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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.
An announced bout between Antonio “Mandingo” McKee (25-4-2) and Shinya Aoki (27-5) will apparently not be happening for the upcoming Japan: Fight for Japan event on May 29.
HDNet announced broke the news Monday afternoon on Twitter (@andrewhdnet), while MMAjunkie.com confirmed with McKee that he would indeed not be fighting Aoki at the DREAM event because […]
An announced bout between Antonio “Mandingo” McKee (25-4-2) and Shinya Aoki (27-5) will apparently not be happening for the upcoming Japan: Fight for Japan event on May 29.
HDNet announced broke the news Monday afternoon on Twitter (@andrewhdnet), while MMAjunkie.com confirmed with McKee that he would indeed not be fighting Aoki at the DREAM event because he was unable to secure a visa to fight in Japan.
DREAM announced McKee as Aoki’s official opponent on Monday in Japan (Sunday in North America), but that appears a bit premature. DREAM: Fight for Japan is scheduled to happen on May 29 at the Saitama Super Arena Hall in Saitama, Japan.
McKee’s last fight was on Jan. 1 against Jacob Volkmann in his UFC debut. “Mandingo” would lose a close split decision, ending a fifteen fight unbeaten streak, and would subsequently be cut by the promotion. He had been scheduled to defend the MFC lightweight title against Drew Fickett, but suffered an injury and was forced out of the fight. Since then McKee and the MFC have come to an agreement that he would vacate the title.
Update: MMAjunkie.com updated their article after speaking to DREAM representative Mike Kogan.
“There’s a travel agent in L.A. since this morning ready to get all the paperwork processed and have his visa processed by Thursday. He would have had plenty of time. So if it’s a visa issue, he can get it done. If it’s not, then his people need to come up with a better excuse.”
At K-1 Dynamite 2008, a heavyweight bout between Mark Hunt and Jerome Le Banner was set to take place towards the end of the night. But a few days before the event, Le Banner had to withdraw and was quickly replaced with Melvin Manhoef. At the time Man…
At K-1 Dynamite 2008, a heavyweight bout between Mark Hunt and Jerome Le Banner was set to take place towards the end of the night.
But a few days before the event, Le Banner had to withdraw and was quickly replaced with Melvin Manhoef. At the time Manhoef was 22-5-1 and coming off of a loss to Gegard Mousasi at Dream 6 about three months before.
Hunt was 5-4 and coming off of a loss to Alistair Overeem at Dream 5.
The bout begins and Hunt quickly presses Manhoef into the corner. Manhoef though takes a nice swing and hits Hunt right on the button to knock him to the mat.
Manhoef then quickly stands over Hunt and puts an end to Hunt’s night not even 20 seconds into the bout.
The New Zealand native quickly found himself on the mat watching Manhoef celebrate his victory on the opposite turnbuckle.
Hunt has gone 1-2 since the fight with Manhoef in 2008. His latest fight was a second-round knockout of Chris Tuchscherer that earned Hunt “Knockout of the Night” honors.
That fight saw Hunt do damage to the eyelid of Tuchscherer. The 37-year-old Hunt is currently 6-7 in his MMA career.
Manhoef hasn’t had exactly the kind of career you would expect after a win like this. Manhoef has gone 1-4 with his only win coming against Kazuo Misaki at Dynamite!! 2009.
Manhoef most recently fought Tim Kennedy and lost in March of this year by first-round submission (rear-naked choke). Manhoef is currently 24-9-1.
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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.
On Sunday morning, DREAM officials announced that former MFC lightweight champ Antonio “Mandingo” McKee (25-4-2) would be the one to face DREAM champ Shinya Aoki (27-5, 1NC) at the end of the month on the DREAM: Fight for Japan card in a non-title bout.
Aoki had been scheduled to meet Willamy Freire, until the Brazilian was […]
On Sunday morning, DREAM officials announced that former MFC lightweight champ Antonio “Mandingo” McKee (25-4-2) would be the one to face DREAM champ Shinya Aoki (27-5, 1NC) at the end of the month on the DREAM: Fight for Japan card in a non-title bout.
Aoki had been scheduled to meet Willamy Freire, until the Brazilian was forced out due to travel visa problems. DREAM was then in talks with both McKee, and former WEC champ Jamie Varner, but again issues with travel documentation prevented either man from being named Aoki’s opponent until today.
DREAM: Fight for Japan is scheduled to take place on May 29 at the Saitama Super Arena Hall in Saitama, Japan. Aoki vs. McKee is expected to headline the event which also features the opening quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds of DREAM’s 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament.
McKee saw a fifteen fight undefeated streak end with his UFC debut against Jacob Volkmann at UFC 125. “Mandingo” lost a close split decision and was subsequently released by the promotion. He had been scheduled to defend his MFC title against Drew Fickett but a training injury forced him out of that fight. The MFC has since booked a title fight for McKee’s belt, which the promotion said he vacated which McKee disputed. Both sides have come to some sort of agreement since then.
Aoki earned his first win on U.S. soil in April, earning a first round submission win over Lyle Beerbohm at the Diaz vs. Daley event in San Diego. That was the Japanese fighters fourth straight mixed martial arts win since his loss to Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez in April of last year. Aoki did suffer a devastating knockout on New Years Eve, after facing K-1 kickboxer Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima in a special rules exhibition bout at the Dynamite!! 2010 event. Aoki was knocked out at 0:04 of the second round after taking a flying knee to the head while shooting in for a takedown.
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.