DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix finals video preview

by MMAmania.com on Jul 14, 2008 4:31 PM EDT

This is a bit on the long side, but a nice refresher for those who have been following this tournament or plan to begin on July 21 when the semifinals and finals take place at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan:

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The Grandprix semi’s and finals are going to be awesome. My money is on Aoki. This weekend is gonna be so tight!

by the_mexicutioner on Jul 14, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions

me too! cept i dont bet. i like aoki to win as well. uno looked good last time around, but shinya’s bjj is on another level. he’s right up there with b.j. at lw imo.

by b.w on Jul 14, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

This event wil be aamazing. alvarez is winnig the entire thing but he will be fighing aoi in the finals who happen to be a huge fan of. I have been saying for years that a pue grappling match between BJ/Aoki woud be amazing.

Mania, Get me an interview with my hometown fighter, Eddie alvarez!
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I also cant wait to see Kid" back in action

by john on Jul 14, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Kid Yamamotto is one of the most entertaining fighters on this planet!…I cant wait for Dream.5!!!

This will be a crazy night of full of action…
I LOVE japanese MMa promotions!!

I am glad someone is doing Grand-prix’s..

by Stagger-Lee on Jul 15, 2008 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

U know, I am a HUGE fan of Japanese MMA! I just cant wait for this event to come soon enough!

DReam/Affliction/ and a free (B level) UFC event all in one weekend! I am going to have a tough time selling this to my girl!

I might have to hit my girl with: “Baby, u deserve a girls night out, have fun, go down the shore with your girlfriends for the weekend…U deserve it” lol………Immediately she will think I am trying to cheat on her and then I will tell her that there are 3 events in one weekend, and she will laugh at me, Understand, but call me pathetic……….But then I will be off the hook for the weekend and free to enjoy the best weekend of mma!

by john on Jul 15, 2008 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Can’t wait for this

by TKO on Jul 14, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions

Jesus, with Affliction and UFC this weekend I forgot about Dream. I would love to see Uno KO Aoki. Should be a good card.

by Haze on Jul 14, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

So much MMA my head is about to explode. It seems like almost every weekend and sometimes during the week there is something good on. Good for us…

by BNF on Jul 14, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Caol Uno with the come back!

by Smokes on Jul 14, 2008 4:52 PM EDT reply actions

Aoki is the favourite no doubt, but after that bull shit in the first round he shouldnt even be in the tournament. he lost that fight, he was hit between the neck and the shoulder, he was STOPPED. You didnt see Davis wanna stop the fight (Ramapage vs Hendo Spike TV fight) when he got kicked in the neck, he won VIA ARM BAR,
I dont know I just cant believe they set a re match, Im thinking Dream, the whole organization wants Aoki to win the is event.

by Josh on Jul 14, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

Right so they gave him all of the hardest fights in the tournament. I mean he beat JZ and now he’s facing Uno and chances are if he beats Uno it’ll be Eddie in the Finals the same day. But yeah I see what you mean man totally stacked in Aoki’s favor

by Bic on Jul 14, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey man, Aoki is good, fack I think he is amazing, but JZ beat him, Im sorry, no one could change my mind. I think the fight should have been declared a JZ win, not a no decsion. I think Aoki will must likely win, but I will not be happy

Besides, I cant believe how many of these light weights are ranked sooo high up in the MMA rankings, BJ is number one, but from 2 to 6 its all Dream fighters, Im sorry but Ken Flo, and Huerta, and Nate would beat the hell out of some of these guys who ranked just above Sherk.

by Josh on Jul 14, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

yea, i agree wit ur 1st paragraph. jz won the 1st fight. thats why i want anybody except Aoki to win. i mean, DREAM is the same org where you can knee the guy in the face while down, but yet his fight got stopped from a little elbow to the back, who knows where it really landed?, and all that faking and crying was BS. plus his pants are rainbow. he should be dq for that itself.

by kama kaze on Jul 14, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

i know this might sound like a dumb question, but does anyone know if this event will be streamed live anywhere?

by b.w on Jul 14, 2008 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

hdnet will air it live and replay it the next day as well

by roy on Jul 14, 2008 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions

http://www.channelsurfing.net

It was streamed during the last DREAM card, so I guess it will be the same for this one.

by pUniSHment on Jul 14, 2008 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

right on!

by b.w on Jul 14, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Im not big on DREAM but what happened to Jacare? Cause im a huge jacare fan

by chris on Jul 14, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

Jacare is in MW he will be fighting in Sept. they have not decided who he will be fighting yet. check out Dream 6 I like him too, check out Gegard he is really good also.

by TKO on Jul 14, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the info TKO !!

by chris on Jul 15, 2008 5:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Im sorry Aoki pants are a little out of control but a gogoplata from the mount is AMAZING! I have never seen that until he pulled it off and I have been practicing BJJ for a couple years now.

I would love to see an Aoki vs Alverez final.

Jacare is sick as hell! His grappling match with Randy C. was such a defensive chess match…great stuff.

Im also excited to see Drysdale get up and running…tons of great prospects coming in the near future.

by WarriorCenter on Jul 14, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions

how did they show so much of JZ vs Aoki and not show the great guard jumping?

by aa on Jul 15, 2008 12:05 AM EDT reply actions

going to be an amazing end. Hopefully the new blood (Alvarez and Aoki) will make it to the finals. If one of them wins, I would put them over Gomi at the no.2 spot.

by El dirte on Jul 15, 2008 3:38 AM EDT reply actions