Articles tagged with: Melvin Manhoef
DREAM recently announced additions and changes to the fight card 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.
Read about the latest Japan fight bookings and news in MMAFrenzy.com’s Rising Sun Roundup…
Read More »In this weeks addition of MMAFrenzy.com’s Rising Sun Roundup, our weekly look at the MMA happenings in Japan, we take a look at Takanori Gomi’s “last fight in Japan” as well as the rest of the Vale Tudo Japan card. Also included is a look at the upcoming Sengoku 11 and Dream 12 fight card additions, and more.
Read More »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.
In other DREAM 10 action, Shinya Aoki topped Vitor Ribeiro by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout that filled 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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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, which includes Shinya Aoki, Jesse Taylor, Paulo Filho, and Melvin Manhoef, is after the jump.
Read More »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. DREAM also added a lightweight bout between Katsunori Kikuno and Andre Amade to the card.
Read More »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 “Jacare†[...]
Melvin Manhoef def. Kazushi Sakuraba via TKO – Round 1
Middleweight Grand Prix Bout
Ronaldo Souza def. Jason Miller via unanimous decision
Middleweight Grand Prix Bout
Zelg Galesic def. Taiei Kin via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 1:05
Middleweight Grand Prix Bout
Gegard Mousasi def. Dong Sik Yoon via unanimous decision
Middleweight Grand Prix Bout
Hideo Tokoro def. Darren Uyenoyama via unanimous decision
Ralek [...]
MW (84kg/185lbs): Kazushi Sakuraba (83.6 kg) vs. Melvin Manhoef (84 kg)
MW (84kg/185lbs): Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (83.9 kg) vs. Jason Miller (84 kg)
MW (84kg/185lbs): Taiei Kin (84 kg) vs. Zelg Galesic (83.8 kg)
MW (84kg/185lbs): Dong Sik Yoon (83.9 kg) vs. Gegard Mousasi (83.8 kg)
FW (67kg/145lbs): Hideo Tokoro (62.9 kg) vs. Darren Uyenoyama (62.6 kg)
HW (+93.1kg/+205lbs): Gadzhiev [...]
Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]
Read More »Caol Uno def. Mitsuhiro Ishida via submission – Round 2
Lightweight Grand Prix Bout
Eddie Alvarez def. Joachim Hansen via unanimous decision
Lightweight Grand Prix Bout
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Luiz Firmino via unanimous decision
Lightweight Grand Prix Bout
Jason Miller def. Katsuyori Shibata via TKO – Round 1
Middleweight Grand Prix Bout
Nick Diaz def. Katsuya Inoue via TKO – Round 1
DREAM Middleweight [...]

