DREAM's "World Superman Championship" Will Be the Greatest MMA Freak Show in History
(Photo courtesy of Kamipro via N.o.B.)
Faced with sub-par TV ratings, DREAM is responding by giving Japanese MMA fans what they need — complete and utter insanity. The lineup for DREAM.9 (May 26th, Yokohama, Japan) is already stacked with the quarterfinals for their featherweight GP, the middleweight title fight between Jason Miller and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, and a lightweight feature between Gesias Cavalcante and Tatsuya Kawajiri. But according to Nightmare of Battle, the event will also host the first round of DREAM's new "Super Hulk Tournament - World Superman Championship" open-weight grand prix. Are you sitting down? Good. Because these matchups may shock you...
Jan “The Giant” Nortje (211cm/149.5kg) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (182cm/93kg)
Hong Man Choi (218cm/148.5kg) vs. Jose Canseco (188cm/109kg)
Holy Crap. I don't even know where to start. Let's just take this fight by fight...
— A freak-show veteran, Minowaman has spent much of his career battling behemoths like Giant Silva, Butterbean, and Zuluzinho, but for some reason he's never crossed paths with Sapp. This matchup is an obvious throwback to PRIDE's open-weight David vs. Goliath features. It's hard to predict if Sapp will club Minowaman to death, or if Minowa will run circles around Sapp then catch him in a submission that causes the Beast to leave the ring in tears.
— Jan Nortje is the superheavyweight kickboxer who fought Sapp in Strikeforce last February, and made him look like an absolute bitch. Sokoudjou is the UFC washout who has lost three of his last four fights because he's garbage on the ground. Though the African Assassin won't have to worry about his opponent's jiu-jitsu in this match, the sheer size of Nortje might be a challenge. Still, smaller guys have whipped Nortje in the past...
— Gegard Mousasi vacated his DREAM middleweight title in order to compete at light-heavyweight, and has said he'd like to move up to heavyweight eventually. Well, no time like the present, right? Hunt gained legendary status for his kickboxing run in K-1 and classic PRIDE victories over Wanderlei Silva and Mirko Cro Cop, but he's lost his last four MMA bouts, and suffered his first-ever knockout at the hands of Melvin Manhoef on New Year's Eve. Could the Super Samoan's granite chin be cracking? Maybe, but if Hunt still has his knockout power, it could be a rough night for Mousasi.
— And finally, Hong Man Choi vs. Jose Canseco: The pituitary case vs. the steroid snitch celebrity boxer. Choi most recently lost to Mirko Cro Cop at Fields Dynamite!! 2008, while Canseco boxed to a draw against Danny Bonaduce in January. It's the kind of fight that gives freak shows a bad name. Expect extreme sloppiness. And expect the winner to get their shit completely pushed in during the semi-finals.
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JAp SUprEme...... Says:
Where the f*** is Giant Silva when you need him?
Tits Mcgee Says:
You have to love the japanese
Dubbayoooo Says:
If Chuck isn't fighting anymore... How can Canseco???
:P
Cagepotato Suck Says:
Jose Canseco FTW!
polish Says:
Holy Shit Balls, that is going to be epic...
Levi Says:
I can't remember why I used to like PRIDE so much.
doctor satan Says:
Hong Man Choi vs Jose Canseco sounds like a fight some stoners would come up with after a day of heavy useage
Zimbaly Says:
Not even stoners could think of something that messed up.
haddeeee Says:
BRING IN CYBORG FEDOR
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!
PoleVault1543 Says:
omg Canseco, he cant even fight!!! i hope Choi drills him
shanky Says:
I would love for Canseco to get past Choi so that he can get torn apart by Mousasi in the semis. That would be amazing.
CJ>CP Says:
WTF?! that's all i got............ Gegard Mousasi he's got it though.
Mantooth Says:
If Canseco can use a bat, maybe it would be something I want to watch.
Anonymous Says:
So many thoughts running through my head both good and bad..... but I guess it comes down to I HAVE SEE THIS.
Anonymous Says:
is it wrong of me to be excited about this??
skidding Says:
I'm definitely interested... except for the Conseco fight... how the hell is Conseco going to last 30 seconds?
And Hong Man Choi? How does he go from fighting Fedor to Conseco in just two matches?
Frank Mur Says:
Jose Canseco? WTF!!!! I feel so dirty.
chessfighter Says:
I just went to the official Dream site and they have the fights up. I feel like a happy little kid right now. I can't wait to see Mousasi fight again.
Anonymous Says:
know who vai sikahema is? He is the former Philadelphia Eagle that litup Jose Canseco in a boxking match, he is maybe 185 and Jose was 240. It wasn't even close, they had it an an ice skating rink near my parents house and it was just a joke, choi might not be world class, but he has fought real guys, he is going to light up jose.
Anonymous Says:
oh sikahema is also 40-50 and does the 5'oclock sports report
tweek Says:
mousasi is obviously gonna win, but i do hope conseco miraculously finds his way to the second round but then cp would have to make a new fastest knockouts of all time
Hiroshima's Leftovers Says:
A people still try to argue they like MMA fought in Japan better? watching MMA in a ring feels like getting blue balled, yellow cards are meant for soccer, and weight classes were invented for a reason. I mean besides the crowd being quiet I just don't see the attraction
Clyde Says:
Cris Cyborg Vs. Bob Sapp would be a welcome edition.
Adebisi Says:
This is what I call a tournament. After Canseco drops out because sanity will strike him Kimbo Slice should step in.
Oh and Sokoudjou isn't garbage on the ground dickless his judo is world class his problem is he starts every fight with a half empty gas tank.
Lysol Says:
Hong Man Choi is about to show Canseco the hard way that yes, snitches do get stiches.
Aaron Says:
So, MMA's 7 greatest jokes.... and Gegard Mousasi.
Clan Says:
When you look at the rest of the card with some excellent matchups on it, these fights just add to what was already a solid show. People can insult it but everyone loves the mix of quality fights and freak shows for pure entertainment.
Sodak Says:
should be choi/nortje sapp/conseco minowman/sokodjou
mayhem420 Says:
Jose' is going to fight MMA??? Didnt he see the Johnny Morton fight?
He is going to get hurt big time.
Ample Says:
Jose Canseco....really? This is the first i've heard of him competing MMA. Wow, i agree with the stoner commets. Honestly how did that fight come about?
aweirdpoet Says:
Canseco does get to bring a bat right?
Theslothman Says:
There is no way Canseco actually fights. He boxed Danny fuckin Bonaduce to a draw!! either the fix is in , or he doesnt get in the ring.
LoneWolf Says:
LMFAO The Japanese are great!
Levi Says:
was kyle maynard not available?
Anonymous Says:
I LOVE JAPAN MMA!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Aaron Says:
This is proof that Dream is desperate
shiki31 Says:
this shit is so fucked something in you compels you to watch it. almost like two girls, one...nevermind. i can't wait!
LukeTheDuke Says:
Wow.
DukeofNewYork A#1 Says:
Whats funny is the picture CP has posted.
They are all cut outs cept minoman, though i thought that was a cutout as well.
aj Says:
holy shit... Conseco VS Mousasi in the semi ... lets make this happen.
Adebisi Says:
Aaron "This is proof that Dream is desperate."
Really? Are you a Zuffa mouthpiece or completely lost when it comes to MMA in Japan?
Fights like this have taken place in Japan for years Fuck Stick.
Quasicholo Says:
cyborg santos vs. canseco would be great. the 2 greatest juicers in the history of their sports.
Sydney Poitier Says:
A brilliant card. I guess they were out of Minowa cardboard cutouts that day.
My Fight Wiffa Cheeto Says:
BM2 must be shitting himself with Joy over this.
PurplePickle Says:
This has that old school flavor that had me renting the early UFC on vhs twelve years or so ago. One guy is a fighter, the other is a caricature of a fighter, then someone has a seizure after a thirty second ass whoopin.
I hope Conseco gets busted going through customs and can't fight. He will just give Japanese MMA freakshows a bad name.
pierre larouche Says:
>Oh and Sokoudjou isn't garbage on the ground dickless his judo is >world class his problem is he starts every fight with a half empty >gas tank.
True about Sokoudjou having some newaza but he is not world class. He won the US Judo open so he's a good national level competitor.
Just like Karo who was a good junior level competitor but nowhere close to world class.
pierre larouche Says:
HEIWA DREAM.9 Featherweight GP 2009 2nd Round
Date: May 26th, 2009
Place: Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan
Super Hulk Tournament 1st Round Fights:
Bob Sapp (200cm/147.6kg) vs. Minowaman (175cm/87kg)
Jan Nortje (211cm/149.5kg) vs. Sokoudjou (182cm/93kg)
Gegard Mousasi (186cm/97.8kg) vs. Mark Hunt (178cm/130.4kg)
Choi Hong Man (218cm/148.5kg) vs. Jose Canseco (188cm/109kg)
Lightweight Fight:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. J.Z.Calvan
2nd Generation DREAM Middleweight Title Fight:
Ronaldo Jacare vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller
Featherweight GP Quarterfinal Fights:
Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto vs. Joe Warren
Masakazu Imanari vs. Bibiano Fernandes
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Abel Cullum vs. Hideo Tokoro
Even without the fun factor of the Super Friends tournament, this is still a fucking good guard.
With the David-Goliath storylines, its gonna be more entertaining show than any TUF main eventers that featured like Chris Leben, Leites or Cote.
And instead of cheezy Vegas intro and annoucer, real intros and crazy japenese woman.
Bill C. Says:
WAR CANSECO!
Anonymous Says:
Ummm..I would pound the shit out of Jose Canfako...what does he think he is doing....this is a joke right?????An ex boxer made a fool of him and now he is going to fight a dude that my 6ft 6" ass can barely reach...I hope he gets hurt really really bad.
Anonymous Says:
wow