Dynamite!! 2008

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Dynamite 2008
Poster dynamite.jpg
The poster for Dynamite 2008.
Information
PromotionDREAM, K-1
DateDecember 31, 2008
VenueSaitama Super Arena
CityJapan Saitama, Japan
Attendance25,634
Event chronology
K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! Dynamite 2008 Dynamite!! 2009

Dynamite!! 2008 was the annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 & DREAM on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It featured eleven DREAM mixed martial arts rules fights in a variety of weight classes, four K-1 rules fights, and the inaugural K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 high school tournament.[1]

Results[]

DREAM MMA Rules
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Kiyoshi Tamura def. Kazushi Sakuraba two-round unanimous decision 3-0 (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) 2 5:00
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Eddie Alvarez Submission (heel hook) 1 1:32 [a]
Heavyweight Melvin Manhoef def. Mark Hunt KO (punches) 1 0:18
Heavyweight Mirko Cro Cop def. Hong Man Choi TKO (leg kick) 1 6:32
Welterweight Hayato "Mach" Sakurai def. Katsuyori Shibata TKO (referee stoppage) 1 7:02
Heavyweight Semmy Schilt def. Mighty Mo Submission (triangle choke) 1 5:31
Heavyweight Bob Sapp def. Akihito Tanaka TKO (punches) 1 5:22 [b]
Welterweight Andy Ologun def. Yukio Sakaguchi KO (punches) 1 3:52
Featherweight Daisuke Nakamura def. Hideo Tokoro Submission (armbar) 1 2:23
Middleweight Minowaman def. Errol Zimmerman Submission (toe hold) 1 1:01
K-1 Rules
Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def. Musashi TKO (referee stoppage) 1 2:32
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Badr Hari KO (right hook) 1 2:07
Welterweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kozo Takeda KO 1 2:37
Welterweight Artur Kyshenko def. Yoshihiro Sato majority decision, 2-0 (30-29, 29-28, 29-29) 3 5:00
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Final
HIROYA def. Koya Urabe extra round unanimous decision, 3-0 3 5:00
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Semi Final
HIROYA def. Shota Shimada three-round unanimous decision, 3-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-29) 3 5:00
Koya Urabe def. Ryuya Kusakabe TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 2:29
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Reserve Fight
Taishi Hiratsuka def. Daizo Sasaki KO 2 1:00
  1. ^ For the WAMMA Lightweight Champion.
  2. ^ Produced by DJ OZMA featuring YUDETAMAGO.

[1]

Canceled fights[]

  • An MMA bout between Mark Hunt and Jerome Le Banner was originally scheduled, but Le Banner had to withdraw a few days before the event. Melvin Manhoef was instead brought in to replace him.
  • Joachim Hansen was scheduled to fight JZ Calvancante, but the bout was canceled the day of the event due to Hansen sustaining a head injury training and not passing pre-fight medicals.[2]

Broadcast[]

In Japan, parts of the event were shown live on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting Station) in a four an hour timeslot and the full event on a delayed pay-per-view. Unlike the previous year's event, Dynamite!! did not have North American clearance in 2008.[3]

Press conference[]

On October 18, 2008, FEG held a press conference to promote the event. Although no matchups were announced several fighters were in attendance, and FEG stated more participants would be announced at a later date.[1] The fighters in attendance were Joachim Hansen, Hayato Sakurai, Kazushi Sakuraba, Yuichi Nakanishi, Musashi, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Masakazu Imanari, Atsushi Yamamoto, , Ikuhisa Minowa, Seichi Ikemoto, Kiyoshi Tamura, Yoshihiro Sato, Yasuhiro Kido, Mirko Cro Cop, and Kuniyoshi Hironaka.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "MMA Rules at DYNAMITE!! 2008". Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  2. ^ K-1 'Dynamite 2008' Play-by-Play from Sherdog.com
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2011-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "今年もやるぞ大晦日！　桜庭和志が石井慧についても言及！12・31『FieLDS Dynamite!!』さいたまSA大会公開記者会見!!" [Do it this year New Year's Eve! Kazushi Sakuraba also talks about Kei Ishii! 12·31 "FieLDS Dynamite!!" Saitama SA Competition Public Press Conference!!]. dreamofficial.com (in Japanese). 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2017-02-25.

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