LW GP Card

[TheMouth]

HEIWA DREAM.1 Lightweight GP 2008 1st Round

Date: March 15th, 2008

Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Fights:

Mirko Cro Cop vs. TBA

LW GP 1st Round Fights:

J.Z. Calvan vs. Shinya Aoki

Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Black Mamba

Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Luis Buscape

Koutetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen

 

[jas123]

JZ-Aoki should be great, but it's weird to have it first round.

 

[TheMouth]

JZ-Aoki should be great, but it's weird to have it first round.

I was feeling this same sentiment.

 

[jas123]

I was feeling this same sentiment.

I guess they need some big fights to show that they're for real with it being their first show under the new name. It should be interesting anyway.

I'm hoping they'll pair Kharitonov with CC. 3 losses in a row would be brutal for the cop, though.

 

[TheMouth]

I guess they need some big fights to show that they're for real with it being their first show under the new name. It should be interesting anyway.

I'm hoping they'll pair Kharitonov with CC. 3 losses in a row would be brutal for the cop, though.

Suicide material even.

 

[jas123]

Suicide material even.

You're pretty connected to the American MMA scene. How much do you like the Japanese orgs and former orgs like Pride and K-1 Heros and now Dream (guess we don't know much about Dream yet though)?

 

[TheMouth]

You're pretty connected to the American MMA scene. How much do you like the Japanese orgs and former orgs like Pride and K-1 Heros and now Dream (guess we don't know much about Dream yet though)?

A great deal... they always give us fights we want to see.

 

[Alexander]

Andre Dida vs Eddie Alvarez has been announced as a tourny bout.

 

[jas123]

CC to face Mizuno - complete can.

After much speculation, Fight Entertainment Group has announced that Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Pictures) will take on Pancrase regular Tatsuya Mizuno (Pictures) on the March 15 Dream card at Saitama Super Arena in Japan.

Mizuno carries a 4-2 professional record contested entirely in Pancrase. His two most noteworthy opponents, Thiago Silva (Pictures) and Assuerio Silva (Pictures), dominated him in brutal fashion. However, the Japanese fighter has since picked up two wins, stopping Masayuki Kono (Pictures) in the first round in November and submitting Dave Frendin last month in Australia.

Filipovic had been rumored to be facing a wide cast of fighters, ranging from K-1 standout "Mighty Mo" Siala Siliga (Pictures) to South Korean Dong Sik Yoon (Pictures). Last week, "Cro Cop" revealed on his personal blog that he expected to face Yoshihiro Nakao (Pictures). He has not competed since last September, when he dropped a unanimous decision to Cheick Kongo (Pictures).