Mamed Khalidov vs. Yuki Sasaki added to Dec. 30 "Sengoku: Soul of Fight"

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Another MMA bout has been added to World Victory Road's "Sengoku: Soul of Fight" all-day martial-arts festival.

Recent Sengoku middleweight title-challenger Mamed Khalidov (20-4-2 MMA, 1-1 SRC) takes on longtime Pancrase fighter and one-time UFC competitor Yuki Sasaki (22-18-1 MMA, 1-2 SRC).

"Soul of Fight" takes place Dec. 30 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, and some portion of the event is expected to air on HDNet in the U.S.

After a remarkable 17-0-1 run in his native Poland (and a victory over Jason Guida at a 2008 EliteXC event), Khalidov splashed onto the international scene earlier in late 2009 with a first-round TKO of Sengoku champ Jorge Santiago in a non-title fight. Santiago, though, got his revenge in a championship rematch earlier this year and earned the unanimous-decision win at Sengoku Raiden Championships 12.

Since that loss, Khalidov returned to Poland to defend his KSW title. He and Japanese fighter Ryuta Sakurai fought to a draw, which kept the belt around Khalidov's belt. He now has the first two-fight winless streak since he lost his very two first pro fights back in 2004.

His new opponent, Sasaki, enters the fight stuck in a career-worst four-fight losing streak with seven losses in his past 10 fights. The skid include a loss to Dean Lister at UFC Fight Night 6 and Sengoku losses to Santiago and Kazuhiro Nakamura. Most recently, he suffered a decision loss to former WEC champ Paulo Filho at Bitetti Combat 8 on Dec. 4.

In addition to that MMA bout, a

The latest "Sengoku: Soul of Fight" MMA card includes:
Champ Marlon Sandro vs. Hatsu Hioki (for featherweight title)
Kazuo Misaki vs. Mike Seal
Mamed Khalidov vs. Yuki Sasaki
Jadamba Narantungalag vs. Kazunori Yokota
Dave "Pee Wee" Herman vs. Yoshihiro Nakao
Yasubey Enomoto vs. Keita Nakamura*
Taiyo Nakahara vs. Akitoshi Tamura+
Manabu Inoue vs. Shunichi Shimizu+
Mika "Hari" Harigai vs. Rin Nakai
Akihiro Gono vs. TBA
Maximo Blanco vs. TBA
Hiroshi Izumi vs. TBA
Masanori Kanehara vs. TBA
Ronnie Mann vs. TBA^
* - Welterweight grand-prix finale
+ - Asian bantamweight grand-prix semifinals
^ - Not officially announced