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Strikeforce heavyweight champion “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem (29-10) will fight at DREAM.12 in Osaka October 25, Fighters.com has confirmed with a reliable source.

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Keisuke Fujiwara (1-1-1) will fight Tomoya Miyashita (3-4-2) in a battle of Japanese featherweights at DREAM.12 in Osaka October 25, DREAM officially announced Monday.

Fujiwara fought to a draw with Wataru Inatsu (2-1) at ZST.21 in Tokyo September 21.

Miyashita tapped Hiryu Okamoto (2-1) in a guillotine choke at DEEP 42 Impact in Tokyo June 30.

DREAM.12 will be broadcast on HDNet in North America.

Heavyweight puroresu star Katsuyori Shibata (3-5) will fight countryman “Kendo Kashin” Tokimitsu Ishizawa (1-4-1) at DREAM.12 in Osaka October 25, DREAM officially announced Monday.

Shibata upset “Minowaman” Ikuhisa Minowa (40-28-8) in a two-round unanimous decision at DREAM.8 in Nagoya April 5.

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DREAM welterweight champion “Whitemare” Marius Zaromskis (12-2) of Lithuania will fight Korean Myeon Ho Bae (6-4) in a non-title fight at DREAM.12 in Osaka October 25, DREAM officially announced Monday.

Zaromskis seemed to emerge from nowhere when he knocked out “Mach” Hayato Sakurai (32-8-3) and Jason High (6-1) both with first-round head kicks to capture the DREAM title in the final two rounds of the welterweight grand prix at DREAM.10 north of Tokyo July 20.

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Croatian middleweight “Benkei” Zelg Galesic (8-3) will fight Japanese MMA hero “Gracie Hunter” Kazushi Sakuraba (22-13-1) at DREAM.12 in Osaka October 25, DREAM officially announced Monday.

Sakuraba was originally scheduled to fight “Marvelous” Melvin Manhoef (22-5-1), but Manhoef bailed with an injury.

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Fighters.com and UFC Lightweight Champion “Prodigy” BJ Penn (14-5-1) will defend his titles from unranked, but popular The Ultimate Fighter 1 champion “Nightmare” Diego Sanchez (21-2) at UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis December 12, the UFC officially announced Tuesday.

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MMA legend and Japanese hero “Gracie Hunter” Kazushi Sakuraba (21-13-1) has been drafted to sure-up DREAM.11 in Yokohama October 6, DREAM announced Saturday.  No opponent was named for Saku’.

Read More About Japanese Hero Sakuraba Added to DREAM.11, WEC Title Challenger Chase Beebe Added to DREAM.12…

As rumored, Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez (16-2) and DEEP champ Katsunori Kikuno (5-0) will fight at DREAm.12 in Osaka October 25, DREAM officially confirmed Tuesday.

Read More About DREAM.12 To Include Champs Eddie Alvarez, Katsunori Kikuno, & Kuniyoshi Hironaka…