3/15 DREAM - Card Complete (Minowaman's opponent announced)

Finally today Minowaman got his opponent. It is the Korean former professional baseball player Lee Gwan, I have to say I am a little dissapointed... I expected a real opponent this time... I guess he needs to get back on winning track though.

That completes the card for tomorrow, and I am very excited about this card!

10- Shinya Aoki 12-2-0 vs. 14-1-1 Gesias "J.Z." Calvancante
9- Tatsuya Kawajiri 20-4-2 vs. 9-6-0 Kultar “Black Mamba” Gil
8- Andre "Dida" Amade 6-2-1 vs. 12-1-0 Eddie Alvarez
7- (SF) Mirko “Crocop” Filipovic 22-6-2 vs. 3-2-0 Tatsuya Mizuno
6- Mitsuhiro Ishida 15-3-1 vs. 0-1-0 Bu Kyung Jung
5- Artur Oumakhanov 7-2-0 vs. 3-2-0 Katsuhiko Nagata
4- Kazuyuki Miyata 5-6-0 vs. 11-3-0 Luiz Firmino "Buscape"
3- Koutetsu Boku 13-4-1 vs. 16-6-1 Joachim Hansen
2- (SF) Hayato "Mach" Sakurai 31-7-2 vs. 14-7-3 Hidetaka Monma
1- (SF) Minowaman 38-27-8 vs. Lee Gwan

This is what they are fighting for:

Source:
http://www.kamipro.com/news/?id=1205485566

http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/headlines/etc/20080314-00000025-spnavi-fight.html

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3/15 DREAM - Fight Order Announced

DREAM has announced the fight order for Saturday's event. It was expected that the main event would be between Aoki and JZ, but I thought they might slip CroCop in there, they didn't.

I am surprised that Oumakhanov vs. Nagata is so high up though... I think the Hansen vs. Boku fight will be better...

Anyway, I think there will be some upsets in this first round. I think Eddie Alvarez will take out Dida. Also, Boku and Miyata are underestimated. I think Hellboy will win, but it is not an easy fight (as I have seen in some discussions).

In the superfight, look out for Monma, another fighter I think is underestimated.

This will be an awesome event, I can't wait!! Just to make it clear, I will be at the event so NO PLAY-BY-PLAY this time, sorry.

10- Shinya Aoki 12-2-0 vs. 14-1-1 Gesias "J.Z." Calvancante
9- Tatsuya Kawajiri 20-4-2 vs. 9-6-0 Kultar “Black Mamba” Gil
8- Andre "Dida" Amade 6-2-1 vs. 12-1-0 Eddie Alvarez
7- (SF) Mirko “Crocop” Filipovic 22-6-2 vs. 3-2-0 Tatsuya Mizuno
6- Mitsuhiro Ishida 15-3-1 vs. 0-1-0 Bu Kyung Jung
5- Artur Oumakhanov 7-2-0 vs. 3-2-0 Katsuhiko Nagata
4- Kazuyuki Miyata 5-6-0 vs. 11-3-0 Luiz Firmino "Buscape"
3- Koutetsu Boku 13-4-1 vs. 16-6-1 Joachim Hansen
2- (SF) Hayato "Mach" Sakurai 31-7-2 vs. 14-7-3 Hidetaka Monma
1- (SF) Minowaman 38-27-8 vs. TBA

(SF) = Super Fight

Source:
http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/headlines/etc/20080313-00000012-spnavi-fight.html

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K-1 Hero's 10/28

Marcelinho Garcia has signed to fight Kim Dae Won in Hero's in Korea October 28. This is a video of Marcelinho Garcia from last year. He is an accomplished BJJ fighter with 1 MMA fight (win). I have only seen Kim Dae Won in one fight, his loss to Joe Doerksen in DEEP 29. This was a fight he was tied up and submitted by a triangle choke within 4 minutes.

Other fighter confirmed for this event:
-Yoshihiro Akiyama
-Denis Kang
-Minowaman
-Dong Sik Yoon
-Taiei Kin
-Kim Min Soo
-Shugo Oyama
-Bernard Ackah

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