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

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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.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/28/former-olympic-gold-medalist-ishii-out-of-strikeforce-debut-due/

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