[Meshuggeth]

The first two fights for DREAM.12 have been announced and they are high-level ones. In two Lightweight fights, DEEP Lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno will take on Eddie Alvarez and Won Sik “Parky” Park will battle newly crowned Cage Force Lightweight champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka in a fight which I think might be a little too early for the young Korean.

Also announced as a participant of the card, Korean Myeon Ho Bae, who is 7-1 in his last 8, will make his DREAM debut.

Update: The fights will be fought in a hexagon cage and they will be 3 5 minute rounds(NO!!!).


The White Cage - Sportsnavi.com


Update #2: The current plan is to hold one special cage event like DREAM.12 each year from 2010 and onward.


OLYMPIA DREAM.12
Date: October 25th, 2009
Place: Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan

Lightweight Fights:
Katsunori Kikuno vs. Eddie Alvarez
Won Sik Park vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Participants:
Myeon Ho Bae

Planned Participants:
Marius Zaromskis, Alistair Overeem, Paulo Filho, Murilo Ninja, Kiyoshi Tamura, Yoshiro Maeda, Andrews Nakahara

Possible Participants:
Takafumi Otsuka

Two GREAT fights.

[Wise]

Eddie better fear the zombie.

[MilesHackett]

Originally Posted by Wise

Eddie better fear the zombie.

He won't, he's going to use his cage experience to destroy Kikuno's goofy ass.

[stitch1z]

Originally Posted by MilesHackett

He won't, he's going to use his cage experience to destroy Kikuno's goofy ass.

Miles, you should know better than to disrespect the Karate Zombie.

[JT42]

Nice. Will be fun to watch Alvarez KO that zombie ass. I dont fully understand the once a year change though to suit Strikeforce people. Do they only plan to have Strikeforce fighters come over once a year? Kind of weird this whole event.

MMAJunkie Article

DREAM to use North American-style five-minute rounds for Oct. 25 DREAM.12 event

The Japanese-based DREAM organization raised more than a few eyebrows with the recent announcement that October's DREAM.12 event will take place in a six-sided white cage, rather than the organization's traditional ring.

Now the organization is announcing an additional change for the upcoming event: the bouts will consist of three five-minute rounds rather than the promotion's traditional two-round format (with a ten-minute opening round).

DREAM.12 takes place Oct. 25 at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan. The event airs in North America on HDNet.

While the changes mark a significant switch from the promotion's typical rule set, DREAM event producer Keiichi Sasahara announced that the adjusted format will be used just once each year in a special DREAM production.

Sasahara cited DREAM's growing partnership with Strikeforce as a main reason for instituting the experimental switch in fighting surface and round length. Strikeforce also uses a cage and five-minute rounds.

DREAM officials, though, did not state how the cage fights will be scored. Currently in Japan, judges score the fights as a whole and declare a winner. However, in Strikeforce and other North American promotions, scoring is conducted on a round-by-round basis and tabulated at a bout's conclusion to determine a winner.

DREAM officials were not immediately available for comment when contacted by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) to clarify the matter.

[stitch1z]

Awwww 5 minute rounds???

Dude, the thing that makes J-MMA good is the fact that it's different than American MMA. This is starting to suck balls.

Oh yeah...

Bring back knees to the head of a downed opponent, stomps and soccer kicks!!!