Tag: Ikuhisa+Minowaman+Minowa

Nippon Weekly: ‘KID’ Yamamoto Says Dominick Cruz Is Nothing Special

Filed under: DREAM, K1, Sengoku, News, JapanIt has been a week of drama in Japan. No fights, but plenty of drama.

In this edition of Nippon Weekly: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto sees no challenges in the UFC, Michihiro Omigawa has been training like a man p…

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It has been a week of drama in Japan. No fights, but plenty of drama.

In this edition of Nippon Weekly: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto sees no challenges in the UFC, Michihiro Omigawa has been training like a man possessed, Shinya Aoki apparently likes MMA again, Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima is a butt-kicking incarnate, managers get drunk and presidents get angry.

Gegard Mousasi vs. Kyotaro Announced for Dynamite!!

Filed under: DREAM, K1, News, JapanA clash of champions and three other bouts were added to K-1 and DREAM promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group’s end of year Dynamite!! event on Friday.

DREAM light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi will return …

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Gegard MousasiA clash of champions and three other bouts were added to K-1 and DREAM promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group’s end of year Dynamite!! event on Friday.

DREAM light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi will return to the K-1 ring for the first time in two years to face reigning K-1 heavyweight champion Kyotaro. The bout will offer a chance for revenge for the K-1 athlete as Mousasi scored a first-round knockout over Japanese K-1 legend Musashi in his K-1 rules debut at Dynamite!! 2008.

Ikuhisa Minowa to Face Satoshi Ishii at DREAM.16

Filed under: DREAM, News, JapanOnly three days out from DREAM’s first prime-time event for the year, FEG have added some much needed star power, booking Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa to fight Beijing gold medalist Satoshi Ishii in an open-weight bout.

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Only three days out from DREAM’s first prime-time event for the year, FEG have added some much needed star power, booking Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa to fight Beijing gold medalist Satoshi Ishii in an open-weight bout.

Minowa was initially planned to face James Thompson, but while Thompson was in the air on the way to Japan, the bout was canceled. DREAM Event Producer Keiichi Sasahara stated that he was planning on adding one more fight to the card but Thompson was not mentioned specifically as a participant and the matter was not addressed at the press conference.