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DREAM 6 Results: Mousasi Wins Middleweight GP, Cro Cop-Overeem Ruled No Contest

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:26:03 +0000

Gegard Mousasi def. Ronaldo “Jacare” de Souza via KO (upkick) – Round 1, 2:15
Middleweight Grand Prix Finale
Alistair Overeem vs. Mirko Filipovic – No Contest
Overeem kneed Filipovic in the groin in round 1
Shinya Aoki def. Todd Moore via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 1:10
Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Masanori Tonooka via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 6:26
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka via unanimous decision
Masakatsu Funaki def. Ikuhisa Minowa via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 0:52
Atsushi Yamamoto def. Hideo Tokoro via unanimous decision
Sergei Kharitonov def. Jimmy Ambriz via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 2:15
Keita Nakamura def. Adriano Martins via split decision
Gegard Mousasi def. Melvin Manhoef via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:28
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza def. Zelg Galesic via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:27
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Andrews Nakahara def. Dong Sik Yoon via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 0:30
Middleweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout

DREAM 6 Fighters Make Weight

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:17:31 +0000

All twenty-two fighters set to participate tonight at DREAM 6 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan successfully made weight earlier today.

Zelg Galesic, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Melvin Manhoef, and Gegard Mousasi will duke it out at DREAM 6 in the final two rounds of the 2008 DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix. The card also includes Mirko “Cro Cop” vs. Alistair Overeem, Shinya Aoki vs. Todd Moora, Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Masanori Toooka, and Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai.

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for complete DREAM 6 results on Tuesday morning.

DREAM 6 airs live on HDNet beginning at 3am ET Tuesday morning.

Complete weigh-in results are after the jump…

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (225.9) vs. Alistair Overeem (241.8)
Shinya Aoki (153.8) vs. Todd Moore (153.6)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (184.8) vs. Masanori Tonooka (184.1)
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (167) vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (167.2)
Masakatsu Funaki (198) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (193.4)
Hideo Tokoro (138.4) vs. Atsushi Yamamoto (138.2)
Jimmy Ambriz (290.4) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (253)
Adriano Martins (154) vs. Keita Nakamura (154)
Zelg Galesic (184.6) vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (184.4)
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Melvin Manhoef (184.8) vs. Gegard Mousasi (184.6)
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Andrews Nakahara (183.7) vs. Yoon Dong Sik (184.8)
Middleweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout

DREAM 6 Fight Card Finalized

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:30:42 +0000

DREAM has finalized the fight card for DREAM 6, which takes place on September 23rd at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and airs live in the US on HDNet.

The now-complete fight card features:

Winner of Manhoef-Mousasi vs. winner of Galesic-Souza
Middleweight Grand Prix Final
Melvin Manhoef vs. Gegard Mousasi
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal
Zelg Galesic vs. Ronaldo â€œJacareâ€ Souza
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal
Mirko â€œCro Copâ€ Filipovic vs. Alistair Overeem
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Siala â€œMighty Moâ€ Siliga
Keita Nakamura vs. Adriano Martins
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Masakatsu Funaki
Hayato Sakurai vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Masanori Tonooka
Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto
Yoon Dong Sik vs. Andrews Nakahara
Middleweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout

Quick Hits: Ortiz Still a Free Agent, UFC and CBS In Talks, Koppenhaver Changes Name, and More

Kris Karkoski — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:14:25 +0000

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz confirmed on the latest edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” that he is currently in negotiations with Affliction, EliteXC, and the UFC.
The winner of the September 10th WEC 36 bout between former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed a 155-pound title shot title shot. [MMA Junkie]
The California State Athletic Commission this week released the official fight salaries for ShoXC “Suganuma vs. Hamman 2″, which took place earlier this month. The event’s top-earner was Jared Hamman, who made $8,000 for his first-round TKO of Po’ai Suganuma, who made $5,000 in the loss. [MMA Junkie]
The Ultimate Fighter 6 cast member Jon Koppenhaver this week announced that he has legally changed his name to War Machine due to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling trademarking “War Machine” as the nickname for professional wrestler Rhino.
A future bout between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho may be a possibility according the fighter’s managers, Ed Soares, but it would reportedly be a “uphill battle” to convince them to accept the bout. [MMA Weekly]
The UFC and CBS are reportedly again in talks, this time to have the UFC take over EliteXC’s Saturday time slot on the network. [New York Post]
World Victory Road on Friday announced that former IFL lightweight champion Ryan Schultz will take on Jorge Masvidal at Sengoku 5 on September 28th at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. In middleweight tournament bouts slated for the card Yuki Sasaki will fight Yuki Kondo and Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos will face Siyar Bahadurzada. Kazuhiro Nakamura and Jorge Santiago are also slated to participate the in the middleweight tournaments but their opponents have not yet been announced.
Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem will take on PRIDE and UFC veteran Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at DREAM 6 on September 23rd at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [Sherdog]