DREAM.16 – Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller Officially Announced

At a press conference in Japan, the DREAM promotion announced several of it’s upcoming bouts for it’s DREAM.16 event, set for Sept. 25. The company released this promo video today officially announcing a middleweight bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (26–13–1(2)) and Jason “Mayhem” Miller (23-7, 1 NC).
Sakuraba is 1-2 in his last three fights, all […]

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At a press conference in Japan, the DREAM promotion announced several of it’s upcoming bouts for it’s DREAM.16 event, set for Sept. 25. The company released this promo video today officially announcing a middleweight bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (26–13–1(2)) and Jason “Mayhem” Miller (23-7, 1 NC).

Sakuraba is 1-2 in his last three fights, all under the DREAM banner, losing to Ralek Gracie at DREAM.14 by unanimous decision. He submitted Zelg Galesic at DREAM.12 and Rubin Williams at DREAM.11.

Miller, meanwhile, is 1-1 with 1 no contest, having beaten Tim Stout at Strikeforce: Nashville this spring. The loss was a Strikeforce middleweight title fight against Jake Shields in November of last year, Shields earned a unanimous decision against Miller. The No Contest was against current Strikeforce middleweight champ Ronaldo Souza, where “Mayhem” used an illegal kick causing a TKO at DREAM.9.

More on the press conference in a later article.