Gegard Mousasi was forced to withdraw from his DREAM 11 “Super Hulk Semi-Final” fight with Rameau Thierry Sokodjou due to injury, according to MMAWeekly. Sources in the report indicate that Mousasi injured his shoulder during his exhibition grappling match with Fedor Emelianenko at M-1 “Breakthrough”.
DREAM.11 gets a even bigger with the addition of Nofifumi “Kid” Yamamoto and Tatsuya Kawajiri to the Oct. 6 fightcard set for the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, Japan. No opponents for the two fighters have been announced on the promotions website.
DREAM.11 features the semi-finals of the DREAM featherweight grand prix as well as the “Super Hulk” Open weight grand prix.
Joachim Hansen vs. Shinya Aoki [lt]
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza [mt]
Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante vs. TBA
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. TBA
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. TBA
Bibiano Fernanders vs. Joe Warren
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Hideo Tokoro
Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Daiki Hatais
Hong Man Choi vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Shinya Aoki (21-4) will challenge Joachim Hansen (19-7-1) for the DREAM lightweight title at DREAM 11 on Oct. 6 from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The fight was announced by Aoki during DREAM 10.
Hansen pounded out Aoki in the first round at DREAM 5 to claim the DREAM lightweight belt.
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