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Kikckboxer Melvin Manhoef squared off with former UFC fighter Dennis Kang on New Year’s Eve in Japan at the Saitama Super Arena as part of the DREAM.18 show. The two met in a middleweight bout inside the ring and saw Manhoef finish Kang with a knee to the body in the opening minute to earn his third straight victory.
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Kikckboxer Melvin Manhoef squared off with former UFC fighter Dennis Kang on New Year’s Eve in Japan at the Saitama Super Arena as part of the DREAM.18 show. The two met in a middleweight bout inside the ring and saw Manhoef finish Kang with a knee to the body in the opening minute to earn his third straight victory.
The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan played host to the double-header mega-fight card featuring mixed martial arts bouts with the DREAM.18 card, and a sixteen-man, one-night, single-elimination kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament in GLORY 4. The New Year’s Eve event kicked off at 2am EST (11pm PST Sunday) North America time on December 31, […]
The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan played host to the double-header mega-fight card featuring mixed martial arts bouts with the DREAM.18 card, and a sixteen-man, one-night, single-elimination kickboxing Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament in GLORY 4.
The New Year’s Eve event kicked off at 2am EST (11pm PST Sunday) North America time on December 31, 2012 due to the difference in time-zones.
Both the DREAM.18 card and GLORY 4 show’s will air via replay on the CBS Sports Network beginning tonight.
Fans who are looking for a recap of the event should check out MMAMania.com’s ‘Play-by-Play’ coverage by hitting the link.
Updated: Check out the GLORY 4 Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament results below with the tournament displayed in bracket form. All credit goes to MMAMania.com for the image.
Check out the ‘Quick Results’ for the DREAM.18 card below
Lightweight bout: : Shinya Aoki def. Antonio McKee viasubmission (punch) – R2
Featherweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Michihiro Omigawa via Unanimous Decision
Bantamweight bout: Bibiano Fernandes def. Yoshiro Maeda via Submission (Triangle choke) – R1
Featherweight bout: Georgi Karakhanyan def. Hiroyuki Takaya via Split Decision
Middleweight bout: Melvin Manhoef def. Denis Kang via TKO (Knee to the Body) – R1
Welterweight bout: Hayato Sakurai def. Phil Baroni via Unanimous Decision
Lightweight bout: Will Brooks def. Satoru Kitaoka via TKO (Punches) – R2
Women’s bantamweight bout: Marloes Coenen def. Fiona Muxlow via Submission (Armbar) – R1
GLORY 4 Grand Slam winner was Semmy Schilt who defeated Daniel Ghita via TKO (Head kick)
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GLORY 4 Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament results – image credit to MMAMania.com
The official weigh-ins for the DREAM.18 & Glory 4 New Year’s Eve event went down at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, featuring 20 bouts of mixed martial arts and kickboxing matches. The December 31, 2012 event is scheduled to take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan highlighted by mma bouts between Shinya […]
The official weigh-ins for the DREAM.18 & Glory 4 New Year’s Eve event went down at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, featuring 20 bouts of mixed martial arts and kickboxing matches.
The December 31, 2012 event is scheduled to take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan highlighted by mma bouts between Shinya Aoki vs. Antonio McKee and Bibano Fernandes vs. Yoshiro Maeda, as well as a sixteen fighter one night heavyweight Grand Prix kickboxing tournament.
A total of $600,000 is up for grabs in the Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament with a Grand Prize of $400,000.
The event marks the latest New Year’s Eve event in Japan and the first show by DREAM since NYE of 2011.
The event is set to begin here in North America at 2am EST (11pm PST) on New Year’s Eve with different viewing options depending on your location. Canadians can catch the whole event live on the Fight Network, while fans in the United States will have to pay $20 to catch the event live via pay-per-view at GloryWorldSeries.com. The show will also air via tape delay in the U.S. on CBS in two separate parts.
All weights taken from the official DREAM website and converted from kilograms to pounds.
DREAM.18 Card
Featherweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri (142.9/64.8kg) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (143.3/65kg)
Featherweight bout: Hiroyuki Takaya (143.3/65kg) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (143.3/65kg)
Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki (154.3/70kg) vs. Antonio McKee (153.2/69.5kg)
Bantamweight bout: Bibiano Fernandes (136.9/62.1kg) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (138.5/62.8kg)
Middleweight bout: Melvin Manhoef (184.3/83.6kg) vs. Denis Kang (185.1/84kg)*
Welterweight bout: Hayato Sakurai (168.7/76.5kg) vs. Phil Baroni (167.8/76.1kg)
Women’s featherweight bout: Marloes Coenen (145.5/66kg) vs. Fiona Muxlow (144.8/65.7kg)
Lightweight bout: Satoru Kitaoka (154.3/70kg) vs. Will Brooks (154.3/70kg)*
* Both Kang (84.6) and Brooks (71.2) made second attempts at making weight
GLORY 4 card
Heavyweight Tournament
Semmy Schilt (287/130.2kg) vs. Brice Guidon (225/102kg)
Sergei Kharitonov (264.5/120kg) vs. Rico Verhoeven (255/115.8kg)
Gokhan Saki (228/103.4kg) vs. Raoumaru (230/104.2kg)
Anderson Silva (243/110.2kg) vs. Igor Jurkovic (220/99.8kg)
Remy Bonjasky (243/110.2kg) vs. Filip Verlinden (205/93.1kg)
Errol Zimmerman (253/114.8kg)+ vs. Jamal Ben Saddik (284/128.8)
Peter Aerts (231.5/105kg) vs. Mourad Bouzidi (215/97.5kg)
Daniel Ghita (238/108kg) vs. Jhonata Diniz (237.5/107.8)
Superfights
Mitsuki Ebata (116.4/52.9) vs. Sang-Jae Kim (115.74/52.5kg)
70-kg bout: Guacharo ‘Jienotsu’ Nagashima (154/69.9kg) vs. Robin van Roosmalen (154/kg)
85-kg bout: Matsumoto Toshio (187/84.9kg) vs. Jason Wilnis (185/84kg)
Heavyweight bout: Jerome Le Banner (247/112kg) vs. Koichi Pettas (220.5/100kg)
Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay. The broadcast will be broken into two parts with […]
Fans in the United States who were hoping for a chance to catch the upcoming “GSI presents DREAM.18 & Glory 4 Tokyo – Special 2012 – New Year’s Eve” can rejoice with the news that the CBS Sports Network will carry the show via tape delay.
The broadcast will be broken into two parts with the Glory card airing on Dec. 31 at 10pm EST and the DREAM card airing on Jan. 1 at 10pm EST. Fans looking to watch the entire event live can catch via online pay-per-view for $20 at GloryWorldSeries.com.
News of the NBC Sports broadcast was first announced by MMAFighting.com earlier today.
Also confirmed for the event is an mma women’s bantamweight match between former Strikeforce champ Marloes Coenen (20-5) and Australian fighter Fiona Muxlow (6-1). MMAWeekly.com made the announcement earlier today also.
Coenen hasn’t been in action since this past April when she headlined the inaugural Invicta FC promotion back in April picking up a decision victory over Romy Ruyssen. The victory put her back into the win column after losing the Strikeforce 135-lbs title to Miehsa Tate back in July 2011.
Muxlow has won three straight and had her last fight in October, earning a unanimous decision at a local BFW show. Over her career, she’s earned one win via TKO, three by submission and two by decision.
The GLORY Sports International presents Dream 18 & Glory 4 Tokyo ~ Special 2012 ~ New Year’s Eve event is scheduled for December 31, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event features a mixed martial arts and a one-night, single-elimination 16-man kickboxing heavyweight tournament.
Lightweight fighter Antonio ‘Mandingo’ McKee (28-4-2) is set to take on submission ace Shinya Aoki on New Year’s Eve in Japan as part of the upcoming DREAM.18 show. In this interview with McKee the 42-year old fighter is looking to leave the sport of mixed martial arts on a high facing one of the toughest fighters at 155-lbs. ‘Mandingo’ isn’t worried about Aoki’s submissions having only been submitted himself way back in May 2001, but he will look to keep the fight standing if he can.
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Lightweight fighter Antonio ‘Mandingo’ McKee (28-4-2) is set to take on submission ace Shinya Aoki on New Year’s Eve in Japan as part of the upcoming DREAM.18 show. In this interview with McKee the 42-year old fighter is looking to leave the sport of mixed martial arts on a high facing one of the toughest fighters at 155-lbs. ‘Mandingo’ isn’t worried about Aoki’s submissions having only been submitted himself way back in May 2001, but he will look to keep the fight standing if he can.
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Press Release – Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will be airing three live events on December 31, beginning with a live presentation of DREAM.18 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at 2 a.m. ET. Approximately one hour after the culmination of […]
Press Release – Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will be airing three live events on December 31, beginning with a live presentation of DREAM.18 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at 2 a.m. ET.
Approximately one hour after the culmination of DREAM.18, the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam will emanate from the same venue, beginning at approximately 6 a.m. ET.
The live action continues later in the day at 4 p.m. ET, as a live broadcast of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 emanates from The Helix in Dublin, Northern Ireland.
“After a major breakthrough year for Fight Network in which we treated our viewers to hundreds of hours of live content, there’s no better way to cap off 2012,” said Chad Midgley, VP of Programming & Production at Fight Network. “The DREAM and GLORY partnership ensures some of the best talent in both mixed martial arts and kickboxing will be on display come New Year’s Eve. In addition to crowning the world’s best heavyweight kickboxer in a star-studded one-night tournament, we’ll also see the return of one of Japan’s most respected organizations. We expect more of the same from Cage Warriors later in the day as some of Europe’s top talent will be on display. We’re proud to broadcast all the international action live as we plan to keep the momentum going in 2013.”
The card for DREAM.18 features a slew of world-class Japanese fighters such as Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Hiroyuki Takaya, Satoru Kitaoka and Hayato Sakurai, plus a blend of international prospects and veterans, including Canadian standouts Denis Kang and Bibiano Fernandes, and powerhouses Phil Baroni, Melvin Manhoef and Antonio McKee. The full line-up for DREAM.18 includes:
-Shinya Aoki (31-6) vs. Antonio McKee (28-4-2)
-Bibiano Fernandes (12-3) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (30-11-4)
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (31-7-2) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (13-12-1)
-Melvin Manhoef (26-9-1) vs. Denis Kang (35-15-2)
-Phil Baroni (15-15) vs. Hayato Sakurai (36-12-2)
-Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9-1) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1)
-Satoru Kitaoka (30-11-9) vs. Will Brooks (7-0)
Meanwhile, the GLORY 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam tournament, which begins at 6 a.m. ET, will feature eight of the best heavyweight kickboxers on the planet in a one-night tournament reminiscent of the glory days of K-1. Among the standouts featured in the tourney are four-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Semmy Schilt, mixed martial arts standout Sergei Kharitonov, former GLORY heavyweight tournament champion Gokhan Saki, the resurgent “Flying Gentleman” Remy Bonjasky, former SuperKombat heavyweight tournament champion Errol Zimmerman, 32-year-old kickboxing pioneer Peter Aerts and reigning It’s Showtime! heavyweight champion Daniel Ghita.
The finalized opening round matchups include:
-Semmy Schilt (39-6, 18 KOs) vs. Brice Guidon (28-7, 4 KOs)
-Gokhan Saki (77-15, 53 KOs) vs. Raomoru
-Daniel Ghita (44-7, 34 KOs) vs. Jhonata Diniz (7-2)
-Remy Bonjasky (77-14, 40 KOs) vs. Filip Verlinden (38-6, 17 KOs)
-Peter Aerts (104-30-1, 78 KOs) vs. Mourad Bouzidi (73-19, 33 KOs)
-Errol Zimmerman (76-16-1, 41 KOs) vs. Jamal Ben Saddik (22-0, 19 KOs)
-Anderson ‘Braddock’ Silva (32-8-1, 22 KOs) vs. Igor Jurkovic (44-5, 29 KOs)
-Sergei Kharitonov (22-7, 12 KOs) vs. Rico Verhoeven (37-6-1, 8 KOs)
At 4 p.m. ET on December 31, the live action will pick up again with Cage Warriors 51, headlined by top-ranked European prospect and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor against Ivan Buchinger, in a lightweight feature fight for the vacant 155-pound title, plus a middleweight title matchup between Chris Fields and UFC veteran Jesse Taylor.
Additional main card bouts include female standouts Aisling Daly vs. Katja Kankaanpaa, plus John Michael Sheil looks to rebound from his lone professional blemish in an Anglo-Irish welterweight clash with Jack Mason.
The Cage Warriors 51 fight card thus far includes:
-Conor McGregor (11-2) vs. Ivan Buchinger (21-3)
-Chris Fields (10-4) vs. Jesse Taylor (23-9)
-Aisling Daly (13-4) vs. Katja Kankaanpaa (6-0-1)
-John Michael Sheil (8-1) vs. Jack Mason (21-11)
-Liam James (6-4) vs. Alan Philpott (7-3)
-Phillip Mulpeter (5-2) vs. Tommy Quinn (3-1)
-Charlie Watts (3-0) vs. Henry Fadipe (3-4)
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit tv.fightnetwork.com.
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