Rising Sun Roundup: Sakuraba and Zaromskis Added, Filho Off DREAM 12; Tim Sylvia Likely to Fight at Dynamite!! 2009, and More
Posted by Justin H on Oct 23, 2009 at 6:00 am ET3 Comments
DREAM recently announced additions and changes to the fight card for its October 25 DREAM 12 event, including Kazushi Sakuraba replacing Melvin Manhoef against Zelg Galesic and welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis’ return to action in a non-title bout against Myeon Ho Bae. Paulo Filho is off the card after failing to arrive in Japan for his fight with Dong Sik Yoon due to visa issues, and will be replaced by Tarec Saffedine. Check out the latest DREAM 12 lineup in the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.- Rumina Sato, originally scheduled to fight Joe Warren at Vale Tudo Japan, will instead fight Warren’s Team Quest training partner Corey “Savage” Gran at the October 30 event after Warren was forced to withdraw after suffering a knee injury while training.
- World Victory Road announced additions to its November 11 Sengoku 11th Battle card on Wednesday, confirming Akihiro Gono vs. Yoon Young Kim and Hirokazu “Bull” Konno vs. Tomoaki Ueyama for the HDNet-televised event, which takes place at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. For the latest Sengoku 11 fight card check out the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.
- World Victory Road also announced several participants for their New Years Eve show, which will go head to head with FEG’s Dynamite!! 2009. The event and will feature the new name of Sengoku Raiden Championships, replacing Sengoku, but continuing their existing number system, making the event Sengoku Raiden Championships. So far the only confirmed match-up is Satoshi Ishii making his MMA debut against Hidehiko Yoshida. Other participants that have been announced are Mizuto Hirota, Masanori Kanehara, Satoru Kitaoka, Hatsu Hioki, Michihiro Omigawa, Kazunori Yokota, Eiji Mitsuoka, Makoto Takimoto, Hiroshi Izumi and Kazuhiro Nakamura.
- Former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia will return to action on New Year’s Eve at DREAM/K-1 Dynamite!! 2009 in Saitama, Japan, likely fighting Alistair Overeem or Hong Man Choi at the December 31 event, according to Sylvia’s manager Monte Cox, who confirmed the bout with MMA Fanhouse on Wednesday.
Pictured: Marius Zaromskis
Tags: Akihiro Gono, Eiji Mitsuoka, Hatsu Hioki, Hidehiko Yoshida, Hirokazu "Bull" Konno, Hiroshi Izumi, Joe Warren, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Kazunori Yokota, Kazushi Sakuraba, Makoto Takimoto, Marius Zaromskis, Masanori Kanehara, Melvin Manhoef, Michihiro Omigawa, Mizuto Hirota, Rumina Sato, Satoru Kitaoka, Satoshi Ishii, Tamoaki Ueyama, Tarec Saffiedine, Yoon Young Kim, Zelg Galesic
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Monte Cox is pushing hard for Sylvia to fight Choi on NYE. Can’t blame him at all Overeem would murder Timmy.
That Dynamite show is going to be sick. 18 Fights rumored.
And after this latest meltdown is Filho’s career officially in the toliet?
Wow Filho didn’t even show up in Japan. That is a sad thing. Either Dream lied and he was never booked for the card/was injured and they failed to tell us(both of which have happened before with Dream), or he’s gone nutty again.
Definitely looking forward to DREAM 12 though, hope to catch it, but not sure I will be able to, with covering the Carolina Crown, then trying to catch 104, too… probably won’t be able to stay up for Dream 12, will have to catch a replay or something.
- Sounds like Paulo Filho is going to wind up on one of those E! Channel “True Hollywood Stories”-type of shows, wherein they feature a once-promising talent that has self-destructed.
Sad.
- If I live to be 100, I’ll never for the life of me understand the logic in signing a “non-title fight”.
I know there are all sorts of promotional reasons, but I have little patience for that sort of bullsh!t. If a guy gets hurt, you give the next deserving contender a shot, or you just reschedule the fight.
If I’m the champ, and I fight, then its a championship fight. If you have an opponent for me, thats great. If you don’t, I’ll be with my female hanging on the beach in Maui until you do.
End of story.
And save that “non-title match” sh!t for pro wrestling.
- Tim Sylvia?
Again?
Really?
Monte Cox truly has no soul, if he’s going to subject MMA to Sylvia’s embarrassing presence, and subject Sylvia to either a beating from Alistair Overeem or further degradation against fellow mutant HMC, regardless of whether or not he wins the fight.
- And I wouldn’t mind seeing Rumina Sato in the WEC, mixing it up with their 145ers…