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Joachim Hansen wins DREAM Lightweight GP tournament
By Zach Arnold | July 21, 2008
He beat Shin’ya Aoki in the finals. Hansen won his reserve fight over Black Mamba, and Hansen stepped in for Eddie Alvarez (who beat Kawajiri but couldn’t continue due to an eye injury).
If I recall correctly, on BetUS you could have bet on ‘the field’ as the winner of the GP tournament and gotten at least 5:1 odds, if not better. Alvarez was 7/2, if memory serves me right.
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Hansen learned well from his first fight with Aoki. Although a rematch is on the cards due to nut kick. DREAM.5 >>> Affliction. This is one of the best cards I remember seeing this year.
Shibata did better than I thought. He actually looked ok standing but as soon as he was taken down that was it. Why continue to feed him top level fighters? Why not try to see how he does v lower level opponents? Nice comments from Bas Rutten about Pro-wrestling in Japan as well. Respect!!!
I finally picked one right out of the last few cards. I knew Alvarez would do away with Kawajiri. It wasn’t even a question in my mind. I am happy for Hansen.
This is why I HATE same night tourney’s…
Guess we need Alvarez-Hansen II and Alvarez-Aoki now. And maybe Hansen-Aoki III.
This just messes up way too many things.
Hansen will be ranked Top 5 due to his win over Aoki. However, he hasn’t had a big win like that in over 3 years. So it should be interesting to see how long he stays that high.
BJ Penn is the #1 lightweight until proven otherwise.
I agree, Aoki vs. Alvarez and Hansen vs. Alvarez should happen! Think Alvarez will have a bright future in DREAM now, lots of big fights lined up that the fans want to see!
Respect to all the fighters, expecially Alvarez and Hansen. They showed great sportsmanship!
PizzaChef, I think you are right, Hansen learned from their first fight.
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As I always ask, who will rank him top 5 and who cares? I have yet to get a full explanation as to how any of these sites rank fighters.
There are no official rankings and what rankings there are are meaningless.