"No stranger to unique rules, Kazushi Sakuraba has requested special rules for his upcoming HERO'S bout.
The 38 year old Sakuraba, who recently returned from training with the Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba, Brazil, held his open workout for the media yesterday, in preparations for his August 5th debut in K-1 HERO'S. The longtime PRIDE fan favorite stated that for his upcoming bout with Lithuanian Kestutis Smirnovas, that he wanted unlimited ten minutes rounds for the bout, until one man was finished. "This way, it is black or white," said Sakuraba.
K-1 producer Sadaharu Tanigawa previously stated that HERO'S may use a ten minute round followed by a second five minute round for the bouts in the 85 kilogram tournament. In response to Sakuraba's request, Tanigawa stated that while it would be extremely hard to do such a thing, given HERO'S format for television broadcast, but that Sakuraba's past with unique rules, such as his time limitless bout with Royce Gracie, may force him to consider some rule alteration of that nature."
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