DREAM officials have added another bout to the promotions upcoming Fight for Japan: DREAM Japan GP Final – 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament Final in a non-title welterweight bout between champ Marius ‘The Whitemare’ Žaromskis (14-6) and Hayato ‘Mach’ Sakurai (35-12-2).
DREAM Japan GP Final is expected to take place on July 16 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. Currently there has been no talk of broadcasting the event in North America, but HDNet did carry the promotions last event, DREAM: Fight for Japan!, via tape delay.
Žaromskis will look to improve his sagging record of 1-3, and 1 ‘No Contest’, after a five fight win streak that saw him crowned as DREAM’s first 170 lb champion. ‘The Whitemare’ fought earlier this month, a losing decision to Canadian Jordan Mein in the main event of the Score Fighting Series: Mississauga show. His last win, which was Žaromskis last title defense, came against Kazushi Sakuraba via TKO (doctor stoppage) last New Years Eve at the Dynamite!! 2010 event.
Sakurai looks to improve his career also, at one point going undefeated in his first 20 professional fights until a unanimous decision loss to Anderson Silva for the Shooto 168 lbs title back in Aug. 2001. ‘Mach’ will look to shed a four fight losing skid which includes a previous loss to Žaromskis in 2009 during the DREAM welterweight Grand Prix semifinals. The Japanese fighters last bout took place at the same New Years Eve show, losing a split decision to Jason High.