Filed under: Satoshi Ishii chooses MMA over Olympics By MMA Fighting Oct 23, 2008, 10:10pm EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Satoshi Ishii was invited to an event hosted by the Majesties of Japan. The emperor asked him if he was going to work toward the next Olympic in London. He answered no and admitted that he was going to move on to the other direction. Get the latest gear UFC 289 Artist Series T-Shirt UFC 289 Event T-Shirt Charles Oliveira Big Shots Pillow UFC 289 Vancouver Skyline T-Shirt UFC 289 Matchup T-Shirt UFC 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Fight Glove Irene Aldana Vintage Mexico T-Shirt Amanda Nunes Double Champ T-Shirt More From MMA Fighting ‘It’s a very tough fight’: Brazilian stars break down Charles Oliveira vs. Beneil Dariush at UFC 289 Amanda Nunes considered retirement but couldn’t stomach leaving with Julianna Pena as champ Chris Weidman plans to start with ‘hardest leg kick of my life’ in UFC return after 2-year injury layoff Morning Report: Israel Adesanya likes idea of ‘big fight’ with Khamzat Chimaev but has ‘bigger fish to fry’ Jim Miller: Jared Gordon’s team ‘kind of reckless’ for allowing him to take UFC Vegas 74 fight Brendan Loughnane reacts to PFL’s barrage of failed drug tests: ‘I’m not happy about it one bit’