Jadamba Narantungalag to make his SRC debut, sent by Asashoryu, via www.k-1.co.jp

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The sumo world was one scandal away from imploding, and then it happened. Gambling, yakuza, lost television deals and more have been the headlines over the past few weeks for the world of sumo, with the future looking bleak for one of Japan's time honored traditions. So, in a nice change of pace, recently retired Asashoryu has seemingly entered the world of MMA. NOB discusses the newly-formed team in brief;

Asashoryu has formed his own MMA team called Team Asashoryu and sent Jadamba, who is part of the team, to SRC. WVR have talked with Asahoryu (I believe WVR frontman Mukai traveled to meet with Asashoryu) and he will be present at Jadamba’s fight.

The MMA world has been trying to get a grip on Asashoryu for quite a while now, and while it still isn't certain if he'll himself step into the ring, having his name associated with SRC is a huge boost for them for the time being. The money right now is just on Asashoryu focusing on management of Mongolian fighters. The fighter he is "sending" to SRC is Jadamba Narantungalag, a K-1 MAX and DREAM veteran, who will face off with Akihiro Gono who is apparently dropping to 155 lbs for the first time in his career.