DREAM 1 Fight Videos: The Short Ones

From Saturday…

Mirko Cro Cop steamrolls Tatsuya Mizuno in 56 seconds.

The night’s freak-show feature: “Minowaman” taps out doughy Korean ex-baseball player Lee Kwan via kneebar.

Hayato Sakurai beats down Hidetaka Monma in the welterweight feature. That ref must be the Steve Mazzagatti of Japan.

JZ Calvancante tosses Shinya Aoki around the ring until the fight is stopped due to illegal elbow strikes.

Tags: Cro Cop,DREAM,fight,Gesias,Hayato Sakurai,Japan,JZ Calvancante,knockout,KO,Mach,Minowaman,Mirko Filipovic,MMA,Shinya Aoki,TKO

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Real Talk- May 13, 2008 at 6:49 am

I love when people like that idiot hahaha claim that they could "whoop aoki’s ass any damn day". What a coward. It takes balls to get in that ring and fight, Oh but this guy typing anonomous notes on a message board is a real badass. Only a true pussy would talk that kind of crap. Aoki didn't look good, it happens, it's all about the matchup. Some people are just so stupid.

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QuilledMind- March 27, 2008 at 7:44 pm

boo

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QuilledMind- March 27, 2008 at 3:06 pm

It's so obvious that the majority of the comments on here are coming from really really ignorant couch potatoes. They don't know that most fighters are scared to fight Aoki and Mirko.
One guy on here even said Cro Cop is scared to get hit. Yikes! Have you ever seen Cro Cop fight? When Cro Cop fought Chiek Kongo, Kongo hit him multiple times in the groin, two of which were acknowldged by the ref, and then he had his rib broken, but still went on to fight to decision. I seriously doubt you little wusses could even wipe your own backsides with a broken rib let alone fight a monster like Knogo and survive. Watch the fight again and you'll notice that Cro Cop was winning the fight until these things happened to him.

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CroCop- March 26, 2008 at 10:59 am

Just wanted to let all you CroCop haters in on a few things....I guarantee that you put any of the UFC heavyweights in a ring and CroCop would beat them any day. Cage messes with his style. Just look at the record of UFC fighters when they went to Pride. And to Dana White, you fool...how you gonna unite titles when the field of play and rules are completely different in Pride and UFC. Like having NFL and AFL teams play a unification game on a 50yard field...

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matt- March 21, 2008 at 11:33 pm

hey now, all you people dogging on Aoki: I have a few things to point out.

1. His opponent is much stronger/bigger than him.
2. JZ was just as afraid of getting wrapped up as Aoki was of getting hit.
3. Wen JZ elbowed Aoki in the back of the head, Aoki's left arm went numb. The doctors at ringside wouldnt let him continue because he didnt have control of his arm.

If you don't know what you are talkin about, then don't say it. They are both awesome fighters.

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The Lizard- March 20, 2008 at 4:34 am

now thats how fights should be stopped, the UFC refs need to take a page out of the sakurai monma fight

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A Very Testy Lemur- March 20, 2008 at 2:36 am

watch out Chuck Norris, Mirko Cro Cop is in the building with some nasty kicks.

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hahaha- March 19, 2008 at 10:33 pm

tribal your a dumbass, i could whoop aoki's ass any damn day, hes a weak bitch.

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wtf- March 19, 2008 at 8:28 pm

so its illegal to elbow people in their shoulder in DREAM? becuase that clearly wasn't in the back of the head like that actor complained about...they should suspend that aoki guy for being a bitch

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Crocop- March 19, 2008 at 7:00 pm

LOL, glad to see crocop back in action. Just wait he will fucking destroy some of these fucking no-names get his game back and will go back to the UFC and destroy.

As to him losing in UFC, the Gonzaga fight was a legit loss, but NO one saw that kick coming, Not a fucking soul. SO that loss = legit

But as for the congo fight, getting kneed in the nuts 2 times is enough to stop any big fighter.

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tribal bitch slap- March 19, 2008 at 4:30 pm

aoki is not pathetic. he's VERY good actually. he was just facing a very good striker that also a bit bigger than him. he's a very good submission guy and real good at takedowns. there's a video of him breaking a guys are from the clinch. this was just a difficult matchup for him.

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heyheyhey- March 19, 2008 at 7:49 am

i said it earlier when Aoki was being hyped up and his ground skills were compared to BJ Penns and I'll say it again, OVERRATTEDD. he loses to nobodies and im glad he lost, him and his gay stretchy pants. And to whoever ranked him as a top fighter at 170, you're dumb

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testicles- March 19, 2008 at 7:30 am

the problem with cro cop is he doesnt like getting hit, hes got devastating power, but he gets hit once and he turns into a defensive bitch. if he could take a hit and not care hed probably be unstoppable

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ohema- March 19, 2008 at 2:59 am

This Aoki is the most pathetic thing I have ever seen.

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crocrap- March 19, 2008 at 12:22 am

it's easy to win against nobodies ... funny how he left the UFC after he kept getting his ass handed to him

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crocrap- March 18, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Crocop looked like a bitch in the UFC with the real fighters....man he sucked

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Anonymoose- March 18, 2008 at 10:54 pm

I bet your spellcheck was going nuts writing this article

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necramonium- March 18, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Oaki is a joke,whoever put those together was really expecting a laugh,a few elbows and he is crying on the floor,he should try wrestling instead,because he is more on the floor than he was up...

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KLM- March 18, 2008 at 10:24 pm

Aoki should have been bitch slapped by everyone who paid to see this shit. He took one elbow and was done. Fucking bitch.

And the fat Korean....whose bad DREAM was this?

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poop in your mouth- March 18, 2008 at 9:49 pm

To bad JZ Calvancante couldnt finish him off. It was obvious that Aoki didnt want anything to do with him. He should try wearing pleather tights next time.

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Chris- March 18, 2008 at 9:07 pm

Wow that Aoki guy's a whimp. who got him in the ring? friggin joke

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Steve-O- March 16, 2008 at 9:43 pm

you didn't know they play pro baseball straight outta the womb over there? but yeah, he's like baby huey-san

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Janke- March 16, 2008 at 8:59 pm

how is Lee Kwan a former pro baseball player at the age of 21 and weighing about 300 pounds?

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Big D- March 16, 2008 at 8:12 pm

Mirko finally made the move from boy-shorts to loose trunks. No left high-kick attempt? His punches looked fairly sharp and strong. Good to see. I was bummed after the Chek loss and hearing of his lost confidence with his UFC attempt.

I liked how fast the ref in the Cro-Cop beatdown moved with 20 lbs of equipment on his hip in that stupid pack. DREAM must have blown their spend on other things and had to recycle camera gear from the 80s.

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Luke's mom- March 16, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Or is it?

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