(Melvin Manhoef def. Denis Kang via knee-to-the-body KO, 0:50 of round 1. Fight starts at the 3:44 mark, but we’ve got the video cued up to the *real* action.)
From Mirko Cro Cop arm-barring a professional wrestler, to Bob Sapp scoring a massive upset over Alistair Overeem (in arm-wrestling), New Year’s weekend in Japan was loaded with, shall we say, “sports entertainment.” But there was at least one legit event — the hybrid DREAM 18/Glory 4 MMA-kickboxing spectacular that went down December 31st at the Saitama Super Arena. Thanks to Suhwaniya Fight Club, we’ve got complete videos of all eight MMA fights that took place that night, which featured such stars as Shinya Aoki, Melvin Manhoef, Marloes Coenen, Phil Baroni, Michihiro Omigawa, and Bibiano Fernandes. Enjoy, and welcome to 2013 everybody.
(Shinya Aoki def. Antonio McKee via submission due to eye-punch, 0:24 of round 2)
(Bibiano Fernandes def. Yoshiro Maeda via technical submission due to triangle choke, 1:46 of round 1)
(Hayato Sakurai def. Phil Baroni via unanimous decision)
(Marloes Coenen def. Fiona Muxlow via submission due to armbar, 2:29 of round 1)
(Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision)
(Will Brooks def. Satoru Kitaoka via TKO, 3:46 of round 2)
(Georgi Karakhanyan def. Hiroyuki Takaya via split decision)