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...]
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...]
DREAM.7 set for March 8
FEG has officially announced the date for the next Dream event. Dream 7 is all set to take place on March 8 in Japan. The event will mark the opening round of Dream’s recently announced featherweight Grand Prix tournament. No fighters have been announced for the event at this time. Dream has already hosted similar tournaments in the middleweight and lightweight divisions with Joachim Hansen... [Read More...]
Four more bouts officially added to UFC 87
The UFC’s official website, UFC.com, has announced four additional bouts for August 9th’s UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. A heavyweight tilt between Cheick Kongo (11-4-2) and UFC newcomer Dan Evensen (10-2), a very intriguing lightweight bout between Frankie Edgar (8-1) and Hermes Franca (18-6) and two welterweight fights featuring Chris Wilson (13-4) vs. Steve Bruno (11-3) and Ben Saunders... [Read More...]
Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno moved to UFC 87
A welterweight clash between Team Quest fighter, Chris Wilson and UFC debutant Steve Bruno, originally set for July’s UFC 86 has been postponed to August’s UFC 87 according Wilson’s personal website. From ChrisWilsonMMA.com: I just found out my fight has been postponed. The rescheduled date hasn’t been finalized but appears to be bumped to the next UFC show, UFC 87 headlined by... [Read More...]
UFC 86: Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno
UFC.com has confirmed a welterweight fight between Team Quest’s Chris Wilson and Steve Bruno to take place at UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin. Wilson was a late replacement for the injured Akihiro Gono at UFC 82 but proved his worth in the Octagon by making Jon Fitch tough out a grueling three round decision victory. The UFC obviously liked Wilson’s guts and have brought him back on board to... [Read More...]
Report: Six more fighters added to UFC 86
American Top Team’s official website has announced that four fighters training out of their camp are set to fight on July 5th’s UFC 86. Gleison Tibau, Cole Miller, Steve Bruno and Ben Saunders have all been listed to take part at the event but currently no opponents have been named. MMA Weekly is also reporting in its rumors section that TUF 5′s Corey Hill will take on Justin... [Read More...]
