Dream 9 Weigh-In Results
Don't ask. I have no idea why Jose is smiling. Maybe he knows something we don't?
DREAM 9 is set to go down early Tuesday morning, May 26 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. They could make a few bucks from arena naming rights I imagine…anyways, there are some stellar fighters on the cards, but some of the match ups are questionable at best.
The card features the promotion’s Featherweight Grand Prix, as well as a Super Hulk (Freakshow) Tournament. Some of the guys participating in the Hulk tourney are Jose Canseco (yes, the former MLB player) vs Hong Man Choi, and middleweight Gegard Mousasi vs super heavyweight Mark Hunt. Check out the discrepancies in the weigh-ins below. Canseco, by his own admission, needs the money, hence the dude’s mixed martial arts debut at a young tender age of…44 years. Crazy.
Featherweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals:
Norifumi Yamamoto (137) vs. Joe Warren (138)
Masakazu Imanari (138) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (138)
Yoshiro Maeda (138) vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (138)
Abel Cullum (138) vs. Hideo Tokoro (138)
Super Hulk, Open Weight Quarterfinals:
Ikuhisa Minowa (196) vs. Bob Sapp (319)
Jan Nortje (352) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (224)
Gegard Mousasi (218) vs. Mark Hunt (286)
Hong Man Choi (330) vs. Jose Canseco (253)
DREAM middleweight title:
Ronaldo Souza (184) vs. Jason Miller (185)
Non-tournament bout:
Gesias Calvancante (154) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (154)
