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DREAM On HDNet Announced!
2008-04-26 07:47:00 In this weeks Inside MMA it was announced that HDNet Fights have made a partnership with DREAM. DREAM.1 will be aired on May 2nd and DREAM.2 on May 3rd (4 days after the event date). Read more here. More About: Dream
The Eighth Fight! Manhoef In The GP After All?
2008-04-25 22:27:00 A forum member at Kakutougi.info has translated a few interviews with fighters who will participate in this weekends K-1 World GP Amsterdam event. One of those fighters is Melvin Manhoef, here is what he said: Dream tournament I’m also fighting in the Dream tournament. Well, I can qualify for that on May 11. My opponent will be ... More About: Fight
Mirko Vs. LeBanner At DREAM.4?
2008-04-25 18:47:00 MMA-ID.com are reporting that Mirko Cro Cop will face Jerome LeBanner in an MMA rules fight at DREAM.4 on June 15th. DREAM.4 will take place in either Yokohama, Japan or South Korea. More About: Dream
Trigg Is Officially Out! Ian Murphy Replaces
2008-04-25 12:45:00 Frank Trigg who was the announced opponent of Ronaldo Jacare is out as expected. His replacement will be Ian Murphy . Ian Murphy is an amateur wrestler, 180 cm tall and weighs 84 kg. The eighth fight of the Middleweight GP will be fought on May 11th at DREAM.3. The fight order for DREAM.2 was also announced. Kazushi ...
Top Heavyweight Showdown At SENGOKU II! Barnett Vs. Monson
2008-04-24 09:31:00 Another fight has been announced for SENGOKU II on May 18th. Josh Barnett will take on Jeff Monson in what might be the main event of the card. SENGOKU II Date: May 18th, 2008 Place: Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Kwang Hee Lee Yuki Sasaki vs. Jorge Santiago Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Big Jim York Mike ... More About: Heavyweight
Randleman?s Opponent Announced! Kawamura Returns
2008-04-22 07:27:00 Randleman and Belfort will not fight this time, instead Randleman will face up-and-coming Pancrase star Ryo Kawamura who returns since winning against Antonio Braga Neto at SENGOKU I. Update: The event will consist of 8 or 9 fights. If there is a 9th fight, it will be in the Lightweight or Featherweight division. Josh Barnett will ... More About: Randleman
Rumor! Randleman Vs. Belfort At SENGOKU II?
2008-04-21 18:53:00 Tatame.com reports that Vitor Belfort ’s Boxing coach says that Belfort might fight Kevin Randleman at SENGOKU II or Pro Elite in June. Sherdog.com also reports that Josh Barnett’s SENGOKU II opponent might be Naoya Ogawa or Marcio Cruz. SENGOKU II Date: May 18th, 2008 Place: Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan Fights: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Kwang Hee Lee Yuki ... More About: Rumor
Re-Injured Nose! Akiyama Not In Middleweight GP
2008-04-21 16:10:00 Yoshihiro Akiyama announced today at a press conference that he will not participate in this years DREAM Middleweight GP due to a re-injured nose that he sustained in training. Akiyama originally injured his nose in his fight against Kazuo Misaki at Yarennoka! on NYE. OLYMPIA DREAM.2 Middleweight GP 2008 1st Round Date: April 29th, 2008 Place: Saitama Super ... More About: Nose , Injured
Barnett Returns! The Last Announced Fights Should Be Big
2008-04-21 07:27:00 Josh Barnett has been announced as a participant for SENGOKU II on May 18th. With Kevin Randleman, Roger Gracie and now Josh Barnett without opponents, it looks like the last announced fights for this event will be the big ones. SENGOKU II Date: May 18th, 2008 Place: Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan Fights : Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa Eiji Mitsuoka vs. ...
DREAM X SENGOKU II: The New Challengers
2008-04-19 12:47:00 Magomed Sultanakhmadov Russian Magomed Sultanakhmadov trains at Club Volk Han and is a Hero’s veteran. He has a 4-1 MMA record and according to the DREAM website, he also has a 34-1 Kickboxing/Muay Thai record. He is 188 cm tall and only 23 years old. He fought his one and only Hero’s fight last year at ... More About: Dream
The Day Of Updated Cards! Will Akiyama Participate?
2008-04-18 12:20:00 The DREAM.2 and SENGOKU II cards have both been updated today. The Middleweight GP is almost complete with 7 fights now announced. But, the question is if Akiyama will participate. He still seems to have some injuries that haven’t completely healed yet. I guess that is why they are waiting to announce the last GP ... More About: Cards
DREAM To Air On Japanese PPV!
2008-04-16 19:56:00 DREAM.2 will air on Japanese PPV on April 29th. This is good news depending on how you watch Japanese events. What this means is that the whole event will be shown, no edited rounds, the whole opening ceremony, etc. The “Shooto Tradition Vol. 1 ~ Road To 20th Anniversary” event will also be shown on PPV ... More About: Dream
Scouting! SENGOKU And DREAM Are Searching All Over The World
2008-04-11 22:31:00 Jon Olav Einemo To DREAM? Norwegian Jon Olav Einemo was interviewed by asgardmma.com as part of their Superior Challenge report. Einemo says: And Japanese DREAM has contacted me. I have also received other offers from M1 and Holland. But I am interested to fight in Japan again. I like Japanese MMA fans and it is always exciting ... More About: World , The World , Dream , Searching
SENGOKU III! First Participant Announced
2008-04-10 09:20:00 On June 8th World Victory Road will hold their third event, SENGOKU III. This event will take place in Saitama Super Arena, so expect them to bring out the biggest names they can for this one. The first participant for the event was announced today, Kazuyuki Fujita will return to SENGOKU after a quick submission ...
Shaolin Is Back! Will Appear In The Second Or Third Dream
2008-04-08 18:56:00 Vitor “Shaolin ” Ribeiro has finally returned to training after the eye injury he sustained in his HERO’S 2007 GP fight versus J.Z. Calvan. Here is a new video interview with him by Sherdog.com where he says that he will participate in DREAM in April or May, which means either DREAM.2 or DREAM.3. ... More About: Back , Dream
Multimedia! SENGOKU I On SRS
2008-04-06 13:12:00 Here is the video of the SENGOKU I footage that was shown on Fuji TV’s martial arts program, SRS, on March 21st. Thanks to the original uploader. More About: Multimedia
Busy Schedule Ahead For Melvin Manhoef!
2008-04-05 14:19:00 Melvin Manhoef will not participate in this years DREAM Middleweight GP, but that doesn’t mean that he won’t be active. On April 26th he will face Remy Bonjasky in a K-1 rules fight in Holland and after that, according to this interview by fightnewz.net, he will participate in a single fight at DREAM.3: FIGHTNEWZ.NET: Apart from ... More About: Schedule , Busy , Ahead , Melvin
Sasaki Vs. Santiago! The Fight That Was Supposed To Have Happened
2008-04-04 16:22:00 The rumored Jorge Santiago has now been officially announced for SENGOKU II. He will face GRABAKA’s Yuki Sasaki who he was supposed to face at the first round of last years Strikeforce Middleweight GP. SENGOKU II Date: May 18th, 2008 Place: Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan Fight s: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Kwang Hee Lee Yuki Sasaki vs. Jorge ...
Third Time?s The Charm! Aoki Vs. Calvan
2008-04-04 07:12:00 At a press conference somewhere in Tokyo today, Shinya Aoki vs. J.Z. Calvan was once again announced. This Lightweight GP 1st round fight will take place at DREAM.2 on April 29th. The four fights for the second round of the Lightweight GP were also announced. Tatsuya Kawajiri will face Luis Buscape, Joachim Hansen will fight ... More About: Time , Charm
SENGOKU II! More Participants Announced
2008-04-03 08:34:00 Kevin Randleman and Big Jim York have been officially announced as participants at SENGOKU II. Randleman was heavily rumored as a participant in this card before. I have no idea who Jim York is but the sherdog fight finder tells us that he is a Heavyweight, from New Zealand and has a 9-1 record. He ...
Up And Comers! Knockout Power
2008-04-02 19:09:00 A presentation of a few fighters who might have a bright future and should be looked at by the bigger fighting organizations. In this post, 3 fighters under age 25 from Russia, Japan and Korea are presented. Kirill Sidelnikov Russian Kirill Sidelnikov is only 19 years old and is a student of Fedor Emelianenko. He has only ... More About: Power , Knockout
Akiyama Talks Misaki!
2008-03-30 22:37:00 Yohsihiro Akiyama talks about his NYE fight against Kazuo Misaki in this interview from a Korean TV show.
Krazy! More Lightweights To SENGOKU
2008-03-28 07:05:00 Two fights have been announced for SENGOKU II on May 18th. Undefeated and very entertaining Korean Kwang Hee Lee will take on Pride veteran Eiji Mitsuoka, who defeated Joachim Hansen in his last fight. In the other announced fight Satoru Kitaoka will make his SENGOKU debut against Hero’s veteran Ian Schaffa. Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Joachim Hansen ...
Three GP Fights Announced! Sakuraba Will Compete!
2008-03-27 11:11:00 Three fights for the upcoming first round of the DREAM Middleweight GP have been announced. In one fight Kazushi Sakuraba will face Brazilian born Kyokushin Karate fighter Andrews Nakahara. In the second two legends will collide as Kiyoshi Tamura takes on Masakatsu Funaki. In the last announced fight Pride veterans Denis Kang and Gegard Mousasi ... More About: Fights , Compete
American Top Team! Japan Schedule
2008-03-25 13:59:00 From American TopTeam .com: April 28th DREAMS Japan Denis Kang vs TBA Marcelo Garcia Vs TBA May 18th WVR Japan Jeff Monson pending Jorge Santiago pending Jorge Santiago is a good signing by WVR. 2007 was a great year for him as he went 4-0 and won the Strikeforce 4-Man Tournament. Maybe a fight between Santiago and Sasaki will happen at SENGOKU II as ... More About: Schedule
Combat Wrestling! Teacher Vs. Student
2008-03-25 11:01:00 At the 14th All-Japan Combat Wrestling Championships two days ago Takanori Gomi competed in an exhibition tag team match against the man who developed Combat Wrestling, Noriaki Kiguchi (the man who is facing Gomi first in the video below). Kiguchi Gym is where Gomi?s career really started as he joined the gym after he dropped ... More About: Student , Teacher
Rumors! We Are Heading For The Three Events In 20 Days Period
2008-03-25 10:16:00 No point in having a blog inside a blog. More posts from now on, even though they might be short. March 23rd - Nick Thompson Has Three Fights Left With WVR MMAFighting.com: What is your status with World Victory Road? Thompson: I have got a four-fight deal with them. So I have three fights left and it?s non-exclusive ... More About: Events , Rumors , Days , Heading , Period
New Page! News & Rumors
2008-03-21 14:37:00 There is a new page on the blog called “News & Rumors ”. All news and rumors that are too short for their own post will be there. The upcoming events pages will also be updated with those news and rumors. More About: Page
SENGOKU II! WVR Announces The First Names
2008-03-18 07:00:00 Four names have been announced for SENGOKU II on May 18th. They are Roger Gracie, Satoru Kitaoka, Yoshihiro Nakao and UFC veteran Yuki Sasaki. Kitaoka has fought mostly in Pancrase throughout his career and was on a great five fight winning streak where he defeated fighters such as Paul Daley and Fabricio Monteiro, but, in January ... More About: Names
Not The Best Of Events! Let?s Look Ahead
More articles from this author:2008-03-16 23:03:00 DREAM.1 is over and it wasn’t the best of events, there were a few boring fights and the main event didn’t end the way we wanted, but that’s how it is sometimes. You probably know by now where to find the videos of the fights, so let’s look ahead, at the Middleweight GP opening round ... More About: Events , Ahead 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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