Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki via TKO – Round 1, 4:19*
DREAM Lightweight Championship
Alistair Overeem def. Mark Hunt via submission – Round 1, 1:11
Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Katsuyori Shibata via submission – Round 1, 6:34
Hideo Tokoro def. Takeshi Yamazaki via unanimous decision
Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Motoki Miyazawa via TKO (cut) – Round 1, 8:57
Joseph Benavidez def. Junya Kudo [...]

Fedor Emelianenko’s manager, Vadim Finkelstein, has announced that the top-ranked heavyweight plans on fighting two more times in 2008. The first bout will be at an October Affliction-promoted event and the second will come in December at a New Year’s Eve event in Japan.
UFC veteran Joe Jordan will take on Ryan Ford in the main [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has been forced off the July 21st DREAM 5 card due to elbow and knee injuries, according to his official blog:
Unfortunately I have some bad news– I won’t be fighting at DREAM 5 at all. I was about to face Jerome LeBanner but he decided to fight in K1 against Schilt. [...]

Nick Diaz has been removed by EliteXC from his scheduled bout against Hayato “Mach” Sakurai at DREAM 5 due to “contractual obligations” according to GracieFighter.com.
Diaz was to fight Sakurai for the promotion’s welterweight title at the event, which takes place on July 21st in Osaka, Japan.
“I was happy to be fighting Sakurai and hoping to [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has withdrawn from a scheduled grappling match against Ralek Gracie at DREAM 4 due to undisclosed injuries.
A former PRIDE and UFC fighter, “Cro Cop” was to face Gracie in a two round submission bout at the June 15th event in Japan.
Despite withdrawing from the bout due to injuries, which are rumored [...]

Popular former-UFC fighter Nick Diaz will clash with Hayato “Mach” Sakurai for the first-ever DREAM welterweight championship at DREAM 5 on July 21st in Osaka, Japan.
Diaz (16-7) defeated Katsuya Inoue via technical knockout at DREAM 3 this past Saturday in a welterweight championship eliminator. The bout remained close throughout much of the opening frame but [...]