DREAM is Born - FEG and Yarennoka (DSE) unite
Wednesday 13 February 2008
FEG/Pride/Yarennoka event announced! The First event Dream 1 is to be held3.15 Part of this event will be a Lightweight GP.
Our friends at Nightmare of Battle were first with the news, and have presented this list of participants.
One fight is announced, and I cant believe they are putting this in round 1.
Fights:
Shinya Aoki 12-2-0 vs. 14-1-1 Gesias "J.Z." Calvancante
Participants:
Shinya Aoki 12-2-0
Gesias "J.Z." Calvancante 14-1-1
Andre "Dida" Amade 6-2-1
Mitsuhiro Ishida 15-3-1
Tatsuya Kawajiri 20-4-2
Caol Uno 24-10-4
Joachim Hansen 16-6-1
Gilbert Melendez 13-1-0
Artur Oumakhanov 7-2-0
Koutetsu Boku 13-4-1
Bu Kyung Jung 0-1-0
Kazuyuki Miyata 5-6-0
Luiz Firmino "Buscape" 11-3-0
+another 3 (!) fighters (16 man tournament)
This is one event I will not miss. The only question is really, will Crocop participate? He was at the press conference. In my eyes, this is the start of some very exciting things in Japanese MMA!
++UPDATE++
It is confirmed that Crocop will fight in this event, the opponent is yet to be determined.
There will also be a Middleweight GP, the fighters for this will be announced at a later stage, but there is the schedule for DREAM in 2008
Dream .1 - March 15 - Saitama Superarena - Lightweight GP Round 1
Dream .2 - April 29 - Saitama Superarena - Middleweight GP Round 1
Dream .3 - May 11 - Saitama Superarena - Lightweight GP Round 2
Dream .4 - Begining of June - Korea or Yokohama Arena - Middleweight GP Round 2
Dream .5 - July 21 - Osaka Jo-Hall - Lightweight GP Finals
Dream .6 - Begining of Sept. - Saitama Superarena- Middleweight GP Finals
