DREAM 11 Previews, Videos and Results

The DREAM 11 event takes place tomorrow morning and the SB Nation MMA sites have plenty of coverage of the event.

Akimitsu Kuwabara of MMAMania has up a preview of the event including these thoughts on the Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen non-tournament main event:

Given Hansen’s possible ring rust and the ease with which he lured Hansen to his grappling spider web, odds are stacked in favor of Aoki.

Leland Roling of BloodyElbow has been doing a multi-piece preview. The first part focused on the fan favorite “Super Hulk” tournament. Leland explains the tournament:

Enter DREAM’s Super Hulk tournament. An attempt to feed off that drawing power in an era in Japan that is showing waning interest in MMA, DREAM is hoping that these extraordinarily large fighters can pull in viewers. In what is probably one of the largest size differences I’ve seen in the MMA ring to date, pro wrestler/MMA fighter Ikuhisa Minowa (42-30-8) will take on Korean super giant Hong Man Choi (2-2) while former UFC fighter Rameau Sokoudjou (6-4) will battle Bob “The Beast” Sapp (10-5-1). Sapp is replacing Strikeforce fighter Gegard Mousasi in the tournament as Mousasi was reportedly injured.
For American fans, the line-up of fighters in the tournament was dim in terms of talent. The tournament was likely set up as a way to spotlight Gegard Mousasi’s skills in a fairly lackluster talent pool of heavier fighters who had huge weaknesses. Gegard is now producing some interest from many American fans who tuned in for his drubbing of Renato “Babalu” Sobral back in August with Strikeforce, and some fans believe his “injury” is merely a way for him to get some much more meaningful fights in Strikeforce rather than taking on subpar competition in DREAM.

Part 2 can be read here and focuses on the featherweight grand prix semi-final fights which will happen along with the final tomorrow.

Some preview videos for the event can be found at MMA For Real where Kelvin Hunt posted video interviews with Joe Warren and Joachim Hansen as well as a Bob Sapp/Sokoudjou preview video at BloodyElbow.

The weigh-in’s are complete and fighter weights can be found at MMAMania. Odds for the fights are available via Chris Nelson of BloodyElbow.

Finally, Chris Nelson will be bringing you live results and commentary for the event starting at 7am Eastern on October 6.