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.

Pictured: Marius Zaromskis

• Vale Tudo Japan, which is set to take place on October 30th, in Tokyo, is still taking shape. An opponent for lightweight fighter Takanori Gomi, was recently announced. Gomi will be taking on King of the Cage lightweight champion Tony Hervey, in his alleged final fight in Japan. Other expect bouts for the event are “Lion” Takeshi Inoue vs. Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Willamy Chiquerim vs. Kenichiro Togashi, Mamoru Yamaguchi vs. Jesse Taitano, Tenkei Fujimiya vs. Tito Jones. Also expected to participate are Rumina Sato and Yoichiro Sato, but their opponents are yet to be determined.
• Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago will take on recent promotional acquisition, Polish light heavyweight star Mamed Khalidov in a non title fight at Sengoku 11 on November 7. Also recently added to the card were a heavyweight bout between “Big” Jim York and Dave “Pee-Wee” Herman, a lightweight number one contender match up pitting Eiji Mitsuoka against Kazunori Yokota, and a featherweight contest of Shigeki Osawa vs. Ronnie Ushiwaka Mann.
• Top female fighter Miku Matsumoto extended her winning streak to twelve straight at Deep 44th Impact on October 10, defeating “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba via unanimous decision.
• Dream 12, on October 25, has gained two more middleweight bouts as slugger Melvin Manhoef will take on Zelg Galesic, and ground ace and former WEC champion Paulo Filho will face Korean judoka Dong Sik Yoon inside the White Cage. (Dream 12 Poster included below.)

Teaser video for “Dynamite 2009!!” event, which we reported Wednesday.

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]

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]

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 (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]

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” Souza
  Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal
• Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Alistair Overeem
• Sergei Kharitonov vs. Siala “Mighty Mo” 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

• Rob Yundt will take on Alessio Sakara at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale.
• At UFC 87 Heath Herring will fill in for an injured Mark Coleman and take on Brock Lesnar, Clay Guida will face Mac Danzig, Jason MacDonald takes on Demian Maia, and Manny Gamburyan will be in action against an opponent to be announced.
• Adrenaline MMA has inked a deal with HDNet to air the promotion’s first three events on the network.
• Jeremy Lang has replaced Eric Schambari against Tim McKenzie and Danny Castillo has replaced Richard Crunkilton against Donald Cerrone on the WEC 34 fight card, which is takes place on June 1st.
• Ryan Ford will take on UFC veteran Drew Fickett at MFC 17 for the promotion’s vacant welterweight championship.
• DREAM has announced the official pairings for the second round of the promtion’s middleweight tournament. The matchups are Kazushi Sakuraba versus Melvin Manhoef, Jason “Mayhem” Miller versus Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Gegard Mousasi versus Dong Sik Yoon, and Zelg Galesic versus Taiei Kin.
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueria will fight Vernon White at Affliction’s debut event, “Banned”, on July 19th.
• ESPN The Magazine featuring Kimbo Slice on the cover is on newstands now.
• EliteXC President Gary Shaw revealed this week that the promotion is likely going to introduce a heavyweight title in 2008.
• MMA veteran Matt Lindland won the Republican primary for the Oregon House of Representatives by a 14-point margin and will not take on Democratic nominee Suzanne VanOrman in the November 4th general election.
• EliteXC will stage a ShoXC event in San Diego, California on June 27th. Hector Lombard will make his debut with the promotion at the event, Cyrille Diabate will face Jamie Fletcher in a main card bout, and King of the Cage middleweight champion Keith Berry will look to defend his title against Reggie Orr.
• UFC 88 will take place on September 6th at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.