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Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
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The poster for Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
Promotion Dream
DateOctober 6, 2009
Venue Yokohama Arena
City Yokohama, Japan
Attendance14,039
Event chronology
Dream 10 Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round Dream 12

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.

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Background

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.

Results

Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Final
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Featherweight Bibiano Fernandes def. Hiroyuki Takaya Decision (Split)25:00 [a]
Dream Lightweight Championship bout
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Joachim Hansen (c)Submission (Armbar)24:56 [b]
Super Fights
Lightweight Kazushi Sakuraba def. Rubin Williams Submission (Kimura)12:53
Middleweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def.Melchor ManibusanTKO (Punches)13:48
Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals
Super Heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Bob Sapp TKO (Punches)11:31
Super Heavyweight Ikuhisa Minowa def. Hong Man Choi Submission (Heel Hook)21:27
Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals
Featherweight Bibiano Fernandes def. Joe Warren Submission (Armbar)10:42
Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya def. Hideo Tokoro TKO (Punches)20:32
Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Reserve bout
Featherweight Kazuyuki Miyata def. Daiki Hata Decision (Unanimous)25:00
  1. For the Dream Featherweight Championship. [2]
  2. For the Dream Lightweight Championship.

See also

Notes

2009 Featherweight Grand Prix Bracket

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Takafumi Otsuka
Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Masakazu Imanari
Flag of Japan.svg Masakazu ImanariW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Yamamoto
Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW Sub
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Warren
Flag of the United States.svg Chase Beebe
Flag of the United States.svg Joe WarrenW TKO
Flag of the United States.svg Joe WarrenW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Norifumi Yamamoto
Flag of Japan.svg Norifumi Yamamoto*
13 -Bye-
Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Takaya
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiro MaedaW Dec
Flag of the United States.svg Micah Miller
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiro Maeda
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki TakayaW TKO
Flag of South Korea.svg Jong Won Kim
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki TakayaW TKO
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki TakayaW TKO
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Tokoro
Flag of the United States.svg Abel CullumW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Akiyo Nishiura
Flag of the United States.svg Abel Cullum
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo TokoroW Sub
Flag of Japan.svg Daiki HataW Dec
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Tokoro**

Dream Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyuki Miyata def. Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Hata at Dream 11

Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuhisa MinowaW
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Bob SappSUB
 
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuhisa MinowaW
 
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Man ChoiSUB
 
Flag of Cuba.svg José Canseco SUB
 
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg Hong Man ChoiW
 
Flag of Japan.svg Ikuhisa MinowaW
 
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg Rameau Thierry SokoudjouKO
 
Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Nortje TKO
 
 
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg Rameau Thierry SokoudjouW
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg Rameau Thierry SokoudjouW
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Sapp*TKO
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Hunt SUB
 
 
Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard MousasiW
 

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