Comments on: DREAM and WVR Mid-Year Awards

By: Josh "The IronMan" Stein

Josh "The IronMan" Stein — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:53:22 +0000

Anonymoussss already made the points I was going to make.

I was thinking Manhoef was a shoe in for fighter of the Mid-year. I mean, he killed Sakuraba, and he beat Dae Won Kim in what was, in my mind, an impressive fight. I thought that the Alvarez/Hansen fight was awesome, but I wasn’t so enamored with Alvarez that I would call him the biggest name of the midyear.

I agree with you on everything else, though, and I was glad to see you give the nod to Uno.

By: Ernest Helwig

Ernest Helwig — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:45 +0000

You definitely make very valid points. I think that it could’ve definitely been either Hellboy or Alvarez but since Alvarez did win the bout between them I felt more compelled to give it to him. Also his destruction of Amade was definitely impressive.

Also, I was considering listing Manhoef but I thought Alistair was more “destructive” I guess. Even though I personally wouldn’t of wanted to receive that huge knee to the face like Dae Won Kim did, I still think that Alistair’s was just insane.

Thanks and Peace.

By: Anonymousssss

Anonymousssss — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:57 +0000

Daisuke Nakamura’s knock out of Bu Kyung Jung was very impressive too. Though not as crisp as Overeem’s, I think the full ten minutes of action that preceded it attribute to a more satisfying knock out.

Fighter of the year is interesting. I could make a case for Joachim Hansen, even though lost to the obvious FOTY in Eddie Alverez. Hansen out boxed Kotetsu Boku, and put on a very competitive bout of the year with Eddie Alverez, nearly catching multiple submissions on Eddie.

Also, Melvin Manhoef is a consideration at the mid-year mark. Two devastating knock outs within a month, even after being roughed up by Remy Bonjasky in K-1, is quite the accomplishment.