Dream 8 Post-Fight Presser

Post fight pressers are horrible. Going to one of these things after only a few hours sleep (for everyone) is just an unpleasant experience. No one is in the mood to talk, the fighters are either banged up or hungover and the press are exhausted. It does make for some great photos though.

DJ Taiki - I don't actually know what character this maestro thing is supposed to be. I really wish his eye would heal properly. He deservers to be in the tournament now.

Marius Zaromskis getting straight back into training (kinda) the day after one of the fights of the year.

The Dream 8 presser was held in a gym above a fighting gear store in Nagoya. It was a pretty horrible venue but the lighting wasn’t too bad and I got a couple few experiences out of it.

Looks like three stitches for Riki Fukuda.

One was chatting with the Shooto legend and very outspoken Noboru Asahi. He currently trains Yoshiyuki Yoshida and help Mach for his fight against Aoki. He talked some pretty funny trash at Yuki Nakai post fight that he probably wouldn’t want me to relay but take my word for it, this guy is one in a million. One of the best characters I’ve met over here.

The hilariously outspoken Noboru Asahi training Yoshiyuki Yoshida.

The second was watching Mach’s fight with Mach and his trainers. They hadn’t seen the fight yet as far as I was aware and they had a replay going on in the store downstairs from the presser. He was still ecstatic with his win and I think even he was pretty shocked at how brutal those knees were. The final was Shibata talking about a huge night he had and hangover only to reveal it was two beers in his hotel room.

Happy bunch of winners (not my choice for the crop...).

Lots more smiles at Sherdog.