Melvin Manhoef fighting on New Year's Eve, No Robbie Lawler fight?
by Zak Woods on Dec 21, 2009 8:00 PM EST
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FiveouncesofPain is reporting that recent Strikeforce acquisition, Melvin Manhoef, has agreed to fight Kazuo Misaki at Dynamite!! 2009 Dream vs. Sengoku on New's Year Eve.
This report throws into doubt the rumors that Manhoef would fight Robbie Lawler on January 30th at Strikeforce in Miami. There is also a rumor that Robbie Lawler is not thrilled about the prospects of fighting in January as it is near the delivery date for his now pregnant wife.
Strikeforce utilizes non-exclusive contracts and for Manhoef to take a fight thirty days before his anticipated Strikeforce debut would lead one to assume that he was given the go-ahead by someone of authority to take the fight.
SBN coverage of Dynamite!! 2009 and Strikeforce in Miami
Update: Manhoef won his bout against Kazuo Misaki in just one minute and forty-nine seconds. In the post-fight press conference Melvin stated that he wants to fight Robert Lawler on January 30th in Miami.
Update #2: There is a new report that Melvin Manhoef will fight on the Strikeforce card against a yet to be named opponent.
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I haven’t seen any other site announce Manhoef vs Misaki or even mention it.
5 oz isn’t exactly the most reliable site I wonder if there’s any truth to this at all?
I classified it as rumor for that reason
And I have been trying to get in touch with Manhoef to confirm or deny
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