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Chiron · 02-23-2008, 09:52 PM

The people from DSE (The ones that owned PRIDE) and K-1, after the success of Yarrenoka, have gotten together again. They dissolved K-1's MMA org HEROES and made this new org. M-1 and Shooto are in on it again also.

They're going to have a LW and WW tournament to determine the champs at those weight classes. So far these are the guys participating in the LW tournament:

Shinya Aoki
"JZ" Calvancanti
Andrea Dida
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Caol Uno
Joachim Hansen
Gilbert Melendez
Luiz Buscape
Artur Oumakhanov
Koutetsu Boku
Jung Bu-Kyung
Kazuyuki Miyata

I highlighted the guys in bold because many MMA rankings have them listed in the top ten LW's. So it looks like it should be a really good tournament.

Other fighters that have been confirmed to be fighting for DREAM:

Fedor Emelianenko
Kazushi Sakuraba
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Norifumo Yamamoto
Sergei Kharitonov
Mirko Crocop
Hayato Sakurai
Ikuhisa Minowa
Denis Kang
Melvin Manhoef
Royce Gracie

You read that right. Mirko Crocop is back fighting in Japan. Apparently the UFC and he came to an agreement about his contract where he is going back to Japan to fight. He said he is fighting 3 fights for DREAM, including a possible rematch with Fedor, and then he plans to go back to the UFC to get revenge on those who beat him in the cage and shut up the internet fans that doubt him (seriously he said that lol).

Crocop and Kang have said that Matt Lindland, Mark Hunt and Josh Barnett will be fighting in DREAM also but there's no official word on that so at this point it's just a rumor. Right now those rumors seem weak though as Josh Barnett has a fight scheduled with the new Japanese org World Victory Road. That fight is scheduled for March 5th against Hidehiko Yoshida. Takanori Gomi is also fighting for WVR that same night against Duane Ludwig.

The dates for the DREAM Lightweight tournament are:
March 15th - Round 1
May 11th - Round 2
July 21st - Finals

The dates for the DREAM Middleweight tournament are:
April 29th - Round 1
Mid-June - Round 2
End of September - Finals

02-23-2008, 09:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chiron Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,190	DREAM - Starts March 15th The people from DSE (The ones that owned PRIDE) and K-1, after the success of Yarrenoka, have gotten together again. They dissolved K-1's MMA org HEROES and made this new org. M-1 and Shooto are in on it again also. They're going to have a LW and WW tournament to determine the champs at those weight classes. So far these are the guys participating in the LW tournament: Shinya Aoki "JZ" Calvancanti Andrea Dida Mitsuhiro Ishida Tatsuya Kawajiri Caol Uno Joachim Hansen Gilbert Melendez Luiz Buscape Artur Oumakhanov Koutetsu Boku Jung Bu-Kyung Kazuyuki Miyata I highlighted the guys in bold because many MMA rankings have them listed in the top ten LW's. So it looks like it should be a really good tournament. Other fighters that have been confirmed to be fighting for DREAM: Fedor Emelianenko Kazushi Sakuraba Yoshihiro Akiyama Norifumo Yamamoto Sergei Kharitonov Mirko Crocop Hayato Sakurai Ikuhisa Minowa Denis Kang Melvin Manhoef Royce Gracie You read that right. Mirko Crocop is back fighting in Japan. Apparently the UFC and he came to an agreement about his contract where he is going back to Japan to fight. He said he is fighting 3 fights for DREAM, including a possible rematch with Fedor, and then he plans to go back to the UFC to get revenge on those who beat him in the cage and shut up the internet fans that doubt him (seriously he said that lol). Crocop and Kang have said that Matt Lindland, Mark Hunt and Josh Barnett will be fighting in DREAM also but there's no official word on that so at this point it's just a rumor. Right now those rumors seem weak though as Josh Barnett has a fight scheduled with the new Japanese org World Victory Road. That fight is scheduled for March 5th against Hidehiko Yoshida. Takanori Gomi is also fighting for WVR that same night against Duane Ludwig. The dates for the DREAM Lightweight tournament are: March 15th - Round 1 May 11th - Round 2 July 21st - Finals The dates for the DREAM Middleweight tournament are: April 29th - Round 1 Mid-June - Round 2 End of September - Finals __________________ "Is there no standard anymore?" - Walk, Pantera