Eddie Alvarez Vs Joachim Hansen DREAM 3 Video Fight

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wow great fight, great card. Dream.2 was so so but this card was the S#!t. it was 5 times more exciting than the last ufc and every fight was worth watching.

wow are u kidding me? early candidate for fight of the year

you guys are over hyping this fight it was a pretty dominate fight for Alvarez too big and too strong for Hansen to handle…..just look at the arm bar Hansen had on him !!!

No way, I don t think Alvarez was the winner. I think it was a draw. Hansen fell two times, but he was near to submit Alvarez, at least, 4 times, and he scaped. And, Hansen was always forward. It was draw, or for Joachim Hansen. The decision wasn’t right at all.

Fight of the Year, hands down!

This was a hell of an entertainment.

Respect to the fighters!

Thanks MMA TKO.

Fu*King Awsome fight.. Praud to be Norwegian,man.. DREAM is the new deal:) Culd have been a KO at any moment from both sides, Submissions atemt, swips etc.. The HOLE deal!!! Eddie won, that from A norwegian.. PS: It’s Norwegian Drinking month now (may) Russ etc.. Peace and Love to you all MMA mother f****** out there;)

Who cares about elbows to the head?? They stop too many fight premature. In DREAM you can knee to the head on the ground. Thats the way it should be! I miss soccerkicks and head stomps though

Damn that was a good fight, I wouldn’t pick it for FOTY but it was a great match nonetheless. I haven’t seen one Dream fight that was boring, the Pride void has been filled.

GSP has a twin. I say after Alvarez racks up some more quality wins, he hops onto the UFC bandwagon and establishes himself in the U.S, then goes for GSP. They’re built in the same way, and probably have almost even strength, striking, grappling, and wrestling. Slight advantage in all areas for GSP, but if you were to put Eddie against say..Matt Hughes, i see a huge upset. Dana put it into motion damnit.

Great fight! I think both guys are warriors, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that thought this fight could have easily been called a draw or even a win for Hansen.

The difference was the knockdowns, but I do believe Hansen kept coming forward pushing the action and almost submitted Alvarez a few times.

Regardless both guys fought well and that is definitely a early candidate for fight of the year.

…not even close until the second round, Alvarez dominated the first round with strikes and takedowns. Hansen clocked him a few times, don’t get me wrong – it just didn’t hurt Alvarez.
I second the opinion that no elbows sucks, it’s a stupid rule just to be different. I can’t think of another reason why Japanese MMA will not allow it…if you are going to allow knees to the head on the ground (were they allowed here? I didn’t read up), then elbows to the head on the ground are not near as damaging, but they do prevent the guy in guard from being so relaxed. Hey if you can’t elbow me in the face, sure I’ll pull guard. But Hansen wasn’t pulling guard every time – he was getting his ass whipped.

I like the respect from the all these DREAM fights. ALot of sportmanship.

alvarez is a great fighter. i’ve nbeen followimg him since the beginning of his career. i mean i dont live too far from his home town. but comparing him to gsp is a little ridiculous. he can’t beat matt hughes. both gsp and hughes are too big for alvarez. i definately see alvarez doing real good in the 155 lbs weight class in the ufc. that is a tough weight class in the ufc. i also think alvarez is going to win this tournament. alvarez is smart, he will not fight in the ufc unless they give him a great contract. we all know the ufc doesn’t pay the fighters like the competition. alvarez will continue to fight outside of the ufc. until the ufc pays the fighters better, from the get-go.

the second round was really close, hansen definetly got the better of alvarez on the ground, but eddie tees off on hellboy at the end of the match. on a whole, i think alvarez deserves the nod, he did more damage, and had 2 pretty good knockdowns. i think scored as a whole alvarez wins, but really in a fight liek this nobody loses, both guys showed crazy heart, and the fans got their moneys worth

Yes, stopped fights that look like a murder scene in a horror movie. The same problem as in old school valetudo fights with no gloves, more cuts and less knockouts. Two words, ELBOW PADS for f**k’s sake!!!!!!!!

Wow! Great fight. I don’t think HB recovered from that first knockdown. He gassed in the last round after those sub attempts.
Thanks for posting!!!!

It was better than OK…it was excellent.

PP

Not usually a fan of the DREAM fights (I’ve never though the ropes-ring was a good format for MMA and that it gets in the way more than anything else) but this one was one of the best fights of the year, no doubt. I don’t agree with the decision going unaminously to Alvarez (he dominated the first round, but Hansen had the edge in the 2nd, no question) but I do agree that Alvarez won the fight overall.

Great fight, classy sportsmanship, and tons of heart. Those fighters showed what MMA is all about.

god dayum what a brawl!

Apparently DREAM is letting us vote for the fights for DREAM 4 and 5 in the Gran Prix at their site:

http://www.dreamofficial.com/special/vote/

For the non-Japanese readers among us, you can just run it through Babel-Fish or something else, but letting the fans pick the fights is another awesome idea from DREAM.

Great fight performed by two great fighters! Alvarez a lot heavier than Hellboy though he did the weigh in OK?