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Archive for the 'Shinya Aoki' Category


Joachim Hansen - DREAM GP 2008 Lightweight Champion

Posted by Iain Liddle on 21st July 2008

Norway’s Joachim Hansen pulled off a major surprise in Japan today with his stunning and controversial victory in the DREAM 2008 Lightweight Grand Prix.Hansen defeated Kultar Gill in the reserve bout but was not expected to feature any further with semi-finalist victors Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki appearing to emerge from their respective fights without injury.

However an eye injury to the last remaining American in the tournament forced doctors to rule Alvarez out of the final, against his personal wishes, and replace him with Hansen.

In a short final, controversy reigned when Hansen sent up an up-kick in the direction of the standing Aoki but instead hit the Japanese fighter below the belt and caused a short delay. The fight was then re-started on the feet instead of where the fight had been positioned which allowed the Norwegian fighter to escape an uncomfortable position.

The fight then transitioned to the ground with Hansen on top where he bullied Aoki from guard, after initially being troubled by rubber guard tactics, and unleashed some brutal ground and pound which forced the former policeman to tap out and hand the European fighter the Grand prix title.

Hansen announced after the fight that his first defence will be against Eddie Alvarez in a rematch of their classic encounter from DREAM 3.

Full results in the post below.

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