DREAM New Year's Eve: Megumi Fujii to Fight, Sakuraba to Wrestle

According to the folks at MMA Fighting, there have been two more additions to the spectacular DREAM New Year's Eve (Genki Desu Ka!!, for those who want to get technical about it) card on New Year's Eve.

Megumi Fujii will attempt to add a third win to her recent winning streak against Spaniard Karla Benitez in a 115 lbs. bout. Fujii's hype train is quitely getting back on track after her split decision loss to Zoila Gurgel in Bellator, while Benitez dropped her last bout by decision. Despite the controversial loss, Fujii is still considered one of the best women's MMA fighters in the world. This also marks the first WMMA fight in DREAM history.

Additionally, we will see Kazushi Sakuraba compete on the card as well. Fortunately for fans of Saku, we probably won't have to see him risk an ear or body part in the process. He will be competing in a pro wrestling tag-team match, teaming up with former pro wrestler and current mixed martial artist Katsuyori Shibata to take on former sumo wrestler Shinichi Suzukawa and former judoka Atsushi Sawada.

For those who are clueless to these names, here is some background information on those competing in the tag team match. Shibata has amassed a record of 4-10-1 in MMA, with his only notable victory coming over Ikuhisa Minowa, better known as "Minowaman." Suzukawa was a popular sumo wrestler until being arrested for marijuana possession (a huge disgrace in Japan), thus dismissing him from the world of sumo. Sawada was a former junior judo champion who transitioned to Antonio Inoki's IGF.

A full rundown of the official bouts after the jump.

Dream Featherweight Title Bout
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue

Dream Bantamweight World GP
Semifinals: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
Semifinals: Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos
Finals: Winner of Fernandes-Marques vs. Winner of Imanari-Banuelos
Reserve: Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev

Other MMA Bouts
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Mixed Rules Bout
Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno

Pro Wrestling Matches
Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts

HT: MMA Fighting