Dynamite!! 2008
Dynamite 2008 | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | DREAM, K-1 | |||
Date | December 31, 2008 | |||
Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
City | Saitama, Japan | |||
Attendance | 25,634 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 |
- ^ For the WAMMA Lightweight Champion.
- ^ Produced by DJ OZMA featuring YUDETAMAGO.
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[]
- ^ a b c "MMA Rules at DYNAMITE!! 2008". Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ^ K-1 'Dynamite 2008' Play-by-Play from Sherdog.com
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "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.
External links[]
- Dream (mixed martial arts) events
- K-1 events
- 2008 in Japan
- 2008 in kickboxing
- 2008 in mixed martial arts
- Kickboxing in Japan
- Mixed martial arts in Japan
- Sport in Saitama (city)