"I was not expecting to..." Kazushi Sakuraba Noah's participation on 16th September in Osaka

Sports Hochi
27th July 2019

Mixed Martial Arts legend, Kazushi Sakuraba (50), will participate at Noah's event on the 16th September at the Edion Arena Osaka 1st Stadium.

Today, Sakuraba appeared at Noah's Kultz Kawasaki event.
Sakuraba, who came to to the ring with the Sugiura Army's NOSAWA RONGAI, was asked the question, "Can you compete in Noah?", and he continued with "By the way, September 16th, is your schedule open?"
He interjected "yes" quickly.
Finally, Rongai asked, "On September 16th at the Edion Arena Osaka, will you come out to Noah?"
Sakuraba raised his fist and said, "sure thing", and announced his participation in the 16th September Osaka event.

This March Sakuraba taught MMA techniques to the GHC champion Kaito Kiyomiya (23). After the training he was asked about his own participation in Noah, "I want to do it if there is an offer, and the time is right. I want to do something a little more active". He showed a desire to do it, but backstage Sakuraba was not expecting to participate in Noah. Stunned he said about his impression of Noah, "I want to use the joint lock as there are many great wrestlers".

In addition, Noah have announced that on the 18th August at the Nagoya International Congress centre, Alexander Hammerstone (28) and Dr Wagner Jnr will enter the N-1 Strongest League.

Picture credit: Sports Hochi\Yahoo Japan
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