Dream 18 NYE

calex71

Didn't see a thread mentioned when I did a search, delighted to see this on this year. Really missing Japan as an alternative / change from UFC given the demise of K1 and MMA in Japan, maybe 2013 might see a comeback......

The card is not what it would have been a few years ago but still looks decent especially when you get to the K1 element which has the potential to throw up some great fights.

MMA

Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Antonio McKee[2]
Featherweight bout: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Georgi Karakhanyan[2]
Lightweight bout: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Will Brooks[2]
Welterweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Hayato Sakurai[2]
Bantamweight bout: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Yoshiro Maeda[2]
Middleweight bout: Melvin Manhoef vs. Denis Kang

K1

Lightweight bout: Robin van Roosmalen vs. Yuichiro Nagashima[2]
Heavyweight bout: Koichi Pettas vs. Jerome Le Banner[2]

2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament opening round bracket here

Jason McCabe

Baroni
Kang
Le Banner


Some old skool there. Not an entirely interesting affair TBH

Jayo_M

It's sad to see how far this event has declined, it used to be a highlight of the MMA calendar. There really is very little quality on that card.

califano

Pretty good should be on in the afternoon our time. Go on Baroni, legend in fight factory that fella.

JohnMc1

Inoki is running an IGF show on New Year's Eve as well. Inoki has the advantage because the IGF show will be broadcast on Japan's biggest network and the big fight is rumored to be Fedor/Ishii. Glory/Dream will be broadcast on PPV [the mindset in Japan is the same as here where PPV isn't as big like the States]

Carvin

Its not too bad considering Dream have closed. Not as good as last years though.
The tournament looks awesome.