Yarennoka

Yarrenoka! – New Year’s Eve 2007

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 8 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Shinya Aoki beat Bu-Kyung Jung by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Hayato Sakurai beat Hidehiko Hasegawa by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Three of the eight results came early: two submissions.

Main card

SA ✓

Shinya Aoki vs Bu-Kyung Jung

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
BJ
HS ✓

Hayato Sakurai vs Hidehiko Hasegawa

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
HH
FE ✓

Fedor Emelianenko vs Hong Man Choi

Submission R1 1:54
HC
KM

Kazuo Misaki vs Yoshihiro Akiyama

Overturned R1 7:48
YA
MI ✓

Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Gilbert Melendez

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
Gilbert Melendez
MB

Murilo Bustamante vs Makoto Takimoto

Split decision R2 5:00
MT ✓
LA

Luiz Azeredo vs Tatsuya Kawajiri

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
TK ✓
MR ✓

Mike Russow vs Roman Zentsov

Submission R1 2:58
RZ
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Results

Main and co-main events

Shinya Aoki beat Bu-Kyung Jung by unanimous decision after two rounds in the main event of Yarrenoka! – New Year’s Eve 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Hayato Sakurai beat Hidehiko Hasegawa after two rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the seven bouts that produced a result, two by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — two stoppages in seven fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Fedor Emelianenko, who stopped Hong Man Choi at 1:54 of round one, and two of the two finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mike Russow's submission of Roman Zentsov, 2 minutes and 58 seconds in. End to end, the seven fights filled 55 minutes of cage time.