Dream.16

DREAM.16 

Fight Card,

DREAM.16 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on September 25, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet.

Background

This event served as the final for DREAM's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and crowned the first DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion. Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno who won their bouts at DREAM 15 are expected to fight for the title. It will appear the same day as UFC 119.

A previously announced featherweight bout with Joe Warren fighting Michihiro Omigawa has been scrapped from this card.

Ikuhisa Minowa was previously reported to be fighting James Thompson, but instead fought Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii. Thompson's opponent was DEEP veteran Yusuke Kawaguchi.

Fight Card

• Heavyweight bout:  Yusuke Kawaguchi vs.  James Thompson

Kawaguchi defeated Thompson via split decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:  Mitsuhiro Ishida vs.  Akiyo Nishiura

Ishida defeated Nishiura via split decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:  Kazuyuki Miyata vs.  Takeshi Inoue

Miyata defeated Inoue via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:  Hideo Tokoro vs.  Joachim Hansen

Hansen defeated Tokoro via submission (triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:  Michihiro Omigawa vs.  Cole Escovedo

Omigawa defeated Escovedo via submission (straight armbar) at 2:30 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:  Hiroyuki Takaya vs.  Chase Beebe

Takaya defeated Beebe via KO at 1:45 of round 1.

• Openweight bout:  Ikuhisa Minowa vs.  Satoshi Ishii

Ishii defeated Minowa via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:  Shinya Aoki vs.  Marcus Aurelio

Aoki defeated Aurelio via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout:  Kazushi Sakuraba vs.  Jason Miller

Miller defeated Sakuraba via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:09 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout:  Gegard Mousasi vs.  Tatsuya Mizuno

Mousasi defeated Mizuno via submission (rear naked choke) at 6:10 of round 1 to become the 1st DREAM light heavyweight champion.

2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Gegard Mousasi	SUB
	Jake O'Brien	1
					Gegard Mousasi	SUB
					Tatsuya Mizuno	1
	Melvin Manhoef	1
	Tatsuya Mizuno	SUB

(source:wikipedia)