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Posted by George Boley on January 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment
FIGHTER EXCHANGE PROGRAM KICKS OFF AT ‘PROELITE PRESENTS: DA SPYDER VS. MINOWAMAN’ JANUARY 21 IN HONOLULU LOS ANGELES, CA. (January 17, 2012) – ProElite MMA (PK:PELE) and DREAM, the largest Japanese MMA organization, have initiated a promotional partnership and fighter exchange program, jointly announced today. The alliance will foster co-promoted events, both in the United [...]
Posted by George Boley on July 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hiroyuki Takaya “I will come out with guns blazing!” – Kazuyuki Miyata “I’m confident that I’ve got what it takes to win” by FORTUNA PR Hiroyuki Takaya and Kazuyuki Miyata both made weight today for their featherweight title bout at Dream 17 and, as the world waits for their encounter; both fighters have been nothing [...]
Posted by George Boley on November 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Will Cooling – November 9, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com Despite managing to work together to put on last year’s Dynamite!! New Year’s Eve spectacular, Dream and World Victory Road will be running separate events during what is traditionally Japanese MMA’s busiest period. World Victory Road will be running the latest Sengoku event, titled “Soul of [...]
Posted by George Boley on September 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Will Cooling - September 5, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com Shinya Aoki will next defend his Dream lightweight title against Marcus Aurelio at Dream 16. Aoki is coming off a quick submission victory over Tatsuya Kawajiri while Aurelio is on a two-fight win streak since being cut from the UFC after losing to Evan Dunham. He will [...]
Posted by George Boley on September 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Will Cooling – August 31, 2010 | © Insidefights.com One of the saddest stories in all of mixed martial arts is the crippling recession that has gripped the sport in its former stronghold of Japan, with various promotions struggling to recapture the glory days of Pride FC. And it increasingly looks like things will [...]
Posted by George Boley on July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Daniel Herbertson MMA Writer and Photographer DREAM and K-1 promoter FEG announced Friday that it is entering a partnership with Shanghai-based investment bank PUJI Capital that could be worth 20 billion yen ($230 million). K-1 President Sadaharu Tanikawa stressed that FEG had not been sold and in fact it will now be setting its sights [...]
Posted by George Boley on July 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Will Cooling - July 9, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com The weigh-in results for Dream 15 are as follows (courtesy of Wrestling Observer): D.J. Taiki (143Ibs) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (143Ibs) Gegard Mousasi (205Ibs) vs. Jake O’Brien (206.8Ibs) Jake O’Brien came in overweight for what was originally a match in Dream’s light heavyweight title tournament. It is unclear [...]
Posted by George Boley on May 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Jesse Motiff - May 20, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com DREAM had originally scheduled an eight-man, light-heavyweight tournament that was to take place on the DREAM.14 card on May 29. The tournament will still take place, albeit at a later date and with fewer fighters. DREAM.15 will now host the 205-pound tournament, but it will now be [...]
Posted by George Boley on May 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Posted by George Boley on March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Now that Strikeforce has a relationship with both M-1 Global and DREAM, the promotion has access to international resources that will ultimately benefit the fans by creating match ups that in the past, may have been logistically impossible. But as DREAM found out on three separate occasions, it’s not always better to give than to receive. If you’d [...]
