Former Olympic Gold Medalist Ishii Out of Strikeforce Debut Due to Visa Issues

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsVisa issues have knocked former Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii out of his Strikeforce debut on April 1.

Unbeaten light-heavyweight Lorenz Larkin (8-0) will replace him in a bout against Scott Lighty, Strikeforce…

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Visa issues have knocked former Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii out of his Strikeforce debut on April 1.

Unbeaten light-heavyweight Lorenz Larkin (8-0) will replace him in a bout against Scott Lighty, Strikeforce confirmed in a press release.

According to the promotion, Ishii was unable to secure a visa at least partly due to the natural disasters that have struck his home country of Japan over the last few weeks.