DREAM has added a last-minute bout between 2008 Beijing Olympics gold-medalist Satoshi Ishii and pro wrestler-slash-fighter Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa to Saturday's DREAM.16 in Nagoya, Japan. The pair will meet in an openweight contest.
FEG has officially announced DREAM 16 for September 25th at the 10,000-seat Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. No official participants have been named, but fighters shown on the DreamOfficial.com graphic (above) are Ikuhisa Minowa, Tatsuya Mizuno, Hideo Tokoro, Shinya Aoki, "Kid" Yamamoto, Kazushi Sakuraba, Caol Uno, Gegard Mousasi and Hiroyuki Takaya. Mousasi and Mizuno are expected to face off in the finals of Dream's light-heavyweight mini-GP, while Uno will be making his first appearance in the promotion's newly-settled 143-pound division.
Tonight's Dream 14 will be just the second major Japanese MMA event held in a cage, and BloodyElbow.com has full live results and play-by-play for you. Headlining the card is Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz taking on Hayato "Mach" Sakurai.
DREAM 14 will air live on HDNet at 3:00 AM EST from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event will feature the return on the White Cage along with a battle between current Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz and Japanese MMA legend Hayato "Mach" Sakurai. The card will also include Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, Kazushi Sakuraba, Ralek Gracie, Joachim Hansen, and Ikuhisa Minowa.
Join us tonight for live results and play-by-play of DREAM's first event of 2010, where featherweight belt-holder Bibiano "The Flash" Fernandes will make his first title defense against former lightweight Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen. Also on the card, the returning Josh Barnett, former EliteXC lightweight star K.J. Noons, and fan favorite Minowaman.
All fighters made weight for tomorrow's DREAM.13 show in Japan, which features a main event featherweight title bout between champion Bibiano Fernandes and challenger Joachim Hansen.
