Shinya Aoki, the current lightweight champion of One, the most visible promotion in Asia, was announced this week for the ultimate in freak show fights on New Year's Eve. If "fight" is the correct descriptive term.
Aoki was announced as facing Montanha Silva, a former K-1 kickboxer and pro wrestler from Brazil, who is being billed at 227 centimeters (just under 7-foot-5 1/2) and 175 kilos (385 pounds) in a match for the Inoki Genome Federation's "Inoki Bom Ba Ye" show on New Year's Eve at Ryogoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo.
The 38-year-old Brazilian Giant is probably closer to 6-foot-10 and 320 pounds.