Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 Full Card

December 31, 2003

Japan

NTV has released the full card for Inoki's Bom-Ba-Ye event. And yes, Fedor Emelianenko is on the card. 

Ray Mercer, however, is not. Instead, current boxing heavyweight and former IBF cruiserweight

champion Imamu Mayfield (23-4-2, 18 KO's) will replace him in his bout with Kazuyuki Fujita. The 31

year-old boxer last fight was in June of this year when he fought Taurus Sykes to a 10 round draw.

Mayfield's only other fight this year was a sixth round TKO win over Franklin Edmondson in March. Also

added was PRIDE veteran Alistair Overeem. He will go against pro-wrestler and PRIDE veteran Tomohiko

Hashimoto.  Each bout is three rounds (five minutes each round) unless noted.

Line-up:

Fight 1 - MMA Rules (Rematch)

Tadao Yasuda (NJPW/PRIDE/K-1 veteran) vs. Rene Rooze (K-1 veteran) - Rooze won their first meeting in

K-1 by way of third round knock out back in 2001.

Fight 2 - MMA Rules

Lyoto Machida (NJPW/Jungle Fight veteran) vs. Rich Franklin (UFC veteran)

Fight 3 - MMA Rules

Alexander Emelianenko (PRIDE veteran) vs. Angelo Araujo (Heat FC veteran)

Fight 4 - King of Pancrase Open Weight Title Bout (Pancrase rules)

Josh Barnett (Champion) vs. Semmy Schilt (Pancrase, UFC, & PRIDE veteran)

Fight 5 - MMA Rules (each round is three minutes)

Hiromi Amada (K-1 veteran) vs. Michael MacDonald (K-1 veteran)

Fight 6 - MMA Rules (each round is three minutes)

Stefan Leko (K-1 veteran) vs. Kazunari Murakami (PRIDE & Jungle Fight veteran)

Fight 7 - MMA Rules

Fedor Emelianenko (PRIDE Heavyweight Champion) vs. Yugi Nagata (Pro-Wrestler)

Fight 8 - MMA Rules

Kazuyuki Fujita (PRIDE veteran) vs. Imamu Mayfield (ex-cruiserweight champion)  

Fight 9 - MMA Rules

Amar Suloev (M-1 veteran)  vs. Din Thomas (UFC veteran)

Fight 10 - MMA Rules

Tomohiko Hashimoto (Pro-Wrestler) vs. Alistair Overeem (PRIDE veteran)

Fight 11 - Women's Bout (Smack Girl Rules)

Kalliopi Yeitsidou (Kick boxer) vs. Yuka Tsuji (DEEP veteran)

card subject to change

(12/30/03)