Miller, Diaz Dominate, Alvarez, Kawajiri, Uno Advance at DREAM.3
Posted by Chad Edward on May 12th, 2008Sunday at DREAM.3 in Tokyo, Eddie Alvarez (14-1), “Crusher” Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-4-2), and “Uno Shoten” Caol Uno (25-10-4) advanced to the DREAM.5 semi-finals of the Lightweight Grand Prix.
Fighters.com’s tenth-ranked middleweight “Mayhem” Jason Miller (21-5) and Nick Diaz (16-7) also picked up wins.
“Mayhem” easily pounded out Masakatsu Funaki-trained Katsuyori Shibata (2-4) in 6:57 to add himself and a bit of respectability to the Middleweight Grand Prix to be continued at DREAM.4.
In the Lightweight GP’s biggest upset, Uno was too slick for Fighters.com’s fifth-ranked lightweight “Endless Fighter” Mitsuhiro Ishida (16-4-1) on his feet, then, surprisingly, on the mat.
“Uno Shoten” wrapped Ishida up in a rear naked choke during a scramble on the ground, ending the “Endless Fighter” at 1:39 of the second round.
Alvarez won an exciting unanimous decision over “Hellboy” Joachim Hansen in an upset predicted by Fighters.com.
Kawajiri advanced to DREAM.5 in the expected “W” over “Buscape” Luiz Firmino (12-4), but wasn’t able to stop the tough Brazilian.
Some fighters get rusty after a prolonged absence. “Mean for no reason” (as labeled by “Punk” Josh Thomson (14-2)) Diaz was pissed after six months of inactivity. He unloaded on welterweight King of Pancrase Katsuya Inoue (16-6-3) for nearly seven minutes, causing Inoue’s corner to throw in the towel.
Diaz earned a DREAM welterweight title shot with the dominating “W”.
Welterweight Daisuke Nakamura (14-9) served Korean judoka Bu Kyung Jung (0-3) his first stoppage loss with a knockout at 1:05 of round two.
“Marvelous” Melvin Manhoef (21-4-1) TKO’d another Korean judoka, Dae Won Kim (4-4), at 4:08 of round one.
Lightweight Takeshi Yamazaki (14-7-2) won a unanimous decision over Shoji Maruyama (6-3-1).
loading said:
best MMA event ever, so far this year
unclebulg said:
Sounds like I missed a good one
euglen said:
I think HDnet will air this fight again soon. Maybe today
krapnggt said:
Awesome fights all around
warezlove said:
Great fights, and it was free!
bgh said:
Do they drug test in Japan?
thugzlivi said:
I’m pretty sure they don’t…
vertigost said:
This fight was by far the best fight I’ve seen
tgeneral said:
Diaz is the man
inglish said:
man, i can’t believe I missed this fight