Dynamite!! 2010

Dynamite!! 2010
Information
Promotion	DREAM, K-1
Date	December 31st, 2010
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan
Attendance	26,729
Event chronology
Dynamite!! 2009 Dynamite!! 2010 Dynamite!! 2011

Dynamite!! 2010 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event and the latest in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.^[1] The event included bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and K-1 World MAX banners. Just as the previous Dynamite!! 2009, with the official commentator Nozomi Sasaki, the event aired on TBS in Japan and HDNet in North America.^[2]

Background

FEG president Tanikawa had stated that the company planned on holding an event together with Sengoku Raiden Championship and this event may have a similar DREAM vs SRC format as Dynamite!! 2009.^[3] However, this did not happen as SRC held its own event, World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight.

Tanikawa has also stated that this Dynamite!! event will most likely be shortened (to around three hours) and the annual K-1 Koshien tournament will not take place at this event.^[4]

The title fight between Bibiano Fernandes and Hiroyuki Takaya was the last in the 63 kg. (139 lbs) weight class before it gets broken into the standard MMA bantamweight and featherweight divisions. DREAM plans on holding a Grand Prix in whichever of the two weight classes the champion does not decide to fight in.^[5] After winning the title, Hiroyuki Takaya stated that he would become the Featherweight (145 lbs) Champion.^[6]

The Aoki/Nagashima fight was first announced that there would be an alternate of four rounds, with one round under MMA rules and the next round, then they will change gloves and, fight under kickboxing rules. A coin toss will determine what rules they start under.^[7] However, it has later announced that the fight will feature one three-minute kickboxing round, followed by a standard five-minute MMA round. The fighters used open-fingered gloves throughout. If no winner were decided in the eight minutes of competition, the fight would have been declared an automatic draw.^[8]

A fight between Bob Sapp and Shinichi Suzukawa in a super-heavyweight “IGF rules” bout was set to feature a rule set similar to MMA, but with no closed fist strikes. However, the fight was canceled due to Sapp attempting to re-negotiate his contract backstage prior to the event and eventually electing to withdraw from the contest.^[9]

Results

• DREAM Featherweight Championship bout: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Hiroyuki Takaya

Takaya defeated Fernandes via unanimous decision to become the new DREAM Featherweight Champion.

• DREAM Lightweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Josh Thomson

Kawajiri defeated Thomson via unanimous decision.

• DREAM Welterweight bout: Hayato Sakurai vs. Jason High

High defeated Sakurai via split decision.

• K-1 MAX bout: Akiyo Nishiura vs. Tetsuya Yamato

Nishiura and Yamato fought to a majority draw (30–30, 30–30, 29–30).

• DREAM Welterweight Championship bout: Marius Žaromskis vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

Žaromskis defeated Sakuraba via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 2:16 of round 1 to retain the DREAM Welterweight Championship.

• DREAM Heavyweight bout: Jérôme Le Banner vs. Satoshi Ishii

Ishii defeated Le Banner via unanimous decision.

• DREAM Interim Heavyweight Championship bout: Todd Duffee vs. Alistair Overeem

Overeem defeated Duffee via KO (punches) at 0:19 of round 1 to become the DREAM Interim Heavyweight Champion.

• DREAM/K-1 Special Rules bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuichiro Nagashima

Nagashima defeated Aoki via KO (flying knee and punches) at 0:04 of round 2.

• K-1 bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Kyotaro

Mousasi defeated Kyotaro via unanimous decision (30–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• DREAM Heavyweight bout: Sergei Kharitonov vs. Tatsuya Mizuno

Kharitonov defeated Mizuno via KO (knee) at 1:25 of round 1.

• DREAM Openweight bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Hiroshi Izumi

Izumi defeated Minowa via TKO (punches) at 2:50 of round 3.

• DREAM Featherweight bout: Hideo Tokoro vs. Kazuhisa Watanabe

Tokoro defeated Watanabe via submission (armbar) at 2:02 of round 3.

• DREAM Featherweight bout: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Caol Uno

Miyata defeated Uno via unanimous decision.

• DREAM Welterweight bout: Andy Ologun vs. Katsuaki Furuki

Ologun defeated Furuki via unanimous decision.

References

1. ^ "DREAM Dynamite!! 2010". dreamofficial.com. http://dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20101231. Retrieved 2010-12-01. 
2. ^ "Dream Dynamite 2010". mmajunkie.com. December 31, 2009. http://mmajunkie.com/event/698/dream-dynamite-2010.mma. 
3. ^ "DREAM X SRC Starting For Real?! K-1 WGP 2010 Preliminary In Trouble?". nightmareofbattle.com. August 9, 2010. http://nightmareofbattle.com/?p=3239. 
4. ^ "Shorter Dynamite!! This Year?! Three Hour Broadcast?". nightmareofbattle.com. July 26, 2010. http://nightmareofbattle.com/?p=3173. 
5. ^ "FW Title Fight! Bibiano Vs. Takaya 2 Official". nightmareofbattle.com. http://nightmareofbattle.com/?p=4440. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 
6. ^ "Takaya Takes Dream Title; Overeem Destroys Duffee at 'Dynamite!'". sherdog.com. 2010-12-31. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Takaya-Takes-Dream-Title-Overeem-Destroys-Duffee-at-Dynamite-29103. 
7. ^ "Japanese MMA falls on hard times". yahoo! sports. 2010-12-22. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AnacyLO7fZBCHKZWAKUhxHM9Eo14?slug=dm-japanmma122110. 
8. ^ "Overeem-Duffee Official; Special Rules Revealed for ‘Dynamite’". sherdog.com. 2010-12-29. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Overeem-Duffee-Official-Special-Rules-Revealed-for-Dynamite-29057. 
9. ^ "DREAM "Dynamite!! 2010" recap: Takaya claims featherweight title in main event". mmajunkie.com. 2010-12-31. http://mmajunkie.com/news/21916/dream-dynamite-2010-live-results.mma.