Dynamite!! 2010 is an upcoming mixed martial arts and kickboxing event and the latest in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that is scheduled to take place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event is expected to include bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and K-1 World MAX banners. The event will air on HDNet in North America.
Official Fight Card
* DREAM Heavyweight bout: France Jérôme Le Banner vs.Japan Satoshi Ishii
* DREAM Heavyweight bout: Russia Sergei Kharitonov vs.Japan Tatsuya Mizuno
* DREAM Heavyweight bout: Netherlands Alistair Overeem vs. United States Todd Duffee
* IGF special rules Heavyweight bout: JapanShinichi Suzukawa vs. United States Bob Sapp
* DREAM Featherweight Championship bout: Brazil Bibiano Fernandes vs. Japan Hiroyuki Takaya
* DREAM Welterweight Championship bout: Lithuania Marius Žaromskis vs. Japan Kazushi Sakuraba
* DREAM/K-1 Special Rules bout: Japan Shinya Aoki vs. Japan Yuichiro Nagashima
* DREAM Lightweight bout: Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. United States Josh Thomson
* DREAM Featherweight bout: Japan Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Japan Caol Uno
* K-1 MAX bout: Japan Akiyo Nishiura vs. Japan Tetsuya Yamato
* K-1 bout: Armenia Gegard Mousasi vs. Japan Kyotaro
* DREAM Featherweight bout: Japan Hideo Tokoro vs. Japan Kazuhisa Watanabe
* DREAM Welterweight bout: Japan Hayato Sakurai vs. United States Jason High
* DREAM Openweight bout: Japan Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Japan Hiroshi Izumi
* K-1 MAX bout: Nigeria Andy Ologun vs. Japan Katsuaki Furuki
Background
FEG president Tanikawa has stated that the company plans on holding an event together with Sengoku Raiden Championship and this event may have a similar DREAM vs SRC format as Dynamite!! 2009. However, this will not be happening now as SRC will be holding its own event, World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight.
Tanikawa has also stated that this Dynamite!! event will most likely be shortened (to around three hours) and the annual K-1 Koshien tournament will not take place at this event.
The title fight between Bibiano Fernandes and Hiroyuki Takaya will be the last in the 63 kg. (139 lbs) weight class before it gets broken into the standard MMA bantamweight and featherweight divisions. DREAM plans on holding a Grand Prix in whichever of the two weight classes the champion (Bibiano or Takaya) does not decide to fight in.
The Aoki/Nagashima fight was first annouced that there would be an alternate of four rounds, with one round under MMA rules and the next round, then they will change gloves and, fight under kickboxing rules. A coin toss will determine what rules they start under. However, it has since been announced that the fight will feature one three-minute kickboxing round, followed by a standard five-minute MMA round. The fighters will use open-fingered gloves throughout. If no winner is decided in the eight minutes of competition, the fight will be declared an automatic draw.
The Sapp/Suzukawa super-heavyweight “IGF rules” bout will feature a rule set similar to modern MMA, but the fighters will not wear gloves. Closed-fist strikes are forbidden, though palm strikes are legal.
Melvin Manhoef is slated to compete at this event. His opponent is not confirmed.
