Tag: "dream"

ProElite and DREAM form international partnership

By The Fight Nerd on Jan 17, 2012 in News

ProElite MMA and DREAM, the largest Japanese MMA organization, have initiated a promotional partnership and fighter exchange program, jointly announced today. The alliance will foster co-promoted events, both in the United States and in Japan with fighter exchanges featured on the cards of both fight promotions, respectively. The initial fighter exchange debuts this Saturday, January [...]

Shinya Aoki talks about fighting his friend & his performance at DREAM NYE Show

By The Fight Nerd on Jan 03, 2012 in News

Shinya Aoki put a grappling clinic on Satoru Kitaoka at this weekend’s DREAM New Year’s Eve show, making his friend bleed and dominating him through the course of their bout. Impressing many with his new striking prowess from his training at Evolve MMA, Aoki’s harshest clinic has been himself. “I am grateful for the win, [...]

HDNet to broadcast full nine-hour 2011 DREAM New Year’s Eve event

By The Fight Nerd on Dec 26, 2011 in News

According to a report from MMA Junkie, HDNet will be airing the entire nine-hour “DREAM: Fight for Japan: Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011!” event live on New Year’s Eve. The broadcast will begin in North America at 1 AM EST on Saturday morning, Dec. 31 (10 p.m. PT Friday evening, Dec. 30). This will be your only [...]

Sakuraba competing on DREAM NYE show, but not fighting

By The Fight Nerd on Dec 19, 2011 in News

According to a report from MMA Fighting, DREAM has announced that Kazushi Sakuraba will be competing on their New Year’s Eve event, “Fields presents Fight for Japan “Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011,″ but he won’t exactly be fighting on it. Sakuraba will compete in an IGF rules pro wrestling tag team bout with Katsuyori Shibata against Shinichi [...]

“Fedor vs Ishii” announced for “Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011!” Event in Japan

By The Fight Nerd on Dec 13, 2011 in News

M-1 Global and DREAM officials announced today that legendary heavyweight Fedor “ The Last Emperor” Emelianenko will be facing Olympic Gold Medalist in Judo Satoshi Ishii on December 31, 2011 as part of FieLDS presents FIGHT FOR JAPAN “Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011! The event, which takes place from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, will [...]

Brett Rogers better watch what he says to Tim Sylvia

By Hiroko on Dec 06, 2011 in News

According to a recent report by The Apple Valley Patch in Minnesota, Brett “The Grim” Rodgers will have to be very careful of the words he chooses when talking about his upcoming match and opponent. As terms of his upcoming probation, Brett is violation if he is in participation of “assaultive or intimidating behavior to anyone”. He was sentenced to 60 days in [...]

DREAM and One FC announce partnership, Asian MMA looking good for 2012

By The Fight Nerd on Nov 28, 2011 in News

Asia’s largest MMA promotions, ONE Fighting Championship™ and DREAM, have entered into a mutually exclusive partnership, signifying another monumental inflection point for the sport of MMA in Asia. Specifically, ONE Fighting Championship and DREAM have agreed to co-promote events together and have also agreed to fighter exchanges. Fighter exchanges are expected to happen with immediate [...]

DREAM 17 Quick Results

By The Fight Nerd on Sep 24, 2011 in Event Results, News

DREAM 17 went down last night in the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, and was a great return to their big shows with a stacked card. Here are the quick results from the event, expect some videos later in the week: Shinya Aoki def. Rob McCullough via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 4:52 Tatsuya [...]

Sakuraba VS Cabral added to Dream 17

By The Fight Nerd on Aug 26, 2011 in News

Just announced earlier this week for Dream’s next show, Kazushi Sakuraba will make his (hopefully triumphant) return to MMA as he prepares to meet Yan Cabral. At 26-15-1 and an MMA career beginning in 1996, you would think that retirement would be near for the “IQ Wrestler”, but it seems like Sak wants to be [...]

Dream Bantamweight Grand Prix fighters draw numbers for their place in tournament

By The Fight Nerd on Apr 27, 2011 in News

Late last week, Dream held a press conference to officially set up the brackets for their upcoming Bantamweight Grand Prix, and thanks to MMA-Japan, we now have the official video of this event. After all of the numbers were drawn, we were given the following matches: Masakazu Imanari vs. Keisuke Fujiwara, Darren Uyenoyama vs. Atsushi [...]