DREAM 17: Fight For Japan – May 29
Date: May 29, 2011
Location: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan
TV: HDNet (Tape Delay – Airing June 3)
Tickets:
Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals:
Yoshiro Maeda (28-9-2) vs. Hideo Tokoro (27-23-1)
Yusaku Nakamura (3-0) vs. Atsushi Yamamoto (14-6-1)
Masakazu Imanari (21-8-2) vs. Keisuke Fujiwara (11-2-4)
Kenji Osawa (16-9-2) vs. Takafumi Otsuka (11-7-1)
Featured Bouts:
Shinya Aoki (27-5) vs. Rich Clementi (40-19-1)
Joachim Hansen (21-10-1) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (20-6-1)
Caol Uno (24-15-5) vs. Akiya “Wicky” Nishiura (11-6-1)
Takeshi Inoue (19-5) vs. Koichiro Matsumoto (12-2)
Katsunori Kikuno (14-3-2) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (23-12)
*Winners of Bantamweight Quarterfinals wil compete in the semi-finals the same night, Winners of semi finals will fight in the next DREAM event in July.
UPDATE: Antonio McKee and Jamie Varner named as possible opponents for Shinya Aoki!
UPDATE: Antonio McKee confirmed that he will fight Shinya Aoki, just awaiting his visa approval
UPDATE: Antonio McKee forced out due to Visa issues.
UPDATE: Rich Clementi steps in to take on Shinya Aoki
Great card love the Japan BW tournament to make sure good locals get into the big tournament.
cannot wait and Aoki should be able to get a wicked sub on Rich
UPDATE: DREAM 17 will air on tape delay on HDNet, June 3rd.