K1 Dynamite!! 2008 Videos
December 31, 2008
All of the rest of these are in really really good quality, I think most of the good ones are there with the exception of the Mark Hunt/Melvin Manhoef beatdown. Enjoy
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kozo Takeda
Hayato Sakurai vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Hideo Tokoro vs Daisuke Nakamura
Yoshihiro Sato vs Artur Kyshenko
K1 Dynamite!! 2008 results, recap and final thoughts.
December 31, 2008
Dynamite!! 2008 took place last night over in Japan, I woke up at 4AM to watch a live feed of it (which was posted here on this site), and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We had some great fights and some big upsets. I won’t spoil anything here, but after the jump you’ll find some quick results as well as my thoughts on a select number of fights.
You CAN watch K1 Dynamite!! 2008, thanks to Fightlinker.
December 30, 2008
I reported earlier today that K1 Dynamite!! 2008 wouldn’t be avaliable to the US fans, well….I’m wrong (big shock). The always entertaining bunch over at Fightlinker have come up with a wonderful way for all of us to see Mark Hunt fight the highly outweighed Melvin Manhoef in one of many freakshow matchups tonight. So, do yourself a favor and click here to find out about how YOU can view the last major MMA event of 2008. Thank you Fightlinker, you’re a lifesaver!
For those who do follow what the link provided shows, remember that the event is airing tonight in Japan, with the time difference that mean it’ll start at 5AM ET, yeah I know it sucks having to wake up that early, but what the hell, you only live once!
Dana White: “Yushin Okami will be getting a title shot. Definitely.”
December 30, 2008
Props: FiveOuncesofPain
UFC middleweight Yushin Okami defeated Dean Lister by unanimous decision at UFC 92. Even though the fight was not the most exciting bout on the card, UFC President Dana White confirmed that the victory puts Okami back in the hunt for the middleweight title currently held by Anderson Silva.
“Yushin Okami will be getting a title shot. Definitely,” White said.
Okami was very close to receiving a title shot earlier in the year after beating Evan Tanner at UFC 82 (Silva defeated Dan Henderson on that same card). Unfortunately, Okami was injured during training and the matchup could not be finalized.
Okami and Silva have an interesting backstory in that Okami is the last man to beat the champion. Okami defeated Silva by disqualification due to an illegal kick. The match took place in January 2006 for the Rumble on the Rock promotion.
Prior to Silva vs. Okami being signed, Silva will first have to defeat Thales Leites. Silva and Leites are set to square off in April.
Well, all I can say is I’ll believe it when I see the poster for it. Yushin Okami, top 10 middleweight for the last 2 years, 7-1 in the UFC (only loss coming to Rich Franklin via unanimous decision at UFC 72), currently holds a victory (via disqaulification due to an illegal kick) over current big man Anderson Silva from a fight that took place in 2006 for the Rumble on the Rock promotion, click here to watch it. He’s definitely the best Japanese fighter to come into the UFC period. He’s found sucess using his imposing ground and pound, and has shown to pack a punch as well as being very durable (note only one of his four losses came by submission due to strikes, the rest have been by decision). More after the jump…
I’m actually getting pumped for UFC 93.
December 30, 2008
The last time Rich Franklin headlined a card, he got his ass kicked all over the cage by Anderson Silva for the 2nd time. The time before that, he headlined one of the worst selling PPV cards ever, UFC 72 (given he was fighting Yushin Okami, who we all know makes a career out of putting on horrible fights). The time before that, he headlined UFC 64, where he first met Anderson, and just like he did at UFC 77, he got his ass kicked….only worse.
Dan Henderson last headlined UFC 82, where he fought Anderson, and then proceeded to get choked out in the 2nd round, before that…it was UFC 75, where he fought a valiant fight but ended up losing a unanimous decision to former UFC light-heavyweight champ Rampage Jackson. Now, what was written above is completely irrelovent to the upcoming UFC 93 card, considering both fighters are back on winning ways, not to mention the fact that neither fighter is fighting the “X-Factor”, which in this case would be Anderson Silva….instead they’re fighting each other, which in my humble opinion is an excellent matchup that should have happened a long time ago when both fighters were a little more “primed”….but beggars can’t be choosers, we’re getting it now and that’s that. More after the jump!
*&^$%^$#~!!! No Live K1 Dynamite!! for US fans. Oh, LeBanner out, Manhoef in!
December 30, 2008
Props: MMAJunkie
Just when you thought 2008 couldn’t get any crappier….they hit you with one last “F*^@ You!”. According to MMAJunkie, FEG (which promotes both DREAM and K1 events) and EventMagic.tv failed to reach an agreement that would allow the many many American fans to view K1 Dynamite!! 2008 live via an interent stream. This sucks ass, major MAJOR ass and I’m very disappointed that nothing can or will be done to allow all of us here in the states to see an event that is so rich with talent. I know what I’ll be doing instead, and that’s drinking away my sorrows and praying to the man upstairs that the videos are up the next morning at mma-core.
On a brighter note, or another crappy note depending how you look at it, Jerome LeBanner pulled out of his bout with Mark Hunt due to the ebola virus, nah…just kidding, he’s got the flu, but he really did pull out of the fight, you can read that here thanks to Japan-MMA. Stepping in for him will be none other than Melvin Manhoef, the savage striker with no ground game who destroyed the piss out of the loved Kazushi Sakuraba at DREAM.4 and then got triangled to hell by eventual grand prix winner and uber-badass Gegard Mousasi. Since his loss to Mousasi, he announced his retirement, but then a few months later, came back to beat the hell out of Paul Slowinski at K1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final. He seems to be one of those guys who sits in a cage foaming at the mouth until he’s needed to step up. Manhoef’s a scary man, but Mark Hunt is Mr. Potato Head and I’m sure he’ll be able to take whatever Melvin can dish out before getting him to the ground and armbarring him. Stay tuned for more jacked up news days before this event goes down…
Chael Sonnen fighting Demian Maia, not Anderson Silva!
December 30, 2008
Props: Brazilian Black Belt
Demian Maia has already confirmed his next opponent. He will fight in London, UFC 95 (February 21), against Chael Sonnen (which won the Brazilian Paulo Filho in his last fight).
After the WEC abolished the 185 and 205lb divisions, a few of the fighters from the organization were signed to the WEC’s big brother organization, the UFC. Right before the removal of the bigger weight classes, Chael Sonnen soundly defeated Brazilian submission guru Paulo Filho, who at the time was widely considered the #2 middleweight in the world behind UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Sonnen reported after the win over Filho that he was going to fight Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight title when he returned to the UFC (Sonnen previously fought three times for the organization, going 1-2), Well…..he’s been mistaken! Looks like Maia’s camp has the low-down, and it looks like Chael’s getting a helluva fight thrown at him for a return. Maia, for those who don’t know, is widely considered to be the best overall grappler in mixed martial arts, period. His ground game is off the charts, the guy’s currently 9-0, including a 4-0 run in the UFC, with wins over Ryan Jensen, Ed Herman, Jason MacDonald, and most recently Nate Quarry. He’s definitely in line for a title shot, and I firmly think that if he defeats Chael (which I suspect he will), he’ll get the chance to knab that belt off of Anderson Silva’s waist.
Another trashy reality TV show is coming up….starring who? Gary Shaw and friends!
December 29, 2008
Props: Fightlinker
Just when we thought we’d never see Gary Shaw in the light again, he does something like this! Shaw, to those who do not know, is a boxing promoter who became the president of the abortion that was EliteXC, which is now defunct and dead, thanks to Seth Petruzelli’s “WTF KO!?!” over internet brawler turned hyped-up MMA fighter Kimbo’s Lice, err…..I meant Kimbo Slice. Gary’s stayed out of the public eye after EliteXC went down, and it’s probably better for all of humanity that he did, well….until now. Let me present you with Blood, Sweat -n- Bling, a show which will follow Gary and his horrible family through whatever it is they want the camera’s to see. Joining him will be his spoiled, scumbag son and wannabe-rapper-actor-model-MMA president Jared Shaw, aka $kala, as well as his money-hungry wife who looks like she never met a bottle she didn’t like. There’s a few more kids thrown in the mix, including Gary’s oldest, who unfortunately won’t be joining the show due to an obligation in the federal prison system for an undisclosed reason. So, down below you’ll find a trailer for the upcoming show, I don’t know where it’s going to be shown but I sure as hell wish I did….I’m a reality TV junkie and I won’t pass up trashy television even if it annoys the piss out of me. Enjoy….
Alvarez and Aoki fighting for the WAMMA lightweight belt.
December 29, 2008
Props: MMAJunkie
The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts, or WAMMA as most call it, is looking to add another champion to their roster by making the highly anticipated Eddie Alvarez/Shinya Aoki fight at K1 Dynamite!! 2008 on New Years Eve for the official WAMMA lightweight title. For those who don’t already know, Fedor Emelienanko is currently the only other WAMMA champion out there, a title he won by brutally destroying former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia at Affliction: Banned last July. Some might say that the WAMMA titles are worthless due to the lack of participation by the UFC, an organization which holds WAMMA’s #1 ranked lightweight fighter, BJ Penn. I disagree, while I don’t think the WAMMA belts measure up to the UFC’s, I still think that any person sporting the title is a clear cut, top fighter throughout the world. I firmly believe that both Eddie and Aoki could possibly be the #1 ranked lightweight someday, I think both guys posses the tools to give even the famed BJ Penn a run for him money. As a supporter of WAMMA, I really like that they’re branching out and looking to add more champions to their organization. It’ll be interesting to see how this fight goes, and to see where else WAMMA goes into the new year.
Here’s WAMMA’s current top ten lightweight rankings:
- 1 - B.J. Penn (13-4-1)
- 2 - Eddie Alvarez (15-1)
- 3 - Shinya Aoki (18-3)
- 4 - Kenny Florian (11-3)
- 5 - Joachim Hansen (19-7-1)
- 6 - Sean Sherk (33-3-1)
- 7 - Takanori Gomi (29-4)
- 8 - Gesias Calvancante (14-2-1)
- 9 - Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-5-2)
- 10 - Josh Thomson (16-2)
and to see the other divisions, click here.
Pictures speak a thousand words…
December 29, 2008
<—– And the one to my left says the following:
- F*^#% You Wanderlei!!!!
- Paybacks’ a BITCH!!!!
- RAPE CHOKE muthaf*^#%a!!!!
Brutal knockout, and if you haven’t seen the entire fight, you can now after the jump.
