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Royce v Yoshida II in the works

Strong indications out of Japan point out that the long sought rematch between Royce Gracie & Hidehiko Yoshida is going to happen. Details are still sketchy and we haven't been able to get anything out of the Gracie camp, but some of the seminars on Royce's schedule have been postponed indicating that Royce may already have started preparing for the match.

Additionally, we have reports of posters regarding the fight, reportedly scheduled to take place on December 31, 2003 are being seen in Japan already. Rumors are that the fight will be a full MMA match with Pride rules and 2 x 10 min rounds with no ref stoppage.

More on this as soon as we can crack Royce's vow of silence on this subject, including not answering his personal cell phone! Stay tuned!

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I will confirm this for you now, as i mentioned this in the rickson comeback post....

My friend trains at Royces W.Hartford CT academy under Jim Hughes. When he mentioned Royces autograph signing at UFC in CT coming up, he was shocked Royce didnt call to let him know he was gonna be in town, so he called him right then and there. After confirming being in town he talked with Jim about coming to Japan to help him train right after the UFC event for his fight with Yoshida, and also gave that as the reason he couldnt seing by the school for some rollin' around.

My friend is working on a possible exclusive interview with Royce for me about this match through Jim. :)

Yoshida by gi choke, R2.

Thanks for the info General! I disagree MFM, if Vanderlei Silva almost triangles Yoshida (Even though it was applied wrong), then Royce could do the same, even better, without making the mistake that Silva did.....