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Roger Gracie (1-0), a longtime part of the Sengoku II fight card, finally has an opponent for the May 18 event: Yuki Kondo (48-21-6).
The World Victory Road organization made the announcement on its official website earlier today.
The event takes place at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. A bout between heavyweights Josh Barnett and Jeff Monson headlines the event.
Gracie, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and the 2005 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship winner, has dominated countless BJJ competitions over the years. However, he'll fight for just second time in a professional MMA bout. The 26-year-old's lone victory was a December 2006 first-round submission of veteran Ron Waterman at a BodogFIGHT event.
He'll now take on 32-year-old Kondo, a three-time King of Pancrase with more than 70 professional bouts. The longtime Pancrase fighter has also competed in PRIDE and faced many of the sport's top stars, including Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Josh Barnett, Paulo Filho and Akihiro Gono. However, he's won just two of his past five fights -- and five of his past 13.
The latest rumored card for the event now includes:
* Josh Barnett vs. Jeff Monson
* Roger Gracie vs. Yuki Kondo
* Jorge Santiago vs. Yuki Sasaki
* Kwang Hee Lee vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
* Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa
* Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Jim York
* Dan Hornbuckle vs. Mike Pyle
* Ryo Kawamura vs. Kevin Randlem
