A tentative card for Japanese MMA promotion DEEP's 10th Anniversary show in October has been released, and it features some mega names. Shinya Aoki, Ryo Chonan, Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa, Katsunori Kikuno and many others are expected to participate.
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.
The UFC isn't the only major show on the radar of the hardcore mixed martial arts fans this weekend. DREAM will hold their first event of the new year on Monday, March 22nd from the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The card will feature some great lighter weight class match-ups including a championship bout between Bibiano Fernandes and Joachim Hansen. It will be presented on HDNet at 3:00 AM EST.
At a press conference in Tokyo today, DREAM announced the addition of Yoshiro Maeda vs. Cole Escovedo to the DREAM.13 card for March 22nd. Also announced: star heavyweight Josh Barnett, though no opponent was named.
Post-fight analysis of DREAM 12 including the prospect of Alistair Overeem and Marius Zaromskis fighting stateside in Strikeforce in the North American MMA market.
DREAM.12 Weigh-in Results
An in-depth complete preview of the DREAM 12 event from Osaka, Japan set for October 25th. The event will feature a "White Cage" in place of the ring and will feature fighters Alistair Overeem, Eddie Alvarez, Katsunori Kikuno, Won Sik Park, Chase Beebe, Yoshiro Maeda, and Kuniyoshi Hironaka.
