If you didn’t stay up and watch Dynamite 2010 last night you missed the legend, Kazushi Sakuraba have his ear practically ripped off his head by Marius Zaromskis. The fight was quickly stopped by the doctor at ring side, for good reason as you’ll see by the close-up below.
Walking toward the ring in the center of the packed Saitama Super Arena, Kuzuhisa Watanabe had a sly grin on his face. With Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” booming through the speakers, the former professional boxer was steps away from making his Mixed Martial Arts debut at FEG’s ‘Dynamite! 2010’ New Year’s show. His opponent, Hideo Tokoro, is a 10 year veteran in the sport and despite a tedious 27-23-1 record, has had a cavalcade of experience; a win over Royler Gracie and a notable draw with legend Royce Gracie.
With K-1 Veteran Yuichiro Nagashima’s emphatic second round knockout of Lightweight grappling phenomenon Shinya Aoki, it seems the grappling-dominated stigma within MMA shifted a tad at Dynamite! 2010, FEG’s latest installment in their annual New Year’s Eve show.
Start your Yew Year’s eve partying off with seven epic hours of MMA and K-1 action with DREAM’s “Dynamite” 2010. The fun starts at 1am PT/ 4am ET and can be seen Live on HDNet, but if you don’t have HDNet you can follow the action here with live results throughout the event.
News broke yesterday that heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez (9-0) has a right shoulder injury that will keep him out of action for at least six month. The champ was set to make his first title defense against Junior Dos Santos (12-1) in the second quarter of 2011, but he’ll now be out until summertime at the least.
Hopefully by now you are starting to come out of the Christmas mood and starting to get into the New Years mood. This Saturday, January 1st, 2011, the UFC comes back to Las Vegas, Nevada for its first event of the New Year. UFC 125 comes to you live from the Garden Arena inside the MGM Grand.
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