Marcus Aurélio returns to Japan against Aoki
Coming off two consecutive victories since leaving the UFC, Marcus Aurelius returns to the Japanese rings in a great challenge. The American Top Team athlete, who became famous after finishing Takanori Gomi, at Pride Bushido, in 2006, will face another Japanese beast. The Brazilian faces Shinya Aoki in one of the main fights of Dream 16, an event that takes place on September 25th, in Nagoya, Japan.
Aoki is the current Dream lightweight champion, in his last title defense he submitted Tatsuya Kawajiri, in July, in the 15th edition of the show, while Marcus Aurélio also comes from a submission triumph, over Niko Puhakka, in March this year . Check out the Dream 16 card so far
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelius
Takeshi Inoue vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Hideo Tokoro vs. Joachim Hansen
Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Gegard Mousasi
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Joe Warren
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