Be sure to set your DVR or plan up staying late this weekend when HDNet broadcasts Dream 12, live from Osaka, Japan.  The show begins early Sunday morning (Saturday night) at 1 AM (CT).

 

The event features the debut of the white cage, the first major promotion in Japan to feature a cage.  Bellator FC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez (18-2) will face DEEP lightweight champion Katsunori Kikuno (12-1-2).  This fight could be a fight-of-the-year candidate

 

Heavyweight Alistair Overeem (30-11) is also expected to face James Thompson (14-10).  Overeem fought in his home country of Holland a week ago by defeating Ohio native Tony Sylvester (11-3) in just 1:23 by guillotine choke.  Prior to that fight, Overeem defeated K-1 legend Peter Aerts by unanimous decision on September 26 in South Korea.  That victory gained the Strikeforce heavyweight champ a spot in the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals to be held on December 5 in Tokyo.

 

Fightcard:

 

  • Alistair Overeem vs. James Thompson
  • Zelg Galesic vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
  • Tokimitsu Ishizawa vs. Katsuyori Shibata
  • Champion Marius Zaromskis vs. Myeon Ho Bae (welterweight non-title fight)
  • Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Tomoya Miyashita
  • Tarec Saffiedine  vs. Yoon Dong Sik*
  • Chase Beebe vs. Yoshiro Maeda
  • Eddie Alvarez vs. Katsunori Kikuno
  • Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Won Sik Park