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Report: Kang Removed From DREAM.5 Card
Published 7/10/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
Denis Kang throws a right hand at Gegard Mousasi. Photo courtesy of DREAM. Former PRIDE welterweight grand prix runner-up Denis Kang has been removed from DREAM’s latest effort on July 21st due to unknown reasons. The news comes from MMA Weekly, which reports that Kang learned of the change days ago after waiting multiple weeks for ...

Denis Kang’s DREAM Over?
Published 7/11/2008 by Tim Ngo at 5thRound.com - UFC 88 Play-by-Play, UFC News, MMA News, Interviews
Denis Kang’s DREAM Over? Denis Kang Middleweight Denis Kang went from being one of the best fighters in the world to being pulled off the DREAM.5 card for no reason. When asked why he was removed from his scheduled fight on July 21st, “I have no idea,” Kang told MMAWeekly . With back-to-back losses to Yoshihiro Akiyama and Gegard Mousasi and only one win in his last four fights, one has to wonder if DREAM even wants Kang back.“I want to stay with them [DREAM], I have no problem with them,” Kang went on to say. With his July 21st fight no longer on the books, Kang now has to focus on defending his Spirit MC title on August 31st against Jae Young Kim. If Kang ...

DREAM.5 Fight Card Updates
Published 7/11/2008 by Dr J at MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis
... MMAWeekly has learned that Denis Kang has been removed from the DREAM.5 card. Kang had been busy training for the fight and waiting for word from FEG on who is opponent would be. Last week, Kang was told by FEG that he was no longer on the fight card at all. ...

Denis Kang pulled from DREAM.5 lineup
Published 7/12/2008 by Sam Caplan at Five Ounces of Pain
m_26ff9f1f3942ea55ce646bb04a3c29cd.jpg Middleweight fighter Denis Kang , who had been attached to the DREAM.5 card that’s set to take place on July 21, has been removed from the show without an official reason being provided by event organizers. MMAWeekly.com reported the development earlier this week. An opponent for Kang had never been announced, however he had been advertised for the card by DREAM. Kang, at one time a near-consensus top-ten middleweight, has fallen on hard times recently, losing three out of his last four fights. A veteran of PRIDE , he is 0-2 since signing with DREAM and its predecessor, K-1 HERO’s . Fighting for K-1 HERO’s last ...

Denis Kang Talks Canceled Dream Fight
Published 7/12/2008 by bfowlkes at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... not to bash Dream for dropping him from the Dream.5 fight card on July 21. It seems like they didn’t have a great reason for taking him off the event, nor did they have an explanation for why he only recently found out about it, but Kang’s trying to stay positive, which we like. ...