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DREAM 12 Results: Alistair Overeem, Eddie Alvarez Among Winners

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:57:18 +0000

Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem and Bellator lightweight title-holder Eddie Alvarez were among the winners on Sunday at DREAM 12 in Osaka, Japan.

Overeem submitted James Thompson with a guillotine choke in under a minute in the DREAM 12 main event, while Alvarez used an arm-triangle choke to defeat Katsunori Kikuno in the second-round of their featured matchup.

Also at DREAM 12, welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis picked up a first-round headkick knockout of Myeon Ho Bae in non-title action, Kazushi Sakuraba submitted Zelg Galesic with a kneebar in the opening frame, and Yoshiro Maeda choked out Chase Beebe in the first.

The complete results for DREAM 12 were:

Alistair Overeem def. James Thomson via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1
Eddie Alvarez def. Katsunori Kikuno via submission (arm-triangle choke) — Round 2
Marius Zaromskis def. Myeon Ho Bae via KO (head kick) — Round 1
Kazushi Sakuraba def. Zelg Galesic via submission (kneebar) — Round 1
Katsuyori Shibata def. Tokimitsu Ishizawa by TKO (strikes) — Round 1
Dong Sik Yoon def. Tarec Saffiedine via split decision
Yoshiro Maeda def. Chase Beebe via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1
Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Won Sik Park via TKO (corner stoppage) — Round 1
Tomoya Miyashita def. Keisuke Fujiwara via unanimous decision

DREAM 12 Weigh-In Results

Kris Karkoski — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:28:28 +0000

All eighteen fighters scheduled to compete at tomorrow’s DREAM 12 event in Osaka, Japan hit the scales earlier today to weigh-in for their bouts. Lightweight Won Sik Park was the long fighter on the card who failed to make weight on their first attempt, with notables Alistair Overeem, James Thompson, Eddie Alvarez, Kazushi Sakuraba, and Chase Beebe all hitting their marks.

Stop back to MMAFrenzy.com tomorrow for results from DREAM 12.

The official weigh-in results for DREAM 12 (via Bloody Elbow) were:

Alistair Overeem (253.5)vs. James Thompson (277.8)
Eddie Alvarez (153.9) vs. Katsunori Kikuno (154.3)
Marius Zaromskis (167.6) vs. Myeon Ho Bae (167.1)
Zelg Galesic (187.4) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (185.2)
Tokimitsu Ishizawa (185.2) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (183.6)
Tarec Saffedine (183) vs. Dong Sik Yoon (185.2)
Chase Beebe (138.9) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (138.5)
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (154.3) vs. Won Sik Park (156.5)
Keisuke Fujiwara (138.5) vs. Tomoya Miyashita (138.9)

Pictured: James Thompson and Alistair Overeem

FEG Announces That October 25 Dream 12 Will Take Place In A Cage

Justin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:00:48 +0000

The Japanese promotional group FEG, which runs the Dream MMA events, has long be suggesting that they had a big surprise in store for their already announced Dream 12 event, which will take place on October 25 in Osaka, Japan. They had already released a short promotional video in which were a few shots of a cage which led some people to believe that would be the surprise. Those people were correct, and Dream has officially confirmed that with a new promotional video for the event (included below).

Since the organizations creation, all of its fights have taken place inside an over sized boxing ring along the lines of the fighting surface popularized by the organization Pride. However the fighting surface for the upcoming Dream 12 will be a six sided cage they have title “The White Cage,” the promotion as appropriately named the October 25 event “Cage of the Rising Sun.”

Also revealed in the promotional video were nine of the fighters to be featured. Those nine fighters are Eddie Alvarez, Paulo Filho, Katsunori Kikuno, Yoshiro Maeda, Andrews Nakahara, Alistair Overeem, Kiyoshi Tamura, and Marius Zaromskis. Another fighter to be featured on the card was revealed on the organizations website, that fighter is Murilo “Ninja” Rua.

DREAM 10 Results: Zaromskis Upsets Sakurai and High to Win Welterweight GP

Kris Karkoski — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:31:34 +0000

Marius Zaromskis won the DREAM welterweight grand prix and became the promotion’s first-ever 76kg champion on Sunday by upsetting Hayato “Mach” Sakurai and Jason High with back-to-back knockouts at DREAM 10 in Saitama, Japan.

After sending Sakurai to the canvas with a head kick and finishing him off with punches in the semis, Zaromskis used another head kick, this time early in the first-round, to knock off High and finish his surprising run by winning the tournament.

The Cage Rage veteran Zaromskis improves to 11-2 with 4-straight victories following his DREAM 10 wins, while High, who defeated Andre Galvao to advance to the finals, falls to 8-2 and Sakurai drops to 35-9-2.

In other DREAM 10 action, Shinya Aoki topped Vitor Ribeiro by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout that failed to live up to expectations, TUF 7 cast member Jesse Taylor defeated Dong Sik Yoon, who was unable to continue due to a left ankle injury, and former WEC champ Paulo Filho submitted kickboxer Melvin Manhoef in the opening round of their middleweight matchup.

The official results for DREAM 10 were:

Marius Zaromskis def. Jason High via knockout (kick) – Round 1
Shinya Aoki def. Vitor Ribeiro via unanimous decision
Jesse Taylor def. Dong Sik Yoon via TKO (injury) – Round 1
Paulo Filho def. Melvin Manhoef via submission (armbar) – Round 1
Katsunori Kikuno def. Andre “Dida” Amade via TKO (punches) – Round 1
Jason High def. Andre Galvao via split decision*
Marius Zaromskis def. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai via TKO (strikes) – Round 1*
Tarec Saffiedine def. Seichi Ikemoto via unanimous decision+

* Welterweight grand prix semifinals
+ Welterweight grandprix reserve bout

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest DREAM news and DREAM rumors.

[Pictured: Marius Zaromskis]

DREAM 10 Weigh-In Results: Sakurai Struggles, But All 14 Fighters Make Weight

Kris Karkoski — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:57:26 +0000

Though it wasn’t without a notable struggle, all 14 fighters successfully made weight on Sunday for DREAM 10, which takes place overnight in Saitama, Japan and airs live on HDNet.

Welterweight grand prix participant Hayato “Mach” Sakurai struggled to reach the 76kg limit for his semifinals bout against Marius Zaromskis, but eventually dropped the necessary weight for his third weigh-in attempt.

The rest of the card, including Andre Galvao, Jason High, and Zaromskis, who will compete alongside Sakurai in the welterweight GP, as well as lightweight opponents Shinya Aoki and Vitor Ribeiro successfully made weight on their first attempts.

The official weigh-in results for DREAM 10 were:

Shinya Aoki (153.6 lb./69.8 kg) vs. Vitor Ribeiro (153.8 lb./69.9 kg)
Jesse Taylor (185.7 lb./84.4 kg) vs. Dong Sik Yoon (186.6 lb./84.8 kg)
Paulo Filho (184.8 lb./84 kg) vs. Melvin Manhoef (184.4 lb./83.8 kg)
Andre “Dida” Amade (154 lb./70 kg) vs. Katsunori Kikuno (154 lb./70 kg)
Andre Galvao (167.2 lb./76 kg) vs. Jason High (167.2 lb./76 kg)*
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (167.2 lb./76 kg) vs. Marius Zaromskis (166.8 lb./75.8 kg)*
Tarec Saffiedine (166.8 lb./75.8 kg) vs. Ikemoto Seichi (166.8 lb./75.8 kg)+

* Welterweight grand prix semifinals
+ Welterweight grandprix reserve bout

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest DREAM news and DREAM rumors.

[Pictured: Hayato "Mach" Sakurai]

Fight Card Set for Monday’s DREAM 10 Event in Japan

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:00:52 +0000

DREAM has released the finalized fight card and bout order for Monday’s DREAM 10 event, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and airs live on HDNet.

The official fight card in reverse bout order is:

Welterweight grand prix final
Shinya Aoki vs. Vitor Ribeiro
Jesse Taylor vs. Dong Sik Yoon
Paulo Filho vs. Melvin Manhoef
Andre “Dida” Amade vs. Katsunori Kikuno
Andre Galvao vs. Jason High*
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Marius Zaromskis*
Tarec Saffiedine vs. Ikemoto Seichi+

* Welterweight grand prix semifinals
+ Welterweight grandprix reserve bout

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest DREAM news and DREAM rumors.

Aoki-Ribeiro, Filho-Manhoef Confirmed for DREAM 10

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:21:04 +0000

Lightweights Shinya Aoki and Vitor Ribeiro and middleweights Paulo Filho and Melvin Manhoef will square off at DREAM 10 on July 20th in Saitama, Japan, the promotion announced on Tuesday.

Aoki (20-4), who was originally rumored to be rematching lightweight champion Joachim Hansen on the card, had won three-straight bouts before moving up to welterweight to take on Hayato Sakurai, suffering a TKO loss in just 27-seconds at DREAM 8 in April. An accomplished grappler, Ribeiro (20-2) returned to action in April following a September 2007 loss to Gesias Calvancante, defeating Katsuhiko Nagata via first-round TKO at DREAM 8.

Filho (16-1), a former WEC middleweight champion, checked into rehab for substance abuse following his controversial title defense over Chael Sonnen in late-2007. After missing weight for their rematch, Filho looked unimpressive in suffering a unanimous decision loss to Sonnen in a non-title bout last November. A kickboxer, Mahoef has won six of his last seven bouts, earning all six victories by first-round (T)KO.

DREAM also added a lightweight bout between Katsunori Kikuno and Andre Amade to the July 20th card.

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest DREAM news and DREAM rumors.

[Pictured: Shinya Aoki]