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The lineup for “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ continues to fill, and former UFC
legend Josh Barnett and MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba are among the latest additions to the year-end event.

DREAM executives recently announced both notables will take part in
pro-wrestling contests, with Barnett facing Hideki Suzuki while Sakuraba
and Katsuyori Shibata take on Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada in a
tag-team affair.

DREAM also added a pair of kickboxing contests to the card with Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund and Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda.

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SAITAMA, Japan — Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki racked up another submission finish in the main event of Dream 17 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena, this time over former WEC lightweight champion “Razor” Rob McCullough.

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Japanese MMA veteran Kazushi Sakuraba and Yan Cabral have been booked for a welterweight bout that serves as the 10th matchup at next month’s DREAM.17 card.

DREAM.17 takes place Sept. 24 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Although no broadcast plans have been announced, negotiations are underway between DREAM and U.S. television partner HDNet for a possible live or tape-delayed broadcast.

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UFC veteran Karo Parisyan (19-7) will look to reinvigorate his career after back-to-back losses to Dennis Hallman and Ryan Ford, quite possibly by facing legendary Japanese fighter Kazushi Sakuraba. Read More >>

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The wear and tear of Kazushi Sakuraba’s prolific 14-year fighting career was no more evident than this past December.

That’s when the Japanese veteran took on DREAM welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis at “Dynamite!! 2010.”

The Lithuanian wasn’t Sakuraba’s only opponent; the 41-year-old “Gracie
Hunter” also was contending with a badly cauliflowered ear that’d play a
significant part in the year-end title fight.

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Officials today announced a number of fights for the Dec. 31 DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010″ event, including a title fight between welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis and Kazushi Sakuraba.

The fight features a new format with a 10-minute opening round followed by two five-minute rounds. A Bibiano Fernandes and Hiroyuki Takaya featherweight title fight uses the same format.

DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010″ takes place Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, and airs on HDNet in the U.S.

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One day, the most prized commodity in the study of cerebral trauma in mixed martial arts may be the lumped-up brain of Kazushi Sakuraba, the 14-year v…

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“The Gracie Hunter” returns on New Year’s Eve.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the
event that MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba has been
granted a title shot against DREAM welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis at the year-end “DREAM!! 2010″ event.

DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010″ takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and airs on HDNet in the U.S.

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“The Gracie Hunter” returns on New Year’s Eve.

MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the
event that MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba has been
granted a title shot against DREAM welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis at the year-end “DREAM!! 2010″ event.

DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010″ takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and airs on HDNet in the U.S.

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller lived up to his vow, as he became the first man in more than 14 years to submit Japanese icon Kazushi Sakuraba at Dream 16 on Saturday at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan

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