DREAM 4: Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama

by Jesse Holland on May 28, 2008 9:56 AM EDT

Featherweights: It's not just for the WEC anymore. K-1 veteran Hideo Tokoro (19-13-1) will face Strikeforce competitor Darren Uyenoyama (4-1) on the DREAM 4 card on June 15th at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan according to the DREAM website.

Tokoro last competed at K-1 Premium Dynamite in 2007 where he was submitted via armlock by Kiyoshi Tamura. Tokoro has been mixing it up since 2001 and aside from being a K-1 mainstay, he's also a regular competitor on Tokyo's cable-aired ZST promotion.

Uyenoyama is fresh off a guillotine submission win over Anthony Figueroa at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le last March. Uyenoyama is 2-0 with Strikeforce and no stranger to the featherweight class after his days in DEEP and CCFC.

DREAM 4 is headlined by a special grappling match between former UFC and PRIDE competitor Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (23-6-2), who will be testing his grappling chops against submission guru Ralek Gracie (1-0).

Here is current fight card for DREAM 4:

Middleweight GP 2nd Round Fights:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef
Yoon Dong Sik vs. Gegard Mousasi
Ronaldo Jacare vs. Jason Miller
Kin Taiei vs. Zelg Galesic

Lightweight GP 2nd Round Fight:
Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata

Grappling Match:
Mirko CroCop vs. Ralek Gracie

Featherweight Fight:
Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama

DREAM 4 will also feature the quarterfinals of the 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix tournament, as well as the showdown between Shinya Aoki and Katsuhiko Nagata to determine the fourth and final man to advance to the lightweight grand prix semifinals.

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I cant wait for the Jacare/Miller fight!!

This fight has fire-works written all over it…

I am a Huge Miller fan, and I will be routing for him cause I’m a Mayhem monkey 4 life, but this is probably one of his toughest opponants..I have to give the slight edge to Jacare in this one..

Also I am really, really looking forward to the Mirko/Gracie “grappling match”….lol..wtf is that shit..Complete waste of time, for the fighters, and the viewers!.

All around should be a good night of fights though.

by Stagger-Lee on May 28, 2008 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

i think the crocop grappling match will be interesting.

by roy on May 28, 2008 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I don’t really getwhy Cro Cop would do something like this. I mean it’s one thing to work heard on your ground game, especially since the sport is evolving so much, but you don’t have to have an official fight on an MMA card. lol What makes Cro Cop think he can beat any Gracie in a grappling match?

by Toms Bombs on May 28, 2008 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

who cares if he wins, i like seeing all types of fighting, i enjoyed when pride would through in a k1 match or k1 fighters would fight mma and than mma fighters would fight k1 rules and also the special rules fights they would have.its not mma but if you enjoy other fighting styles it may be interesting.

by roy on May 28, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Stager Le: I am with you man, Jacre vs. Mayhem equals dynamite! I also give the slight edge to Jacre.

Cro Cop Grappling…What a Joke….Ralek wil submit him within the 1st minute. I would grapple cro cop in a hreat beat! lol

Dont sleep on the Moussasi vs.Yoon Dong Sik will be a great fight.

by John on May 28, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

you would grapple cro cop and lose, and i will bet you cro cop makes it out of the first minute no problem.

by roy on May 28, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I likr watching other diciplines awsell, but for a MMa card. they should have MMa.

by Stagger-Lee on May 31, 2008 3:55 AM EDT up reply actions

plus.
Mirko is trying to improve himself, for a big return to the ufc..so he shoould not be wasting his time.

by Stagger-Lee on May 31, 2008 3:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Ronaldo Jacare vs. Jason Miller is really the only fight that I’m looking forward to. But I really hope Aoki loses, not a fan of him. And I hope Sakuraba makes it out alive.

by Haze on May 28, 2008 10:13 AM EDT reply actions

I am glad that Dream let the fans vote…I must have voted for this fight 1000 times..lol

by Stagger-Lee on May 28, 2008 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions

cant wait too see this one.

by b.w. on May 28, 2008 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

Wow,way to headline a peice with a guy that is 19-13. Give me a break.

by the_mexicutioner on May 28, 2008 10:21 AM EDT reply actions

Should you list Gracie as 1-0 if its not a MMA match? I doubt he only won one grappling match so far.

Beside that, not a great card, but a good card. Hoping that Sakuraba not only survives but wins (I love cheering for the underdog), Miller puts on his show again, Galesic wins by (T)KO and Aoki shows off some crazy submission technique.

As for the CroCop-Gracie grappling match, my prediction is:

Gracie wins by DQ (CroCop gets frustrated and kicks Gracie out of the ring)

by YouTapped on May 28, 2008 10:52 AM EDT reply actions