By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Karate Kyokushin world champion in 2005, Andrews Nakahara will try the second title in the middleweight category in August 21, 22 and 23, when the World Cup takes place in Japan. In 2005, Andrews made four fights to be champion and, this year, despite the category have fewer athletes, the competition for the gold promises to be more difficult. "To be champion, I’ll have to make three fights. This year decreased because the event is choosing only the eight best in the world to fight the World Cup. Before, each country sent two representatives", said Andrews.

Despite being focused on the World Cup, the black belt under Francisco Filho guarantees that haven’t abandoned the MMA trainings and that he’ll probably should return to the rings in September. "I returned my focus to Kyokushin trainings, but didn’t leave the Jui-Jitsu and MMA trainings aside. I only decreased the rhythm. As Dream wants me to fight in the event of September, I can’t be without training MMA", said Nakahara, who comes from two victories at Dream and should face Zelg Galesic in his fourth fight of MMA.