By now, you’ve probably heard of the words being exchanged back and forth between Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ and Alistair Overeem. If you haven’t, it’s basically consisted of Overeem calling out Cro Cop and claiming he’s been ducking him, with the Croatian responding that he wants to take on Alistair in DREAM. Then upon hearing that DREAM wasn’t going to book the Cro Cop fight in September, Alistair stepped up the trash talk by calling Cro Cop a “douche-bag.”
Cro Cop Talks DREAM.6 & Alistair Overeem; More DREAM.6 Participants Revealed?
August 15th, 2008
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DREAM.4 Results; DREAM.5 Lightweight Grand Prix Match-Ups Revealed
June 15th, 2008
DREAM.4 took place early Sunday morning in Yokohama, Japan. The second round of the middleweight grand prix was featured in the Japanese organization’s fourth outing. Shinya Aoki and Katsuhiko Nagata battled it out to determine who would take the final spot in DREAM’s lightweight grand prix.
With a decisive victor in the Aoki/Nagata match, DREAM has revealed the semi-final match-ups via its website, dreamofficial.com.
DREAM.4 results and lightweight grand prix match-ups after the jump.
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Mayhem Miller Likens Fighting In Japan To Fighting In A Library
May 28th, 2008
Mayhem cracks me up.
Mayhem, unfortunately, will not get his dream fight against Kazushi Sakuraba at DREAM 4. He will have to get a win over BJJ wizard Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza and hope for Sakuraba to defeat Melvin Manhoef to possibly face him later in the tournament. Those two would make for one hell of a grand prix final though.
Mayhem Acknowledging The ‘Chick’ In The Thirteenth Row
JoAnne of MMA Girls interviews Mayhem after the jump.
No Comments | Filed under: Jason 'Mayhem' MillerDREAM.3 Wrap-up
May 12th, 2008
Photo courtesy of CagePotato.com
DREAM.3 is now in the books. Three quarterfinal matches in DREAM’s Lightweight Grand Prix took place as well as a welterweight title contender bout between Nick Diaz and Katsuya Inoue and a middleweight grand prix round match between Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller and Katsuyori Shibata. Melvin Mahoef and Kim Dae Won squared off in a middleweight grand prix reserve bout.
I don’t have HDNet so I didn’t get to see the show in its entirety, but I caught quite a few of the fights on the internet. The fights I saw were very entertaining particularly the one many are calling a fight of the year candidate.
Thoughts and results after the jump.
No Comments | Filed under: Caol Uno, DREAM.3, Eddie Alvarez, Jason 'Mayhem' Miller, Joachim Hansen, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Nick Diaz, Tatsuya KawajiriNick Diaz Added To DREAM.3 Card
May 2nd, 2008
The DREAM organization announced more fights that have been added to their DREAM.3 card scheduled for May 11. The announcement included Nick Diaz, the controversial fighter who’s as well-known for his marijuana habits as his fighting. Diaz will be taking on Katsuya Inoue in what Japan MMA is calling a Welterweight Championship Eliminator. MMA Junkie is reporting that the winner will advance on to fight Hayato ‘Mach’ Sakurai this fall for the DREAM welterweight title.
Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller was also a part of the announcement. Japan MMA is showing his match-up with Katsuyori Shibata as a Middleweight GP Round 1 bout. The fight would give the tournament a needed boost after losing some of its top stars in the opening round.
The announced fights were as follows:
- Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue
- Jung Bukyung vs. Daisuke Nakamura
- Jason Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata
- Melvin Manhoef vs. Kim Dae Won
- Takeshi Yamazaki vs. TBA
The latest DREAM.3 fight card and event details can be found in our fight cards section.
DREAM.3 & WEC 34 Fight Card Updates
April 29th, 2008
Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller will be heading over to Japan in two weeks to compete on the DREAM.3 card on May 11. Mayhem will be facing former Japanese pro-wrestler Katsuyori Shibata who is currently on a three fight losing streak as a competitor in K-1 Hero’s. MMANews.com broke the story.
The WEC has announced that former WEC Bantamweight Champion, Chase Beebe, has been added to WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver on June 1. Beebe will square off against Will Ribeiro, who will be making his WEC debut. This match is not scheduled to be televised.
