Help out a younger viewer. In its prime how did DREAM compare to other organisations like PRIDE and UFC.

[HHJ]

p.s. dig the av

 

[nonoob]

Yo Djs, is your cool AV kitty named Buds ? ​

It was awesome with Tournaments and massive events like dynamite which is a legacy from K1.

Occasionally some of the worlds best fighters at the time, nothing has come close to the 2000-2010 era, there's still Rizin which sometimes has a similar feel and good to watch live on new years depending on the card.

The many tournaments back then, especially the Open Weights, were banging AF.

The baddest men on the planet going to war - a combat dreamfests Never Eclipsed.

The Anyone, Any Size, Any Discipline, 2000 - 2010 was the ultimate non-Diva times for MMA & Kick Boxing Warriors.

Never was a top challenger refused a Title Shot for being "Annoying" or "an a$$hole."

Words of ufc's top Duck HW showing nothing but pitiful cowardice at the highest level.

The ufc's HW duck LEGACY ... Dana's Most Glazed Fighter Ever (Living his Best Life) ."


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[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Dream was during a fun fun time in MMA...

 

[JohnMandick]

It was a basic continuation of both K1 HERO*S and PRIDE, a "merger" of sorts, with "PRIDE" bringing assets over that they didn't sell to the UFC, like Mousasi and Aoki, K1 doing the same with guys like Tokoro and Kid and Bibi Fernandes.

They had mad talent, and really a lot of the guys who saw the most success weren't really deep into their careers. Joe Warren, who was an eventual Bellator champ, I think debuted in DREAM's 2009 FWGP. Fernandes had only had a few fights and he ended up winning both the FW and BW GPs, and moving on to hold a bunch of records in ONE and being one of the very best fighters to never fight in the UFC. Mousasi and Jacare and Aoki cut their teeth in DREAM, Ubereem looked like he was unstoppable and was decapitating everyone (except Crocop, who got Uberknees to the balls so hard one went into his guts), and Mayhem Miller was rocking some of the most memorable walkouts in MMA history. Sakuraba turned back time one more time and won after fighting back from what should have been a TKO loss.

Dongbar.

And one of my favorite KOs.
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All kinds of reasons to watch if you missed it. DREAM failed, like Sengoku around the same time, bc the Japanese public was still all "fuck you" when it came to MMA, residuals from the PRIDE scandal. Neither failed bc their products sucked and they had D class talents, circumstance just couldn't get the public on their side and the money dried up. The cards we were left with, pretty memorable. I used to watch streams at 180p on NicoNico Douga to watch Dynamite!, back in the cut, and don't regret a thing.

My first thought was DONGBAR!!!!!

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

 

[Escabar]

Still had most of the charm and entertainment factor Pride had but a far less talent rich roster. The 145lbs division was good and 155lbs division was stacked none of the others were.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

dream had more entertainment value than it had actual skill level of the fighters. Sure they had prime horse juicy ubereem but he was only there for a hot minute taking easy fights like Fujita and duffy. High skill level fights like Moose vs Jacare 1 were few and far in between.

... watching the dream shows live at 3am were good times. The super hulk tournament were the peak moments. To me, dream is known for freakshow fights. The new years dynamite co-promoted events with k1 were also good times.

Supah Hluk nevah die