Tag: Joachim Hansen

DREAM Announces Bantamweight Grand Prix to Begin on May 29

Filed under: DREAM, Fighting, JapanIn an event that will be held in part to benefit its ravaged home country of Japan, DREAM on Friday announced its first major show since New Year’s Eve. The promotion will host a bantamweight tournament, scheduled to …

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In an event that will be held in part to benefit its ravaged home country of Japan, DREAM on Friday announced its first major show since New Year’s Eve. The promotion will host a bantamweight tournament, scheduled to take place on May 29 at Saitama Super Arena.

The tourney, titled the “Fight for Japan DREAM Grand Prix,” will feature the first- and second-round matchups of an eight man field. The participants will be Hideo Tokoro, Masakazu Imanari, Yoshiro Maeda, Keisuke Fujiwara, Darren Uyenoyama, Kenji Osawa, Takafumi Otsuka and Atsushi Yamamoto.

Weekend Results: Joachim Hansen Submits Former Olympian

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Former Dream lightweight champion Joachim Hansen recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since 2008 on Friday in Sweden.

Fighting outside of K-1/Dream for the first time in 10 fights, Hansen submitted two-time Greco-Roman …

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Former Dream lightweight champion Joachim Hansen recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since 2008 on Friday in Sweden.

Fighting outside of K-1/Dream for the first time in 10 fights, Hansen submitted two-time Greco-Roman wrestling Olympian Sami Aziz at Superior Challenge 6 with an armbar at three minutes and 47 seconds of the second round. Taken down by a double-leg with less than two minutes left in the round, Hansen threw his legs up for a fast triangle to set up the armlock finish. Hansen’s win Friday improved his record to 21-10-1.

The last time Hansen won two straight matches was when he was crowned the Dream GP champ with single-night victories over Shinya Aoki and Kultar Gill.

Joachim Hansen and Murilo Bustamante to Compete in Sweden October 30 at Superior Challenge 6: Lion’s Den

<br>(Video courtesy Vimeo/SuperiorChallenge)Former UFC middleweight champion, Murilo Bustamante and former DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix winner, Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen will compete alongside veterans Hector Ramirez, David Bar…


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Former UFC middleweight champion, Murilo Bustamante and former DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix winner, Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen will compete alongside veterans Hector Ramirez, David Baron, Daniel Acacio and David Bielkheden on a pretty decent card in Sweden on October 29.

Superior Challenge 6 will take pace at the Hovet in Stockholm and will feature two title bouts between welterweights Bielkheden and Acacio and lightweights Hansen and Sami Aziz.

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Dream 16: Omigawa, Takaya, Hansen Impress in Featherweight Bouts

Filed under: DREAMThe best featherweights fighting in Japanese MMA these days are Dream champion Bibiano Fernandes and Sengoku champion Marlon Sandro. But many of the best of the rest were in the ring Saturday at Dream 16, a fight card that featured fi…

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The best featherweights fighting in Japanese MMA these days are Dream champion Bibiano Fernandes and Sengoku champion Marlon Sandro. But many of the best of the rest were in the ring Saturday at Dream 16, a fight card that featured five featherweight bouts.

Of the 10 featherweight fighters in action, the best of the bunch was Michihiro Omigawa, who beat the American Cole Escovedo with a straight arm bar two and a half minutes into the first round. The submission appeared to break Escovedo’s arm and showed once again that Omigawa is one of the truly elite fighters in the 145-pound and under class. Omigawa has been one of the sport’s most active fighters over the last couple of years, fighting seven times in 2009 and three so far this year. He’s also been one of the best, climbing up the featherweight rankings by going 8-1-1 since the start of 2009.