Satoshi Ishii, a Judoka and MMA fighter, has brought several accolades for his home country of Japan. He won the Silver Medal in the 2006 Asian Games, and on 2008, he brought home an Olympic Gold Medal from the Beijing Olympics. Since then, he has made the jump to MMA and is currently 1-1 as a professional.

On the Judo World Championships held in Tokyo, Ishii announced that he's targeting another Olympic berth on 2016, but there's a twist -- He wants to represent Team USA this time. Why? Nightmare of Battle has it: