Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro (19-2) will return to MMA for the first time since his September 2007 loss to "JZ" Cavalcante this weekend at DREAM.8 when he faces former Greco-Roman Olympic silver medalist turned mounted-gogoplata-receiver Katsuhiko Nagata (4-4-1). The lightweight (70kg) bout was added to DREAM's official site on Wednesday with no accompanying announcement, though the signing of "Shaolin" with DREAM had been rumored since late last year.
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OLYMPIA DREAM.8 Welterweight GP 2009 1st Round
April 5, 2009 // Nippon Gaishi Hall // Nagoya, Japan
Welterweight GP Bouts
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Shinya Aoki
Yuya Shirai vs. Jason High
Marius Zaromskis vs. Seichi Ikemoto
John Alessio vs. Andre Galvao
Featherweight GP Bout
Hideo Tokoro vs. Daiki “DJ.taiki” Hata
Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Yoon Dong Sik vs. Murilo “Ninja” Rua
Andrews Nakahara vs. Shungo Oyama
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Jeff Monson
Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro vs. Katsuhiko Nagata
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The post says DREAM.9 instead of DREAM.8
Even without Mousasi and Jacare, this is a pretty decent card, other than Minowa vs. Shibata each fight has some potential to be exciting.
Decent?
The card looks much better than decent IMO.
I am looking forward to most fights, and DREAM.9 is stacked.
That’s a pretty nice addition. Shaolin should take it, but he’s been out for a long time now so i don’t find the mismatch at all offensive.




















