Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto Out of DREAM.5
by Luke Thomas
on Jul 18, 2008 10:27 AM EDT
in News
Nightmare of Battle has the scoop:
More bad news. KID injured his right knee in training and won’t fight at DREAM.5. This injury might take half a year to heal.
No word on whether scheduled opponent and Urijah Faber training partner Joseph Benavidez will get a late replacement or if he's completely scrapped from the card.
I actually had some high hopes for this fight. I didn't care about the particular match-up itself, just the possibilities a Yamamoto win could bring. I realize the logistics of making a Faber-Yamamoto fight are exceedingly difficult, but a dominating win over Faber's friend and training partner would've added at least some kind of fuel to the fire.
Something, anything to get us closer to that dream match-up. Oh well. Speedy recovery, KID.
[UPDATE] by Nick Thomas - Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem (27-11-0) has been confirmed as the opponent for Mark Hunt (5-3-0) at Dream 5 from Osaka, Japan this Monday.
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Terrible news about KID, but that’s a GREAT addition to make up for it.
Good thing Overeem stepped up, I was worried FEG might put Benavidez in there against Hunt.
by Chris Nelson on Jul 18, 2008 11:08 AM EDT 0 recs
Benavidez will probably fight Takeshi Yamazaki if Hideo Tokoro is unable to fight because of the injury from the car accident yesterday.
by Scotty87 on Jul 18, 2008 12:15 PM EDT 0 recs
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