DREAM 18/GLORY 4 NYE shaping up nicely!

[scurlaruntings]

Originally Posted by Rob_Floyd

As far as I know it is. Just looked it up and found this:



Hopefully they can find a nice main event to replace Spong/Bonjasky.

I was hoping to see Spong Bonjansky. You will pay for ruining my day.....

[HeGlassedMe]

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Dec 13, 2012 at 10:10 am ET

Former top-ranked lightweight Tatsuya "Crusher" Kawajiri (31-7-2) will meet big-show vet Michihiro Omigawa (13-12-1) in a featherweight bout later this month.

Officials today announced the bout as part of the "DREAM.18 and GLORY 4 Tokyo – New Year's Eve Special" event.

DREAM.18, which features both MMA bouts and the "GLORY 4 Tokyo – Heavyweight Grand Slam" kickboxing tournament, takes place Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Shinya Aoki and Antonio McKee headline the MMA portion of the card.

Plans for a possible broadcast in North America have not yet been announced.

Kawajiri, a former PRIDE fighter who's been with DREAM since its 2008 launch, is riding a four-fight win streak with five wins in his past six fights (the lone defeat came in a 2011 Strikeforce title fight with Gilbert Melendez). In his lone bout of 2012, he earned a submission victory over KOTC champ Donald Sanchez at ONE FC 3.

[boxing4ever]

The card is ok but nobody in Japan gives a damn about this.

Naoya Ogawa vs. Kazuyuki Fujita match on the Inoki show on NYE is the most meaningful match on 31/12

Sad state of affairs!!

When you have no tv deal this is what happen. TV Networks would never let this happen.

History shows that the successful NYE shows had main events signed and confirmed by the end of september. Same with the big Tokyo Dome show wrestling shows which sold out. Cards all confirmed at least 2 months in advance. I remember when New Japan's annual Tokyo Dome Jan 4th shows started to become a mess was when cards were not confirmed and matches still being added 1 month before the show. The fans dont like this!!

[sugarngold]

I like this. It's better than no JMMA on NYE.

[sugarngold]

Card updated.

[#Tremendous]

Will they broadcast this be on HDNet(AxsTV) like they do every year?

[Rob_Floyd]

What a great card.

Isn't Spong supposed to have an MMA fight, as well?

[boxing4ever]

GLORY/DREAM NYE event
MMA fights
Bantamweights: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Yoshiro Maeda
Middleweights: Melvin Manhoef vs. Denis Kang
Lightweights: Shinya Aoki vs. Antonio McKee
Featherweights: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Kickboxing
70 kg: Robin Van Roosmalen vs. Yuichiro Nagashima
Heavyweights: Jerome Le Banner vs. KOICHI
$400,000 Grand Slam Heavyweight tournament:
Semmy Schilt vs. Brice Guidon
Gokhan Saki vs. Raomoru
Daniel Ghita vs. Fabiano Aoki
Remy Bonjasky vs. Filip Verlinden
Peter Aerts vs. Mourad Bouzidi
Errol Zimmerman vs. Jamal Ben Saddik
Anderson Braddock Silva vs. Igor Jurkovic
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Rico Verhoeven

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A last minute announcement from DREAM and GLORY explains much of the cloak and dagger routine behind the lack of a US TV deal for the coming New Year’s Eve co-promotional event. While many simply assumed that it would air on AXS TV (formerly HD Net) like New Year’s events past, it would seem something bigger was in the works as GLORY has announced that CBS Sports has picked up the rights to the show.

There is, however, one downside to the announcement, it won’t air live. DREAM 18/GLORY 4 will air later that day at 10 PM EST on December in the US as opposed to a live 2 AM showing. There are reportedly more details to come, with further announcements expected in the coming days.

I guess CBS will edit the show and not show the full thing on delay as its a long long show.

[UnleashtheFURY]

The Glory grand slam tournament looks great. I can't wait! I have either Semmy or Ghita winning it.

[sugarngold]

Updated!

[sugarngold]

$20 to watch the event online.

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[Rob_Floyd]

Luckily for me, it's on the Fight Network in Canada.

[Rob_Floyd]

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[Cael]

any predictions for the grand slam tournament folks?




GLORY Grand Slam Tournament:

- Semmy Schilt vs. Brice Guidon (closing on 40years of age, Semmy Schilt is in most ppl. opinion the favorite to win the whole tournament, the Hightower has already won the K1 gp a record 4 times but at his advanced age coupled with the fact that Brice is a talented and dangerous young french HW, sets up for a intriguing fight with a potential for an upset; personally i take Schilt by UD)

- Sergei Kharitonov vs. Rico Verhoeven( Kharitonov is a tough but slow lumbering russian MMA artist whos most dangerous asset are his powerful punches, his defense is pretty much inexistent and has a bad habit of blocking punches with his face.
Havent seen much of Verhoeven but he strikes me as a decision fighter, a volume puncher with not much power in his hands; he's younger, bigger, faster and vastly more technical then Kharitonov. Verhoeven by KO)

- Gokhan Saki vs. Raomoru( Gokhan by whatever and whenever he wants, 3rd best HW right now IMO)

- Anderson "Braddock" Silva vs. Igor Jurkovic( Anderson SIlva surely put up a brave and good effort against a perhaps not at his best Hari earlier this year; Braddock by KO)

- Remy Bonjasky Filip Verlinden( dont think too much of this comeback version of Bonjasky, Verlinden IMO will come with the upset and win via UD)

- Errol Zimmerman Jamal Ben Saddick( The Bonechrushers fights are always entertaining and hard to predict mainly because Zimmerman is a very inconsistent fighter. Although talented and young, he often lets the impression that he doesnt care and he isnt serious about the fight game, but on his good day Zimmerman is as dangerous as any other HW out there. Zimmerman by KO)

- Peter Aerts vs. Mourad Bouzidi (Peter Aerts is a legendary fighter, one of my personal favorites and iMO the greatest HW ever but at 42 years of age and over 130 fights, he's beyond shot.
He's been in the fighting game before some of his opponents where even born, it would be interesting seeing him fighting his sparring partner Bouzidi and it pains me to say this but i take Bouzidi by KO, tho i would love Aerts to prove me wrong once more like he did in the past)

- Daniel Ghita vs. Jhonata Diniz( this really is a no-brainer, Ghita via murder)


I am kinda disappointed that Glory didnt pick up the old K1 Grand Prix format with all the tournament happening in the same night but i guess this new format makes more sense from a financial point of view, having multiple galas and chances to strike longer deals with TV channels and sell more tickets then just a 1 night big show.

[Rob_Floyd]

It is a one night tournament.