Saturday 9 May 2009
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Friday 23 January 2009
DREAM - Overeem, Schilt and Hansen questions
Event Producer Sasahara also answered questions relating to the transfer of Alistair Overeem and Semmy Schilt to the UFC. He said that that would not happen.
Regarding the injury to Crocop and Hansen, Sasahara said that for Crocop they are planning a return in May or July depending on his condition.
Relating to lightweight champion Hansen's condition, Sasahara said that he was in Norway resting now. Once his doctors declare him fit, he will be back. If it takes more than 1 year, DREAM will have a fight to determine an interim champion.
Thursday 22 January 2009
3/8 DREAM 7 - "KID" fighting?
There has been a lot of speculation around this, today it was announced that DREAM 7 will take place in Saitama Super Arena!
The confusion is now complete, DREAM is saying that "Kid" will indeed fight. They are also saying that the featherweight tournament will be in in the 62-64kg range.
The featherweight tournament will have 16 participants, 8 will fight in March, 8 in April.
For the welterweight tournament they are planning 8 fighters to face off in the first round in March.
The schedule:
3/8 Saitama Super Arena
4/5 Aichi-ken, Gaishi Hall
May - In Kanto (Tokyo area)
July - In Kanto (Tokyo area)
September - In Kanto (Tokyo area)
October - Outside Kanto (Tokyo) area
12/31 Saitama Super Arena
Wednesday 14 January 2009
1/31 Shooto - Shooting Disco 7 - Card Complete / Rookie Tournament Fights Added
The card for Shooting Disco 7 is now complete. As always this card is relying on talent and matchmaking to ensure that it is an exciting event. The main event will have an impact on the bantamweight rankings though. Ryuichi Miki is ranked #3 and Homare Kobuta is ranked #10.
Last year's Rookie Tournament winner, Takuya Sato gets a chance to climb in the rankings, as he takes on Pacific Rim ranked #1 Taisuke Okuno.
The main card was announced in December, but now there are some Rookie Tournament fights added.
The card looks complete and this is the fight order:
10. Main-Event - Bantam: Ryuichi Miki 7-2-3 vs. 7-6-1 Homare Kuboyama
9. Middle: Taisuke Okuno 7-2-1 vs. 3-2-2 Takuya Sato
8. Light: Masatoshi Kobayashi 3-5-0 vs. 2-1-0 Daiki Tsuchiya
7. Welter: Guy Delameau 8-4-0 vs. 1-3-1 Kunio Nakajima
6. Bantam: Hiroaki Iijima 1-1-0 vs. 1-1-0 "Akki" Kota Funaki
5. Fly: Takehiro "Tiger" Ishii 5-6-2 vs. 3-4-0 Katsuya Murofushi
Rookie Tournament Fights:
4. Middle: Yoichiro Sato (Gracie Barra Tokyo) 1-1-1 vs. 2-2-0 Hiroaki Sakuma (Mach Dojo)
3. Light: Kenichiro Marui (Academia Az) 0-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Toshiaki Hayasaka (Paraestra Sendai)
2. Bantam: Nozomi Otsuka (Team Locks) 1-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Tatsuya "Nakashi" Nakashima (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Toikatsu Dojo)
1. Welter: Mitsushi Matsumoto (FSFA) vs. Keiji Sakuta (Paraestra Chiba)
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