Daiju Takase Signs Multi-Fight Contract with DARE Championship

Daiju Takase Signs Multi-Fight Contract with DARE Championship

Published on December 14, 2011 by The Editor in DARE, Event

Daiju Takase Signs a multi fight contract with DARE Championship and joins the Middleweight Tournament

Japanese mixed martial arts legend Daiju Takase has been signed to participate in DARE Championship’s 16 man middleweight tournament and will be fighting in Bangkok on January 7^th 2012.

He will take on Bangkok based American Brandon “BK” Kesler in the double headlined main event of the DARE 1/12 in the Insomnia Night Club. The winner will advance to the quarter finals of DARE’s middleweight tournament and move one step closer to claiming their share of the 1,000,000 Dollar Grand Bonus.

Takase made his professional debut back in 1998 and has fought for the UFC, Pride and Pancrase. He has faced the likes of Jeremy Horn, Nate Marquardt and Hector Lombard and is best known for submitting Anderson Silva in the opening round of their fight at Pride 26. This places Takase on the list with only 2 fighters in the world to ever submit the Brazilian.

Also on the card at DARE Championship 1/12 will be a contest between two of the top welterweights in Thailand. Krysztof “HAJA” Hajtalowicz, who defeated previously unbeaten Wiktor “THE SLAYER” Svensson with a second round submission at DARE 2/11, is taking on Arnaud “THE GAME” Lepontwho destroyed Jian “KAI” Chee in less than a minute at DARE 1/11.

Originally from France but a long term resident of South East Asia, THE GAME – Lepont has an outstanding record of 7-1 and is a very well rounded fighter. HAJA – Hajtalowicz from Poland has a perfect professional record of 3-0 and is a submission specialist who has won numerous BJJ tournaments.

Other match ups to have been announced so far are AJ “PYRO” Vaa from Malaysia vs Majee “MAJOR” Overall from Japan, American Shane “RONIN” Wiggand against Finland’s Marko “MAD DOG” Huusansaari and an all Thai affair between outstanding amateurs Tondamrong “TDR” Panjabutra and Teerapak “EZ2DJ” Saetae.

DARE Championship is a Bangkok based promotion which was founded in 2011. So far it has put on two highly acclaimed events which have featured outstanding fighters such as Adam Kayoom, Zorobabel Moreira and Brian Choi.

DARE 1/12 on the 7th of January 2012 will be streamed live on the internet and is available worldwide on www.gfl.tv and www.darelive.tv. For more information about DARE, please visit: www.darefightsports.com.

DARE Announce A Middleweight Fight between ‘BK’ Brandon Kesler VS ‘Takase’ Daiju Takase

Published on December 14, 2011 by The Editor in DARE, Event

Dear Friends of DARE,

This fight can be considered as one of the most historical fights, ever in the sport of MMA in Thailand, as a well known local fighter faces a UFC and Pride veteran in Bangkok! EPIC!

DARE 1/12 MIDDLEWEIGHT FIGHT

Dare Fight Sports is proud to present the first MIddleweight fight (84 kilos/ 185lbs) of the DARE 1/12 event, coming to you Live from Club Insomnia Bangkok and broadcasted live on www.darelive.tv and on www.gfl.tv on 7th of January 2012:

BK – Brandon Kesler VS  TAKASE – Daiju Takase.

This fight sees an MMA legend take on a well known local fighter. TAKASE is best known for his submission win over Anderson Silva and has fought for both Pride and the UFC. BK is a long term Bangkok resident who hails from the US and normally provides the commentary for DARE events. He is a wrestler / boxer who will be looking to make a name for himself with a win over one of very few men to defeat the current UFC middleweight champion.

This fight has been organized with and is sponsored by DUBUIT - Fight the Floods!

The winner of this fight will proceed to the Quarter-Final level of the DARE Championship and be one step closer to becoming one of the first DARE Champions and the receivers of the One Million Dollar Grand Bonus.

ONE MILLION DOLLARS. IN A CAGE. GAME ON.

BK – Kesler has been on the Bangkok scene for quite a while and is also the voice that people all over the world hear calling the play by plays for the DARE online broadcastings. He has incredible strength and very strong wrestling skills. BK is also an extremely aggressive fighter who loves to bang and will be hoping he can use his boxing skills to lay some leather on his Japanese opponent.

BK trains and fights out of 13 Coins Gym in Bangkok, where he also operates the gyms MMA program.

For more information about 13 Coins in Bangkok, please visit:www.13coinsgym.com

TAKASE – Daiju has been in there with the best in the business, Jeremy Horn, Nate Marquardt, Hayato Sakurai, Carlos Newton, Hector Lombard and, of course, Anderson Silva. He has been fighting since the early days of Pride and has been on the scene for well over a decade. Over half of his wins are by submission, his ground game is deadly and with so much experience he is likely to be very composed when he steps inside the DARE cage.

TAKASE fights out of Tokyo, Japan and represents IamI organization in his DARE bedut.

Here are the thoughts of veteran MMA journalist James Goyder,

“BK will definitely be the underdog but he is so big and aggressive that absolutely anything could happen when he is in the cage. TAKASE’s ground game is very sophisticated and I think BK might think twice about shooting for the takedown for this reason. The best chance the American has of winning this fight is with an early knock out and I expect him to come out swinging which should be fun for the fans.” he said.

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With kindest regards from Bangkok,

DARE TEAM

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DARE 1/12 on January 7th 2011 at Club Insomnia, Bangkok Thailand

Profits of the event will be donated for the help of the flood victims in Thailand.

Doors open at 3 PM – Limited amount of tickets available!

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