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DREAM 4/29 Saitama card update (3/27)
By Zach Arnold | March 27, 2008
Middleweight GP 2008 tournament
4/29 Saitama Super Arena (3 PM)
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara (Kyokushin karate)
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Masakatsu Funaki
Denis Kang vs. Gegard Mousasi
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“Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara (Kyokushin karate)”
That’s about as much of a gimme fight as you can get. Kang/Mousasi is very intriguing though.
i thought Sakuraba had a scab or something that he couldn’t fight
this japanese MMA stuff is confusing. although so is Saturday’s Strikeforce card
it’s Saku being Saku. you’d think people weren’t dumb enough to believe him by now.
Sakuraba being given an easier opponent is good. Sakuraba was the guy in the past who was fighting 220 to 230 pound top fighters, fighters who were around 35 pounds heavier. Sakuraba should be fighting grapplers with poor to average striking. Dream should match the top strikers against each other, so they eliminate each other. I am suprised they didn’t match Sakuraba against Tamura.
This looks like your standard, crazy mismatched Japanese card. Funaki/Tamura interests me on sooooo many levels.
Tamura vs Funaki. Both guys trained in Japanese shootwrestling/catch wrestling. I’m guessing a lot of leg kicks and leg submission attempts.
Cool first round match ups. Seems like they’re trying to set up Sakuraba vs. Tamura in the second round.
Who thinks its awesome that Gary Shaw is defending Diaz’s drug addiction? I use cannabis as well, but come on!; rules are rules!
I’m watching Bob Sapp on ‘Pros vs. Joes’ right now on SpikeTV.
I’m halfway expecting Sapp to get KTFO by one of the 160 pound Joes in the first round.
^ I was thinking the same thing…I would have DIED laughing. Unfortunately they didn’t have a sweet clue how to fight…I don’t think I saw one punch thrown at him and some of the worst leg kicks of all time.