Fields Dynamite!! 2008 Results & Wrap-Up

K-1 Dynamite!! 2008 PosterFields Dynamite!! 2008 took place earlier today at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Japanese MMA legends Kazushi Sakuraba and Kiyoshi Tamura finally squared off in the night’s main event.

In what should have the been the DREAM LW GP Final match-up, Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki met for the WAMMA Lightweight Championship.

Melvin Manhoef stepped in on a day’s notice for Jerome LeBanner to fight the much bigger K-1 vet Mark Hunt in a DREAM rules match.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, in the night’s David and Goliath bout, fought the Korean giant, Hong Man Choi.

Alistair Overeem took a tough fight under K-1 rules against K-1 Heavyweight king and resident bad boy Badr Hari.

Japanese freak show staple Bob Sapp participated in the mother of all freak shows when he fought an amateur wrestling champion dressed up as a Japanese anime character.

Gegard Mousasi, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Semmy Schilt, Mighty Mo and Minnowaman were also in action.

The fight between Joachim Hansen and JZ Calvacante was canceled due an apparent head injury to Hansen. MMA Weekly has a report.

Results and thoughts after the jump.

DREAM.6 Results & Wrap-Up

DREAM.6 PosterDREAM.6 took place earlier today at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

It was the finals of the DREAM middleweight grand prix. Four fighters—Gegard Mousasi, Melvin Manhoef, Zelg Galesic, and Ronaldo Jacare—battled it out in the semi-finals with the winners coming back at the end of the show to fight for the grand prix championship.

Mirko Cro Cop was back in action for the second time this year. He didn’t get a softball this time around though. Instead, he looked to end months of trash talking from the always dangerous Alistair Overeem.

Shinya Aoki, Hayato ‘Mach’ Sakurai, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and Sergei Kharitonov were also in action.

If you haven’t seen the fights yet, and want to before spoiling yourself with the results, you can check them out here.

Results and wrap-up after the jump.

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Nick Diaz vs ‘Mach’ Sakurai Rescheduled For DREAM.6?

Nick DiazAccording to Hayato ‘Mach’ Sakurai’s personal blog, he and Nick Diaz, who were originally scheduled to hook it up for the DREAM Welterweight Championship at DREAM.5, will now fight at DREAM.6 instead. Diaz was pulled out of the DREAM.5 bout by EliteXC officials so they could put him on their July 26 CBS event that will take place in Diaz’s hometown, Stockton, California.