(Sapp gets embarrassed by Ikuhisa Minowa at the DREAM Super Hulk Tournament’s opening round in May.)
With Gegard Mousasi out of DREAM’s freaky-deaky Super Hulk tournament due to a Fedor-related shoulder injury, DREAM went back to the well to find a replacement. Unsurprisingly, they’re bringing back Bob Sapp to take on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in the GP’s second round, which goes down at DREAM.11 (October 6th, Yokohama, broadcast in North America on HDNet). During the Super Hulk quarterfinals at DREAM.9, Sokoudjou snapped a two-fight losing skid by wrecking Jan Nortje, while Bob Sapp got leglocked by Minowaman. The following month, Sapp tapped to strikes against Bobby Lashley at "Ultimate Chaos."
Tangling with Sokoudjou could bring Sapp yet another painful loss, and incredibly, he has a kickboxing match in Hong Kong scheduled for the next day, and may have another MMA fight slated for the next week in Texas. Said Sapp:
Good, Bob. It’s nice to have options. Freak fights aside, DREAM.11 is looking nicely stacked, featuring the semi-finals and finals of their featherweight tournament, and the lightweight title fight/rubber-match between Shinya Aoki and Joachim Hansen. Here’s the lineup as it currently stands:
Lightweight Championship bout:
Joachim Hansen (champion) vs. Shinya Aoki
Featherweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals:
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Joe Warren
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Hideo Tokoro
Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve bout:
Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Daiki Hata
Featherweight Grand Prix Finals:
Winner of Fernandes/Warren vs. Winner of Takaya/Tokoro
Super Hulk Grand Prix Semi-Finals:
Hong Man Choi vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Bob Sapp
Non-Tournament Bouts:
Gesias Calvancante vs. Daisuke Nakamura
Andrews Nakahara vs. Zelg Galesic
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Comments
Thu, 09/10/09 - 07:29
Bob Sap by arm bar
Thu, 09/10/09 - 07:39
Sapp was embarrassed? Really? Minowa should be embarassed. That's the worst acting I've seen since Zombie Strippers.
Thu, 09/10/09 - 07:40
Bob Sapp is to Japan what David Hasselhoff is to Germany. Always remember, Germans love David Hasselhoff.
Thu, 09/10/09 - 07:44
Why do so many asian fighters still rock the mullet?
Thu, 09/10/09 - 07:48
Why is Sapp still fighting at all?
Thu, 09/10/09 - 07:57
You know, at the end of the day, big Bob is just doing what he loves. And making a ton of yen at it, as well. No matter how far his fighting skills have diminished since his almost-impressive near-destruction of Nog back in the day, I still like him.
Thu, 09/10/09 - 08:09
(dana motha fackin white) u think that was rigged and sapp take the fall cuz, japan really doesnt want to see there own lose a fight?
Thu, 09/10/09 - 09:02
I actual want Frankenhood to win, as unlikely as that is. Sokoudjou? What the hell is Sapp thinking? He should be fighting a guy dressed up like E. Honda instead.
Thu, 09/10/09 - 09:04
I really want to see the featherweight grand prix. I hope Joe Warren takes it. And the Shinya Aoki fight should be great too. Time to record this on HDNet.
Thu, 09/10/09 - 10:28
why oh why woulnt they bring mark hunt back instead of bob crapp.. IDIOTS
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