Shinya Aoki vs Tatsuya Kawajiri officially announced for Dream.15
Posted on June 1, 2010, 05:28 AM by Anton GurevichDREAM FC promotion have officially announced that two of the greatest Japanese Mixed Martial Artists, Shinya Aoki and Tatsuya Kawajiri will square off at the long-anticipated Dream.15 event on July 10th. Kawajiri will challenge Aoki for the Dream Lightweight Title, which "Tobikan Judan" won by defeating the "Hellboy" Joachim Hansen at Dream.11.
The fight will be a classic example for a match-up between grappler and striker. Kawajiri is currently 26-5 in his MMA cereer with 12 knockout victories, as the 23-5 Shinya Aoki holds a record of 14 virtuoso submissions. Both fighters are ranked as Top 10 Lightweights by Sherdog and USA Today.
Dream.15 will take place at the veteran Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Alistair Overeem, Melvin Manhoef, Gegard Mousasi and Katsunori Kikuno are expected to take part in the event. Unlike its predecessor, all Dream.15 fights will be held in the traditional MMA ring.
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Looks like another entertaining card. I love watching Dream. I hope at some point Aoki works on his striking.
Yea same here :\ i was crushed watchin' his Strikeforce fight with Melendez
I agree. As talented as Aoki is, he is still very one dimensional and that is going to limit him in the future if he doesn't get some more striking/wrestling experience. Imagine the threat he would be if he became a good striker.
I dont think Aoki will be running his mouth at DanaWhite anymore soon after losing in the USA to the second rate promotion.
All he has is ground game, sorry Aoki, we're evolved here, better stick to Japan.
Aoki is still good, what he really needs to do is work on wrestling, striking also, but wrestling is where he is really weak.
Aoki is a bad ass, but after the Melendez fight I gotta go with Kawajiri. Aoki better have worked on his striking or he might be screwed.