Just re-watching Tokoro vs. Uyenoyama. Holy crap, its even better the second time.
DREAM is only 4 events deep, and they've already put on this classic, and the fight I think is the FOTY, Alvarez/Hansen.
On top of that they've had some grappling CLINICS put on by Jacare and Aoki, and toss in a couple of huge KO's courtesy of CroCop and Overeem.
Kudos DREAM, only 4 events in, you're putting on some great stuff.
And we still have the tourney finals to look forward to.
I agree with the threadstarter
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" Just re-watching Tokoro vs. Uyenoyama. Holy crap, its even better the second time."
That was one of my favorite fights of the year so far for sure. Tokoro is almost always one of the most exciting fighters in the sport.
The finals should be unbelievable!
I can not even believe I didn't see Tokoro/Uyenoyama; Definitely will look online for that one..
"Japanese fighters = overrated"
probably the dumbest statement of all time. If anything in the US japanese fighters are under rated.
I agree with the second post
its decent... a lot of horrific mismatches though
A lot of great fights. It is almost like having Pride back but without the circus matchups that was the bane of their existence.
Like Dream a lot,although also liked freak show Pride matchups (at least until the match started). I'm not one of the nine people in the country who get HD-Net though, so I have to get tapes a few days later.
Guida Vs Huerta is FOTY
Huerta/Guida was in December last year. ;-)
Mister Brooks -LMAO!45cal - Then why do japanese fighters always lose when they come to the US?They can't get their "budo" through customs?
I agree on the intros. I think one reason is that they dub over the copywritten music for the HDNet broadcast, so they don't broadcast anything they'll have to pay royalties on. If/when that gets fixed I think we get better intros.
You guys need to remember that there is serious "selection bias" when you grade how Japanese fighters perform in the U.S. The best fighters from Japan make more money fighting over there from Pride or K-1 than the UFC will pay them. So the UFC has signed guys mostly out of Shooto or DEEP. The few Pride guys they have taken, like Gono or Nakamura, weren't the cream of the crop. Also, Japan's most talented fighters are at lower weight classes, and you must remember it wasn't long ago the UFC didn't even have 155 and WEC was a local show.
LOL @ getting their budo through customs.
Justinmacd - Japanese fighters = overrated
did you think of that yourself or did you read that on a forum 5 minutes before you came here and created an account? that was a rhetorical question about the former because you're posting the same thing mobs of other internet retards are posting - by the way offtopic, considering Dream is an event featuring fighters from many countries, but you didn't think of that before blurting out some talking point you thought was your own opinion, rather than the culmination of source amnesia about some small minded factoid you picked up while trolling of message boards
Mad Xyientist - I agree on the intros. I think one reason is that they dub over the copywritten music for the HDNet broadcast, so they don't broadcast anything they'll have to pay royalties on. If/when that gets fixed I think we get better intros.
You guys need to remember that there is serious "selection bias" when you grade how Japanese fighters perform in the U.S. The best fighters from Japan make more money fighting over there from Pride or K-1 than the UFC will pay them. So the UFC has signed guys mostly out of Shooto or DEEP. The few Pride guys they have taken, like Gono or Nakamura, weren't the cream of the crop. Also, Japan's most talented fighters are at lower weight classes, and you must remember it wasn't long ago the UFC didn't even have 155 and WEC was a local show.
LOL @ getting their budo through customs.
gomi fought twice in the US and was stopped both times
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Many bad mismatches that would never happen in legitimate organization
Japanese fighters always lose in the US!
American fighters never lose overseas!
American fighters are not bound by the petty boundaries of continents, common sense, nor the morality associated with the generalization of an entire country of fighters!
USA! USA! USA!
*has sex with a sheep and tills the field*