Author Archive for Ernest Helwig
Sengoku IX Post Event Analysis and Review
How can such a good thing do someone so much bad? What on the exterior looked to be a great night of fights might have had a bad affect on business. World Victory Road’s Sengoku IX may be the event that in the future look back to find that it was a culprit in stifling [...]
DREAM.6 and Sengoku 4 Card Updates
DREAM.6 in a matter of days has gone from a so-so event to possibly becoming the most important show in the short history of DREAM. President Tanigawa commented that their last show DREAM. 5 was not necessarily the biggest success. The show did manage to break a 10.0 but some heavy steps are needed to [...]
DREAM.5 Preview
After delays, expectation, anticipation, letdowns, upsets, epic bouts and a lot of optimism, DREAM will conclude what it started over 5 months ago. Things have definitely gone from bad to worse for the upstart organization. If you remember, earlier this year the 1st DREAM show raked in a dismal 9 rating even dropping to 6th [...]
K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei Review and 5 K-1 Fighters I’d Like To See In DREAM
Another person has claimed an invitation to K-1′s annual World GP Finals later this year and while it wasn’t who I personally thought would end up taking the tournament, it was a familiar face who would have their hand raised by the end of the night. The GP got kicked off with a small sized [...]
DREAM.5 & WVR Card Updates and K-1 World MAX Final 8 Thoughts
In only 2 weeks the coronation of the Lightweight winner of the Inaugural DREAM GP will finally occur. It was really hard to guess 4 months ago which 4 fighters would be in the finals and while 2 of the finalist were somewhat expected (Kawajiri and Aoki), the 2 others (Uno and Alvarez) have definitely [...]
DREAM and WVR Mid-Year Awards
With 6 whole months now officially and completely behind us, I thought I’d take time to note all the positive and negative things that have happened in these quick 6 months. I’ll give a category and my quick thoughts of why that person or persons deserved their respective “award”. This is strictly DREAM and WVR [...]
DREAM. 3 Preview
Yeah, I know this is a bit later than I hope but with my INSANE schoolwork schedule, it’s been very hard to get any time to try and give my thoughts on the Upcoming shows. If it’s not a Speech/Presentation I have to write, than its preparation for a Math exam, or a Book summary [...]
DREAM. 2 Preview
What a change of pace from DREAM. 1 to DREAM. 2. In that short span, number of bad things have been mounting up in the FEG front. With this 2 Organization war going on in Japan, It seems that by garnering less attention and just basically letting things go on around them World Victory Road [...]
Catching Up: DREAM and WVR Updates
It’s been a LONG time since my last contribution to MMAOpinion.com, which was due to school, exams and other attention grabbing things but I hope to come back with a lot more frequency during these days… Anyways, moving to content, FEG is finishing up its 3rd major event of the month in Japan with its [...]
DREAM.2 Card Adds 1st Bouts
Finally, a sign of life coming out of the DREAM organization as they announced that they have officially added 3 bouts to their upcoming Middleweight GP on April 29th. The confirmed bouts are: Denis Kang vs. Gegard Mousasi Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Masakatsu Funaki Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara The only real bout really seems relevant [...]
