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Mr. Sasahara in the pre fight press conference, talking about his plans for the near future...
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notes:
- all of the D13 fights have title implications.
- there will be a HW title fight in the summer: Overeem vs Barnett if he gets past Mo decisivley.
- Hope for HW champion to fight Fedor, possible at Dynamite or another significant event.
- Arlovski and Sylvia will fight in DREAM "soon".
- Hulks lined up for Minowaman but no tournament this year.
- Announcements regarding April event in Korea tomorrow, expected theme: Korea vs the world.
sounds good, especially regarding the HW division.
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From the beginning, we had planned to start the event with Minowaman/Ambriz and close it with Bibiano/Joachim. But we placed the Noons/Dida fight right after the intermission by design. It's indicative of our high expectations.
Bibiano was quite apologetic when when he forgot to bring his belt. (sarcastic laugh) Everything is OK though. It's somewhere in Japan I hear and it will arrive tomorrow. If he had forgotten to bring his belt to Japan, it would be the first time in history. (laughter)
All the bouts have some kind of title implications and will affect future matchups. If Josh gets by Mo decisively, then there will be talks about Alistair or Fedor. If we have Josh vs Alistair, it will probably be in the summer or fall. I'm thinking that the DREAM heavyweight title match will be between Alistair and someone.
We wanted to bring in some new faces but no one wanted to fight Josh. So if Josh wins in good fashion, our goal is to do Josh vs Alistair, and then the winner of that to face Fedor.
I'm not sure of the specifics in Fedor's contract, but it's based on Strikeforce so he won't fight in Japan for a while. He's the best fighter in the world and it's not up to just my intentions as there are many factors surrounding the situation. It's not easy.
If we can get Fedor to fight the DREAM heavyweight champion, it would surely be a fight to determine the "one in six billion" man. I would like to have that fight on NYE or at some other appropriate event.
I wanted to have guys like Arlovski and Sylvia at DREAM.13. I think they will fight here soon. If Ambriz wins tomorrow, I presume he may come to me and ask to be included in the mix. There's other potential superhuman opponents for Minowaman, so I intend on setting those up. He wants those kind of dream matches so we will oblige. We won't have a super hulk tournament this year.
As for the April event in Korea, we are in the final tuning stage. We intended on making some announcements tomorrow, but it may be a bit delayed. The theme may be "Korea vs The World".
At first I thought Hansen has the advantage, but seeing Bibiano today, he has some good reach and they're both pretty much the same size. There's no doubt that it will be an all-out war. I think Joachim's knees may make the difference. If Bibiano gets exhausted and goes in for a takedown, Joachim may end it with a knee to the face. But if goes to the ground, I think Bibiano has the advantage.
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notes:
- all of the D13 fights have title implications.
- there will be a HW title fight in the summer: Overeem vs Barnett if he gets past Mo decisivley.
- Hope for HW champion to fight Fedor, possible at Dynamite or another significant event.
- Arlovski and Sylvia will fight in DREAM "soon".
- Hulks lined up for Minowaman but no tournament this year.
- Announcements regarding April event in Korea tomorrow, expected theme: Korea vs the world.
sounds good, especially regarding the HW division.
Its a shame that he wont try to be a ranked legit Mw, I seriously think with the form he is on, a bit of weight cutting and he could easily be a top 10 Mw... Im not to fussed he is sticking to fighting freaks though I just hope they are a better quality of freak than The Titan! 
Guess he forgot he wasnt in MMA. The guy is super strong now.
