World Victory Road announced today that Josh Barnett, "The Babyface Assassin", will be fighting on May 18 at Sengoku II. The event will take place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Barnett who is currently ranked as a top ten heavyweight, fought at the first Sengoku event back in March where he defeated Hidehiko Yoshida via heel hook late in the third round. Before his fight at Sengoku it had been over a year since he had competed back in December of 2006.

So far an opponent for the former UFC heavyweight champ has yet to be named although Naoya Ogawa and Marcio Cruz are strong possibilities.

Other big names will join Barnett on the Sengoku II card including Roger Gracie and the long awaited return of Kevin Randleman. Randleman hasn’t fought since losing to Mauricio Rua back in October of 2006 at Pride 32 "The Real Deal".

Here is the current card according to the official Sengoku website:

• Kwang Hee Lee vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
• Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa
• Jorge Santiago vs. Yuki Sasaki
• Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Jim York
• Dan Hornbuckle vs. Mike Pyle
• Roger Gracie vs. TBA
• Kevin Randleman vs. TBA
• Josh Barnett vs. TBA

Following Sengoku II will be Sengoku III which takes on June 8 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Japan. Scheduled to appear on that card is heavyweight Kazuyuki Fujita. Takanori Gomi and Nick Thompson are also possibilities but nothing is confirmed.

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