Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round | ||||
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Promotion | Dream | |||
Date | October 6, 2009 | |||
Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
City | Yokohama, Japan | |||
Attendance | 14,039 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream held on October 6, 2009.
Dream 11 [1] was the culmination of the Feather Weight Grand Prix, where both the semifinals and finals took place in the same night. It also featured the semifinals of the Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009. Additionally, there was a championship bout: Joachim Hansen defended the Dream Lightweight Championship against Shinya Aoki.
Dream's featherweight division has a 63 kilograms (139 lb) weight limit.
Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Final | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Hiroyuki Takaya | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | [a] |
Dream Lightweight Championship bout | |||||||
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Joachim Hansen (c) | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 4:56 | [b] |
Super Fights | |||||||
Lightweight | Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Rubin Williams | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 2:53 | |
Middleweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Melchor Manibusan | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:48 | |
Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals | |||||||
Super Heavyweight | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | def. | Bob Sapp | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:31 | |
Super Heavyweight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def. | Hong Man Choi | Submission (Heel Hook) | 2 | 1:27 | |
Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals | |||||||
Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Joe Warren | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:42 | |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Hideo Tokoro | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 0:32 | |
Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Reserve bout | |||||||
Featherweight | Kazuyuki Miyata | def. | Daiki Hata | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
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