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  - KANG DISCUSSES DREAM, SPIRIT MC & EASTMAN FIGHT
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com
Adversity is nothing new for former Pride and current Dream middleweight Denis Kang. He’s been in more than 40 professional fights, competed in one-night tournaments with multiple fights, and fought Top 10 competition with serious injury.
Now Kang must bounce back from back-to-back losses that put him outside the middleweight Top 10 for the first time in over a year, and he plans on staying busy for the remainder of 2008.
First things first, he will return to action later this month, as the Spirit MC champion will travel to Korea to defend his title against Kim Jae Young on Aug. 31.
From there he will return home and wait for an Oct. 25 fight in RAW Combat against former Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman.
Returning from the two losses in a row, Kang says he has “completely moved past” those fights and is ready to get back to the form that made him a Top 5 middleweight for so long.
“Honestly, those last two losses really came down to the focus that I had in those fights. My mindset for other fights, I wasn’t in there just to win,” said Kang. “I was in there to really try to be my best, to prove I’m the best, and to always improve and come out a better fighter.
“For my last two fights, I was basically trying to coast. I was trying to get in shape for the fights, but I wasn’t in there to really become a better fighter. So that’s really what I brought back to my focus… my motivation.”
Knowing that a motivated Denis Kang could be one of the most dangerous fighters at 185 pounds, many fans have also awaited his return to the Dream promotion in Japan.
“I’m still with Dream. I still have one more fight on the contract,” he stated about his current deal with the promotion. “Negotiations are underway right now for a new one. I’ll know pretty soon what’s going to happen. But you will see me fight in Dream at least one more time.
“We are in negotiations and who knows how the negotiations can go. If they go well in Japan, then you’ll see me fight in Japan. If not, it will be somewhere else.”
That somewhere else could be back in America where Kang has not competed since 2005. The fighter will be returning to his home country of Canada for the bout against Eastman, and he didn’t rule out a future contract with one of the powerhouse MMA promotions.
Right now, Kang will focus on Kim Jae Young and defending his Spirit MC title.
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