Archive for 'DREAM'
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Interview with the always entertaining Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller, who has recently retired from MMA–for now at least:
PC: What's up with all of this retirement talk my man?
JM: Yeah, yeah! I got plenty of money. I don't even care. I just do it for fun. I love fighting, but I'm just doing it for fun. I …
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
With props to Lance Storm that would be CALGARY, ALBERTA CANADA….Dennis Kang, last seen by most MMA fans losing to eventual champion Gegard Mousasi in the opening round of the DREAM Open Weight GP (though he also fought in late August for Spirit FC in Korea, defeating Kim Jae Young) will headline an event for …
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
DREAM middleweight GP champion Gegard Mousasi has big plans for his career–not content with just being one of the best middleweights in the world he’s looking toward new challenges:
“First I want to thank everybody that supported me to reach my goal of becoming the DREAM grand prix champion,” Mousasi stated. “I see this title as …
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
This has been the plan for months, but Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii made it official today:
Satoshi Ishii, who challenged Fedor Emelianenko after winning a gold medal in Judo the Olympics in Beijing, will cross over full-time into mixed martial arts.
Ishii has notified the All Japan Judo Federation for a release so that he …
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
That would be awesome were it to transpire….DREAM middleweight GP winner Gegard Mousasi says that he’s going to fight Vitor Belfort at the next Affliction show. He also throws some fuel on the “Fedor to fight Josh Barnett” rumors…..
DREAM middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi expects to face Vitor Belfort on Affliction’s next MMA show in …
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Here’s Inside MMA #237 from Tokyo–pretty entertaining episode featuring, among other things, an interview with announcing goddess Lene Hardt (aka the “crazy English announcer lady” from PRIDE and DREAM):
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The DREAM Official website posted a new interview with Fedor Emelianenko. Nothing really earth shattering or anything new from what was said at DREAM.6. Fedor wants to fight in Japan on New Years’ Eve but gave no specifics. Assuming reports that he’ll be fighting on a rescheduled Affliction card in January are …
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
We reported late last night/early this morning that the Japanese media was indicating that a rematch between Cro Cop and Overeem was very likely for New Year’s Eve. Cro Cop himself suggested the same in an interview upon his return to Croatia. Here’s a link to the video of the interview, which you …
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Much in the Japanese media suggesting that there will be a rematch of the DREAM.6 battle between Mirko Cro Cop and Alistair Overeem on New Years’ Eve. This means that Fedor will likely be facing another “sideshow” type opponent a la Hong Man Choi. More info as we get it.
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Good article in today’s Vancouver Sun about DREAM middleweight GP winner Gegard Mousasi:
Going into the DREAM middleweight tournament, most American fight fans had probably never heard of Gegard Mousasi, an Armenian-born mixed martial artist who now calls Holland home.
The 23-year-old had made a name for himself as a striking coach for the great Fedor Emelianenko, …
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