Dream: Japan GP Final
Dream: Japan GP Final | ||||
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Promotion | Dream | |||
Date | July 16, 2011 | |||
Venue | Ariake Coliseum | |||
City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
Attendance | 8,142 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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Dream: Japan GP Final, also known as Dream Japan GP – 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament Final, was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on July 16, 2011 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The Kenji Osawa-Keisuke Fujiwara fight was planned as a qualifier for the worldwide Dream bantamweight Grand Prix later that year.[3]
Willamy Freire suffered a hand injury during training that forced him out of his bout with Kawajiri. He was replaced with Drew Fickett.[4]
Todd Duffee was scheduled to face Nick Gaston at this event, but was forced out of the bout due to an undisclosed injury.[5]
Hayato Sakurai was scheduled to fight Marius Žaromskis at this event, however an unspecified leg injury forced him out of the bout. Žaromskis instead faced Eiji Ishikawa[6] at a catchweight of 79 kg (175 lbs).[4]
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Eiji Mitsuoka | def | Bruno Carvalho | unanimous decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Catchweight (175 lbs) | Marius Žaromskis | def | Eiji Ishikawa | unanimous decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Tatsuya Mizuno | def | Trevor Prangley | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 4:41 | |
Bantamweight | Kenji Osawa | def | Keisuke Fujiwara | unanimous decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def | Drew Fickett | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:41 | |
Light Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi (c) | def | Hiroshi Izumi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:28 | [a] |
Bantamweight Tournament Final | Hideo Tokoro | def | Masakazu Imanari | unanimous decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya (c) | def | Kazuyuki Miyata | split decision | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
- ^ For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DREAM.17". DREAM Official Website. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "Title Bouts, Bantamweight GP Final Announced for Dream 17". Sherdog.com. 2011-05-29.
- ^ "Duffee vs. Gaston, Osawa vs. Fujiwara added to DREAM.17 in July". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-06-15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b ""DREAM: Japan GP Final" weigh-in results: All bouts official". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-07-15. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
- ^ "Duffee Injured; Heavyweight Bout Nixed from Saturday's Dream". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-11.
- ^ "Injured 'Mach' Sakurai Replaced on Saturday's Dream Card". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-13.