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]

Contents

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

Mitsuoka defeated Carvalho via unanimous decision.
Žaromskis defeated Ishikawa via unanimous decision.
Mizuno defeated Prangley via TKO (knee and punches) at 4:41 of round 1.
Osawa defeated Fujiwara via unanimous decision.
Kawajiri defeated Fickett via TKO (punches) at 4:41 of round 1.
Mousasi defeated Izumi via TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 1.
Tokoro defeated Imanari via unanimous decision.
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. 
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