The New Years Eve “Dynamite!! 2009” event has had a seventeenth bout announced:
Melvin Manhoef v. Kazuo Misaki at Dynamite!! 2009
The organizations today announced that Dutch slugger Melvin Manhoef (23-6-1) will face “The Grabaka Hitman,” Kazuo Misaki (22-9-2), in an MMA-rules contest.
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Manhoef brings few secrets to the cage. With 22 of his 23 career victories earned by knockout or TKO in his 14-year career, Manhoef will likely be throwing bombs from the opening bell. While Manhoef was a 2008 DREAM middleweight grand prix semifinalist, he is currently just 1-2 in his past three bouts.
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Meanwhile, Misaki enters the contest having won four of his past five contests. The lone loss during that stretch came to Jorge Santiago in a Sengoku middleweight title fight – a bout that Misaki was winning until being choked unconscious in the fifth and final round.
This is yet another very solid addition to a very solid card. Manhoef is looking to get his career going in the right direction again and Misaki is always a top level fighter. It will be very interesting to see if Melvin can keep on his feet where he is always just one strike away from finishing a fight.
The entire Dynamite!! 2009 card looks like this:
- Masato vs. Andy Souwer (K-1)
- Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (MMA)
- Melvin Manhoef vs. Kazuo Misaki (MMA)
- Shinya Aoki vs. Mizuto Hirota (MMA)
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazunori Yokota (MMA)
- Masanori Kanehara vs. Norofumi “Kid” Yamamoto (MMA)
- Akihiro Gono vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (MMA)
- Hiroshi Izumi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (MMA)
- Marlon Sandro vs. Hideo Tokoro (MMA)
- Michihiro Omigawa vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (MMA)
- Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Alistair Overeem (MMA)
- Yosuke Nishijima vs. Ray Sefo (K-1)
- Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (MMA/“Super Hulk” finale)
- Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri (K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal)
- Katsuki Ishida vs. Shota Shimada (K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal)
- Hiroya/Noiri winner vs. Ishida/Shimada winner (K-1 KOSHIEN final)
- Tsukasa Fuji vs. Ryuya Kusakabe (K-1 KOSHIEN semifinal reserve)
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