Fresh off of his first round submission victory over heavyweight Mark Hunt at DREAM 9 event, former DREAM Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi confirmed that his next fight will be against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort at Affliction 3 on August 1.

Prior to his win over Hunt, Mousasi (25-2-1) last competed on K-1 and DREAM's co-promoted K-1 DYNAMITE!! 2008 back on New Year's Eve. He TKO'd Musashi in the first round of their kickboxing bout.

Mousasi's last mixed martial arts tussle came in September when he put Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza to sleep in the first round of the Middleweight Grand Prix Finals. With the victory, Mousasi became the first ever middleweight champion of the organization.

Since exiting the UFC over four years ago, Belfort (18-8) had struggled to find his hold form. He dropped three of his next five, however has rebouded nicely to take his last four.

Belfort tells Brazilian MMA magazine TATAME that he would face Mousasi only at middleweight. Belfort has been very successful as a middleweight, winning both of his Affliction fights with devastating knockouts over Terry Martin and Matt Lindland.

Mousasi, who will be making his US debut at the event, extended his win streak to ten with his submission win at DREAM 9 against Hunt in the opening round of the Super Hulk Tournament. Outweighed by 68.4 pounds, Mousasi took Hunt to the mat and snatched an arm for the kimura. Mousasi will face either Ikuhisa Minowa, Hong Man Choi or Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou after the Belfort fight.

The eccentric Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa submitted UFC 8 Champion Don Frye with a kneebar Saturday at "Gladiator" in Okayama, Japan. The two PRIDE FC veterans were the headliners of the special DEEP and CMA co-promoted event from the Momotaro Arena.

Minowa took down Frye with a double-leg and began to work for a heel hook before finishing with a kneebar at 3 minutes and 56 seconds of the first round.

Frye's last appearance in Japan was in April 2007 at the final PRIDE event, where the 42-year-old guy from Arizona suffered a devastating loss to James Thompson. Frye took a fight earlier this year at a local event in Dallas and knocked out Bryan Pardoe in 47 seconds.

Minowa split his recent appearances for DREAM, submitting Korean Kang Bum-chan with a kneebar at DREAM 1 and then losing a unanimous decision to Taiei Kin at DREAM 2.

In team action, South Korea defeated Japan 4 to 1. Shooto, UFC and DEEP veteran Jutaro Nakao notched the Japanese team's only win with a second-round TKO over Lee Yong-fun. Michihiro Omigawa, in his first fight back in Japan after two losses in the UFC, lost to Jung Chul-hyun by unanimous decision.