2008 Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii recently challenged Fedor Emelianenko to a fight. We’ll have to wait to see if a Japanese organization can sign him as Fedor Emelianenko’s irrelevant New Year’s Eve opponent. But until then, you can catch two other Judo Gold Medalists both on this card: 1996 Judo Gold Medalist Pawel Nastula and 2000 Judo Gold Medalist Makoto Takimoto.

Satoshi Ishii, born 19 December 1986 in Ibaraki, Osaka, is a Japanese judoka. He won a silver medal at the -100 kg category of the 2006 Asian Games.

On April 29, 2006 and 2008, he won the All-Japan Judo Championships in Tokyo Japan.

On August 15 2008 he won a gold medal at the +100 kg category of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.