Pat Miletich returns to the Octagon to defend his lightweight title against Kenichi Yamamoto of Japan. Miletich, who has been suffering from nagging injuries in recent years, claims he is feeling great. Miletich will need all of his strength, as he faces his larger opponent.

Here is a look at the full line-up:

MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
Tito Ortiz
Vs.
Yuki Kondo [Pancrase]

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
Evan Tanner [Freestyle Fighting]
Vs.
Lance Gibson [Pankration]

Chuck Liddell [Kickboxing]
Vs.
Jeff Monson [Wrestling]

Yoji Anjoh [Shootwrestling]
Vs.
Matt Lindland [Wrestling]

LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
Pat Miletich [Miletich Fighting Systems]
Vs.
Kenichi Yamamoto [Grappling]

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUTS
Matt Hughes [Miletich Fighting Systems]
Vs.
Dennis Hallman [Pankration]

Hughes on upcoming bout with Hallman…
My upcoming bout with Hallman, I think [Hallman’s coach Matt Hume] is going to come out with a good plan. I think he is one of the best cornermen and trainers out there. I think he is a better cornerman and trainer than Dennis is a fighter. I am looking for Dennis to come out with a very strategic plan to beat me. I think they are going to be looking for ankles and I don’t think he is going to come out and expect to take me down, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he did, but you never know.

He did beat you once before…
It was a 17-second guillotine. I think I threw in a jab or two and shot in and he got me with a guillotine right off the bat. That was my 5^th fight, two years ago, in Extreme Challenge 21.

Do you think your wrestling skills are superior to his?
My wrestling is definitely superior to his. My Jiu-jitsu ability and my submissions ability I would say are probably a lot a like. He might know a few more things than me and be more technical than me, but I think I am a lot stronger than him and probably a little more aggressive than he is. So, I think on the ground we are going to be pretty neutral. Standing up that is all I’ve been working on.

When it goes to the mat, do you think it will be as usual, ground-and-pound? Or do you think it can get technical?
Here again it goes into the Matt Hume concept. Matt is going to plan on Dennis being on the ground, so I think Matt is going to have a plan for Dennis when it is on the ground. But usually when I get someone down and get him up against that fence, logic and tactics go out the window, and I usually do pretty good about getting some blood flowing.

Prediction…
My prediction is, it will stand as long as I want it to stand and when I want it to go to the ground, that is where it will go. I don’t think he is too used to being on his back so I think I am going to be effective on top of him, ground-and-pound. I don’t know if I’ll be trying any submission attempts because I do think he is a pretty decent at them.

Matt trains 7 days a week, 2 times a day during the week and once a day on weekends.

MORNING
Food: I get up and have a light breakfast, maybe a yogurt and a banana.
Workout: I go to the gym and jog for 1/2 hour and lift weights.
Food: Then protein shake with creatine.

AFTERNOON
Food: At 3pm I eat carbs and protein, the basic chicken, broccoli and oatmeal. From then on I don’t eat anything till right before my workout. I take liquid creatine.
Workout: Then at 6pm I go back into the gym. I train for two hours every evening. It varies depending on the night, it could be sparring or takedowns one night, submissions or boxing another. It is a whole schedule that evolves throughout the week.
Food: I eat my carb and protein meal, chicken, etc.

With my body, I can take in carbs, it doesn’t bother me a bit. My protein and carbs are about the same and I try to take in a little fat with Almonds. I try to cut out diary products.

• Fight#1(10 min)
  Satoru Kitaoka(Pancrase Tokyo) def. Kazuhito Kikuchi(Pancrase Yokohama)
  by unanimous judges’ decision(30-29/30-29/30-29) at 10:00 regulation time.

• Fight#2(10 min)
  Hikaru Sato(Pancrase Yokohama) def. Shinya Sato(P’s LAB Tokyo) by unanimous judges’ decision(30-29/30-28/30-29) at 10:00 regulation time.

• Fight#3(10 min)
  Eiji Ishikawa(Team GRABAKA) def. Sen Nakadai(Pancrase Tokyo) by arm bar at 8:42.

• Fight#4(5 min) *catch-wrestling rules
  Minoru Suzuki(Pancrase Yokohama) def. Takafumi Ito(Pancrase Yokohama) by unanimous judges decision(10-9/10-9/10-9) by 5:00 regulation time.

• Fight#5(10 min) *Pancrase vs Seikendo team fight
  Daisuke Watanabe(Pancrase Yokohama) def. Davitashvili David(Georgia/Seikendo) by arm-bar at 3:24.

• Semifinal(10 min) *Pancrase vs Seikendo team fight
  Kosei Kubota(light heavyweight 4^th ranked/Pancrase Yokohama) def. Chirragishvili Gia(Georgia/Seikendo) by arm lock at 1:04.

• Main event(10 min) *Pancrase vs Seikendo team fight
  Osami Shibuya(open-weight 6^th ranked/Pancrase Yokohama) def. Kebedov Mikail(Russia/Seikendo) by arm-bar at 56 sec.

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