Tony
06-04-2008, 19:40
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Dream parent company Fight Entertainment Group has given resolve to the debacle between Gesias Calvancante (Pictures) and Shinya Aoki (Pictures), announcing that the lightweights will rematch on April 29's Dream card at Saitama Super Arena.
Aoki and Calvancante, who were originally slated to meet Dec. 31 at Yarennoka, finally faced one another in the main event of March 15's debut Dream card. The bout, an opening round contest in Dream's lightweight grand prix, ended amidst controversy when a series of elbows from Calvancante to the back and neck area of Aoki were deemed illegal, leaving the colorful grappler unable to continue.
The bout was ruled a no-contest, but given the tournament fight's profile Dream event producer Keiichi Sasahara said immediately after that FEG would confer and decide how to proceed. Although FEG's decision was somewhat delayed, as Sasahara said he wanted to announce the resolution no later than a week after the event, FEG has its lightweight tournament back on track.
The rematch will essentially be a "do over" and slotted as a first round match-up. The winner will have to fight twice in two weeks, with the quarterfinals of the lightweight tournament slated for May 11 at Saitama Super Arena. Along with this announcement, FEG announced the four quarterfinal match-ups for the May 11 bill.
The winner between Aoki and Calvancante will take on former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling silver medal medalist Katsuhiko Nagata (Pictures), who defeated Russian Artur Oumakhanov (Pictures) via unanimous decision to advance last month.
Perhaps the two most sterling performers of the opening round -- Joachim Hansen (Pictures) and Eddie Alvarez (Pictures) -- will square off in the quarterfinal round. Hansen dominated Kotetsu Boku (Pictures) en route to a blowout decision victory, while Alvarez dispatched touted Chute Boxe product Andre "Dida" Amade from the mount late in the first stanza.
The next round will also see Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures) and Luiz "Buscape" Firmino rematch their July 2005 meeting, which saw the "Crusher" take over the latter stages of the bout with a salvo of stomps to earn a unanimous decision victory. Kawajiri outwrestled Kultar Gill (Pictures) in March to advance, while Firmino slickly submitted Kazuyuki Miyata (Pictures) in the first round.
In the final May 11 tournament match, Mitsuhiro Ishida (Pictures) will take on the returning Caol Uno (Pictures), whom FEG inserted into the tournament bracket. Sasahara revealed prior to the first Dream card that FEG had hoped to have the popular fighter-fashionista in the tournament, but Uno felt he had not fully healed from a broken jaw sustained against "Dida" last September. In the opening round, Ishida was victorious in a lackluster decision over Olympic judo silver medalist Bu Kyung Jung (Pictures).
Dream parent company Fight Entertainment Group has given resolve to the debacle between Gesias Calvancante (Pictures) and Shinya Aoki (Pictures), announcing that the lightweights will rematch on April 29's Dream card at Saitama Super Arena.
Aoki and Calvancante, who were originally slated to meet Dec. 31 at Yarennoka, finally faced one another in the main event of March 15's debut Dream card. The bout, an opening round contest in Dream's lightweight grand prix, ended amidst controversy when a series of elbows from Calvancante to the back and neck area of Aoki were deemed illegal, leaving the colorful grappler unable to continue.
The bout was ruled a no-contest, but given the tournament fight's profile Dream event producer Keiichi Sasahara said immediately after that FEG would confer and decide how to proceed. Although FEG's decision was somewhat delayed, as Sasahara said he wanted to announce the resolution no later than a week after the event, FEG has its lightweight tournament back on track.
The rematch will essentially be a "do over" and slotted as a first round match-up. The winner will have to fight twice in two weeks, with the quarterfinals of the lightweight tournament slated for May 11 at Saitama Super Arena. Along with this announcement, FEG announced the four quarterfinal match-ups for the May 11 bill.
The winner between Aoki and Calvancante will take on former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling silver medal medalist Katsuhiko Nagata (Pictures), who defeated Russian Artur Oumakhanov (Pictures) via unanimous decision to advance last month.
Perhaps the two most sterling performers of the opening round -- Joachim Hansen (Pictures) and Eddie Alvarez (Pictures) -- will square off in the quarterfinal round. Hansen dominated Kotetsu Boku (Pictures) en route to a blowout decision victory, while Alvarez dispatched touted Chute Boxe product Andre "Dida" Amade from the mount late in the first stanza.
The next round will also see Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures) and Luiz "Buscape" Firmino rematch their July 2005 meeting, which saw the "Crusher" take over the latter stages of the bout with a salvo of stomps to earn a unanimous decision victory. Kawajiri outwrestled Kultar Gill (Pictures) in March to advance, while Firmino slickly submitted Kazuyuki Miyata (Pictures) in the first round.
In the final May 11 tournament match, Mitsuhiro Ishida (Pictures) will take on the returning Caol Uno (Pictures), whom FEG inserted into the tournament bracket. Sasahara revealed prior to the first Dream card that FEG had hoped to have the popular fighter-fashionista in the tournament, but Uno felt he had not fully healed from a broken jaw sustained against "Dida" last September. In the opening round, Ishida was victorious in a lackluster decision over Olympic judo silver medalist Bu Kyung Jung (Pictures).