Final Preparations! Getting Ready For The Third Dream

The poll ended with 26 votes.

Aoki, Kawajiri - 6
Alvarez - 4
Hansen, Nagata, Ishida - 3
Buscape - 1
Uno - 0

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The fight order has been announced. Not surprisingly, Caol Uno vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida is the main event. The semi main event is between Joachim Hansen and Eddie Alvarez.

HEIWA DREAM.3 Lightweight GP 2008 2nd Round
Date: May 11th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight GP 2nd Round Fights:
8. Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Caol Uno
7. Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Buscape

Welterweight Championship Eliminator Fight:
5. Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue

Lightweight Fight:
4. Jung Bukyung vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Middleweight GP 1st Round Reserve Fight:
3. Melvin Manhoef vs. Kim Dae Won

Middleweight GP 1st Round Fight:
2. Jason Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Featherweight Fight:
1. Takeshi Yamazaki vs. SHOJI

(Photo By: GBRing)

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This isn’t about DREAM.3 but I’ll put it here anyway. This is a highlight video of Chute Boxe member Michael Costa, who is facing Nick Thompson at SENGOKU III. If you look at Costa’s MMA record on Sherdog, he is 5-2, but I think that Maicon Costa, who is 4-1, is the same person.

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It will be a classic grappler vs. striker fight when Takeshi Yamazaki (pic) takes on SHOJI.

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It looks like Nick Diaz might still be participating on the DREAM.3 card.

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It worked for Aoki.

King Of Pancrase To DREAM! SHOJI Debuts

SHOJI vs. Takeshi Yamazaki has been announced as a Featherweight fight (67 kg) at DREAM.3. SHOJI is the first Lightweight King Of Pancrase and was recently featured in an article on the blog as a up-and-coming MMA fighter.

67 kg is not yet the official weight for the DREAM Featherweight division, but this fight will be fought at that weight.

HEIWA DREAM.3 Lightweight GP 2008 2nd Round
Date: May 11th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight GP 2nd Round Fights:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Buscape
Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Caol Uno

Middleweight GP 1st Round Fight:
Jason Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Middleweight GP 1st Round Reserve Fight:
Melvin Manhoef vs. Kim Dae Won

Welterweight Championship Eliminator Fight:
Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue

Lightweight Fight:
Jung Bukyung vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Featherweight Fight:
Takeshi Yamazaki vs. SHOJI

SENGOKU III Taking Shape! Thompson Vs. Costa

The first fight and a few participants have been announced for SENGOKU III. The announced fight is between Nick Thompson and newly signed Chute Boxe fighter Michael Costa. Hidehiko Yoshida, Marcio “Pe De Pano” Cruz, Fabio Silva and Rodrigo Damm have also been announced as participants for the event in addition to Kazuyuki Fujita.

SENGOKU III
Date: June 8th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Fights:
Nick Thompson vs. Michael Costa

Participants:
Kazuyuki Fujita
Hidehiko Yoshida
Marcio Cruz
Fabio Silva
Rodrigo Damm

Possible Participants:
Takanori Gomi

(Photo By: GBRing)

More Brazilians To SENGOKU!

First off, check out SENGOKU’s new website design, much nicer than the old one.

According to this sherdog.com article, Chute Boxe fighter Junior Santos will head to Japan and participate in either Pancrase or SENGOKU. As posted here before, SENGOKU has also signed Chute Boxe fighters Fabio Silva and Michael Costa.

Tatame.com reports that Rodrigo Damm has signed with SENGOKU and will make his debut at SENGOKU III on June 8th. Damm will train at Minotauro Team for this fight. He doesn’t know who his opponent will be yet, could he be a candidate for Gomi’s fight?

Damm is currently on a 7-fight winning streak and has defeated opponents such as Black Mamba, here is a highlight video of him:

SENGOKU III
Date: June 8th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Participants:
Kazuyuki Fujita

Possible Participants:
Takanori Gomi
Nick Thompson
Hidehiko Yoshida
Rodrigo Damm

Another Fight Removed From DREAM.3?!

Looks like Nick Diaz has got another fight cancelled again. GracieFighter.com reports that Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue will not take place at DREAM.3 as announced, read more here. Once again some last minute trouble for a DREAM event, while SENGOKU has their card set two weeks in advance.

HEIWA DREAM.3 Lightweight GP 2008 2nd Round
Date: May 11th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight GP 2nd Round Fights:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Buscape
Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Caol Uno

Middleweight GP 1st Round Fight:
Jason Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Middleweight GP 1st Round Reserve Fight:
Melvin Manhoef vs. Kim Dae Won

Welterweight Championship Eliminator Fight:
(Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue)

Lightweight Fight:
Jung Bukyung vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Featherweight Fight:
Takeshi Yamazaki vs. TBA

Surprise At Shooto! “Mach” Still In Title Picture

I know most have probably already seen this fight, but I’ll post it anyway and write that “Mach” is still scheduled for a DREAM title fight against the winner of Diaz vs. Inoue.

Aoki Still In GP! Postponed Until DREAM.4

Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata will not happen at DREAM.3. Instead the quarterfinal fight has been postponed until DREAM.4 on June 15th as Aoki can’t recover quick enough to fight on May 11th.

OLYMPIA DREAM.4 Middleweight GP 2008 2nd Round
Date: June 15th, 2008
Place: Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan

Lightweight GP 2nd Round Fight:
Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata

Open Weight! Kondo Vs. Gracie

The eighth fight and the fight order for SENGOKU II has been announced. The announced opponent of Roger Gracie is Pancrase legend Yuki Kondo. Kondo fought recently in Pancrase, on April 27th, against Keiichiro Yamamiya where he lost a majority decision in a fight which many who have seen thought he should’ve won.

SENGOKU II
Date: May 18th, 2008
Place: Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan

1. Satoru Kitaoka vs. Ian Schaffa
2. Mike Pyle vs. Dan Hornbuckle
3. Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Kwang Hee Lee
4. Yuki Sasaki vs. Jorge Santiago
5. Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Big Jim York
6. Kevin Randleman vs. Ryo Kawamura
7. Roger Gracie vs. Yuki Kondo
8. Josh Barnett vs. Jeff Monson

(Photo By: GBRing)

It’s Drawing Closer! The Third Dream

Aoki Is Out! Who Will Replace Him?

Shinya Aoki is out of the DREAM Lightweight GP. We’ll have to wait and see for an announcement on his replacement.

HEIWA DREAM.3 Lightweight GP 2008 2nd Round
Date: May 11th, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight GP 2nd Round Fights:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luis Buscape
Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Caol Uno
Katsuhiko Nagata vs. TBA

Middleweight GP 1st Round Fight:
Jason Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Middleweight GP 1st Round Reserve Fight:
Melvin Manhoef vs. Kim Dae Won

Welterweight Championship Eliminator Fight:
Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue

Lightweight Fight:
Jung Bukyung vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Featherweight Fight:
Takeshi Yamazaki vs. TBA