DREAM and ProElite announce new partnership
In what seemed like a foregone conclusion, ProElite and DREAM have announced a partnership that will see the two organizations co-promote events and swap talent as a result of the deal. DREAM recently had a partnership with Strikeforce, but things fell apart once Zuffa purchased Strikeforce in early 2011. The relationship starts this Saturday night in Hawaii as DREAM mainstay Ikuhisa Minowa takes on... [Read More...]
Shinya Aoki vs. Rob McCullough, Satoru Kitaoka vs. Willamy Freire set for DREAM 17
DREAM has added two bouts to their upcoming late September event in Japan. The most popular fighter in the organization and one of the best submission grapplers in the world, Shinya Aoki battles striking stand out Rob McCullough in a lightweight showdown. Also added is another lightweight bout between Satoru Kitaoka and Willamy Freire. News of the fights was first reported by MMAJunkie.com One of... [Read More...]
DREAM abandons two-round format for standard structure starting in September
One of Japan’s foremost MMA promotions made a move into the modern era earlier today when DREAM officials announced a major change to their in-ring operations pertaining to the way fights are structured. Starting September 24 in coordination with the company’s DREAM 17 event, all frames will be five minutes rather than handled in the style made popular by PRIDE involving an opening round of ten... [Read More...]
Mousasi, Kawajiri cruise to opening round wins in latest offering from DREAM
“DREAM: Fight for Japan 2011″, the Japanese audience’s most recent opportunity to watch a major MMA event unfold live in one of the birthplaces of the sport, was an entertaining offering with a number of highlight-reel finishes featuring a couple of particularly memorable knockouts including those from fan-favorites Tatsuya Kawajiri and Gegard Mousasi . Kawajiri avoided an early Guillotine... [Read More...]
Tim Kennedy “having a hard time” finding an opponent, looking at DREAM
Two weeks from today will mark exactly four months since Tim Kennedy fought Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza for the Strikeforce middleweight title at the promotion’s show in Houston this past August. Though he ultimately lost a close decision to the Brazilian champion, Kennedy exited the event without serious injury and even expressed the ability to have gone more rounds had it been necessary. However,... [Read More...]
Bibiano Fernandes returning to ring on New Year’s Eve in Japan
DREAM featherweight champ Bibiano Fernandes appears set to join the line-up on December 31st at FEG’s annual year-end “Dynamite” event. Fernandes has been out of action since defeating Joachim Hansen this past March at DREAM 13 by way of split-decision due to a delay in payment for the performance. Five Ounces of Pain was able to confirm news of the Brazilian’s expected appearance by a party... [Read More...]
A Payment Deferred: The Ongoing DREAM Salary Issue
”What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore, and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over, like a syrupy sweet?” – Langston Hughes, ‘A Dream Deferred’ Like many Mixed Martial Arts enthusiasts, fighters and fans, the love I have for the sport was in large part fostered by watching PRIDE Fighting Championships.... [Read More...]
Favorites roll – literally – at entertaining DREAM 16 event
Last night’s offering from DREAM featured all the colorful production and presentation fans have come to expect from the Japanese promotion, as well as a bout between two men known for having some of the most-memorable entrances in the sport’s history. It also featured a slew of decision/submission wins with only one strike-based finish in the show’s ten match-ups. Among the group of fighters... [Read More...]
Eight bouts finalized for September 25th DREAM event
The upcoming DREAM 16 card came one step closer to completion this week when the Japanese promotion announced the addition of new match-ups to the show slated for Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya. Left without an opponent when Bellator featherweight champ Joe Warren recently removed his name from consideration, Michihiro Omigawa will now face 16-5 Cole Escovedo at the September 25th event according to... [Read More...]
Joe Warren withdraws name from DREAM 16 event
Bellator Fighting Championships’ featherweight champ Joe Warren, rumored to be fighting Michihiro Omigawa on September 25th at DREAM 16, will no longer be competing on the card but still hopes to see action again at least one time before year’s end. Had the bout taken place it would have been Warren’s second in September. The highly respected Greco-Roman wrestler’s exciting comeback win over... [Read More...]
Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio added to DREAM 16 line-up
If already-announced opponents Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Kazushi Sakuraba didn’t make for a colorful enough main card at DREAM 16, fans can now add submission specialist Shinya Aoki’s unique ring attire and trademark entrance to the vibrant line-up slated for the September 25th event. Over the weekend DREAM-promoter FEG announced Aoki would put his high-level Jiu-Jitsu skills up against a fellow... [Read More...]
Jason “Mayhem” Miller facing MMA legend at DREAM 16
Though Jason “Mayhem” Miller has found a good deal of success in MMA against respected opposition, the host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” is perhaps known for his showmanship as much as his well-rounded set of skills. On September 25th, Miller will have a chance to put both to the test, as HDNet Fights CEO Andrew Simon recently announced via Twitter that Miller will be facing the one and only... [Read More...]
DREAM 12 to Feature Six-Sided Cage; Eddie Alvarez vs. Katsunori Kikuno to Headline
It looks like the recent surge of popularity of mixed martial arts stateside has influenced the Japanese promoters of DREAM to Americanize their event to some degree. DREAM has long used a four cornered ring during all of their events up until this point. They have also long employed two rounds, with the first being ten minutes and the second being five, as opposed to the three five-minute rounds commonly... [Read More...]
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller III set for September
Ronaldo “Jacare” de Souza and Jason “Mayhem” Miller are slated to wage battle for the third time at a DREAM event expected to take place sometime in September. The confirmation of the bout came through Jacare’s coach, Josuel Distak, in a recent report on TATAME.com. “Jacaré will return to the ring in September to fight again with Jason Miller,” said Distak. The... [Read More...]
Report: Cro Cop Abandons UFC for DREAM after UFC 99 win
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filpovic let Dana White know that he would be leaving the UFC to fight for DREAM just after his TKO victory over Mustapha Al Turk at UFC 99 in Cologne, Germany. The news comes courtesy of a recent report from Kevin Iole over at Yahoo! Sports. Just one month ago UFC President White did something almost completely unprecedented in the promotions history when he made a verbal... [Read More...]
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Gegard Mousasi confirmed for DREAM Super Hulk Tournament
FiveOuncesOfPain.com has recently been informed by sources close to the situation that Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou will be facing off with Gegard Mousasi in the next round of DREAM’s Super Hulk Tournament. Sokoudjou rebounded from consecutive losses at the hands of Luiz Arthur Cane and Renato “Babalu” Sobral when he stopped the much larger Jan Nortge by TKO with a storm of punches in... [Read More...]
Filho on Manhoef: ‘Anyone who thinks I’ll exchange punches with him is wrong’
Sometimes controversial and always dangerous Brazilian submission expert Paulo Filho is preparing himself to face off with one of the scariest men currently competing in mixed martial arts when he meets up with Melvin Manhoef. The two are scheduled to butt heads at DREAM 10 which has been scheduled for July 20. Manhoef is without a doubt one of the most vicious finishers currently competing in the... [Read More...]
Aoki vs. Ribeiro and Manhoef vs. Filho announced for DREAM 10
Fresh off an eventful card that took place this morning at DREAM 9, DREAM has announced a couple of unexpected match-ups for the organizations tenth event scheduled for July 20. Shinya Aoki, who is coming off a knockout loss to Hayato Sakurai in the first round of the DREAM welterweight grand prix, will be returning to the lightweight division to take on Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro. Ribeiro... [Read More...]
Andre “Dida” Amade vs. Katsunori Kikuno expected for DREAM 10
Brazilian knockout specialist Andre “Dida” Amade is expected to make his return to the ring at DREAM 10 against DEEP champion Katsunori Kikuno according to a recent report on Tatame.com. The event is scheduled for July 20 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Amade made a home for himself early in his career at the feared Chute Boxe Academy before recently making the exodus to Universidade... [Read More...]
High vs. Galvao and Sakurai vs. Zaromskis set for final round of Dream welterweight GP
It appears as though the match-ups of the deciding round of Dream’s welterweight grand prix is a done deal. Jason High will face off with Andre Galvao while Hayato Sakurai is set to duke it out with Marius Zaromskis. Dream 10 is set to take place on July 20 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The news was confirmed to MMAweekly.com in a report from a source close to High. High submitted... [Read More...]
