According to a few sources that Zach Arnold over at FightOpinion dug up, Misaki's KO victory over Akiyama has been overturned to a ruling of No Contest after much controversy as to whether the soccer kick thrown by Misaki was actually legal.

In our story earlier this month, we asked the question "Was the kick illegal?". From the looks of the picture and the video replay, the kick was on the absolute extreme borderline of legality. It's interesting that it was overturned because the general concensus among hardcore American fans was acceptance that Akiyama was defeated. Even more interesting however was the fact that Yahya was defeated in a fashion that was blatantly illegal, yet there is no word on that fight being overturned.

Now that it is apparently official, what's this all mean? From the standpoint of the fans, we will obviously see a rematch between the two, but this time the stakes are even more enhanced than what we may have previously thought. Although rumors of a rematch were echoing even after Akiyama had accepted defeat, it didn't seem to have the vigor that it most likely will now.

Nightmare of Battle has some details on Misaki's Sengoku signing and his next matchup with Shooto Light Heavyweight Champion, Siyar Bahadurzada. Although it should be a decent fight, Bahadurzada still has some problems finishing opponents out, and he hasn't fought mid to upper tier competition for the most part.

The rumor now is that the rematch could take place in Korea. That fight in Korea would be surprisingly attractive to fans. It would most likely garner a huge crowd and big interest. Look for that fight to spark some fireworks in the future. Misaki will be a busy man for the coming months.