

(The oddly-proportioned Antonio Silva and the impeccably-dressed Nick Thompson pose for cameras earlier today in Tokyo. Photos courtesy of Sherdog.)
If you’re one of the lucky few who still gets HDNet — go fuck yourself, Time Waner Cable! — why don’t you go ahead and set your DVR for the live broadcast of Sengoku 10, which goes down late tonight at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT. Though there isn’t much star power on the card, the show will feature Antonio Silva, Nick Thompson, Dan Hornbuckle, and a headlining bout between two fighters making their MMA debuts: Olympic Judoka Hiroshi Izumi and New Zealand kickboxing champion Antz Nansen. The lineup is below (props to BloodyElbow):
LHW: Hiroshi Izumi (debut) vs. Antz Nansen (debut)
HW: Antonio Silva (12-1) vs. "Big" Jim York (11-2)
WW: Makoto Takimoto (5-5) vs. Jae Sun Lee (2-3)
LW: Kazunori Yokota (9-2-3) vs. Ryan Schultz (20-11-1)
LHW: Ryo Kawamura (10-4-2) vs. Fabio Silva (11-5)
WW: Nick Thompson (38-11-1) vs. Dan Hornbuckle (18-2)
MW: Joe Doerksen (42-12) vs. Takenori Sato (9-6-4)
LW: Maximo Blanco (3-2-1, 1 NC) vs. Tetsuya Yamada (3-1)
Opening Fights (Untelevised)
LW: Ikuo Usuda (5-0) vs. Woo Hyun Baek (1-0)
FW: Shigeki Osawa (3-0) vs. Ki Hyun Kim (pro debut)
BW: Ryosuke Komori (4-1) vs. Jae Hyun So (2-6)
For a more in-depth look at the matchups, go here and here.
Speaking of Bigfoot Silva, the American Top Team heavyweight standout says that he’s been weighing offers from multiple American MMA organizations since his steroid suspension in California came to an end on July 27th. Said Silva: "Right now, I can’t say which ones, but real soon, everyone will know." He still wants to fight Josh Barnett later this year in Japan.








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