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Shinya Aoki Comes to America

Posted: Nov 7th 2009 1:04AM by Ariel Helwani (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM, MMA Videos, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

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HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki made a special appearance at the Strikeforce weigh-ins on Friday, and FanHouse spoke to "Tobikan Judan" about the possibility of fighting in the United States in the near future.

Aoki also talked about unifying the DREAM and Strikeforce lightweight titles and when he expects to fight again. The full video interview is below.

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UFC 104 Video: Joe Stevenson Says Spencer Fisher Felt 'Slippery'

Posted: Oct 25th 2009 5:46AM by Ariel Helwani (author feed)
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive

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LOS ANGELES -- Joe Stevenson looked like the happiest man in California on Saturday night before and after his UFC 104 victory over Spencer Fisher. When FanHouse spoke to "Joe Daddy" about his second-round submission win, he praised the work of his new coach, Greg Jackson, and said that he now has a new lease on life.

Stevenson also explained why he believed Fisher was "oily" during the fight and why his dream match would be against Shinya Aoki. Check out the full video interview below.

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K-1, DREAM Announce 'Dynamite!! 2009'

Posted: Oct 14th 2009 1:12PM by Ray Hui (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM, K1

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K-1 event producer Sadaharu Tanikawa and DREAM producer Keiiti Sasahara held a press conference Wednesday in Tokyo to formally announce "Dynamite!! 2009" for New Year's Eve at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Tanikawa said the event will be similar to last year's in that there will be a mixture of K-1 kickboxing and DREAM mixed martial arts bouts to fill out an 18-fight lineup.

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MMA Twitter Mailbag: Will CBS Market Fedor Emelianenko to NFL Fans?

Posted: Oct 6th 2009 3:30PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM, Strikeforce, M-1 Global

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MMA Twitter universe had plenty to say about Dream 11 on Tuesday morning, with a great lightweight fight betewen Shinya Aoki and Joachim Hansen, and a not-so-great series of mismatches and freak shows in other fights.

But before we get to that in our MMA Twitter mailbag, we'll look at how CBS is promoting Fedor Emelianenko. Your questions and my answers for our MMA Twitter mailbag are below.

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Dream 11 Results: Shinya Aoki Submits Joachim Hansen

Posted: Oct 6th 2009 10:19AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM

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Shinya Aoki won his rubber match with Joachim Hansen Tuesday at Dream 11, getting Hansen to tap out with an arm bar with just seconds remaining in the second round to win the Dream lightweight title.

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DREAM.11 Results: Featherweight Grand Prix Final Round

Posted: Oct 6th 2009 8:09AM by Ray Hui (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM

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FanHouse has DREAM results of DREAM.11 taking place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

DREAM.11, the first of two DREAM events for October, will crown a featherweight champion between Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Hideo Tokoro and Joe Warren vs. Bibiano Fernandes. Also, Joachim Hansen returns to defend his lightweight title against Shinya Aoki.

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DREAM.11 Weigh-In Results

Posted: Oct 5th 2009 9:53AM by Ray Hui (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM

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The 16 competitors for DREAM.11 stepped on the scale Monday to make official Tuesday's card from the Yokohama Arena in Japan.

DREAM lightweight champion Joachim Hansen will defend his title in a rubber match against Shinya Aoki and a featherweight champion will be crowned at the conclusion of the 2009 Featherweight GP.

Below are the results from the weigh-ins.

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Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen Video: Dream Sells This Fight Right

Posted: Oct 3rd 2009 6:53AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM, MMA Videos

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This is how you sell a fight:

That's the video Dream is using to promote Tuesday's Dream 11 lightweight title fight between champion Joachim Hansen and challenger Shinya Aoki, and I think it does a masterful job of telling fans why this fight is a big one.

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Scott Coker Addresses Dream Alliance

Posted: Aug 17th 2009 1:48PM by Ariel Helwani (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM, MMA Videos, Strikeforce

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Following the Strikeforce event on Saturday night, CEO Scott Coker invited DREAM event producer Keiichi Sasahara to discuss the new alliance between both organizations.

Coker talked about putting together match-ups like Robbie Lawler vs. Melvin Manhoef and Josh Thomson vs. Shinya Aoki in the near future. He also mentioned that Showtime could air a Strikeforce-DREAM event, as well. A video of Coker and Sasahara addressing the media can be found below.

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MMA Top 10 Lightweights: B.J. Penn Is the Best, Then There's Everyone Else

Posted: Aug 11th 2009 7:00PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: DREAM, UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator

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In B.J. Penn's seven fights since returning to the UFC in 2006, he's 4-3. That record doesn't even come close to telling the story of Penn, the most dominant lightweight fighter in MMA history.

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