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‘Dynamite!! 2010? Pre-Fight Interviews

Josh Thomson talks about his upcoming fight with opponent Tatsuya Kawajiri. It’s taken him five years to make his return to Japan, noting it could be the last time Japanese fans get a chance to see him fight live. He also offers his thoughts on the failed Shinya Aoki vs. Gilbert Melendez bout.
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Josh Thomson talks about his upcoming fight with opponent Tatsuya Kawajiri. It’s taken him five years to make his return to Japan, noting it could be the last time Japanese fans get a chance to see him fight live. He also offers his thoughts on the failed Shinya Aoki vs. Gilbert Melendez bout.

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Gegard Mousasi talks about facing on Kyotaro Fujimoto in a K-1 bout.

Interviews with DREAM featherweight champ Bibiano Fernandes, DREAM welterweight champ Marius Žaromskis, Bob Sapp, and Jason High after the jump.

To see all of the fighter interviews (in Japanese) visit DREAM’s Youtube page.

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DREAM featherweight champion Bibiano Fernandes talks about his title defense against Hiroyuki Takaya. (Sorry the interview is in Portuguese).

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DREAM welterweight title holder Marius Žaromskis on defending his title to Kazushi Sakuraba.

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Bob Sapp meets Shinichi Suzukawa in a IGF special rules Heavyweight bout.

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Jason High takes on Hayato Sakurai in a DREAM welterweight match.

Overeem, Aoki & Nagashima ‘Dynamite!! 2010? Open Workout/Interview

K-1 champion and Strikeforce title holder Alistair Overeem says he’s 100% healthy for the upcoming Dynamite!! 2010. In the interview, Overeem talks about fighting at the event against an unnamed opponent and says he’ll be “pissed” if he doesn’t fight for the DREAM heavyweight title.
DREAM lightweight champ Shinya Aoki open media workout for his […]

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K-1 champion and Strikeforce title holder Alistair Overeem says he’s 100% healthy for the upcoming Dynamite!! 2010. In the interview, Overeem talks about fighting at the event against an unnamed opponent and says he’ll be “pissed” if he doesn’t fight for the DREAM heavyweight title.

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DREAM lightweight champ Shinya Aoki open media workout for his upcoming DREAM/K-1 Special rules bout with Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima. Watch as Aoki slaps around some poor member of the media during his training. The interview is all in Japanese with no subtitles, sadly but the slapstick humor makes it worth watching.

“Jienotsu” Nagashima’s media workout after the jump

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Nagashima is up to some humor too as he dresses up for the media interview carrying a samurai sword.

K-1 Dynamite!! 2010 Pre-Show

The pre-show for this upcoming Dec. 31st FieLDS Dynamite!! 2010 event in Japan. HDNet will carry the event live on their network for fans in North America.
Just a note, the pre-show is not in English but there are some great highlights from some of the competitors fighting at the event.
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The pre-show for this upcoming Dec. 31st FieLDS Dynamite!! 2010 event in Japan. HDNet will carry the event live on their network for fans in North America.

Just a note, the pre-show is not in English but there are some great highlights from some of the competitors fighting at the event.

Parts 2, 3 & 4 after the jump but the rest of the pre-show seems to change into some sort of daytime drama, mixed with shots of the events competitors. Part 1 is probably the only one worth watching, unless of course you like Japanese day-time soaps

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Josh Thomson Was Almost Set To Face Shinya Aoki Instead of Tatsuya Kawajiri On Dynamite!! Card

Former Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson (18-3) will travel to Japan to face DREAM fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri for the year-end FieLDS Dynamite!! 2010 event.
In a recent interview with MMAWeekly.com, Thomson says that originally he was supposed to have faced DREAM lighteweight champ Shinya Aoki and that he took the fight on three weeks notice.
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Josh ThomsonFormer Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson (18-3) will travel to Japan to face DREAM fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri for the year-end FieLDS Dynamite!! 2010 event.

In a recent interview with MMAWeekly.com, Thomson says that originally he was supposed to have faced DREAM lighteweight champ Shinya Aoki and that he took the fight on three weeks notice.

Of course, as we know Aoki will instead face K-1 Max fighter Yuichiro Nagashima in a DREAM/K-1 mixed rules bout and Thomson was given another tough Japanese fighter in Kawajiri.

“I was at a (Golden State) Warriors game and all of a sudden (Scott) Coker just texted me and he was like ‘hey, do you want to fight in Japan against Aoki?’ and I’m like, ‘no, not really, I haven’t been training, I’m not in shape, and it’s three weeks away.’ He’s like, ‘well, why don’t we try to figure something out.’ I guess Gil (Melendez) had pulled out of the fight with Aoki and so they really needed somebody to kind of keep their relationship strong with Dream and Strikeforce…Originally, I didn’t want the fight based on that he’s somebody I would have liked to prepared a lot longer for. I mean this is somebody with even an eight- or 10-week camp you can’t really be ready enough for him,” Thomson said. “This time it really came down to keeping the relationship between Strikeforce and Dream together, and making it work between Strikeforce fighters and the Dream fighters, and I felt like we can do the deal and get it done and now it’s fine.”

Thomson has won two straight since he lost the Strikeforce title to current champ Gilbert Melendez a year ago. He’s gone on to defeat Pat Healy last June and Gesias Cavalcante in October. Another victory for the lightweight could put him back into title contention.

Alistair Overeem & Todd Duffee Have Agreed To Fight At Dynamite!! Event

Several reliable media sources are reporting that both Alistair Overeem (33-11) and Todd Duffee (6-1) have agreed to meet on Dec. 31st at the upcoming FieLDS Dynamite!! 2010 even in Japan.
MMAFighting.com is reporting that both sides have officially agreed to the fight, while MMAjunkie.com notes that only verbal agreements have been made. Either way […]

alistair_overeemSeveral reliable media sources are reporting that both Alistair Overeem (33-11) and Todd Duffee (6-1) have agreed to meet on Dec. 31st at the upcoming FieLDS Dynamite!! 2010 even in Japan.

MMAFighting.com is reporting that both sides have officially agreed to the fight, while MMAjunkie.com notes that only verbal agreements have been made. Either way an official announcement is likely to come after Dec. 25th so there is plenty of room for speculation over the next few days.

Duffee hasn’t fought since May when he lost to Mike Russow at UFC 114 and is scheduled to meet Abe Wagner at the upcoming Jan. 29 Titan Fighting Championships 16 event. The former UFC heavyweight had previously turned down a fight to meet Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva on short notice for Strikeforce’s Dec. 4th show but turned it down. Now it seems that either the money was right or that Duffee felt ready as he’d been preparing for the TFC bout. We’ll have to wait for Duffee or his camp to explain why he took the bout.

Overeem is fresh off his K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament crowning earlier this month in Japan. This will be just his second MMA bout this year having defeated Brett Rogers last May in his first Strikeforce title defense. The Dutch fighter had been asking to participate on the New Year’s Eve show but had wanted to fight for the vacant DREAM heavyweight title.

Dynamite!! 2010 takes place on Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and will air live in North America on HDNet.