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Filed under: DREAMShinya Aoki vs. Antonio McKee finalizes the Dream “Fight for Japan” fight card on May 29 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.
The event, Dream’s first of 2011, will also play host to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Bantamweig…
Filed under: DREAM
Shinya Aoki vs. Antonio McKee finalizes the Dream “Fight for Japan” fight card on May 29 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.
The event, Dream’s first of 2011, will also play host to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Bantamweight Grand Prix.
The fight card, in the scheduled order of bouts, is below.
Filed under: DREAM, JapanShinya Aoki finally has an official opponent for DREAM’s May 29 “Fight for Japan” charity event as it was announced Sunday that the DREAM lightweight champion has signed to face Antonio McKee.
Shinya Aoki will be coming into …
Shinya Aoki finally has an official opponent for DREAM’s May 29 “Fight for Japan” charity event as it was announced Sunday that the DREAM lightweight champion has signed to face Antonio McKee.
Shinya Aoki will be coming into the bout on the heels of his dominating submission victory over Lyle Beerbohm at Strikeforce in April, the Japanese veteran’s first win America. Aoki had been in negotiations to fight former Shooto ace Willamy Freire and former WEC champ Jamie Verner, but those bouts feel through.
In his last outing, Antonio McKee dropped a disappointing split decision to Jacob Volkmann, a loss which cost McKee his UFC contract. Prior to that loss however, McKee had amassed a 15-fight unbeaten streak dating back to 2003.
The May 29 “Fight for Japan” charity event will be a scaled down version of a regular DREAM event due to power shortages following the March 11 Japanese earthquake. The full card for DREAM’s first show of 2011 is after the break.
That’s right, JZ. Dress for the job you want to have.
Joe Silva isn’t the only matchmaker working overtime lately. Strikeforce matchmaker Rich Chou Sean Shelby has been as busy shoring up the organization’s upcoming June cards.
The second leg of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix (June 18th-Dallas, TX) will also feature the return of Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante, who will be climbing into the cage for the first time since his October fight against Josh Thomson, a loss that everyone but the judges thought was close as hell. His opponent will be AKA’s Justin Wilcox, who bludgeoned Rodgrigo Damm in a first round stoppage at Strikeforce Challengers 15 last April.
Two more match ups after the jump.
That’s right, JZ. Dress for the job you want to have.
Joe Silva isn’t the only matchmaker working overtime lately. Strikeforce matchmaker Rich Chou Sean Shelby has been busy shoring up the organization’s upcoming June cards.
The second leg of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix (June 18th-Dallas, TX) will also feature the return of Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante, who will be climbing into the cage for the first time since his October fight against Josh Thomson, a loss that everyone but the judges thought was close as hell. His opponent will be AKA’s Justin Wilcox, who bludgeoned Rodgrigo Damm in a first round stoppage at Strikeforce Challengers 15 last April.
Jason High has embraced Dana’s new social media policy, going on Twitter to announce his upcoming fight against Quinn Mulhern, who’s been putting in work over at KOTC for the past few years. High has fought once previously under the Zuffa banner, losing to Charlie Brenneman at UFC Fight Night 21. Both men are riding win streaks–High 4, Mulhern 7– into their June 24th bout at Strikeforce Challengers: Fodor vs Terry.
In Dream news, Sherdog.com has cut the list of possible opponents for Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki down to one. Both Antonio McKee and Jamie Varner were being discussed as challengers to Aoki’s belt, but “Mandingo” has reportedly signed on the dotted line and is currently in the process of securing a travel visa to Japan. The outspoken McKee has an interesting take on racial issues, particularly as they apply to the fight game. Fortunately, Japanese promotions err on the side of caution in these matters.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/MiddleEasy)
It took a while, but Antonio McKee has finally played the race card against the UFC when attempting to explain why he was dropped by the promotion after just one loss in the Octagon.
McKee spoke to Layzie the Savage from MiddleEasy recently and had some interesting things to say about Zuffa’s stranglehold on the sport or on black fighters, depending on how you interpret his racially-infused rhetoric.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/MiddleEasy)
It took a while, but Antonio McKee has finally played the race card against the UFC when attempting to explain why he was dropped by the promotion after just one loss in the Octagon.
McKee spoke to Layzie the Savage from MiddleEasy recently and had some interesting things to say about Zuffa’s stranglehold on the sport or on black fighters, depending on how you interpret his racially-infused rhetoric.
“Get ready guys. We got some new slave masters…new plantation…new slave plantation, the UFC, you know? Nothing personal. It was an honor to fight there, but you got to look at the politics behind the sport still and it drives me crazy and that’s why I got my license as a promoter. I’m gonna try to alleviate that sort of stuff.”
McKee, who has stated in the past that the n-word has a different meaning to him than the one it has for the rest of the human race apparently has a vision of plantations staffed by slaves who aren’t black, but are instead simply unapologetic for commanding respect.
“I won’t say race card, I’ll say more bias towards my style of fighting and my mentality. Actually, that’s a better way of looking at it…bias towards my mentality. I’m not the kind of guy that’s going to kiss butt. That’s just not what I do, but I’ll teach you respect and I expect to be respected. Unfortunately some guys have complexes…little man complexes, big man complexes…I don’t know, whatever. But at the end of the day I just want to be a good person and represent what’s best for the people in the fight game, that like the fight game.”
In regards to his rumored DREAM bout with Shinya Aoki, McKee says he’s been told the May 29 bout is on.
“I had to get my passport taken care of. I got my passport taken care of and as I was told right now, ‘Get ready. Start training for him and be ready to go come May 29.’ So that’s what I’m doing. I’m eatin’ doughnuts and drinkin’ soda pops and eatin’ Kentucky Fried Chicken and grape soda and apple pie, getting’ ready.”
I’m surprised he didn’t mention watermelon or infer that Aoki is chasing and eating cats to prepare for the fight. There’s still time I guess.
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*Note she has a very big landing strip. I thought Brazilians didn’t believe in any hair down there, but I appreciate Melilo’s ’cause I usually miss my target.
(Aoki is not impressed by DREAM’s choices of opponents)
DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki will reportedly take on either former World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion Jamie Varner or former Maximum Fighting Championship lightweight champion Antonio McKee at DREAM’s “Fight for Japan” disaster relief benefit show on May 29 in Tokyo.
According to MMAWeekly, Aoki’s original opponent, UFC and Shooto veteran Williamy Freire, was unable to secure a visa to fight in Japan, so the promotion offered the bout to McKee, who was inexplicably stripped of his MFC belt earlier this month and learned of the news from a press release put out by the Edmonton, Alberta-based promotion announcing that Drew Fickett and Hermes Franca would be competing in its next show for “Mandingo’s” strap. His opportunity to contend for DREAM gold, however has hit a snag as he too does not have a visa to fight in Asia. As a precaution, DREAM has now offered Varner the bout, but it is unclear at this point which of the two former champions will be taking on Aoki in three weeks.
(Aoki is not impressed by DREAM’s choices of opponents)
DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki will reportedly take on either former World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion Jamie Varner or former Maximum Fighting Championship lightweight champion Antonio McKee at DREAM’s “Fight for Japan” disaster relief benefit show on May 29 in Tokyo.
According to MMAWeekly, Aoki’s original opponent, UFC and Shooto veteran Williamy Freire, was unable to secure a visa to fight in Japan, so the promotion offered the bout to McKee, who was inexplicably stripped of his MFC belt earlier this month and learned of the news from a press release put out by the Edmonton, Alberta-based promotion announcing that Drew Fickett and Hermes Franca would be competing in its next show for “Mandingo’s” strap. His opportunity to contend for DREAM gold, however has hit a snag as he too does not have a visa to fight in Asia. As a precaution, DREAM has now offered Varner the bout, but it is unclear at this point which of the two former champions will be taking on Aoki in three weeks.
Short notice bouts are nothing new for FEG-owned promotions or their Japanese counterparts. In December the promotion brought in Todd Duffee to face Alistair Overeem a few days prior to its K-1 NYE Dynamite! show. Strangely, Overeem won the DREAM interim heavyweight title for taking out the unmatched American, who had never fought for the promotion before.
Fighters have complained for years that despite signing contracts months in advance of events, often they do not find out who they are fighting until one or two weeks out from the bout. Some fighters have suggested that they have been intentionally left in the dark about whom they will be facing to put them at a disadvantage, especially when facing Japanese opponents.
Don’t be surprised if a third fighter is named as Aoki’s official opponent.