Two strawweight prospects will be in action at Pancrase 312. Yuta Miyazawa faces Toshiya Takashima at Shinkiba Studio Coast on February 16th.
Miyazawa (7-2) is coming off three straight decision wins. The most recent came at the expense of Yusuke Uehera at Pancrase 308 in September.
Takashima (5-3-1) is coming off a win over Suguru Hayasaka at Pancrase 306. He is already a veteran of nine fights for the promotion, six of those bouts have gone the distance.
The event is headlined by a lightweight title fight that pits Salimkhan Sadulloev against Tatsuya Saika. The Tajik became the interim champion when he stopped Yusuke Kasuya in the second round at Pancrase 308.
As previously announced Yoshinori Horie will be fighting again on February 16th following a brief, unsuccessful stint with the UFC. He will face Yojiro Uchimura at Pancrase 312.
Meanwhile two welterweight veterans will face off when Yuki Kondo takes on Akihiro Murayama. Another interesting matchup in the strawweight division pits Ryo Hatta against Mijikai Nagai.
In the flyweight division Yusuke Ogikubo (11-9) faces off against Satoru Enomoto (8-3). Meanwhile
Hidekazu Fukushima (15-7-1) has been matched with Korean Soo Young Yoo (6-1) in a bantamweight bout.
Pancrase 312, Tokyo, February 16th
Salimkhan Sadulloev (c) vs. Tatsuya Saika (For Lightweight title)
Yoshinori Horie vs. Yojiro Uchimura (Featherweight)
Ryo Hatta vs. Mijikai Nagai (Strawweight)
Akihiro Murayama vs. Yuki Kondo (Welterweight)
Yusuke Ogikubo vs. Satoru Enomoto (Flyweight)
Hidekazu Fukushima vs. Soo Young Yoo (Bantamweight)
Yuta Miyazawa vs. Toshiya Takashima (Strawweight)
