Nearly 20 years after they squared off for the first time, Yuki Kondo and Ikuhisa Minowa are going to do it one more time under the Pancrase banner.
The rematch between Kondo and Minowa will take place at Pancrase 288, slated for July 2 at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. The contest is a three-round middleweight affair, albeit with three-minute rounds.
Kondo and Minowa first fought on Aug. 9, 1997 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka, on the eighth leg of Pancrase's “Alive” tour, with Kondo earning the victory via toe hold submission in just over five minutes.