01
Iran FAJR International Tournament over 100kg Bronze Medalist '00
Iran FAJR International Tournament under 100kg Silver Medalist '00
*BOUT RESULTS*
K-1 3 Fights 2 Wins 1 Loss
MMA 8 Fights 2 Wins 6 Losses
*LAST 30 FIGHT*
02 Jun. 2007 Dynamite!! USA L BROCK LESNAR 1R TapOut MMA
12 Mar. 2007 HERO'S 2007 Opening Round L MIGHTY MO 1R TKO MMA
09 Oct. 2006 HERO'S Middle Weight & Light Heavy Weight Tournament L DON FRYE 2R KO MMA / Super Fight
05 Aug. 2006 HERO'S 2006 Light Heavyweight & Middleweight Opening Tournament L SEMMY SCHILT 1R Triangle Choke MMA / Super Fight
03 Jun. 2006 FieLDS K-1 WORLD GP 2006 in SEOUL W KYOUNG SUK KIM Decision
W MOURAD BOUZIDI Ext.R Decision
L YUSUKE FUJIMOTO 2R KO
15 Mar. 2006 HERO'S 2006 W YOSHIHISA YAMAMOTO Sleeper Hold MMA
05 Nov. 2005 HERO'S 2005 in Seoul W SEAN O'HAIRE Front Choke MMA
06 Jul. 2005 HERO'S L RAY SEFO 2R KO MMA
26 Mar. 2005 HERO'S L BOB SAPP 1R KO MMA
Sherdog news
At a press conference Monday held at the Silla Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Yoshihiro Akiyama (Pictures) again apologized to the HERO'S organization and its fans before formally announcing his participation in the Oct. 28 HERO'S KOREA 2007 card at the Jang Chung Gymnasium in Seoul.
The announcement brings an end to a sprawling controversy that has spanned nearly 10 months.
Following his victory over MMA icon Kazushi Sakuraba (Pictures) at K-1's Premium 2006 Dynamite!! this past New Year's Eve, Akiyama became embroiled in massive controversy when it was revealed that prior to the bout he used a personal moisturizer on his body. The days following the fight saw K-1 and HERO'S parent company Fight Entertainment Group declare the bout a No Contest, and indefinitely suspend Akiyama, 32, from competition.
The bout also led to extensive reform to HERO'S rules and regulations, as well as the protocol of HERO'S officials.
Rumors of Akiyama's ring return first began in the build-up to the July 16 HERO'S card. Following a test of fan opinion in which 56 percent of those polled favored Akiyama's return to HERO'S, FEG president Sadaharu Tanigawa said that Akiyama's participation in Sept. 17's HERO'S card was "50-50."
Although Akiyama did not compete at the event, upon announcement of a second HERO'S card in Seoul it appeared the return of the former HERO'S 187-pound tournament winner, an ethnic Korean, was imminent.
In November 2005 Akiyama anchored the first HERO'S card in Seoul. In the main event, the former judoka crushed Masakatsu Okuda in the first round.
No opponent has yet been named for Akiyama, and no match-ups have been made official.
Also on the card, ranked middleweight Denis Kang (Pictures) makes his HERO'S debut versus a yet-to-be determined opponent. Former South Korean judo star Dong sik Yoon, and former K-1 standout-turned-MMA fighter Taiei Kin (Pictures), who is also an ethnic Korean, will appear on the card.