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Well I for one am extremely disappointed with two new fights announced last night at 11:45 ET. The rumors were true. Aoki and Kawajiri will not be fighting each other and it depresses me to no end. In stead of fighting each other, Aoki will be fighting Mizuto Hirota and Kawajiri will be fighting Kazunori Yokota. This is a complete failure. With two great Japaneese promotions they can't even get the #1 and #2 Japanese fighters to fight each other. Pathetic. One must wonder now if two similar MMA organizations can't work together prorperly How will Strikeforce and Dream make the right decisions? Oh and Kazuo Misaki will be fighting Melvin Manhoef, so yeah we will watch Misaki take Melvin down and submit him instead of Melvin fighting K-1 or Melvin fighting Robbie Lawler. On a positive note Sakaruba will not be dying in the ring on this card.

My dissapiontment in this card will never leave me. This card had a potential of being absolutely great but instead Dream and Sengoku have pissed greatness away and have come up with retarded match-ups that no one cares about. And I am not the only one pissed. This is a quote from Kawajiri at the press conference:"I have no interest in this fight and I’m not motivated either." Way to go guys! T-Blood and all of their fighters have been frustrated with the match-ups Dream has put together in the past. Kawajiri has openly talked about coming to the states and I think this will push him over the edge(God I hope). In my post you can find here, I talked about the merger between the two Japanese promotions was going to possibly lead to a Japanese MMA revolution. Scrap that. This is going to straight up kill Japanese MMA.

I hardly care but there will be two more fights left to be announced. My guess is that they will be K-1 fights. Actually it is not a guess, I am certain they will annouce two K-1 bouts. If the rumors are true (which they were last time) then Gegard Mousasi is certainly fighting as well as Errol Zimmerman. Honestly I am so upset I don't even want to speculate who they will be fighting.

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I got the chance to sit down and speak with the WEC Bantamweight Champion Brian Bowles. As fighters hit pads in the background I asked Brian questions about being the underdog, the 125 pound division, and Pro Wrestling. Please enjoy!

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Erich: So do you walk around Athens showing off your belt?

Bowles: Nope not at all, I'm not Tim Sylvia. Everybody asks me that question, that's not who I am.

Erich: Talk about being an underdog through out your career.

Bowles:I don't mind being the underdog it kind of takes the pressure off you when you fight. When you the underdog everybody thinks that I am supposed to loose. Honestly it really doesn't matter to me, I am just going to get in the cage and do the same thing even if I wasn't the underdog.

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Ah yes, the lovely Hooters girls of Gwinnett were on hand for ring card duty at Wild Bill's on Friday night. I had the satisfaction of not only taking pictures of these beautiful ladies but also to watch a great MMA event. Every year David Oblas contributes to the charity Toys for Tots at Wild Bill's. Toys for Tots is a charity that sends new toys to impoverished children.  For every newly wrapped toy someone brought in Mr. Oblas would give one free ticket. It is a really good cause and I applaud Mr. Oblas and Undisputed Productions for there generosity. Undisputed Productions and Full Throttle Entertainment put on a very exciting show that the colossal crowd enjoyed. Wild Bill's was absolutely packed!  Undisputed Productions reveled that Junie Browning will be headlining the next Wild Bill's event on Feb 5th.

Frank Cespedesvs. Collin Smith: Smith via Guillotine Choke R2  

Smith was in control the whole fight. In the first round Smith achieved a takedown and continually worked for submissions on top. Cespedes fought valiantly but eventually succumbed to a Guillotine in the second round.

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During weigh-in's for Wild Bill's Fight Night 24 I was able to sit down and talk with Joseph "ElDingoLoco" Carroll. This is not Carroll's first interview with MMA4Real. If you missed the first one check it out here. Joe is a professional mixed martial arts fighter fighting out of Claremont, NC.  He's 2-1 as a pro and is looking to improve upon that record. We discuss cooking, the rivalry between North Carolina and Georgia fighters, sibling rivalry, and many more topics.

  
Erich: How is the weight cut going?

Carroll: It's going pretty good. Ya know I took this fight on like a weeks notice and I was at 171 at the time. So from there I made the cut to 155.

Erich:Does your experience in the Navy help you while your in the ring/cage?

Carroll: The experience has helped me be more controlled. When I am under fire, the experience I gained while in the Navy helps me stay in control of the situation.

Erich: What is your motivation for fighting? 

Carroll: The competitive aspect. I love going into the cage and they lock you in there with your opponent. Nobody can help you. It is fun to show off what techniques you learn in training and see if you are truly better than your opponent.

Erich: Talk about Team Superior.

Carroll: Team Superior is run by my brother Roger Carroll II. He is a great trainer and has a black belt in Judo and a Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We hit hard, have great technique and our work ethic surpasses our peers. I think team Superior and team Huskey are the top schools in North Carolina. Both schools work together to make each other better. Our fighters don't flaunt what we do. But you are going to listen to us or we will armbar you.

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FEG held it's second Dynamite Press Conference tonight. FEG president Tanigawa starts the press conference by walking out with Dream president Sasahara and WVR president Inamura. The first fight announced is Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima. Nishjima is a popular former boxing champion in Japan. It will be a K-1 rules bout. Also in the press conference they announce Aoki has the flu. Sadly this could mean there could be no Aoki vs "Crusher" fight. "Kid" Yamamoto is making his return to MMA agaisnt Sengoku featherweight champion Masanori Kanehara. "Kid" is coming off an embarassing KO in K-1. Judo Olympic Silver Metalist Hiroshi Izumi is fighting for just the second time agaisnt pro-wrestler Katsuyori Shibata. Kazuyuki Fujita had a choice between Jerome Le Banner and Alistair Overeem. Fujita decided to dig his own grave and choose Overeem. Here is the rest of the fight card that was announced:

MMA Fight:
Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

DREAM Vs. SRC:
-Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto vs. Masanori Kanehara
-Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Michihiro Omigawa
-Hideo Tokoro vs. Marlon Sandro
-Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Akihiro Gono
-Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Izumi
-Alistair Overeem vs. Kazuyuki Fujita

K-1 MAX Fight (5×3 minutes, 1×3 ext.):
-Masato vs. Andy Souwer

K-1 Fight:
-Ray Sefo vs. Yosuke Nishijima

Super Hulk Tournament Final:
-Minowaman vs. Sokoudjou

K-1 Koshien Finals:
Final: HIROYA/Noiri Winner vs. Shimada/Ishida Winner
Semi-Final: HIROYA vs. Masaaki Noiri
Semi-Final: Shota Shimada vs. Katsuki Ishida
Reserve: Tsukasa Fuji vs. Ryuya Kusakabe

Now all the fights have not been announced so expect more announcements in the near future. Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida is still the main event, WVR's t.v. deal was dropped with this main event. This leads me to believe that a big name in Japan will be on the card. Fighters I am speculating are Gomi, Kawajiri, Sakuraba, Ishida, Kitaoka, Hirota. With an outside chance of Kang and Aoki to jump in. So far this is a soild NYE card. That being said it could be far better. There are MUCH more matches to be made. FEG stated that there will be 18 to 19 fights on this card. And only 14 have been announced.  I am upset about the Koshien Finals (K-1 High school) It doesn't need to be on this card. The Koshien finals are taking up card space from meaning-full MMA fights. If the Aoki vs. Kawajiri fight does not get made I will be extremely upset.  

 

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Semmy Schilt def. Badr Hari via TKO (Kick to the body) R1

Tyrone Spong def. Keijiro "Kyotaro" Maeda via DEC
Semmy Schilt def. Remy Bonjasky via TKO (leg kicks) R1
Badr Hari def. Alistair Overeem via TKO (head kick) R1

Daniel Ghita def. Sergei Kharitonov via TKO (leg kicks) R3
Remy Bonjasky def. Errol Zimmerman via DEC
Semmy Schilt def. Jerome Le Banner via TKO (kicks to the body) R1
Alistair Overeem def. Ewerton Teixeira via KO (knee) R1
Badr Hari def. Ruslan Karaev via TKO (punches) R1
Peter Aerts def. Gokhan Saki via DEC
Jan Soukup def. Tsutomu Takahagi via DEC
Singh "Heart" Jaideep def. Makoto Uehara via KO (knee) R2
Ryuji Kajiwara def. Keiichi Samukawa via DEC

Roy Nelson (263) vs. Brendan Schaub (240)

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Matt Hamill (206) vs. Jon Jones (206)

 

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Houston Alexander (208) vs. Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson (212)

 

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Frankie Edgar (155) vs. Matt Veach (155)

 

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Marcus Jones (262) vs. Matt Mitrione (255)

 

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James McSweeney (235) vs. Darrill Schoonover (261)

Jon Madsen (247) vs. Justin Wren (251)

Brian Stann (205) vs. Rodney Wallace (203)

Dennis Hallman (169) vs. John Howard (170)

Joe Brammer (155) vs. Mark Bocek (156)