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http://www.graciemag.com/news/144/AR...008-02-18.html
Barnett's eyes on Roger Gracie
American to face Hidehiko Yoshida at Sengoku
Considered one of the best heavyweight fighters in the world, American Josh Barnett will finally be back in the rings. Since December of 2006, when he lost to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, the catch-wrestler has been only training, commentating on fights and doing Japanese pro-wrestling shows.
But Barnett’s time to fight has come. On March 5th the “Baby faced assassin” will face off against judoka and also-former Pride fighter Hidehiko Yoshida, who was initially said to be fighting Roger Gracie. However, Gracie was not forgotten and is being watched by a potential adversary: Josh Barnett.
“I’m anxious to fight Yoshida at Sengoku. I’ve already trained with him and we are friends. He’s a great fighter and excellent person. I will do my best to knock him out. I want to fight any strong fighter. I’d like to face Roger Gracie, because I want to beat someone from the Gracie family,” said the former Pride fighter to the official Sengoku site in Japanese.
