Mayhem submits Hose in Hawaii; Confirms upcoming title shot with Dream
Star of MTV’s Bully Beatdown Jason “Mayhem” Miller managed to secure a first round rear-naked choke submission victory over a game Kala Hose last night in Hawaii at the debut event for the Kingdom MMA promotion. The two felt each other out on the feet for a while before Mayhem shot in for a double leg takedown and ended up directly into side control. From there Mayhem punished Hose... [Read More...]
Kid Yamamoto will make long awaited return in Dream Featherweight Grand Prix
After more than a year away from mixed martial arts, one of the sports undisputed best little men will make his highly anticipated return to action when Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto faces off with former Greco-Roman wrestling world champion Joe Warren. The pair will butt heads on in the second round of Dream‘s featherweight grand prix May 26 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. Fourteen... [Read More...]
Full DREAM.8 lineup unveiled
WAMMA lightweight champion Shinya Aoki will be taking on Hayato “Mach” Sakurai in the main event of Dream.8, which is scheduled to take place on April 5 in Japan. MMAJunkie.com has released the full lineup for the show, which will feature a rematch between the two Japanese icons as well as four first round bouts from the welterweight Grand Prix. Additionally, there will also be a final first round... [Read More...]
Report: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic offered new three-fight deal with DREAM/K-1
After publicly stating his interest in bringing Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic back to the UFC in January, UFC President Dana White may have just missed his chance to bring the Croatian heavyweight back to the company. According to a report from British MMA magazine, Fighters Only, Filipovic has been offered a new three-fight deal from DREAM/K-1 that would include a fight with Alistair Overeem... [Read More...]
Imanari, Cullum, Ishida, and Kawajiri all victorious at DREAM.7
Last night at the Saitama Super Arena Dream kicked off the beginning of its Featherweight Grand Prix at Dream.7. The first bout of the Grand Prix pitted Takafumi Otsuka (8-3-1) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (3-2-0). with Fernandes winning via unanimous decision. WEC featherweight champion Chase Beebe (12-3-0) then took on Joe Warren, who was making his MMA debut. The fight was stopped after the first round... [Read More...]
Tatsuya Kawajiri set to fight Ross Ebanez at DREAM.7
A lightweight bout between Tatsuya Kawajiri and Ross Ebanez has been signed to take place at DREAM.7 on March 8 in Saitama, Japan at the Saitama Super Arena. FiveOuncesOfPain.com was notified of the matchup via official e-mail from BJPenn.com, the official web site for UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn. Kawajiri is the eight best lightweight in the world, according to the rankings for the World Alliance... [Read More...]
Matchups revealed for DREAM’s featherweight Grand Prix; Kid Yamamoto gets first round bye
The Fighter Entertainment Group has announced the matchups for their featherweight Grand Prix which will commence at Dream.7 on March 8 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The fights will be contested at 139 pounds as opposed to 145 pounds, which is the recognized weight limit for featherweight under the unified rules of MMA. World renowned Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto has been granted... [Read More...]
John Alessio in talks to fight Shinya Aoki during DREAM welterweight Grand Prix
Rumors have been sweeping the Internet in recent days pointing to a welterweight affiliated with the Xtreme Couture camp in Las Vegas as being involved in negotiations to fight WAMMA lightweight champion Shinya Aoki during the first round of DREAM’s upcoming welterweight tournament. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has confirmed through its sources that the fighter in question is former WEC and UFC veteran... [Read More...]
Shinya Aoki and Hayato Sakurai set for DREAM welterweight Grand Prix
The Fighter Entertainment Group (FEG) has released a partial list of fighters who will compete in their welterweight Grand Prix which will begin on April 5 at Dream.8. Newly crowned WAMMA lightweight champion Shinya Aoki, fresh off a submission victory over Eddie Alvarez at FEG’s New Years’ Eve event, will make the jump to welterweight to compete in the Grand Prix. You may recall that Aoki... [Read More...]
KOTC champion Abel Cullum confirmed for DREAM featherweight Grand Prix
Current King of the Cage flyweight champion and former EliteXC bantamweight title challenger Abel Cullum is the latest fighter to be added to the field for DREAM’s upcoming featherweight Grand Prix. FiveOuncesOfPain.com confirmed the news late Friday with Cullum’s father and manager, John Cullum. Cullum, 13-2, received his first shot a national exposure when he challenged Wilson Reis for... [Read More...]
DREAM reveals competitors for featherweight Grand Prix
With the lightweight Grand Prix completed and a bright new year ahead DREAM has announced the participants for its upcoming featherweight Grand Prix. The first round is scheduled to take place at Dream 7 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on March 7. The first round will consist of matches that will feature Atsushi Yamamoto, Micah Miller, Bibiano Fernandes, Hideo Tokoro, Daiki “D.J. Taiki”... [Read More...]
Cro Cop, Aoki, and host of underdogs victorious at FEG’s “Dynamite!!”
The Fighter Entertainment Group held a massive 17-bout show on New Year’s Eve in Japan that featured fighters from both its K-1 kickboxing and DREAM mixed martial arts rosters. The show, which emanated from the Saitama Super Arena in the city of Saitama and was televised live on network TV in Japan, featured a mix of bouts that were contested under K-1 and also MMA rules. In some unusual matchmaking,... [Read More...]
Sakuraba vs. Tamura and Hansen vs. Calvancante announced for “Dynamite!!”
Two new matchups have been announced by FEG organizers for its combined DREAM and K-1 “Dynamite!!” event to be held on Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The new bouts concist of Japanese combat sports icon Kazushi Sakuraba taking on Kiyoshi Tamura with DREAM lightweight champion Joachim Hansen rematching Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancante in a non-title encounter. Sakuraba,... [Read More...]
Cesar Gracie says Nick Diaz to fight next in Japan
Ever since the collapse of ProElite and EliteXC, managers such as Monte Cox have reviewed their fighters’ contracts and contacted EliteXC officials about a possible breach of contract with ProElite closing its doors. The contract for EliteXC’s fighters basically states that if EliteXC is unable to fulfill its payment obligations that the fighters can seek to terminate their contract with... [Read More...]
Shinya Aoki vs. Todd Moore completes DREAM 6 lineup
DREAM has announced via its official website that a lightweight bout between Shinya Aoki and Todd Moore has been added as a twelfth fight on its upcoming DREAM 6 card scheduled for Sept. 23. DREAM 6 will be Aoki’s first bout since losing in the finals of the promotion’s lightweight Grand Prix in June against Joachim Hansen, who had been previously eliminated in a bout against Eddie Alvarez.... [Read More...]
DREAM announces Cro Cop vs. Overeem and the return of Kharitonov at DREAM 6
With an urgent need to draw a strong rating for its DREAM.6 event on Sept. 23 at the Saitama Super Arena in order to maintain its broadcast relationship TBS, DREAM has added two major heavyweight attractions just weeks out from the event. DREAM has made it official that Mirko Cro Cop will be taking on current Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistar Overeem. Additionally, the promotion has announced... [Read More...]
Cro Cop vs. Akiyama or Cro Cop vs. Overeem?
Buried at the end of Dave Meltzer’s latest column at Yahoo! Sports regarding the health of the MMA business is this little tidbit about DREAM’s possible plans to put a fight together between Japan’s most hated fighter, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and their most beloved foreign fighter, Mirko Cro Cop: Under the gun to draw ratings, the company is attempting to put together middleweight Akiyama against... [Read More...]
UFC and Spike TV at odds again
Steve Sievert from the Houston Chronicle caught up with UFC president Dana White and asked him about the recent announcement by Spike TV that Noah Thomas would be fighting Marlon Sims on the live season finale of TUF 5 on June 3. White said the following: They’re not fighting on the finale. Not only are they not fighting in the finale, they’ll never fight in the UFC. Spike wanted that fight.... [Read More...]
