DREAM 4 - Middleweight Grand Prix 2nd Round - June 15, 2008

**Kid Miracleman** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 2:19pm

DREAM 4: JUNE 15, 2008
Venue: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

The fight card is as follows:

Lightweight Grand Prix Second Round bout:
-Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata

Special Rules Grappling Match:
-Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ralek Gracie

Middleweight Grand Prix Second Round (16-man tournament)
-Gegard Mousasi vs. Dong Sik Yoon
-Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef
-Zelg Gelasic vs. Taiei Kin
-Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

Non-tournament Bouts:
-Alistair Overeem vs. Tae Hyun Lee
-Alavutdin Gadzhiyev vs. Alexandre “Cacareco” Ferreira
-Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama

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Looks like a good card... I'll definitely check it out when it hits HDNET, although I don't look forward to seeing Sakuraba's horrendous cauliflower ear in high definition (again).

Speaking of Sakuraba, I'm really rooting for him in his fight against Melvin Manhoef, even though my brain is telling me that Sakuraba is going to get clobbered. Manhoef is one of the few middleweights that really scares the hell out of me; I just hope Sak can survive long enough to get him to the ground and sub him.

Also, I'm sure Mayhem's fight will be the bee's knees. Here's hoping he wears those crazy leggings and does another post-fight celebratory butterfly kick.

Oh, and Cro Cop's gonna get raped... poor guy.

**Kentucky Fried Chokin** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 2:34pm

Is there any way to get this fight on PPV or do you have to be an HDNET subscriber?

**UpaLumpa** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 2:46pm

Miller versus Jacare!
Awesome.

**Kempo Chris** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 3:15pm

Looks like a good watch

I am hoping to eventually see Sak vs. Miller - would be awesome

**Kid Miracleman** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 6:07pm

Originally Posted by Razamataz

Is there any way to get this fight on PPV or do you have to be an HDNET subscriber?

You have to subscribe to HDNET in order to watch it in the U.S.

EDIT: Turns out that HDNET will air it live in the U.S. on June 15 at 4:00 AM ET. They'll also air it again at 4:00 PM ET later that day.

**Fighting Cephalopod** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 7:25pm

Originally Posted by UpaLumpa

Miller versus Jacare!
Awesome.

Jacare will probably control position and beat him, but after watching Miller lose on takedown points vs Saulo and end the match on Saulo's back working for the choke, I'd never count him entirely out.

**UpaLumpa** · Posted On: 6/06/2008 7:38pm

Regardless of what happens, I'm excited to see him in his first legit match.

**tigerjoe** · Posted On: 6/12/2008 2:08am

Originally Posted by UpaLumpa

Miller versus Jacare!
Awesome.

LOL Who is the dude with the green hair?

**Kid Miracleman** · Posted On: 6/14/2008 3:45pm

Here's video from the pre-fight press conference:

http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1641

**Kentucky Fried Chokin** · Posted On: 6/14/2008 3:49pm

Mayhem Miller talking about Jacare:

“This kid is overhyped, you know what I mean?” Miller says. “He fought a bunch of chumps, and now he thinks he’s awesome. So that’s cool. Whatever. But I’ve fought the toughest names in the business and beat many of them. … Am I expecting an easy fight? No. But at the same time, I love the fact that [people] think I’m going to get murdered because he’s got a bunch of f—ing Internet Web clips of him submitting dudes.”

My favorite quote from Miller:

I’ve been fighting since Heavy D was skinny.