Undefeated Team Quest wrestler "Savage" Cory Grant (3-0) will fight Japanese lightweight “Moon Wolf" Rumina Sato (26-12-2) at Vale Tudo Japan 2009 at JCB Hall in Tokyo October 30. "Moon Wolf" was originally scheduled to fight Team Quest's Joe Warren (2-1) in a highly-anticipated matchup, but Warren was forced to withdraw due to injury. ...

Former PRIDE lightweight champ "Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi (28-6) and featherweight "Moon Wolf" Rumina Sato (26-12-2) are confirmed in separate bouts for Vale Tudo Japan '09 in Tokyo October 30, Sherdog reported Tuesday. Gomi will try to further his climb back from his first two consecutive loss slide since 2003.  At Shooto Tradition Final in Tokyo last May, he broke the streak with a second round KO of Takashi Nakakura (10-2-1).  According to Sherdog, VTJ '09 promoter Kazuhiro Sakamoto (12-4) hinted that Gomi could face a UFC fighter in October, revealing Sakamoto has contacted Zuffa, LLC, parent company of the UFC and WEC, about exchanging fighters. ...