DREAM vs. K-1 Themed Bouts to Continue in 2009
by smoogy on Jan 22, 2009 11:24 PM EST
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Tokyo Sports recently published a brief Q&A with DREAM Event Producer Keiichi Sasahara, quoting him as saying that DREAM will send many of their MMA fighters to K-1 in 2009. This comes in the aftermath of the 2008 Dynamite event, which saw DREAM standouts Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi and Tetsuya Kawajiri all come up with surprising first round knockouts in K-1 rules action. Kawajiri in particular is expected to join the K-1 MAX fray sooner rather than later, possibly in a rematch with his Dynamite dance partner, Takeda Kozo. Sasahara named Overeem, Mousasi and Sergei Kharitonov as fighters who are expected to be booked in K-1 fights this year.
In other crossover news...
Sengoku underdog Sergei Golyaev has agreed to a match with another Dynamite veteran, Yoshihiro Sato, for the February 23rd 2009 K-1 WORLD MAX Japan Tournament card, in a non-tournament superfight. Golyaev is coming off an armbar loss to Eiji Mitsuoka at Sengoku No Ran 2009, but is being brought in to capitalize on the gift decision win over Takanori Gomi in his previous bout. Sato is a top K-1 MAX talent who lost a close decision to rising star Artur Kyshenko during the opening segment of the New Year's Eve show. He is best known for his upset knockout of two-time MAX Champion Buakaw Por Pramuk at last year's Final Eight tournament.
At the lighter weights, Rumina Sato announced that he will participate in the February 11th Shootboxing event. Shootboxing is affiliated with K-1 and has much of the same ruleset, except modified to allow upper body throws or takedowns, and standing submissions. Fellow Shooto fighter and top-ranked flyweight Mamoru Yamaguchi will also be featured on the card.
And finally, something called RogueMag is reporting that Mark Hunt is likely match up with Semmy Schilt again, this time in an MMA rules match. As a matchup of former K-1 champions, it could be an interesting draw for DREAM 7 or DREAM 8.
(Major hat tips: Nightmare of Battle and Gryphon Japan)
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Shootboxing is affiliated with K-1 and has much of the same ruleset, except modified to allow upper body throws or takedowns, and standing submissions.
Not a fan of this sentence. Shootboxing really isn’t affiliated with K-1 at all, other than using some of the same fighers (Souwer being the most notable). This fall when Shootboxing was trying to promote the S-Cup by saying that the reigning champion (Ogata) beat the reigning K-1 MAX champ (Souwer), K-1 abruptly banned Souwer from wearing spats (less than a week from the finals). At best they are rivals, not affiliates.
I’d also add that Shootboxing allows thai clinches, not just the lame ‘one knee and done’ that K-1 now uses.
I’d also add that Shootboxing allows thai clinches, not just the lame ‘one knee and done’ that K-1 now uses.
Woah what… whats this about?
A couple years back, K-1 revised their ruleset so that fighters were no longer allowed to throw multiple knees in the clinch. Fighters are currently only allowed to throw one knee in the clinch and then must disengage.
what? thats odd. Ive never even seen it been enforced. Kinda of an odd rule to have. I mean if a guy can get you trapped you should be able to knee the guy however many times you want.
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