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DREAM Lightweight Title Match
Joachim Hansen (68.2kg / 150.3 lbs / champion) vs. Shinya Aoki (69.8kg / 153.8 lbs)
Middleweight Bout
Kazushi Sakuraba (83.5kg / 184 lbs) vs. Rubin “Mr. Hollywood” Williams (82.5kg / 181.8 lbs)
Lightweight Bout
Tatsuya Kawajiri (69.9kg / 154.1 lbs) vs. Melchor Manibusan (69.2kg / 152.5 lbs)
Super Hulk Tournament Semifinals
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (100kg / 220.4 lbs) vs. Bob Sapp (155kg / 341.7 lbs)
Hong Man Choi (145kg / 319.6 lbs) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (87.5kg / 192.9 lbs)
2009 Featherweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Bibiano Fernandes (62.7kg / 138.2 lbs) vs. Joe Warren (62.7kg / 138.2 lbs)
Hiroyuki Takaya (63kg / 138.8 lbs) vs. Hideo Tokoro (62.8kg / 138.4 lbs)
Odds to win the Dream Featherweight GP
2009 Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout
Kazuyuki Miyata (62.8kg / 138.4 lbs) vs. Daiki “DJ.taiki” Hata (62.8kg / 138.4 lbs)
Odds to win the Dream Featherweight GP:
Joe Warren -115, Bibiano Fernandes +300, Hiroyuki Takaya +300, Hideo Tokoro +1400
Shinya Aoki -225 vs. Joachim Hansen +185
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Rubin Williams [not up yet]
Tatsuya Kawajiri -1800 vs. Melchor Manibusan +900
Rameau Sokoudjou -600 vs. Bob Sapp +400
Hong Man Choi -175 vs. Ikuhisa Minowa +145
Joe Warren -200 vs. Bibiano Fernandes +160
Hiroyuki Takaya -250 vs. Hideo Tokoro +195
Kazuyuki Miyata -150 vs. Daiki Hata +120
From Joey Oddessa:
Early 2 way action on Aoki/Hansen. Fernandes getting early play over Warren & Tokoro getting early $ in opp bracket.
Over the past couple days, both Tatsuya Kawajiri and Kazuyuki Miyata spoke about their weight cuts in pre-fight interviews. Kawajiri said that he’s now dropping almost 30 pounds to make lightweight, and that the final 7-8 pounds are especially rough.
Meanwhile, as of Sunday, Miyata still had 9 1/2 pounds to shed for his featherweight GP reserve match; the wrestler said he’d cut it on Monday morning with no problem, and sure enough he did. Here’s the result, which I feel like I should tag as NSFW.