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Jason 'Mayhem' Miller vs Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza 3 in the works for DREAM 11 in September

The charismatic Jason "Mayhem" Miller is in talks to once again do battle with grappling phenom Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza at DREAM 11 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, in September, according to "Mayhem's" Twitter.

No specific date has been set for the event at this time.

The bout will once again be contested for the vacant DREAM middleweight title because the former holder, Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1), relinquished the strap to prepare for a move up to light heavyweight.

This will be the third encounter between the bitter rivals "Jacare" and "Mayhem" — the pair first met during the promotion's middleweight grand prix quarterfinals at "DREAM 4" in June 2008. The bout would go the distance and the conclusion would see Souza garner a unanimous decision victory.

The second outing between the pair would be nearly as decisive -- it was halted early in the first round because of an errant blow from Miller to a downed Souza. The strike carved a deep laceration to Souza’s head, which forced ringside officials to call off the match prematurely because of its severity.

The fight was ruled a no contest.

The outcome brought their rivalry to new heights, as well as left the DREAM middleweight title vacant. It now appears that we’ll have to wait till September to get a more decisive outcome and a new champion.

Star-divide

The semifinal bouts for DREAM’s open weight tournament, which has been dubbed the "Super Hulk" tournament, are also set to go down in September.

First up will be Japanese fan favorite Ikuhisa Minowa, who has fought virtually every big name overseas under the sun (albeit with inconsistent results). He has the daunting task of facing off against 7’2" gargantuan, Hong Man Choi.

Minowa earned his spot by knocking off the modern day Goliath, Bob Sapp, which he did by locking in an achilles lock that forced "The Beast" to tap at DREAM 9. He will face a similar assignment against Choi — who wailed on baseball’s steroid stool pigeon Jose "Can"seco for his advancement in the grand prix ... at an even greater size disadvantage.

On the other side of the bracket, Gegard Mousasi, who vacated his DREAM middleweight title recently because he desired a move to light heavyweight, will face off against the dangerous Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou.

Mousasi made short work of "Super Samoan" Mark Hunt in his quarterfinal bout, taking his much larger counterpart to the mat quickly where he would go to work for a kimura straight away, eventually getting it and forcing Hunt to tap.

While in his preliminary bout, Sokoudjou got back to his winning ways by trouncing 6’ 11", 330-pound Jan "The Giant" Nortje. Despite being considerably outsized, "The African Assassin" was able to take "The Giant" down and pound on him furiously, which forced the referee to intervene and waive off the action.

The "Super Hulk" tournament finalists will then do battle on New Years Eve at the annual Dynamite!! event.

DREAM 11 is also expected to feature the semifinal bouts of the featherweight grand prix. Though the pairings are still to be announced, it will feature fan favorite and underdog Hideo Tokoro, jiu-jitsu phenom Bibiano Fernandes, hard-hitting slugger Hiroyuki Takaya and also wrestling stud Joe Warren, who shocked the World recently by defeating featherweight superstar Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.

Here is the current line-up for DREAM 11:

DREAM middleweight title:
Jason Miller (22-6) vs. Ronaldo Souza (10-2)

Featherweight grand prix participants:
Joe Warren (2-0)
Hideo Tokoro (22-16-1)
Bibiano Fernandes (5-2)
Hiroyuki Takaya (11-6-1)

"Super Hulk" open weight grand prix semifinals:
Hong Man-Choi (2-2) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (42-30-8)
Gegard Mousasi (25-2-1) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (6-4)

For more on DREAM click here.

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Mousasi/Sokou is the only fight I want to see.

by JV on Jun 18, 2009 7:36 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jason “Douchebag” Miller — I think that nickname suits him the best.

by Johnny Farnham on Jun 18, 2009 7:42 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ok??~

mayhem brings an exciting fight, thats for sure~

by stinky~fingers on Jun 18, 2009 7:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how many shots his Mayhem going to get to beat Jacre? If you fight the same person enough times, eventually you will get a win!

by JOhn G on Jun 18, 2009 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No John, it’s not like that and you know it; the first fight Jacre wins; the second is a no contest, thats unfinished business. This isn’t even a rubber match it’s just a rematch that got postponed. Technically they’ve only fought once and Mayhem’s going to win this time around anyway; and the rubber match as well.

by O damn he got caught on Jun 18, 2009 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed odhgc~

mayhem was being foolish the first time they fought..

dont let that first fight distract ur mind john..

this time miller isnt going for the sub.. he will surely tko jacre!

i will put down money on mayhem for sure!!

by stinky~fingers on Jun 18, 2009 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn’t be so sure about that OD.I was taking for Mayhem too but after see him get manhandle in the first mins of last fight,I think Jacare have more,than a good chance to win the title.Especialy now that he’s really pissed at Mayhem!
I stiil will pull for Mayhem for this fight.But if i’m betting on this one,I might put money on Jacare.

by Alpha Male 360 on Jun 18, 2009 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

GOOD NEWS.

Mayhem tried to outgrapple Jacare in thier first fight because he thought he could and it was a dumb idea, and he admits that. The second fight was a no contest that lasted like 2 minutes. Plus, now there is a lot of bad blood between the two of them which will make it that much more exciting.

The only problem is that Jacare’s standup looked like it improved 10 fold since his previous fights and it cought Mayhem by surprise because he thought he only needed to prevent the takdedown and he would win the fight with his standup skills.

by ViolentMike on Jun 18, 2009 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, I get that Odamn…but still, how fair is it for Jacre? The guy just transitioned to mma and he has had to spend over a year, fighting and preparing for the same opponent.

bTW…that NO contest is complete BS!!!! THat should have easily been ruled a DQ, awarding the title to Jacre! NOt his fault that his opponent tried to soccer kick his head off! No contest should only result in an accidental illegal strike ending the fight…Anyone who says there is anything accidental about throwing a soccer kick at someone’s head, isnt being honest! Jacre has been busting his ass preparing for the same opponent…Just look at how much his striking improved….that doesnt happen without putting in a ton of time in training.
why should his career be on hold fighting and preparing for the same guy? I have no problems with Mayhem and Jacre fighting again, because at the end of the day, we will always get a very entertaining match up when those 2 fight each other….but its really not fair to Jacre. if anything I think they should be matched up against 2 different opponents, and if they both win or both lose, then they can fight again!

by JOhn G on Jun 18, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck Mayhem. He blew his opportunity by being a cheater. On top of that he’s an idiot douchebag. He’s going to get tooled wherever the fight goes.

by Jeremyjackson on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn right JJ!

I actually like Mayhem, but I do not like what he did in his last fight with Jacre…and I dont think this is fair to Jacre at all. He is new to the sport and he is wasting years fighting the same guy that he will just continue to beat!

by JOhn G on Jun 18, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i really hope this fight doesnt end the way the last one did..

im really looking forward to this bout~

mayhem monkey 4 life!!

by stinky~fingers on Jun 18, 2009 7:43 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Who cares about Mayhem? The dude’s annoying as hell.

by Josh Hauck on Jun 18, 2009 8:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mayhem’s shtick has gotten really old. MTV tween specials or not, he’ll never be anything other than a C-level fighter with a horribly annoying personality.

by BarHard on Jun 18, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have zero interest in this match, I’m surprised its even news worthy.

by simon on Jun 18, 2009 12:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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