DREAM - FIGHT FOR JAPAN
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan
DREAM Japan Bantamweight GP ~Opening Round~
Darren Uyenoyama vs Atsushi Yamamoto
Yoshiro Maeda vs Hideo Tokoro
Masakazu Imanari vs Keisuke Fujiwara
Kenji Osawa vs Takafumi Otsuka
Participants
Caol Uno
Shinya Aoki
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Joachim Hansen
Katsunori Kikuno
Akiyo Wicky Nishiura
After the drawing the fighters were asked to make a comment.
Uyenoyama said that because it’s his dream to fight KID he’ll defeat Yamamoto.
Yamamoto chose Uyenoyama because he wants to have his first round match as early as possible (since there will be two fights in one night).
Maeda said that he has defeated (Otsuka, Yamamoto) and lost (Imanari, Osawa) to fighters in this field. He’s coming as a different being for this tournament though and is confident that he is the strongest of the bunch. Then he said that Tokoro was an eyesore when he (Tokoro) fought in HERO’S and thanks Tokoro for selecting him.
Tokoro: “Maeda was an eyesore when he fought in Pancrase.”
Imanari said that he’s loathed by everyone and it’s lonely (since no one picked him willingly despite him being the first on the bracket).
ZST champion Fujiwara said that it might have been for the best that he got the ball with the eight since even when buying shampoo he’s so indecisive that it takes 30 minutes for him to pick one. He wants to destroy Imanari since he’s his senior in ZST.
Osawa called Otsuka a big mouth.
Otsuka said that whoever his opponent it would’ve been fine, even Imanari. However, since it’s a fight (against Imanari) possible of happening in DEEP he chose Osawa since he didn’t want to sadden DEEP boss Saeki.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will take place at the May 29th event. The final and 3rd place fight will take place in July and the finalists and 3rd place fight winner will be the three Japanese representatives for a Bantamweight World Tournament taking place sometime after the July event. Possible participants for the World Tournament are Bibiano Fernandes and Joe Warren.
The superfights for the May event are planned to be announced early next week.
Tatame is reporting that Bibiano Fernandes is set to compete in the Dream World Bantamweight Grand Prix (the top 3 finishers in the Japan GP will compete as well), which will begin on September 25th
Uyenoyama said that because it’s his dream to fight KID he’ll defeat Yamamoto.
Yamamoto chose Uyenoyama because he wants to have his first round match as early as possible (since there will be two fights in one night).
Maeda said that he has defeated (Otsuka, Yamamoto) and lost (Imanari, Osawa) to fighters in this field. He’s coming as a different being for this tournament though and is confident that he is the strongest of the bunch. Then he said that Tokoro was an eyesore when he (Tokoro) fought in HERO’S and thanks Tokoro for selecting him.
Tokoro: “Maeda was an eyesore when he fought in Pancrase.”
Imanari said that he’s loathed by everyone and it’s lonely (since no one picked him willingly despite him being the first on the bracket).
ZST champion Fujiwara said that it might have been for the best that he got the ball with the eight since even when buying shampoo he’s so indecisive that it takes 30 minutes for him to pick one. He wants to destroy Imanari since he’s his senior in ZST.
Osawa called Otsuka a big mouth.
Otsuka said that whoever his opponent it would’ve been fine, even Imanari. However, since it’s a fight (against Imanari) possible of happening in DEEP he chose Osawa since he didn’t want to sadden DEEP boss Saeki.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will take place at the May 29th event. The final and 3rd place fight will take place in July and the finalists and 3rd place fight winner will be the three Japanese representatives for a Bantamweight World Tournament taking place sometime after the July event. Possible participants for the World Tournament are Bibiano Fernandes and Joe Warren.
The superfights for the May event are planned to be announced early next week.
Tatame is reporting that Bibiano Fernandes is set to compete in the Dream World Bantamweight Grand Prix (the top 3 finishers in the Japan GP will compete as well), which will begin on September 25th
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