ZST GP2 Tournament Update

 Nazarian out

November 3, 2004

ZEPP Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

ZST has announced that two-time Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic Gold medalist Armen Nazarian has

suffered a training injury (nasal bone fracture & right shoulder injury) and will not be able to participate in the

upcoming ZST Grand Prix (GP) scheduled for November 3rd in Tokyo Japan. Nazarian said he hopes to be

able to fight the winner of the GP2 at a later date and ZST said it would like to see it happen. The remaining

two spots for the GP22 tournament are currently in negotiations and will be announced soon. Added to the

GP2 tournament is XFC veteran Steve Gillinder who will face ZST veteran Masahiro Ohishi. Also added to

the card is a cruiserweight bout between the masked DEEP veteran Crafter M and ZST veteran Yuta

Watanabe.

Line-up (not in fight order):

Fight 1 - ZST GP2 Tournament Opening Round Bout

Hideo Tokoro vs. Shuichiro Katsumura

Fight 2 - ZST GP2 Tournament Opening Round Bout

Masahiro Ohishi vs. Steve Gillinder

Fight 3 - ZST GP2 Tournament Opening Round Bout

Remigijus Morkevicius vs. Boulem Belaini

Fight 4 - ZST GP2 Tournament Opening Round Bout

TBA

Fight 5 - Cruiserweight Bout

Sam Nest (Australia) vs. Kestutis Smirnovas (Lithuania)

Fight 6 - Cruiserweight Bout

Crafter M vs. Yuta Watanabe

Card Subject to Change

(10/23/04)