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DREAM Vs. K-1! Kawajiri And Mousasi Return
•November 27, 2008 •

Two new fights were announced for Dynamite!! today. Tatsuya Kawajiri will make his K-1 debut as he takes on K-1 MAX veteran Takeda Kozo and DREAM Middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will take on K-1 veteran Musashi in a K-1 rules fight.

Update: FEG President Tanigawa said that it is up to the doctor whether Masato will participate on NYE or not.

Update #2: Mousasi wants Musashi to change his ring name to his real name, Akio Mori, if Mousasi is victorious. In Japanese, Mousasi and Musashi are pronounced the same (Mu-sa-shi).

Update #3: Dynamite!! will be aired on NYE in Japan from 19:00 to 23:54. Before that on the same channel, there will be a Boxing match from 18:00 to 19:00. Takefumi Sakata will defend his WBA Flyweight title against Thai Denkaosan Kaovichit.

Update #4: Tanigawa also said that he wants to construct more K-1 X DREAM fights from this year. He said that fighters such as Badr Hari and Semmy Schilt want to challenge MMA from the K-1 side. Any such announcements will have to wait until after the K-1 WGP Finals in December.


FieLDS Dynamite!! ~Yuuki no Chikara 2008~
Date: December 31st, 2008
Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Middleweight Fight:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura

Lightweight Fight:
Joachim Hansen vs. J.Z.Calvan

K-1 Rules Fights:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Takeda Kozo
Gegard Mousasi vs. Musashi

K-1 Koshien Final Fight:
HIROYA/Shimada vs. Kusakabe/Urabe

K-1 Koshien Semifinal Fights:
HIROYA vs. Shota Shimada
Ryuya Kusakabe vs. Koya Urabe

Possible Fights:
Mirko CroCop vs. Alistair Overeem
Kimbo Slice vs. Seth Petruzelli

Possible Participants:
Choi Hong Man
Semmy Schilt
Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro

DREAM Vs. K-1! Kawajiri And Mousasi Return « Nightmare Of Battle

[valheruking]

Musashi fighting Mousasi basically because there names sound alike in Japanese is pretty ridiculous, but then it is Dynamite lol

Kawajiri vs Kozo could be alright, Kawajiri can bang and Kozo isn't exactly in his prime.

[Perseus]

Originally Posted by valheruking

Musashi fighting Mousasi basically because there names sound alike in Japanese is pretty ridiculous, but then it is Dynamite lol

Kawajiri vs Kozo could be alright, Kawajiri can bang and Kozo isn't exactly in his prime.

Gotta love it. I guess I will get my ass to the gym and change my name to Jimbo Slice and wait for the phone to ring...

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

Looks like a really cool card. I don't think they'll air this in Ontario, haven't seen them advertised in the past. In the words of Ron Simmons, DAMN.

[thefirm0]

Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre

Looks like a really cool card. I don't think they'll air this in Ontario, haven't seen them advertised in the past. In the words of Ron Simmons, DAMN.

HDNET bro, gotta have it. im praying to the lord baby jesus they air it. ill stay up even if its a 3am start time for this piece.

anyone have confirmartion on broadcast channels in north america?

[Bran]

Originally Posted by Perseus

Gotta love it. I guess I will get my ass to the gym and change my name to Jimbo Slice and wait for the phone to ring...

don't hold your breath. rumor has it Bo Bice is next in line.

[homegrowncone]

Originally Posted by thefirm0

HDNET bro, gotta have it. im praying to the lord baby jesus they air it. ill stay up even if its a 3am start time for this piece.

anyone have confirmartion on broadcast channels in north america?

Unfortunately only the GP has been confirmed so far. I have a strange feeling they might announce this this week on Inside MMA though.

[pa99fighter]

Friday, November 28, 2008
No. 8 Ranked Mousasi to Kickbox on New Year's Eve in Japan

PRESS RELEASE:

M-1 Global's Gegard Mousasi to take on Musashi on Dec. 31 in Japan at FEG's "Fields Dynamite!!"

Gegard Mousasi, an M-1 Global contracted fighter and the 2008 winner of DREAM's Middleweight World Grand Prix, has officially signed to return to DREAM for FEG's "Fields Dynamite!!" on Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

M-1 Global can reveal that the 23-year old will be taking on four-time K-1 Japan tournament champion, Musashi in a K-1 rules match.

The matching up of Mousasi vs. Musashi is intriguing outside of the fact that their last names are similar, as both are known as world-renowned strikers.

Before becoming the first-ever DREAM Middleweight Champion at DREAM 6 this past September, Mousasi was also a former Cage Warriors Middleweight Champion and a former amateur boxing champion. He has also served as a striking coach for current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.

Musashi, a Japan native, is a former WAKO Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion and is also a two-time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist.

Born in Iran to Armenian parents during the Iran-Iraq war, Mousasi was raised in the Netherlands and began studying martial arts at a young age. Starting with both boxing and Judo, he would eventually become a standout kickboxer before achieving crossover success in mixed martial arts.

Mousasi won the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix after knocking out world-class grappler Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza with an upkick at 2:15 of round one on Sept. 23. He reached the final after winning in the semifinals, which were held the same night. Facing K-1 standout Melvin Manhoef, Mousasi utilized his improving ground skills to submit the striker at 1:28 of round one.

Prior to his semifinal and final victories, Mousasi had defeated current UFC fighter Denis Kang in the Grand Prix's first round at DREAM 2 in April and then Korean Dong Sik Yoon at DREAM 4 in June in round 2.

Mousasi is 24-2-1 in a pro MMA career that began in April of 2003. During his five-year career that includes fights for PRIDE, MFC, M-1, DEEP, and BodogFIGHT, Mousasi has recorded notable victories over Kang, Manhoef, Souza, Makoto Takimoto, Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos, and Erik Oganov. He is currently the sixth-best middleweight in the world, according to the November rankings poll by the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts.

He is currently ranked as the No. 8 middleweight in the MMAWeekly.com World MMA Rankings.

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Should be fighting MMA but he deserves a break. War Mousasi!

[Robthom]

He's pretty good.
I just watched the dream tournament on DVR the other night. That was the first time that I've ever seen him . That was certainly a break out performance IMO. Almost in the mold of shoguns classic popular arrival .

[atj-lucko]

He's for sure the MMA fighter of the year, 6 wins this year beating notables like Cyborg, Kang, Manhof and Jacare.

I just wish he stick to MMA forget Kickboxing and Boxing, MMA is the best combat sport ever created.