Eliminate that blank spot next to Alistair Overeem's name on the Dynamite!! 2010 fight list. Todd Duffee is in Japan, took this photo and is ready to take on one of the hottest fighters in MMA.
Duffee, once considered a top prospect at heavyweight with the UFC, is looking to rebuild his reputation after getting booted from the promotion over personality issues. Duffee (6-1) recorded a seven-second KO in his UFC debut, but then suffered an upset loss at the hands of Mike Russow in May at UFC 114.
We're glad to see Duffee steered clear of the Japanese cross-dressing routine during Wednesday's press proceedings. The message on the T-shirt is a nice touch.
That "chick" Shinya Aoki is fighting is K-1 MAX Japan Tournament Champion Yuichiro Nagashima. As if the get-up isn't weird enough, the fight will be waged under mixed rules according to MMAjunkie:
In addition to the heavyweight bout, DREAM officials clarified the "special rules" for Aoki vs. Nagashima. One three-minute kickboxing round will be followed by a five-minute MMA round. Open-finger gloves will be used, and if a winner hasn't been determined by knockout or submission, the fight will be declared a draw.
Bob Sapp is also on the card fighting with special rules:
Officials also clarified the rules for a Bob Sapp vs. Shinichi Suzukawa special-rules fight. The fight will be held under MMA rules, but the fighters won't wear gloves. Closed-fist strikes are not allowed, though palm strikes are.
Dynamite 2010!! card (HDNet Friday 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT):
Satoshi Ishii vs. Jerome Le Banner
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
Alistair Overeem vs. Todd Duffee
Bob Sapp vs. Shinichi Suzukawa
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Marius Zaromskis vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro Nagashim
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Josh Thomson
Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Caol Uno
Akiyo Nishiura vs. Tetsuya Yamato
Kyotaro Fujimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi
Hideo Tokoro vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe
Jason High vs. Hayato Sakurai
Hiroshi Izumi vs. Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa
Katsuaki Furuki vs. Andy Ologun
As always with Japanese fight cards, Cagewriter will have live coverage of Dynamite!! 2010 on Friday morning beginning around 4:30 a.m. ET. Much of the coverage will be on Twitter. You can follow us @stevecofield and @maggiehendricks.
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