Dynamite!! 2008

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Dynamite 2008
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The poster for Dynamite 2008.
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Promotion DREAM, K-1
DateDecember 31, 2008
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Flag of Japan.svg Saitama, Japan
Attendance25,634
Event chronology
K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! Dynamite 2008 Dynamite!! 2009

Dynamite!! 2008 was the annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 & DREAM on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It featured eleven DREAM mixed martial arts rules fights in a variety of weight classes, four K-1 rules fights, and the inaugural K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 high school tournament. [1]

Contents

Results

DREAM MMA Rules
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Kiyoshi Tamura def. Kazushi Sakuraba two-round unanimous decision 3-0 (20-18, 20-18, 20-18)25:00
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Eddie Alvarez Submission (heel hook)11:32 [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Melvin Manhoef def. Mark Hunt KO (punches)10:18
Heavyweight Mirko Cro Cop def. Hong Man Choi TKO (leg kick)16:32
Welterweight Hayato "Mach" Sakurai def. Katsuyori Shibata TKO (referee stoppage)17:02
Heavyweight Semmy Schilt def. Mighty Mo Submission (triangle choke)15:31
Heavyweight Bob Sapp def.Akihito TanakaTKO (punches)15:22 [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Andy Ologun def. Yukio Sakaguchi KO (punches)13:52
Featherweight Daisuke Nakamura def. Hideo Tokoro Submission (armbar)12:23
Middleweight Minowaman def. Errol Zimmerman Submission (toe hold)11:01
K-1 Rules
Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def. Musashi TKO (referee stoppage)12:32
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Badr Hari KO (right hook)12:07
Welterweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kozo Takeda KO12:37
Welterweight Artur Kyshenko def. Yoshihiro Sato majority decision, 2-0 (30-29, 29-28, 29-29)35:00
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Final
HIROYA def.Koya Urabeextra round unanimous decision, 3-035:00
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Semi Final
HIROYA def.Shota Shimadathree-round unanimous decision, 3-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-29)35:00
Koya Urabedef.Ryuya KusakabeTKO (doctor stoppage)32:29
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Reserve Fight
Taishi Hiratsukadef.Daizo SasakiKO21:00
  1. ↑ For the WAMMA Lightweight Champion.
  2. ↑ Produced by DJ OZMA featuring YUDETAMAGO.

[1]

Canceled fights

Broadcast

In Japan, parts of the event were shown live on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting Station) in a four an hour timeslot and the full event on a delayed pay-per-view. Unlike the previous year's event, Dynamite!! did not have North American clearance in 2008. [3]

Press conference

On October 18, 2008, FEG held a press conference to promote the event. Although no matchups were announced several fighters were in attendance, and FEG stated more participants would be announced at a later date. [1] The fighters in attendance were Joachim Hansen, Hayato Sakurai, Kazushi Sakuraba, Yuichi Nakanishi, Musashi, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Masakazu Imanari, Atsushi Yamamoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Ikuhisa Minowa, Seichi Ikemoto, Kiyoshi Tamura, Yoshihiro Sato, Yasuhiro Kido, Mirko Cro Cop, and Kuniyoshi Hironaka. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "MMA Rules at DYNAMITE!! 2008". Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ K-1 'Dynamite 2008' Play-by-Play from Sherdog.com
  3. ↑ "Event Magic.tv deal fails, FieLDS Dynamite!! 2008 will not air live in U.S. | MMAjunkie.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. ↑ "今年もやるぞ大晦日！ 桜庭和志が石井慧についても言及！12・31『FieLDS Dynamite!!』さいたまSA大会公開記者会見!!" [Do it this year New Year's Eve! Kazushi Sakuraba also talks about Kei Ishii! 12·31 "FieLDS Dynamite!!" Saitama SA Competition Public Press Conference!!]. dreamofficial.com (in Japanese). 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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