Recovered Marcus Aurelio says he's fighting Shinya Aoki at DREAM.16 (9/20/2010 6:25:00 PM)
Marcus Aurelio says a daily regimen of physical therapy and diet changes have alleviated the effects of an elbow injury that forced his exit from the "Shine Fights: Lightweight Grand Prix" event earlier this month. After three weeks of constant care, he's now fight-ready and will take on DREAM lightweight champ Shinya Aoki in a non-title fight at DREAM.16. However, Shine Fights COO Jason Chambers said the organization still is waiting on documentation of the injury and will decide Tuesday whether to give Aurelio the green light for the Sept. 25 fight.
Aurelio Rehabs Elbow, Hopeful For Aoki Fight (9/8/2010 11:03:15 PM)
Marcus Aurelio explains the injury that is keeping him out of the Shine Fights Lightweight Grand Prix, but may be healed in time for a fight with Shinya Aoki later this month...
Aurelio Out Of Shine Tourney; No Word On Aoki (Updated) (9/8/2010 9:03:13 PM)
Shine Fights suffered another blow to its Lightweight Grand Prix, this time in the form of the age-old injury bug. The promotion announced on Wednesday that Marcus Aurelio had to withdraw from the tournament...
Aurelio cites injury for Shine Fights tourney scratch, Gugerty replaces (9/8/2010 8:15:00 PM)
PRIDE and UFC veteran Marcus Aurelio today said that an elbow injury he sustained two weeks ago will keep him from fighting in Shine Fights' single-night eight-man tournament on Friday in Newkirk, Okla. And while he's keeping his fingers crossed that he'll be able to meet an obligation to fight Shinya Aoki at DREAM.16 on Sept. 25, it all depends on whether his injury subsides enough to fight. "Right now, it looks like I can't fight a girl," he told MMAjunkie.com.
Aurelio Out Of Shine Tourney; No Word On Aoki (9/8/2010 7:33:18 PM)
Shine Fights suffered another blow to its Lightweight Grand Prix, this time in the form of the age-old injury bug. The promotion announced on Wednesday that Marcus Aurelio had to withdraw from the tournament...
UFC Vet Shannon Gugerty Replaces Marcus Aurelio in Shine Fights Lightweight Tourney (9/8/2010 1:09:21 PM)
Marcus Aurelio has been forced off Friday's Shine Fights event with an injury, but fellow UFC veteran Shannon Gugerty will step in and compete in the promotion's eight-man lightweight tournament, which was recently forced to move to Oklahoma after failing to be licensed by Virginia.
Gugerty Replaces Aurelio in Shine Tourney; Aurelio Says He’ll Face Aoki at Dream 16 (9/8/2010 2:32:37 AM)
Marcus Aurelio has withdrawn from Shine Fight’s eight-man, single-night lightweight tournament this Friday at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Okla.
Aurelio Vs. Aoki Dream 16 Bout In Jeopardy (9/7/2010 5:03:22 AM)
The announcement came over the weekend that Marcus Aurelio had been contracted to face Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki at Dream 16. That fight is now in doubt due to Aurelio's exclusive contract with Shine Fights...
Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio among three contests added to DREAM.16 (9/5/2010 1:30:00 PM)
With just about three weeks until DREAM.16, the Japanese-based organization has started to reveal a few details about the fight card. While a light heavyweight title fight between mini-grand-prix finalists Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno was already assured, three additional contests were announced overnight. The new contests include Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio, "Lion" Takeshi Inoue vs. Kazuyuki Miyata and Hideo Tokoro vs. Joachim Hansen.
Shinya Aoki-Marcus Aurelio, Hellboy-Tokoro Among Additions to DREAM 16 (9/5/2010 6:17:11 AM)
DREAM announced on Sunday that Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio, Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen vs. Hideo Tokoro, and "Lion" Takeshi Inoue vs. Kazuyuki Miyata will be featured on the DREAM 16 fight card on September 25 in Nagoya, Japan.