DREAM set to join the ONE FC network in 2012
by Jesse Holland on Nov 23, 2011 10:40 AM EST
in International MMA News & Results
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) may have a stranglehold on stateside mixed martial arts (MMA), but overseas, the competition may prove to be a bit stiffer.
That's because the Japanese promotion DREAM has entered a deal to become part of Asia's ONE FC network under owner Victor Cui. While nothing is official at this time, sources with knowledge of the sitaution are calling it "imminent."
MMA-Japan first reported the partnership earlier today.
In addition to ESPN Star Sports, promotions under the ONE FC network, including Australia's Cage Fighting Championship (CFC) and Korea's Road FC, will also be televised on a number of major domestic channels across networks in multiple countries.
Simply put, there's going to be a lot of MMA to watch in Asia, which will help DREAM improve its global profile and in turn, have some of its bigger-name stars in Japan appear Internationally through cross promotion.
Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more details on this developing story as they become available.
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Man i thought Dream was broke?
On a side note i got caught up looking up fighters on sherdog and realized Sean Salmon is on quite an impressive losing streak. Poor guy hope he gets a win to retire on.
Long live the dragon!!!
by Octagon Brilliance on Nov 23, 2011 11:00 AM EST reply actions
Where did you hear that from?
Aleksandr Karelin for GOAT!
AOKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by David Emerson on Nov 23, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
I heard Bob Sapp say it
so it must be true.
"Every time I win a title somewhere, Dana has to buy the company to get me back." - Hendo
Will they use ONE FC rules?
I think One FC allows soccer kicks, stomps, and elbows, a combination of PRIDE and Unified rules.
Or was it K-1?
Long live the dragon!!!
by Octagon Brilliance on Nov 23, 2011 12:00 PM EST reply actions
Wow, if this is gonna happen, this could be big news for Asian MMA
Looks like the UFC in Japan is also a testing ground to see if they can expand their market into Asia though. I wonder if One FC is up to the challenge of taking on the UFC. It would be nice to have more than the UFC be the only big promotion in the world. Hopefully the One FC guys are smart and really promote MMA aggressively so they can compete.
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