Dream: Japan GP Final

Dream: Japan GP Final
Information
Promotion	Dream
Date	July 16, 2011
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
City	Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	8,142
Event chronology
Dream: Fight for Japan! Dream: Japan GP Final Dream 17

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

The winner of the Kenji Osawa-Keisuke Fujiwara fight will join the Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 finalists, Masakazu Imanari and Hideo Tokoro, in a worldwide Dream bantamweight grand prix expected to kick off later this year.^[3]

Willamy Freire has 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

• Lightweight bout: Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Bruno Carvalho

Mitsuoka defeated Carvalho via unanimous decision.

• Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Eiji Ishikawa vs. Marius Žaromskis

Žaromskis defeated Ishikawa via unanimous decision.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Tatsuya Mizuno vs. Trevor Prangley

Mizuno defeated Prangley via TKO (knee and punches) at 4:41 of round 1.

• Bantamweight bout: Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Kenji Osawa

Osawa defeated Fujiwara via unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Drew Fickett

Kawajiri defeated Fickett via TKO (punches) at 4:41 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Gegard Mousasi (c) vs. Hiroshi Izumi

Mousasi defeated Izumi via TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 1.

• Bantamweight Tournament Final: Masakazu Imanari vs. Hideo Tokoro

Tokoro defeated Imanari via unanimous decision.

• Featherweight Championship bout: Hiroyuki Takaya (c) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata

Takaya defeated Miyata via split decision.

Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Masakazu Imanari	W
	Keisuke Fujiwara	DEC
					Masakazu Imanari	W
					Kenji Osawa	SUB
	Takafumi Otsuka	DEC
	Kenji Osawa	W
									Masakazu Imanari	DEC
									Hideo Tokoro	W
	Atsushi Yamamoto	W
	Yusaku Nakamura	TKO
					Atsushi Yamamoto	DEC
					Hideo Tokoro	W
	Yoshiro Maeda	SUB
	Hideo Tokoro	W

References

1. ^ "DREAM.17". DREAM Official Website. http://www.dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20110716. Retrieved 2011-07-15. 
2. ^ "Title Bouts, Bantamweight GP Final Announced for Dream 17". Sherdog.com. 2011-05-29. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Title-Bouts-Bantamweight-GP-Final-Announced-for-Dream-17-32718. 
3. ^ "Duffee vs. Gaston, Osawa vs. Fujiwara added to DREAM.17 in July". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-06-15. http://mmajunkie.com/news/24001/duffee-vs-gaston-osawa-vs-fujiwara-added-to-dream-17-in-july.mma. 
4. ^ ^{a b} ""DREAM: Japan GP Final" weigh-in results: All bouts official". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-07-15. http://mmajunkie.com/news/24410/dream-japan-gp-final-weigh-in-results-all-bouts-official.mma. 
5. ^ "Duffee Injured; Heavyweight Bout Nixed from Saturday’s Dream". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-11. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Duffee-Injured-Heavyweight-Bout-Nixed-from-Saturdays-Dream-33901. 
6. ^ "Injured ‘Mach’ Sakurai Replaced on Saturday’s Dream Card". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-13. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Injured-Mach-Sakurai-Replaced-on-Saturdays-Dream-Card-33940.