There was still time for Rudimar to speak about some others who had been in the public eye: Daniel Acacio and Jiu-Jitsu instructor Cristiano Marcelo. So the Chute Boxe chief let out some first hand news: "Cristiano Marcelo and Daniel Acacio are talking with Sengoku and may be in the next event," he finished.

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Frank Trigg vs. Makoto Takimoto set for Sengoku 4

Former Olympic gold medalist and longtime PRIDE fighter Makoto Takimoto (4-4) will go for his third win in four fights when he meets Frank Trigg (16-6) at World Victory Road's "Sengoku 4" event.

Trigg today confirmed the Aug. 24 fight with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

"We just finalized it with World Victory Road," he said.

The event takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan.

Takimoto, 33, was a judo gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and he made his MMA debut four years later with an upset of Henry "Sentoryu" Miller at PRIDE Shockwave 2004. He'd lose three of his next four fights (to veterans such as Gegard Mousasi and Sanae Kikuta) before putting together back-to-back victories.

Takimoto most recently suffered a first-round submission loss to Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos at Sengoku 1 in March.

Trigg, who recently signed a three-fight, non-exclusive deal with WVR, will fight for the first time since a December 2007 victory over Edwin Dewees at an HDNet Fights event.

The 37-year-old, a former UFC and PRIDE fighter, was the ICON Sport middleweight champion until a loss to Robbie Lawler in March 2007. He's won three of his past four fights.

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