Kijk deze maar dan weet je dat dit geen "step-up fight"voor Ishi gaat worden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiuzevwTr0g
Kijk deze maar dan weet je dat dit geen "step-up fight"voor Ishi gaat worden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiuzevwTr0g
Aerts weer showworstelen. Jammer:-(
Wel lekker centje voor 'm .
Leuk Aerts en fedor!
Toch zie ik Fedor liever stoppen dan op dit niveau te acteren.
Kazushi Sakuaba Returns to Pro Wrestling on New Year's Eve
Kazushi Sakuraba is set to participate on the New Year's Eve "Genki Desu Ka!!" card in Saitama, Japan -- as a pro wrestler.
Sakuraba, who made a name for himself in the mid-to-late 90s as a pro wrestler shortly before becoming a Japanese MMA superstar under the PRIDE banner, will partner with Laughter7 teammate Katsuyori Shibata against Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada in a tag team pro wrestling match.
A familiar face on New Year's Eve, Sakuraba has competed in MMA bouts on six of the last eight New Year's Eves. Sakuraba, 42, has lost his last four bouts and hasn't recorded a victory since his win over Zelg Galesic at Dream.12 in October 2009. Better known for his accomplishments as a pro wrestler, Shibata holds an unspectacular 4-11-1 MMA record.
Back on the MMA front, the promoters recently announced a women's MMA bout with Megumi Fujii taking on Karla Benitez. Fujii (24-1) has won her last two fights to bounce back from a split decision loss to Zoila Gurgel in the finals of the Bellator 115-pound women's tournament in October 2010. Benitez (6-1) fights out of Spain and is coming off the first loss of her career.
The current "Genki Desu Ka!!" lineup is below.
Dream Lightweight Title Bout
Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka
Dream Featherweight Title Bout
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue
Dream Bantamweight World GP
Semifinals: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
Semifinals: Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos
Finals: Winner of Fernandes-Marques vs. Winner of Imanari-Banuelos
Reserve: Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev
Other MMA Bouts
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Mixed Rules Bout
Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno
Pro Wrestling Matches
Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts
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Josh Barnett Pro Wrestling Match, Two Kickboxing Bouts Added to 'Genki Desu Ka!'
Before Josh Barnett takes on Daniel Cormier tentatively in March for the Strikeforce GP title, the former UFC champ will take part in a pro wrestling match on the New Year's Eve "Genki Desu Ka!!" card in Japan.
On Tuesday, promoters announced that Barnett will face Hideki Suzuki in the IGF pro wrestling portion of the card. Also added Tuesday is a pair of kickboxing bouts. Yuta Kubo will take on Nils Widlund, while Masaaki Noiri meets Kengo Sonoda.
The current "Genki Desu Ka!!" lineup is below.
Main Event (MMA)
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
Dream Lightweight Title Bout
Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka
Dream Featherweight Title Bout
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue
Dream Bantamweight World GP
Semifinals: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
Semifinals: Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos
Finals: Winner of Fernandes-Marques vs. Winner of Imanari-Banuelos
Reserve: Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev
Other MMA Bouts
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Mixed Rules Bout (Two rounds: R1 kickboxing, R2 MMA)
Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno
IGF Pro Wrestling Matches
Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts
Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki
Kickboxing Bouts
Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund
Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda
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Ishii, Monson Fights Represent the Last Phase of Fedor's Career
The best heavyweight in MMA history will make his return to the ring on New Year's Eve in Japan, when Fedor Emelianenko faces the former Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, and the fan reaction to that fight has been decidedly mixed.
On one hand, you have fans who loved seeing Fedor's glory days in Pride who figure that there's nothing wrong with seeing him back in Japan on New Year's Eve, which was once an annual tradition. On the other hand, you have fans who are disappointed that Fedor won't be facing a high-level opponent, as Ishii is just 4-1-1 in his MMA career and doesn't have anything close to the kind of MMA resume that Fedor has.
The reality is that this fight -- and Fedor's fight in Moscow last month against Jeff Monson -- is just what we're going to see from the 35-year-old Fedor at this point, as he enters the last phase of his legendary career. We're not going to see Fedor against Top 10 competition anymore, so we might as well enjoy watching him against the competition he will face, guys like Ishii and Monson who are perfectly respectable but far from elite.
Before I go any further, there's a little revisionist history to get out of the way: Some people like to claim that Fedor never fought high-quality competition, that all he did was "crush cans" in Japan. That's really not an accurate account of any stage of Fedor's career: He beat good opponents like Babalu Sobral and Ricardo Arona in Rings early in his career, beat good opponents like Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Mirko Cro Cop in Pride in the prime of his career, and beat good opponents like Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski in Affliction late in his career. It's true that Fedor liked to mix in easy fights against the likes of Lee Hasdell and Yuji Nagata, but at his best he took on many of the best heavyweights in the world and beat them consistently.
What has changed is simple: Fedor is not at his best anymore, and now he's not in a position to fight the best heavyweights anymore. The sport's top heavyweights are signed to exclusive Zuffa contracts, and so they're not going to be fighting Fedor any time soon.
And really, Fedor shouldn't be fighting an elite heavyweight right now. After consecutive losses to Fabricio Werdum, Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and Dan Henderson, taking a step back in quality of competition only made sense for Fedor, because he can't compete with the truly elite in the sport anymore. That's not a knock on Fedor, any more than it's a knock on Michael Jordan to say that he wasn't as good with the Washington Wizards as he was with the Chicago Bulls. It's just the reality with aging athletes.
The good news about the Ishii fight is that while Fedor is a heavy favorite, it's not a mismatch to the same extent that Fedor's last New Year's Eve fight was. In that fight, on December 31, 2007, Fedor was still the No. 1 heavyweight in the world, and seeing him easily submit the Korean giant Hong Man Choi in a Japanese freak show felt like a waste of time. Ishii isn't on Fedor's level, but Fedor-Ishii in 2011 is a more competitive fight than Fedor-Choi in 2007 was.
The other piece of good news is that this will be Fedor's fourth fight this year, making 2011 the most active year for Fedor since 2004, when he was the heavyweight champion in Pride. If you're a Fedor fan, seeing him fight frequently is not a bad thing.
So that's where Fedor is at this late stage in his career. He's no longer fighting the best of the best on the biggest stages in the sport, but if you've enjoyed watching him fight, there are worse things than seeing him in the ring with Ishii on New Year's Eve.
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Tim Sylvia meets Jerome Le Banner in pro wrestling match at 'DREAM: New Year! 2011'
Volledige card:
- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
- Ryo Chonan vs. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai
- Champ Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka (for lightweight title)
- Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno (mixed-rules bout)
- Champ Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue (for featherweight title)
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
- Rodolfo Marques Diniz vs. Bibiano Fernandes (bantamweight grand-prix semifinal)
- Antonio Banuelos vs. Masakazu Imanari (bantamweight grand-prix semifinal)
- Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev (bantamweight grand-prix reserve match)
- Karla Benitez vs. Megumi Fujii
- Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund (kickboxing match)
- Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda (kickboxing match)
- Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts (pro-wrestling match)
- Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata (pro-wrestling match)
- Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki (pro-wrestling match)
- Jerome Le Banner vs. Tim Sylvia (pro-wrestling match)
tja dat gevoel heb ik bij Peter ook.. maar ja het zal geld in de la brengen denk ik dan..
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'DREAM: New Year! 2011' weigh-in results: Headliners, champs on weight
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Dec 30, 2011 at 8:15 am ET
The headliners and title-fight participants competing at Saturday's "DREAM: New Year! 2011" event successfully have made weight for the show.
Weigh-ins for the event, officially dubbed "Genki Desu Ka!!," took place today in Tokyo.
Saturday's event, which airs live on HDNet in the early-morning hours (1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT), takes place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The show, which is held in conjunction with IGF, features an array of combat-sports offerings, including two MMA title fights, an MMA-tournament conclusion, four pro-wrestling bouts, two kickboxing matches, and a mixed-rules bout.
Headlining the show is a heavyweight bout between former PRIDE champ and recent Strikeforce fighter Fedor Emelianenko, who's competed in many big year-end shows in Japan. The famed Russian, who recently snapped a three-fight losing streak with a victory over veteran Jeff Monson, weighed 233.2 pounds while opponent Satoshi Ishii, an Olympic gold-medal judoka, weighed 214.3 pounds.
Lightweight champ Shinya Aoki and challenger Satoru Kitaoka both weighed 154 pounds for their title fight, and featherweight titleholder Hiroyuki Takaya weighed 143 pounds while challenger Takeshi "Lion" Inoue weighed 142.6.
Three of the four fighters competing in the night's world bantamweight grand-prix semifinals and finals also made weight. Rodolfo Marques Diniz came in a bit heavy (136.8 pounds) on his initial attempt.
The full weigh-in results (for MMA bouts only) included:
Fedor Emelianenko (106 kilograms/233.2 pounds) vs. Satoshi Ishii (97.4/214.3)
Ryo Chonan (75.5/166.1) vs. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (75.8/166.8)
Champ Shinya Aoki (70/154) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (70/154)
Champ Hiroyuki Takaya (65/143) vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue (64.8/142.6)
Tatsuya Kawajiri (65/143) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata (64.7/142.3)
Rodolfo Marques Diniz (62.2/136.8) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (61/134.2) - bantamweight grand-prix semifinal
Antonio Banuelos (61/134.2) vs. Masakazu Imanari (60.8/133.8) - bantamweight grand-prix semifinal
Hideo Tokoro (61/134.2) vs. Yusup Saadulaev (61.6/135.5) - bantamweight grand-prix reserve match
Karla Benitez (52/114.4) vs. Megumi Fujii (52/114.4)
bron: 'DREAM: New Year! 2011' weigh-in results: Headliners, champs on weight | MMAjunkie.com
fedor is 5 lbs afgevallen ten opzichten van zijn gevecht met Monson, hopelijk gaat hij proberen de 205 te halen!
Hoe laat is dat? En is er een stream?
10 p.m. PT, volgens mij 8 uur tijdsverschil met Japan. Ik ga er dus vanuit dat het om een uur of 2 smiddags is.
Thanks Lennie!
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Volgens mij begint het om 7 of 8 uur hier morgenvroeg in Nederland hoor.
1 a.m. ET is Amerikaanse Oostkust, hier is het dan 6 uur later.
Straks weer een leuk evenement!! Fedor, Aerts, Aoki...
ben benieuwd..
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Even nog het lijstje herhalen voor de mensen die niet weten welke partijen er langskomen:
MMA
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue
Fernandes vs. Marques winner vs. Imanari vs. Banuelos winner
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Megumi Fujii vs. Karla Benitez
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelo
Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev
Mixed
Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno
Kickboxing
Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund
Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda
Pro Wrestling
Tim Sylvia vs. Jerome LeBanner
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts
Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki
Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada
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Heeft iemand een stream?
Had stream. Begonnen voor 8 uur. Stream ligt eruit. Zoekende nu.
Stream at BlinerTV Pay Per View: BlinerTV - PPV
Zou mooi zijn als Engelstalige stream gevonden wordt, met Schiavello.
Engels: watch ufc 141 lesnar vs overeem live for free online
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