Dream 17

Dream 17
Information
Promotion	Dream
Date	September 24, 2011
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan
Event chronology
Dream: Japan GP Final Dream 17

Dream 17 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on September 24, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.^[1]

Background

Contrary to previous events, Dream used the card to launch a new rule change: the use of three, five-minute rounds.^[2]

This event featured the opening round in Dream's World Bantamweight Grand Prix.^[3]

Results

• Open-weight bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Baru Harn

Minowa defeated Harn via submission (scarf hold arm-lock and neck crank) at 4:39 of round 1.

• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Rodolfo Marques vs. Yusup Saadulaev

Marques defeated Saadulaev via unanimous decision.

• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Masakazu Imanari vs. Abel Cullum

Imanari defeated Cullum via submission (armbar) at 0:46 of round 3.

• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takafumi Otsuka

Fernandes defeated Otsuka via technical submission (rear naked choke) at 0:41 of round 1.

• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Hideo Tokoro vs. Antonio Banuelos

Banuelos defeated Tokoro via split decision.

• Middleweight bout: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Gerald Harris

Harris defeated Nakamura via split decision.

• Lightweight bout: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Willamy Freire

Kitaoka defeated Freire via split decision.

• Welterweight bout: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yan Cabral

Cabral defeated Sakuraba via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:42 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout: Takeshi Inoue vs. Caol Uno

Inoue defeated Uno via KO (head kick) at 4:17 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Joachim Hansen

Kawajiri defeated Hansen via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:30 of round 3.

• Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Rob McCullough

Aoki defeated McCullough via submission (neck crank) at 4:57 of round 1.

References

1. ^ "DREAM.17". DREAMOfficial.com. http://www.dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20110924. Retrieved 2011-08-04. 
2. ^ "DREAM.17 official for September; organization to use three five-minute rounds". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-07-27. http://mmajunkie.com/news/24579/dream-17-official-for-september-organization-to-use-three-five-minute-rounds.mma. 
3. ^ "Nova Uniao Bantamweight Marques to Join Dream Grand Prix". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-27. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Nova-Uniao-Bantamweight-Marques-to-Join-Dream-Grand-Prix-34318.