***ESB's Offical MMA Prediction League: DREAM 10 July 20th***

[sugarngold]

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Dream Welterweight Grand Prix
Hayato Sakurai vs. Marius Zaromskis
Andre Galvao vs. Jason High

Non-Tournament Bouts
Shinya Aoki (No. 2 LW) vs. Vitor Ribeiro
Paulo Filho vs. Melvin Manhoef
Katsunori Kikuno vs. Andre Amade
Dong Sik Yoon vs Jesse Taylor
Tarec Saffiedine vs Ikemoto Seichi

Research their records and watch their fights before you make your prediction and if you still don't know who to pick JUST GUESS!

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[scurlaruntings]

Dreams roster is getting thin. And there running out of ideas.. Still its always great to see manhoef tear someone a new one.

[sugarngold]

Yeah - Manhoef is probably the best striker in MMA right now. He's always a joy to watch. Why don't you join the predictions this time around!

[Grievesy]

And I thought people had forgot about this as well. Although to be fair the card is pretty thin compared to some others DREAM have had.

Sakurai TKO 1
Galvao Sub 1 armbar
Tournament final (if this counts): Sakurai TKO 1
Aoki UD
Manhoef KTFO 1
Amade TKO 1

[LHL]

Sakurai TKO 2
Galvao Submission 1 Armbar
Tournament final Sakurai TKO 2
Riberio UD
Manhoef KO 1
Amade UD

[Beebs]

Dreams roster is getting thin. And there running out of ideas.. Still its always great to see manhoef tear someone a new one.

Can't rip anybody but yourself a new one when Filho breaks his arm off. :lol:

[Grievesy]

After having a better look at Kikuno can I change my pick to Kikuno UD? Cheers!

[scurlaruntings]

Can't rip anybody but yourself a new one when Filho breaks his arm off. :lol:Manhoef is arguably the best striker in the world in MMA. Filho has awesome Jujitsu but he's going to eat some serious leather when they fight. That being said i would imagine it to be similar to his fight with Akiyama and Dong Sik. Melvins biggest weakness is strong Judoka and guys with good Jujitsu. No shame there in being subbed by the best as his sub defense is quite good.

[rekcutnevets]

I personally feel Anderson Silva to have MMA's best striking arsenal. Manhoef is a bit wild. If Filho can avoid being hit by something crazy, he should win by submission.

Whom am I but the guy with the highest points total in the last 3 events he participated in

[scurlaruntings]

I personally feel Anderson Silva to have MMA's best striking arsenal. Manhoef is a bit wild. If Filho can avoid being hit by something crazy, he should win by submission.

Whom am I but the guy with the highest points total in the last 3 events he participated inWild? Have you seen Manhoef? Manhoef is one of the best pure Muay Thai counter strikers in MMA. You need to watch more of him dude.

[rekcutnevets]

Posted by scurlaruntings
Wild? Have you seen Manhoef? Manhoef is one of the best pure Muay Thai counter strikers in MMA. You need to watch more of him dude.
I am not claiming to have seen near all his work. I don't even know if he has a wikipedia page. If he is the best counter striker in mma, I do need to see some more footage. I haven't seen all his mma footage, so I'm not going to say you're wrong. I am just going to tell you I just don't see it, as far as being the best counter striker is concerned. Manhoef has K1 skills, so I won't question his abilities as a striker. I will say that he is powerful, and fast, and believes in those qualities. Manhoef also rushes in full steam ahead behind his high confidence in ability, and with little regard for his opponent. That is why I said he was a bit wild.

Manhoef has a good chance at koing Filho. Filho isn't exactly lightning quick, and is open to strikes. I just think there will be a clinch, and Filho will make good on it when there is. I believe it will be only a matter of time once it goes there, if it stays on the ground for any lengthy period.

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[rekcutnevets]

Hayato Sakurai tko 2

Andre Galvao UD

Dong Sik Yoon sub 2
Vitor Ribeiro UD
Paulo Filho sub 1 armbar
Katsunori Kikuno tko 2

[rekcutnevets]

sugarngold I think you missed a fight on your card.

Dong Sik Yoon vs Jesse Taylor

[sugarngold]

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[sugarngold]

sugarngold I think you missed a fight on your card.

Dong Sik Yoon vs Jesse Taylor

Everyone be sure to add the Yoon/Taylor fight to your predictions.

[québecwarrior]

Sakurai TKO 2

Galvao UD
Tournament final: Sakurai TKO 2
Aoki UD
Filho sub 1 arm bar
Amade SD
Taylor UD

[LB3000]

sugarngold I think you missed a fight on your card.

Dong Sik Yoon vs Jesse Taylor There is also Tarec Saffiedine vs Ikemoto Seichi which is the WW GP reserve FIGHT.

[LB3000]

Hayato Sakurai TKO/KO 2
Andre Galvao Sub 2
Final: Hayato Sakurai KO/TKO 1

Shinya Aoki UD
Melvin Manhoef TKO/KO 1
Andre Amade TKO/KO 1
Dong Sik Yoon Sub (armbar) 1
Tarec Saffiedine UD

[sugarngold]

There is also Tarec Saffiedine vs Ikemoto Seichi which is the WW GP reserve FIGHT.

Thanks for the head's up. Everyone be sure to add the Tarec Saffiedine vs Ikemoto Seichi as well.

It's been difficult finding a complete listing of the fight card. DREAM needs a better web presence.

[LHL]

Sakurai TKO 2
Galvao Submission 1 Armbar
Tournament final Sakurai TKO 2
Riberio UD
Manhoef KO 1
Amade UD
Taylor TKO 2
Tarec Sub G. Choke 1

[AJAX]

Sakurai tko 1
Galvao sub 2 rear naked
final Sakurai UD
Aoki-UD
Fiho-sub-2
Amade-UD
Taylor-tko-1
Terec-UD

[sugarngold]

Hayato Sakurai UD
Andre Galvao guillotine rd 1
Finals: Sakurai UD

Non-Tournament Bouts
Vitor Ribeiro UD
Paulo Filho armbar rd 1
Katsunori Kikuno UD
Jesse Taylor TKO 2
Ikemoto Seichi UD

[Grievesy]

Think I had a shocker with this.:-(

[québecwarrior]

hehe I had the perfect prediction for manhoef and filho!!!

[LHL]

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[sugarngold]

Results here:

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[Grievesy]

Well, no one thought that Zaromskis would pull that one out of the bag!

[sugarngold]

Well, no one thought that Zaromskis would pull that one out of the bag!

Apparently, Sakurai was the favorite on this forum. Sakurai didn't make it past the semi-finals. Still haven't had a chance to watch the event as it played in the middle of the night in the States.

[sugarngold]

AJAX - 37
quebecwarrior - 27
sugarngold - 24
LB3000 - 20
reckutnevets - 20
LHL - 11
Grievesy - 10