A few days back their was brief mention that the Hero’s circuit would soon become extinct, while this is yet to be completely confirmed, reports have surfaced that this is in fact a close reality. “Dreams” as the new show is allegedly called with look to merge what some have dubbed “Zombie PRIDE” (Dream Stage Entertainment Crew) with K-1 Hero’s and create a sort of default MMA leader in Japan. If this is in fact true, than I guess it would be good in some regards because we may be able to see shows like “Yarennoka!!” more frequently and hopefully with the same talent pool.
Another fighter making the jump stateside is the 1st and only King of Pancrase for the 141 pound division, Yoshiro Maeda. Don’t be fooled by Maeda’s 2 appearances in PRIDE. He was originally riding a 14-0-1 record when he met Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett and suffered a very violent knockout at Bushido 7. You also have to remember that PRIDE’s Lightweight Limit was 160 lbs., which is higher than Maeda is used to fighting at.
A fighter who might actually going back to Japan is the charismatic and always entertaining, Phil Baroni who recently commented on receiving offers from various promotions. Though it wasn’t clear if it was Hero’s or WVR, it would make more sense that WVR would try and contact him considering they are really trying to stock up their 183 lbs. division with the likes of SHOOTO 83 kg. World Champion Siyar Bahadurzada, Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos, and Makoto Takimoto. Also, don’t forget that it was recently found that they had also offered 2 PRIDE Grand Prix Champions fight. Those 2 fighters being Kazuo Misaki and Takanori Gomi.
For those not too familiar with WVR or World Victory Road here is something I posted a month ago talking about the details that have been released about WVR thus far.
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