Two Big MMA Events Tonight!

Just a quick reminder:

There are two mixed martial arts events tonight on television.  Strikeforce is in Houston and will be broadcast by Showtime at 9 PM (CT).

Sengoku Raiden Championship will be shown live from Japan on HDNet beginning at 1 AM (CT).

Dynamite!! 2009 Quick Results

 Here are the results from Dynamite!! 2009 from Saitoma, Japan.

• K-1 Koshien semifinal: Shota Shimada d. Katsuki Ishida by dec.
• K-1 Koshien semifinal: Masaaki Noiri d. Hiroya by dec.
• DREAM Super Hulk final: Minowa d. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou by R1 TKO
• K-1: Ray Sefo d. Yosuke Nishijma by dec.
• K-1 Koshien final: Shota Shimada d. Masaaki Noiri by dec.

• DREAM vs. SRC
• Hiroshi Izumi d. Katsuyori Shibata by dec.
• Michihiro Omigawa d. Hiroyuki Takaya by R1 TKO.
• Akihiro Gono d. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai by R2 Sub (arm bar)
• Melvin Manhoef d. Kazuo Misaki by R1 TKO
• Hideo Tokoro d. Jong Man Kim by dec.
• Tatsuya Kawajiri d. Kazunori Yokota by dec.
• SRC Featherweight Champ Masanori Kanehara d. Norofumi "Kid" Yamamoto by dec.
• Alistair Overeem d. Kazuyuki Fujita by R1 KO.
• DREAM Lightweight Champ Shinya Aoki d. SRC Lightweight Champ Mizuto Hirota by R1 sub (broken arm)

• Gegard Mousasi d. Gary Goodridge by R1 TKO.
• Hidehiko Yoshida d. Satoshi Ishii by dec.
• K-1 MAX:  Masato d. Andy Souwer by dec.

Catch the replay on HDNet tonight beginning at 9 PM (CT).

Dynamite!! 2009 Live On HDNet

The biggest combat sports event of the year will take place on New Years Eve in Tokyo, when K-1, DREAM, and Sengoku Raiden Championship (SRC) team up to present Dynamite!! 2009.

The 18-fight card will feature fighters from the MMA world as well as K-1 fighters.  The main event of the show will feature the career-ending fight of Masato. He will face 2-time K-1 World MAX GP Champion Andy Souwer, the only fighter to defeat Masato twice (June 30, 2006 and October 3, 2007).

HDNet will broadcast the entire event live beginning at 2 AM (CT).

FIGHTCARD
K-1 Koshien reserve: Tsukasa Fuji vs. Ryuya Kusakabe
K-1 Koshien semifinal: Katsuki Ishida (2-0) vs. Shota Shimada (5-1)
K-1 Koshien semifinal: Hiroya (14-1) vs. Masaaki Noiri (2-0)
DREAM Super Hulk final: Minowa (43-30-8) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (7-5)
K-1: Yosuke Nishijima (0-1) vs. Ray Sefo (54-20-1)
K-1 Koshien final: Hiroya/Noiri winner vs. Ishida/Shimada winner
*DREAM vs. SRC*
Katsuyori Shibata (4-6-1) vs. Hiroshi Izumi (0-1)
Michihiro Omigawa (8-8-1) vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (12-7-1)
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (35-9-2) vs. Akihiro Gono (30-15-7) 
Melvin Manhoef (23-6-1) vs. Kazuo Misaki (22-9-2)
Hideo Tokoro (25-21-1) vs. Jong Man Kim (21-10-3)
Tatsuya Kawajiri (25-5-2) vs. Kazunori Yokota (11-2-3)
Norofumi "Kid" Yamamoto (17-2) vs. SRC Featherweight Champ Masanori Kanehara (15-7-5)
Alistair Overeem (31-11) vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (15-8)
DREAM Lightweight Champ Shinya Aoki (22-4) vs. SRC Lightweight Champ Mizuto Hirota (12-3-1)
Gegard Mousasi (27-2-1) vs. Gary Goodridge (23-19-1)
Satoshi Ishii (0-0) vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (8-7-1)
K-1 MAX:  Masato (54-6-2) vs. Andy Souwer (134-8-1)

Wiuff loses in Japan

Light heavyweight veteran Travis Wiuff was stopped early in the third round of his fight against Stanislav Nedkov in a bout broadcast live from Sengoku 8 on HDNet.

Despite several low blow fouls against the Bulgarian Nedkov (including two red cards in the first round) Wiuff continued to fight on and easily was ahead on the scorecard going into the final round.  A powerful right straight by Nedkov dropped Wiuff and was followed by ground-and-pound before the referee stopped the bout at 0:42 of the third.

The loss (his second in a row) dropped the record of Wiuff to 54-13.  In his last fight, Wiuff was stopped by "King Mo" Lawlal at Sengoku 5 in September of 2008.  Nedkov improved to 6-0.