Shinya Aoki vs. \"JZ\" Calvancante, Dec. 31 in Japan

Shinya Aoki will fight "JZ" Calvancante in Japan on New Year's Eve. (MMAweekly.com Photo)

Matchmakers behind the Yarennoka! event, scheduled for Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena, have announced two more fights for their New Year's Eve card.

At a press conference in Tokyo, featuring former Pride director Nobuhiko Takada along with M-1 Global CEO Monte Cox, FEG boss Sadaharu Tanigawa and DEEP president Shigeru Saeki, it was announced that lightweight standout Gesias "JZ" Calvancante (14-1-1) will take on Japanese submission master Shinya Aoki (11-2-0).

A black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, Aoki is riding an eight-fight winning streak. "JZ" is coming off his second HERO"s 154-pound tournament victory, including a crushing first-round TKO win over top-ranked fighter Vitor "Shaolin" Riberio (19-2-0).

Also announced for the show was a match between DEEP champion Hidehiko Hasegawa (14-8-4) and Hayoto "Mach" Sakurai (30-7-2), who has not fought since his KO win over Mac Danzig (16-4-1) in February.

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