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5/11 DREAM 3 - RESULTS
2008-05-11 16:51:00 Just came back from an amazing event!! This was really a level up from the two first DREAM events. I am really disappointed that Joachim lost, but it was a great fight and both fighters had their chances. I dont think any of them should be disappointed with their efforts.Caol Uno pulled of the upset of the night and got a very good victory over Ishida. Disappointment of the night was Kawajiri acting like a spoiled brat after Uno's victory.BTW, Nick Diaz and Jason Miller were very good and entertaining in their fights! This was a very good event!Lightweight Tournament Round 2:8. Caol Uno Def. Mitsuhiro Ishida by rear-naked choke Round 2, 1:397. Eddie Alvarez Def. Joachim Hansen by decision 3-06. Tatsuya Kawajiri Def. Luiz ?Buscape? Firmino by decision 3-0Welterweight Champion Eliminator:5. Nick Diaz Def. Katsuya Inoue by TKO (towel thrown) Round 1 6:47Non-Tournament Fight:4. Daisuke Nakamura Def. Jung Bukyung Round 2 1:15Middleweight Tournament Reserve Fight:3. Melvin Manhoef Def. K...
By: Japan MMA
5/11 DREAM 3 - Fight order
2008-05-10 10:31:00 Finally DREAM has annouced the fight order for tomorrow. I cant wait for this one, this is the best DREAM card yet.Main event:Lightweight Tournament Round 2:8. Caol Uno 24-10-4 vs. 16-3-1 Mitsuhiro Ishida7. Joachim Hansen 17-6-1 vs. 13-1-0 Eddie Alvarez6. Tatsuya Kawajiri 21-4-2 vs. 12-3-0 Luiz ?Buscape? FirminoWelterweight Champion Eliminator:5. Nick Diaz 15-7-0 vs. 16-5-3 Katsuya InoueNon-Tournament Fight:4. Jung Bukyung 0-2-0 vs. 13-9-0 Daisuke NakamuraMiddleweight Tournament Reserve Fight:3. Melvin Manhoef 20-4-1 vs. Kim Dae WonMiddleweight Tournament Round 1:2. Jason Miller 20-5-0 vs. 2-3-0 Katsuyori ShibataNon-Tournament Fight:1. Takeshi Yamazaki 13-7-2 vs. 6-2-1 Shoji Maruyama
By: Japan MMA
5/11 DREAM 3 - Card Complete (?)
2008-05-08 15:26:00 It looks as though the DREAM 3 card it complete, still a small question mark over Nick Diaz but it looks as though he is fighting too. There is a lot to look forward to on this card! I am planning a preview of all the fights tomorrow, hopfully I can finish it. Either way, the last fighter added to the card is Pancrase title holder, Shoji. Shoji is a fighter with lots of talent, but he is yet to fight on this level. His biggest win to date was his KO win over Artur Oumakhanov in January, that victory earned him the Pancrase title. He should have a good battle against the veteran Takeshi Yamazaki.Added:Takeshi Yamazaki 13-7-2 vs. 6-2-1 Shoji MaruyamaThe complete card:Lightweight Tournament Round 2:Caol Uno 24-10-4 vs. 16-3-1 Mitsuhiro IshidaTatsuya Kawajiri 21-4-2 vs. 12-3-0 Luiz ?Buscape? FirminoJoachim Hansen 17-6-1 vs. 13-1-0 Eddie AlvarezWelterweight Champion Eliminator:Nick Diaz 15-7-0 vs. 16-5-3 Katsuya InoueMiddleweight Tournament Round 1:Jason Miller 20-5-0 vs. 2-3-0 Katsuyori...
By: Japan MMA
5/11 DREAM 3 - Fights Added
2008-05-02 13:19:00 DREAM has had their fair share of problems with the tournaments. Its been well documented and I don't want to spend too much time on it. NoB has summarized the problems here. There are a couple of reasons I don't want to dwell on these things too much, but basically if you have a tournament it happens. Just think of the problems Cage Force had with their tournament. I think the 2 first events has suffered because FEG rushed into them. For DREAM 3 things are looking WAY better. They are setting up reserve fights for the tournaments and also a welterweight championship eliminator fight! This is stuff I really like and I think DREAM 3 is showing signs that DREAM are serious. Add to that the possibility of a live broadcast on HDNet (I hope they can make that happen) and things are looking up!Rumor is that the winner of Diaz vs. Inoue will take on Hayato Sakurai for the welterweight championship belt.Anyway, today there were 5 fights announced:Nick Diaz 15-7-0 vs. 16-5-3 Katsuya InoueJ...
By: Japan MMA
DREAM 2 and 3 Fights Announced
2008-04-04 15:00:00 DREAM has made their decision regarding the outcome of the controversial JZ vs. Aoki fight. There will be a re-match in DREAM 2. The winner of this will get to fight 2 less than 2 weeks later in the quarter final. Sounds unfair? Well, the opponent will be Nagata, who is the weakest link in my opinion.So, announced today:DREAM 2:Shinya Aoki 12-2-0 vs. 14-1-1 Gesias "J.Z." CalvancanteDREAM 3:The DREAM Lightweight Quarter-Finals were also announced, and the winners of the 2 best fights (Joachim Hansen and Eddie Alvarez) in the first round will face off against each other. The Quarter Finals:Tatsuya Kawajiri 21-4-2 vs. 12-3-0 Luiz Firmino "Buscape"Winner Aoki/JZ vs. 4-2-0 Katsuhiko NagataJoachim Hansen 17-6-1 vs. 13-1-0 Eddie AlvarezMitsuhiro Ishida 15-3-1 vs. 24-10-4 Caol Uno
By: Japan MMA
Some Videos - News are slow
2008-03-21 15:58:00 News have been slow the last few days, so decided to share some videos with you.First of, if you haven't seen Joachim Hansen vs. Koutetsu Boku from DREAM 1, do it now! A very good fight, and Hellboy is back! Definitely a chance at winning this tournament. Boku did a good job defending this.Joachim Hansen vs. Koutetsu Boku - DREAM.1 LW GP 2008 1st RUploaded by moltisanti87Also from DREAM 1, Eddie Alvarez vs. Andre "Dida" Amade. Most of the fighters thought this was fight of the night, for me its between the two fights I have posted here.Andre Dida vs Eddie AlvarezUploaded by PrinceninoLater this month Baret Yoshida will step back into the MMA ring. He will meet non other than Hatsu Hioki in what will be one the highlights of Back to Our Roots 8. Here is a highlight video of Baret.Hideki Kadowaki is challenging Akitoshi Tamura for the Shooto Lightweight title, in his last fight he took on Rumina Sato.
By: Japan MMA
Joachim Hansen vs Koutetsu Boku Video- DREAM 1
2008-03-16 20:22:00 Joachim Hansen vs Koutetsu Bokuby Princenino
3/15 DREAM - Pictures
2008-03-16 09:09:00 DREAM 023Originally uploaded by japanmma Minowa was wondering where he was... DREAM 025Originally uploaded by japanmma Then he realized this was DREAM's first ever fight, and he was all business. The fight was, as expected, very quick.DREAM 030Originally uploaded by japanmma Monma entering the ring for his fight against crowd favorite Sakurai "Mach"DREAM 032Originally uploaded by japanmma Hayato "Mach" Sakurai making his way to the ring.DREAM 036Originally uploaded by japanmma "Mach" and Monma as the fight starts. As you can see, the disadvantage with the bigger organizations is the distance to the ring. It is very hard to get good action shots... As a consequence, there will be few good ones.DREAM 049Originally uploaded by japanmma Then it was time for my personal favorite. Hellboy was facing a very strong opponent in Boku. I have read an interview that Hansen was almost KOed. Just to put the record straight, he was never close to being KOed in this fight, and from where I was sit...
By: Japan MMA
3/15 DREAM - MAJOR SPOILER result
2008-03-15 14:09:00 Ok, I am home frome DREAM 1. For some reason I dont feel satisfied...It was a very good production. I think the reason I am not satisfied in the main event...I dont want to see it end like that... Aoki got a few elbows to the neck and couldn't continue. I think both these fighters will go through to the next round. There is no reasoning behind this, but the way it ended, its hard to justify anything else.Hellboy won, so did Alvarez. The second round will be amazing!!10- Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias "J.Z." Calvancante NO CONTEST9- Tatsuya Kawajiri Def. Kultar ?Black Mamba? Gil by Decision 3-08- Eddie Alvarez Def. Andre "Dida" Amade TKO, 6:477- (SF) Mirko ?Crocop? Filipovic Def. Tatsuya Mizuno6- Mitsuhiro Ishida Def. Bu Kyung Jung by decision 3-05- Katsuhiko Nagata Def. Artur Oumakhanov by decision 3-04- Luiz Firmino "Buscape" Def. Kazuyuki Miyata by front choke Round 1, 7:373- Joachim Hansen Def. Koutetsu Boku by decision 3-02- (SF) Hayato "Mach" Sakurai Def. Hidetaka Monma By TKO, Round ...
By: Japan MMA
3/15 DREAM - Fight Order Announced
2008-03-13 15:44:00 DREAM has announced the fight order for Saturday's event. It was expected that the main event would be between Aoki and JZ, but I thought they might slip CroCop in there, they didn't.I am surprised that Oumakhanov vs. Nagata is so high up though... I think the Hansen vs. Boku fight will be better...Anyway, I think there will be some upsets in this first round. I think Eddie Alvarez will take out Dida. Also, Boku and Miyata are underestimated. I think Hellboy will win, but it is not an easy fight (as I have seen in some discussions).In the superfight, look out for Monma, another fighter I think is underestimated.This will be an awesome event, I can't wait!! Just to make it clear, I will be at the event so NO PLAY-BY-PLAY this time, sorry.10- Shinya Aoki 12-2-0 vs. 14-1-1 Gesias "J.Z." Calvancante9- Tatsuya Kawajiri 20-4-2 vs. 9-6-0 Kultar ?Black Mamba? Gil8- Andre "Dida" Amade 6-2-1 vs. 12-1-0 Eddie Alvarez7- (SF) Mirko ?Crocop? Filipovic 22-6-2 vs. 3-2-0 Tatsuya Mizuno6- Mitsuhir...
By: Japan MMA
3/15 DREAM Fights Announced
2008-02-26 14:12:00 DREAM has announced 3 more fights in their Lightweight GP. In addition to that, it is rumored that there will be a 10 minute first round.As expected few of the big stars are facing eachother in the first round (with the exception of JZ vs. Aoki). However, there are no easy fights in this tournament and the way it is set up will lead to either big upsets or extremely interesting 2nd round.Tatsuya Kawajiri 20-4-2 vs. 9-6-0 Kultar ?Black Mamba? GilKazuyuki Miyata 5-6-0 vs. 11-3-0 Luiz Firmino "Buscape"Koutetsu Boku 13-4-1 vs. 16-6-1 Joachim HansenPreviously Announced:Shinya Aoki 12-2-0 vs. 14-1-1 Gesias "J.Z." CalvancanteAlso Participating:Andre "Dida" Amade 6-2-1Mitsuhiro Ishida 15-3-1Caol Uno 24-10-4Gilbert Melendez 13-1-0Bu Kyung Jung 0-1-0Artur Oumakhanov 7-2-0+2 fighters yet to be namedSources:http://www.dreamof-ficial.com/fightcard/http://nig-htmareofbattle.wordpress.com/20-08/02/26/fights-announced-10-mi-nute-first-round/
By: Japan MMA
3/15 DREAM - Tickets on sale
2008-02-17 01:07:00 Looking for some thing to do March 15? Well, tickets went on sale today. This will be the biggest event since Pride (maybe bigger). I know for a fact that the ticket sales are going very well, its impossible to get through on phone and the net to book buy.If you're looking for a way to kill time while trying to get through, why not try Salmon Panic? Help Joachim save the Norwegian village from the evil salmon.
By: Japan MMA
A couple of things... Sherdog ranking and Joachim Hansen Blog
2008-01-08 16:04:00 There are just a couple of things I wanted to mention, not really related to each other or upcoming events...-First thing is regarding the Sherdog rankings... I am not a huge fan of rankings, basically because fighters match each other differently and therefore keeping a proper ranking is very difficult. BUT... Josh Barnett is taken out of the Sherdog rankings, due to a policy they have relating to 12 months inactivity. However, Akitoshi Hokazono stays at number 1. He has not fought since July '06. Just proves how difficult it is to keep rankings up to date... Josh has had 4 fights since Hokazono last was in the ring. http://www.sherdog.com/news/art-icles.asp?n_id=10708Just thought Id mention it...-Another thing I wanted to mention. Since Joachim Hansen now has committed to fighting in Japan and HEROs. He has also signed with a new sponsor, Opera. And with his sponsor he has set up a blog. I have updated the link to his blog on my site, this will be a good place for fans to stay up ...
By: Japan MMA
Video: Joachim Hansen vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
2007-11-17 12:14:00 Shooto - Back to our Roots 6, this was Joachim Hansen`s return to the ring, unfortunately Mitsuoka spoiled the party. Hansen said after the fight that he felt rusty, I bet he will be stronger in his next fight! Anyway, good to see him back!!
By: Japan MMA
Video: Joachim Hansen vs Caol Uno
2007-10-27 08:12:00 Joachim Hansen is due to return to the ring for Shooto "Back to Our Roots 6" on November 8.This is his fight with Caol Uno in Hero`s in March 2005. This is one of my favorite MMA fights.Unfortuanately the quality of this video is not the best.
By: Japan MMA
Joachim Hansen fighting in SHOOTO 11/8
2007-10-26 15:29:00 Shooto has confirmed, Joachim Hansen will fight Eiji Mitsuoka on Shooto`s supercard November 8. This does make this a very interesting card.
By: Japan MMA
11/8 Shooto - Back to Our Roots 6 - Joachim Hansen NEWS
2007-10-21 04:42:00 Sherdog reports that Joachim Hansen is due to make his return to the ring in Shooto event "Back to our roots 6". This would make the card one of the best in Japan this year. In my mind, rivaling the HERO`s middleweight tournament.The Sherdog source is the opponent, Eiji Mitsuoka.Already on the card we have:-Bantamweight title holder ?BJ? Kojima-Lightweight title holder Akitoshi Tamura-Female standout Megumi Fujii-Lightweight ranked #2 Antonio Carvalho-A Welterweight title fight (Nakakura vs. Endo)-Lightweight ?Lion? TakeshiAdd Joachim Hansen to this and we have the super-card Shooto has promised that it will be.The card for this event so far:Takashi Nakakura 8-2-1 VS ?10-1-1 Yusuke EndoKatsuya Toida 10-6-3 VS 13-2-0 ?Lion? Takeshi InoueShinichi Kojima ?BJ? 8-1-4 VS 2-1-0 Eduardo DantasMasaaki Sugawara 6-1-0 VS 3-2-0 Rambaa Somdet ?M16?Masashi Yozen 5-1-1 VS Leandro Batata SilvaMegumi Fujii ?Mega Megu? 11-0-0 VS 8-1-0 Kyoko TakabayashiHayate Usui 7-5-1 VS 3-1-2 Shintaro IshiwatariAnt...
By: Japan MMA
Video Joachim Hansen Vs. Rumina Sato
2007-09-28 18:19:00 Ok, just had to post this... 3 of my favorite fighters in the same ring. Joachim Hansen Vs. Rumina Sato from 2003. This is from a Shooto event in Korakuen Hall.In Joachim`s corner is Jon Olav Einemo (the big guy).Enjoy!
By: Japan MMA
New Joachim Hansen interview
2007-09-24 01:42:00 Also reported on Nightmare of Battle, there is a new Joachim Hansen interview out onhttp://www.ironlife.com/forum-/showthread.php?t=87120Though I live in Japan, I am still Norwegian and the prospect of Hansen potentially fighting in Japan excites me! Hopefully he can work out his contract with Pride/UFC and get a good deal with Hero's. Joachim, håper du får orden på kontrakter så vi kan se deg i ringen igjen snart! Det samme gjelder Jon Olav!
By: Japan MMA
JOACHIM HANSEN, Una estrella en paro
2007-06-05 21:11:00 MMA Weekly nos ofrece una entrevista con uno de los mas feroces strikers de los pesos ligeros de Pride FC, JOACHIM HANSEN "The Hellboy"el hombre con las mas devastadoras rodillas de Pride y el primer fighter capaz de vencer a Takanori Gomi en el campeonato de Shooto 2003 .Joachim confiesa que no sabe nada sobre su futuro, que esta esperando una llamada que le ofrezca un combate, recordemos que tiene todavÃa cuatro combates firmados con Pride FC.También afirma que esta aburrido y confuso por entrenar sin ningún objetivo definido y que en septiembre comenzara a luchar los campeonatos de boxeo amateur en su paÃs natal, Noruega."Únicamente voy a mantenerme en forma y esperar a que algo ocurra"Esta frase creo que representa bastante bien cual es la situación de muchos de los excelentes luchadores de Pride FC, que han pasado de ser estrellas de los rings a luchadores en paro unidos contractualmente a una organización que parece no tener previsto ningún evento, sinceramente cada ve...
By: Pride FC Diary
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