|
List Of Dream Champions
This is a list of champions in the Dream organization at each weight class. Dream (mixed martial arts), Dream was a Japanese mixed martial arts organization, originally promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group, and over management of Glory (kickboxing), Glory Sports International since October 2012. The first two champions were crowned after the 2008 Lightweight and Middleweight Grand Prix, while the 2009 Welterweight and Featherweight GPs have crowned the champions at those weights. The 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion at Dream 16. The 2011 World Bantamweight Grand Prix crowned the first ever Dream Bantamweight Champion at Dynamite!!! 2011. Last champions Title history Heavyweight championship ::''Weight limit: Unlimited'' Light heavyweight championship ::''Weight limit: '' Middleweight championship ::''Weight limit: '' Welterweight championship ::''Weight limit: '' Lightweight championship ::''Weight limit: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream 13
''Dream 13'' was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream (mixed martial arts), Dream. The event took place on Monday, March 22, 2010 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet. Background This event marked the beginning of co-promotion between DREAM and US organization Strikeforce (mixed martial arts), Strikeforce. The event would also mark the return of K. J. Noons to Mixed Martial Arts in his first fight since EliteXC: Return of the King, 2008. While not officially announced, Tim Sylvia was planning on participating in this event. However, Dream officials allegedly tried to change his opponent roughly two weeks before the bout was planned to take place. Marius Žaromskis was in discussions to defend his List of Dream champions#Welterweight Championship, Dream Welterweight Championship against Kiyoshi Tamura at this event, but would instead appear at ''Dream 15'' on Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream 16
''Dream 16'' was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on September 25, 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet. Background This event served as the final for Dream's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion. Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno who won their opening round bouts at Dream 15 fought for the title. A previously announced featherweight bout with Joe Warren fighting Michihiro Omigawa has been scrapped from this card. Ikuhisa Minowa was previously reported to be fighting James Thompson, but instead fought Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii. Thompson's last minute opponent ending up being Deep Megaton Champion Yusuke Kawaguchi. Results 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket References See also * Dream (mixed martial arts) * List of Dream champions * 2010 in DREAM The year 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream 6
''Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on September 23, 2008. The event hosted the crowning of Dream's first Middleweight Champion, Gegard Mousasi, after the conclusion of the Middleweight Grand Prix. Background A bout between Ronaldo Souza and Frank Trigg was announced for the Middleweight Grand Prix. Trigg would subsequently announce that a visa wasn't secured and the bout between the two wasn't finalized. Trigg was replaced by National university freestyle wrestling champion Ian Murphy. Jason Miller made his DREAM debut, facing Katsuyori Shibata in the first round of the Grand Prix. Taiei Kin was pitted against Ikuhisa Minowa, while Gegard Mousasi was expected to fight the PRIDE 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix finalist Denis Kang. Yoon Dong-Sik was booked to fight Shungo Oyama. Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba faced Andrews Nakahara. The last fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011
Genki may refer to: *Genki (company), a Japanese video game company *Genki (era), a Japanese era name *Genki (given name) Genki (written: 元気, 元喜, 元基, 元規, 源気 or 源基) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese lawyer, bureaucrat and politician *, Japanese sumo wrestler * Genki Dean (born 1991), Japanese ..., a masculine Japanese given name *'' Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese'', a Japanese language textbook {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoru Kitaoka
, is a Japanese shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist who most recently competed for RIZIN. A professional competitor since 2000, he has also competed for DREAM, Pancrase, DEEP, and World Victory Road. Kitaoka is renowned for his catch wrestling abilities which he learned studying under two of Japan's most respected catch wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. He is also a Brazilian jiu jitsu blackbelt under Yuki Nakai. A master of the guillotine choke and leg lock submissions, Kitaoka holds notable wins over Takanori Gomi, Paul Daley, and Carlos Condit. Background Kitaoka became interested in mixed martial arts after seeing Bas Rutten and Masakatsu Funaki fight in Pancrase in 1996. In addition to mixed martial arts success, Kitaoka has also won several submission grappling tournaments, including being an All Japan Combat Wrestling champion and Brazilian jiu-jitsu and No-Gi Open Champion in weight and absolute. Personal life Kitaoka spends his time taking care of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream 15
''Dream 15'' was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream (mixed martial arts), Dream. The event took place on July 10, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet. Background A Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at ''Dream 14'', with an eight-man tournament. However, ''Dream 15'' hosted the opening round of the Grand Prix, with only a four-man tournament. Alistair Overeem was briefly rumoured to be fighting Ricco Rodriguez, but the fight was called off. Results 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket Notes After Jake O'Brien failed to make weight, his Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout against Gegard Mousasi was made into a 212-lbs catchweight bout. O'Brien started with a yellow card, a point deduction and a 10% purse deduction. References See also * Dream (mixed martial arts) * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Kawajiri
is a Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight division. He is a former List of Shooto champions#Lightweight Championship, Shooto Lightweight Champion, and has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, PRIDE Fighting Championships, PRIDE, Dream (mixed martial arts), DREAM, Strikeforce (mixed martial arts), Strikeforce, ONE FC, and Rizin Fighting Federation. Kawajiri also participated in the Yarennoka! event as well as Dynamite!! 2009 and Dynamite!! 2010, representing DREAM in both events. Kawajiri's fight at List of Pride events, PRIDE Bushido 9 with Takanori Gomi was voted as PRIDE Fighting Championships, PRIDE Fighting Championship's Fight of the Year for 2005. In the same year, Kawajiri was considered by many mixed martial arts publications to be the #1 Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight fighter in the world. Background Kawajiri was born in the Inashiki District, Ibaraki, Inashiki District of Ibaraki Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream 11
''Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream held on October 6, 2009. Background ''Dream 11'' was the culmination of the Feather Weight Grand Prix, where both the semifinals and finals took place in the same night. It also featured the semifinals of the Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009. Additionally, there was a championship bout: Joachim Hansen defended the Dream Lightweight Championship against Shinya Aoki. Dream's featherweight division has a weight limit. Results See also * Dream (mixed martial arts) * List of Dream champions * 2009 in DREAM Notes *''Dream 11'' was the second and last Dream event to be shown live in primetime on Tokyo Broadcasting System during 2009. * Eddie Alvarez and Gesias Cavalcante were briefly rumored to meet at ''Dream 11''. However, due to Eddie Alvarez's contractual obligations to Bellator Fighting Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream 5
''DREAM.5 Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on Monday July 21, 2008 at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan and hosted the final round of the promotion's Lightweight tournament. The DREAM.5 attracted a crowd of 11,986 to the Osaka Jo Hall and was broadcast live in Japan on the TBS network and SkyPerfect and on HDNet Fights in the United States. Results * Hansen replaced Alvarez due to a cut received in his fight with Kawajiri. 2008 Lightweight Grand Prix bracket ** Replacement. Dream Lightweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts: : Joachim Hansen def. Kultar Gill at DREAM.5 Notes * The 8th matchup was initially to be postponed until DREAM.2 due to the injuries of Vítor Ribeiro and Caol Uno along with Gilbert Melendez's prior commitment to Strikeforce. Dream officials decided to directly seed Caol Uno into the 2nd round a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Hansen (fighter)
Joachim B. Hansen (born 26 May 1979) is a Norwegian retired mixed martial artist. He began his career fighting for FinnFight before moving on to fight for Shooto where he became the first Scandinavian person to hold an MMA world title after winning the Shooto World Lightweight Championship in 2003 from Takanori Gomi. Hansen later fought for the Pride Fighting Championship and most recently Dream where he became the Dream Lightweight Champion. Background Hansen was born in Oslo, Norway to a Norwegian father and Scottish mother. Aside from his career as a fighter, he has a job driving an oil tanker. Hansen's passion in martial arts began after seeing Jackie Chan films in his youth and he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he was 19 years old. He is good friends with former UFC veteran and Norwegian Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist John Olav Einemo.http://www.tri-coasta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173%3Aoslo&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=1 Mixed mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazushi Sakuraba
is a Japanese professional wrestler, submission wrestling, submission wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to Pro Wrestling NOAH, Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was formerly one-half of the former GHC Tag Team Championship, GHC Tag Team Champions with Takashi Sugiura. He has also competed in traditional puroresu for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and shoot wrestling, shoot-style competition for UWFi and Kingdom Professional Wrestling, Kingdom Pro Wrestling (KPW). He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships, Hero's, Dream (mixed martial arts), Dream and most recently Rizin Fighting Federation. He is known as the Gracie Hunter or the Gracie Killer due to his wins over four members of the famed Gracie family: Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie, and Royce Gracie. Sakuraba is famous for beating 15 champions of different top MMA organizations; opponents who were often many weight-classes above him. Known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
