Manhoef and Filho added to DREAM 12 roster

Middleweights Melvin Manhoef and Paulo Filho have signed on to October 25’s DREAM 12, which will be contested inside a six-sided cage instead of a ring.

Manhoef (23-6-1) takes on Zelg Galesic (9-4) and Filho (18-1) meets Dong Sik Yoon (4-7).

Manhoef, who recently suffered a K-1 unanimous-decision loss to Remy Bonjasky, has gone 1-2 in his last three MMA fights, including submission losses to both Gegard Mousasi and Filho.

Filho, the former WEC middleweight champion, is coming off a submission victory over Manhoef at DREAM 10 and a decision win over Alex Schoenauer at Bitetti Combat.

Also on the card are Eddie Alvarez vs. Katsunori Kikuno and Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Won Sik Park in lightweight action and Chase Beebe vs. Yoshiro Maeda in a featherweight tilt. Alistair Overeem is also expected to be on the card although that hasn’t been confirmed.