Volgende week zaterdag op 10 juli staat er in Japan weer een nieuwe editie van DREAM gepland. Hoofdpartij tijdens DREAM 15 is een lichtgewicht titelgevecht tussen Shiya Aoki en Tatsuya Kawajiri, maar er staat ook weer veel Hollands glorie op het evenement. Zo was al bekend dat Melvin Manhoef en Gegard Mousasi meedoen aan het light-heavyweight toernooi van DREAM. Nu is volgens onze collega’s van BloodyElbow.com ook Alistair Overeem aan de fightcard toegevoegd. Hij neemt het op tegen voormalig UFC zwaargewichtkampioen Ricco Rodriguez.
De officiële fight card ziet er nu als volgt uit (Bron: Wikipedia):
Shinya Aoki (c) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Alistair Overeem vs. 
Ricco Rodriguez
Gesias Cavalcante vs. Katsunori Kikuno Melvin Manhoef vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
Gegard Mousasi vs. Jake O’Brien
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2010-07-05 14:18:44 : @F1: helemaal niet !! er was ongeveer 1 week geen nieuws meer & ik lees op valetudo nieuws dat hier nooit stond ! dus fuck mma zone jung
2010-07-04 12:27:13 : @FreeFighter:
wat ben je voor n mongool.
hahaha
tot nu toe is mma zone de beste nederlandse mma site!
2010-07-04 12:01:01 : @FreeFighter: Lekker amateuristisch die letterlijke vertaling vanuit het russisch.. maar ik zal niet te snel (ver)oordelen..
2010-07-04 00:41:33 : @BAM!: om jullie te late wetee dat er een betere site is !! hoerezoon!!
2010-07-03 16:23:04 : @ Freefighter: Flikker op man gast, mmazone doet fantastisch werk. Als je het niet kan waarderen waarom kom je dan op deze site?
2010-07-03 11:50:14 : Mis de documentaire die elke vrijdag zou komen?
2010-07-01 10:21:52 : Alistair Overeem (33-11 MMA, 3-0 DREAM) will not fight Ricco Rodriguez (42-11 MMA, 0-0 DREAM) at DREAM.15 – and he may not fight in the promotion ever again, according to his representative.
Martin De Jong, who trains the Strikeforce heavyweight champion, said his camp will talk to DREAM representatives at the end of this week to determine Overeem's future in the Japanese promotion.
"Right now, I can just say he's not going to fight Ricco, and he's not sure if he's going to fight in DREAM," De Jong today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
MMAjunkie.com first reported Tuesday that verbal agreements were in place for the July 10 bout, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In fact, DREAM officials had distributed bout agreements and planned to announce the fight this week.
Rodriguez's agent, Ken Pavia, today said that he holds a signed contract for the bout. De Jong, though, said there's no such paperwork on his side.
"I didn't get any contract, and Alistair didn't agree, so it's not going to happen," he said.
The trainer said Overeem has no problem fighting Rodriguez at some point, but the Dutch slugger simply isn't sure if he'll fight at the July event. If he does, another opponent is probably more likely.
"The only thing that's uncertain is that he's not sure he's going to fight in DREAM.15," De Jong said. "If he's going to fight, he's probably not going to fight Ricco Rodriguez. We didn't receive any contract. [DREAM] proposed Ricco Rodriguez, but they didn't send a contract and definitely we did not sign it."
"If Alistair's going to fight at DREAM.15, then he's not going to fight Ricco. That's pretty much for sure."
Overeem signed a multi-year, multi-fight agreement with DREAM in 2009 that drew the ire of stateside fans who said he neglected his duty to defend his Strikeforce belt.
Most recently, Overeem pulverized Brett Rogers in May at "Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery" to defend his title for the first time in since winning it nearly three years ago.
Following Fabricio Werdum's upset of Fedor Emelianenko at this past Saturday's "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum" event, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said Overeem could meet either Emelianenko or Werdum in his next stateside fight.
For the latest on DREAM.15, check out the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com
2010-06-30 18:00:18 : geweldig, hopelijk winnen alle nederlanders, dus niet zo bij het it's showtime event
2010-06-30 15:17:21 : Ben zeer benieuwd naar Mousasi z'n gevecht! ... looking forward to it