ZST 5

Morkevicius - Aurelio 

May 5, 2004

Tokyo, Japan

ZST has announced two bouts for their May 5th event - ZST 5. ZST Grand Prix semi-finalist Remigijus

Morkevicius, coming off a knock out win over Takahiro Uchiyama at ZST GT-F on March 7th, will face

ZST veteran Hideo Tokoro in a rematch. The first meeting between these two took place at ZST 3 (June, 1,

2003) where Morkevicius defeated Tokoro by knockout from a knee at 1:45 of the first round. Tokoro

participated in the ZST Grand Prix tournament final in January (2004) and lost in his opening bout to Taisho

via knock out at 53 seconds of the first round.

The next bout announced puts American Top Team member and ZST Grand Prix winner Marcus Aurelio

against ZST veteran Naoyuki Kotani. Aurelio won the ZST GP tournament by defeating Rich Clementi by

first round TKO (ref stoppage) in the final. Kotani is coming off a loss to Clementi via decision in his opening

bout at the ZST Grand Prix tournament final. (ZST GP Results)

Line-up:

ZST Single Rule Bout

Remigijus Morkevicius (Lithuania) vs. Hideo Tokoro (Stand)

ZST Single Rule Bout

Marcus Aurelio (ATT) vs. Naoyuki Kotani (Rodeo Style)

card subject to change

(3/25/04)