2011 in DREAM | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | May 29, 2011 | |||
Last date | December 31, 2011 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 4 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 47 | |||
Title fights | 5 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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The year 2011 was the 4th year in the history of DREAM, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2011 DREAM held 4 events beginning with, Dream: Fight for Japan!.
Title fights in 2011 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi (c) | def. | Hiroshi Izumi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:28 | Dream: Japan GP Final | [lower-alpha 1] |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya (c) | def. | Kazuyuki Miyata | split decision | 3 | 5:00 | Dream: Japan GP Final | [lower-alpha 2] |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki (c) | def. | Satoru Kitaoka | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya (c) | def. | Takeshi Inoue | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 | [lower-alpha 4] |
Bantamweight | Bibiano Fernandes (c) | def. | Antonio Banuelos | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:21 | Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 | [lower-alpha 5] |
# | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location | Attendees | Broadcast |
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23 | Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 | December 31, 2011 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | 24,606 | Tokyo Broadcasting System; HDNet |
22 | Dream 17 | September 24, 2011 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | 9,270 | HDNet |
21 | Dream: Japan GP Final | July 16, 2011 | Ariake Coliseum | Tokyo, Japan | 8,142 | HDNet |
20 | Dream: Fight for Japan! | May 29, 2011 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | 6,522 | HDNet |
Dream: Fight for Japan! [1] was an event held on May 29, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Masakazu Imanari | def. | Kenji Osawa | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 2 | 0:58 | ||
Hideo Tokoro | def. | Atsushi Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Shinya Aoki | def. | Rich Clementi | Submission (Neck Crank) | 2 | 2:17 | ||
Katsunori Kikuno | def. | Daisuke Nakamura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Caol Uno | def. | Akiyo Nishiura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Takeshi Inoue | def. | Koichiro Matsumoto | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 6:51 | ||
Joachim Hansen | def. | Mitsuhiro Ishida | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Kenji Osawa | def. | Takafumi Otsuka | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Masakazu Imanari | def. | Keisuke Fujiwara | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
Hideo Tokoro | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 2 | 0:43 | ||
Atsushi Yamamoto | def. | Yusaku Nakamura | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 8:43 |
Dream: Japan GP Final [2] was an event held on July 16, 2011, at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
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 | [lower-alpha 1] |
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 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Dream 17 [3] was an event held on September 24, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Open-weight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def | Baru Harn | submission (scarf hold arm-lock and neck crank) | 1 | 4:39 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Rodolfo Marques | def | Yusup Saadulaev | unanimous decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Masakazu Imanari | def | Abel Cullum | submission (armbar) | 3 | 0:46 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Bibiano Fernandes | def | Takafumi Otsuka | technical submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 0:41 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Antonio Banuelos | def | Hideo Tokoro | split decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Gerald Harris | def | Kazuhiro Nakamura | split decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Satoru Kitaoka | def | Willamy Freire | split decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Yan Cabral | def | Kazushi Sakuraba | submission (arm triangle choke) | 2 | 2:42 | |
Featherweight | Takeshi Inoue | def | Caol Uno | KO (head kick) | 1 | 4:17 | |
Featherweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def | Joachim Hansen | submission (arm triangle choke) | 3 | 2:30 | |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def | Rob McCullough | submission (neck crank) | 1 | 4:57 |
Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 [4] was an event held on December 31, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.
Main Card - MMA Rules | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Satoshi Ishii | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:29 | |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki (c) | def. | Satoru Kitaoka | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya (c) | def. | Takeshi Inoue | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
IGF Rules | |||||||
Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata | def. | Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa | TKO (referee stoppage) | 1 | 13:46 | ||
Kazuyuki Fujita | def. | Peter Aerts | submission (Boston crab) | 1 | 3:36 | ||
Jerome Le Banner | def. | Tim Sylvia | TKO (referee stoppage) | 1 | 2:57 | ||
DREAM/K-1 Special Rules | |||||||
Katsunori Kikuno | def. | Yuichiro Nagashima | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:34 | ||
IGF Rules | |||||||
Josh Barnett | def. | Hideki Suzuki | pinfall | 1 | 11:47 | ||
MMA Rules | |||||||
Women's (115 lbs) | Megumi Fujii | def. | Karla Benitez | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:15 | |
Featherweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Kazuyuki Miyata | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 2 | 4:54 | |
Welterweight | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Ryo Chonan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
K-1 MAX Rules | |||||||
-63 kg | Yuta Kubo | def. | Nils Widlund | KO (High Kick) | 3 | 1:10 | |
-63 kg | Masaaki Noiri | def. | Kengo Sonoda | unanimous decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight Tournament | |||||||
Bantamweight | Bibiano Fernandes (c) | def. | Antonio Banuelos | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:21 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Bantamweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Rodolfo Marques Diniz | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Antonio Banuelos | def. | Masakazu Imanari | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Yusup Saadulaev | def. | Hideo Tokoro | KO (Slam) | 1 | 0:42 |
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