Kang, Mousasi Open DREAM Grand Prix
Posted by Chad Edward on March 27th, 2008DREAM.2 has announced three match-ups on its 29 April fight card at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.
Korean-Canadian Denis Kang (29-9-1) will take the ring across from Armenian Gegard Mousasi (20-2-1) in a middleweight grand prix bout.
Mousasi steps-up on a string of six first-round stoppages. Kang bounces back from a first-round knockout loss to Yoshihiro Akiyama (10-1).
A pair of Japanese heroes, “The Gracie Hunter” Kazushi Sakuraba (23-10-1) and Masakatsu Funaki (38-12-1), will continue their legends in DREAM.
Saku’ draws Karate champ Andrews Nakahara of Brazil, who makes his MMA debut. Funaki faces U-File’s Kiyoshi Tamura (28-14), a former PRIDE fighter.
