FEG and WVR Press Conference

FEG and WVR have held a joint press conference today. Not unexpectedly it was announced that they will hold a joint event on NYE, the Ishii vs. Yoshida fight will be part of this.

The card will have 18-19 fights and the matchups are being worked on.

Fighters present: Kazushi Sakuraba, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Katsuyori Shibata, Hideo Tokoro, Hiroyuki Takaya, Shinya Aoki, Hidehiko Yoshida, Kazuo Misaki, Hiroshi Izumi, Sanae Kikuta, Akihiro Gono, Kazunori Yokota, Mizuto Hirota, Masanori Kanehara, Eiji Mitsuoka, and Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao.

Gono asked to fight Sakurai and Tokoro wants "Kid". Hirota would like to fight Alvarez.

Sengoku are planning to contiune putting on events next year, but I am guessing they need the blessig from sponsors to do this.

Fights Official:
K-1: Masato vs. Andy Souwer
MMA: Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

Super-Hulk Final: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 7-5-0 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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12/31 Fields Dynamite! - Masato's Opponent Announced

FEG announced Masato's opponent today, ending speculations as to who he would face in his last fight. His opponent will be none other than Andy Souwer, Souwer have reached the World Max final 4 times, winning twice. He was also the losing finalist this year, so it is the popular choice. The veterans have faced eachother twice in the K-1 ring and Souwer has won on both occations.

Also announced was the final in the super-hulk tournament, Minowaman will face Sokoudjou.

Card so far:
K-1: Masato vs. Andy Souwer

Super-Hulk Final: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 7-5-0 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien (Highschool) Tournament Finals:
Final: Winner of SF 1 vs. Winner of SF 2
Reserve: Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Tsukasa Fuji
SF 1:Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
SF 2: Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada

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10/6 DREAM 11 - Fights Added

FEG have made a couple of changes to the DREAM 11 card. It is now official that JZ Calvan is out of the fight with Daisuke Nakamura, and they are looking for a replacement.

Kawajiri is returning to MMA after being unsuccessful in his last K-1 fight against Masato. He will take on Melchor "Barracuda", "Barracuda" will be the underdog here but they have a strong MMA community in Guam and I would not underestimate him.

Not unexpectedly, Bob Sapp have replaced Gegard Mousasi.

The event also has the Featherweight tournament and the reserve fight between D.J. Taiki and Kazuyuki Miyata. D.J. Taiki was unable to continue in he tournament due to injury, Miyata is cutting down to featherweight and should be a beast at this weight. This is my pick for fight of the night.




Announced:
Light: Tatsuya Kawajiri 24-5-2 vs. 2-2-0 Melchor "Barracuda" Manibusan

Super-Hulk Tournament Semi-Final:
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou 6-4-0 vs. 10-5-1 Bob Sapp

Previously Announced:
Super-Hulk Semi-Finals:
Ikuhisa Minowa 42-30-8 vs. 2-2-0 Hong Choi Man

Lightweight Title Fight:
Joachim Hansen (champion) 19-7-1 vs. 21-4-0 Shinya Aoki (challenger)

DREAM Featherweight GP Semi-Finals:
Hideo Tokoro 22-16-1 vs. 11-6-1 Hiroyuki Takaya
Joe Warren 2-0-0 vs. 5-2-0 Bibiano Fernandes
Reserve: Kazuyuki Miyata 7-7-0 vs. 11-5-3 Daiki "DJ Taiki" Hata

Light: Daisuke Nakamura 20-10-0 vs. TBA

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