Judo gold medalist Ishii offered $5 million by DREAM

promma | Oct 31, 2008 | 1 comment

Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii will be tranistioning into the world of Mixed Martial Arts according to various reports.

Ishii, who won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the men’s over 100-kilogram event follows in the footsteps of Hidehiko Yoshida and Makoto Takimoto as Japanese judo competitors to switch to professional MMA.

According to our friends over at Japan-mma.com Ishi has been offered a whopping $5 million to sign with Japanese MMA promotion, DREAM, making him the most sought after fighter in Japan if not the world.

He is expected to make a special appearance at their New Year’s Eve (Dynamite) event. An announcement is scheduled for the beginning of next week.

Filed Under: Jack Bratcher

Tags: DREAM, gold medal, Hidehiko Yoshida, Jack Bratcher, Japan, judo, judoka, Makoto Takimoto, Mixed Martial-Arts, MMA, olympics, Satoshi Ishii

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