Dream 14

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The poster for Dream 14: Diaz vs. Sakurai.
Information
Promotion Dream
DateMay 29, 2010
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Attendance12,712
Event chronology
Dream 13 Dream 14: Diaz vs. Sakurai Dream 15

Dream 14 [1] was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on May 29, 2010 in Japan. [2] [3] The event aired live in North America on HDNet.

Mixed martial arts full contact combat sport

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from various combat sports and martial arts. The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. The term gained popularity when newfullcontact.com, then one of the largest websites covering the sport, hosted and republished the article. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate.

Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) was the leading Japanese combat sport promoter founded on September 3, 2003. Its current president is Sadaharu Tanikawa and it is the parent company behind the now-defunct mixed martial arts series Dream and formerly, the largest kickboxing promotion in the world, K-1.

Dream was a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retained many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC broadcasts, including fight introducer Lenne Hardt. In America, the promotion was aired on HDNet. They promoted over 20 shows highlighting some of the best Japanese and international MMA talent, establishing or enhancing the careers of top ranked fighters such as Shinya Aoki, Gesias Cavalcante, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Ronaldo Jacaré, Eddie Alvarez, Jason Miller, Kazushi Sakuraba, Gegard Mousasi and Alistair Overeem.

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Background

This event was originally expected to be held in Seoul, South Korea on April 24, 2010. However, many factors, including the issue that many top Korean stars such as Denis Kang and Hong Man Choi were not available in April, contributed to the Korea event being cancelled. [4]

Denis Kang Canadian mixed martial arts fighter

Denis Kang is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 1998, Kang has formerly competed for the UFC, PRIDE, DREAM, Impact FC, M-1 Global, K-1 HERO'S, ROAD FC, and Pancrase. In his prime he scored notable wins over, Pat Healy, Marvin Eastman, Akihiro Gono and Murilo Rua.

This was the second Dream event to take place in a cage.

Dream 12 Dream mixed martial arts event in 2009

Dream 12 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream that took place on October 25, 2009 in Osaka, Japan. The event marked the first time Dream used a hexagon cage. Fights consisted of three five-minute rounds, as used in the North American system, though elbows remained illegal.

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Openweight Ikuhisa Minowa defImani Leesubmission (rear naked choke)14:16
Featherweight Kenji Osawa def Yoshiro Maeda split decision35:00
Featherweight Kazuyuki Miyata def Takafumi Otsuka split decision35:00
Featherweight Akiyo Nishiura def Hideo Tokoro TKO (punches)12:51
Featherweight Norifumi Yamamoto defFederico LopezKO (punches)11:41
Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya def Joachim Hansen KO (punches)14:27
Middleweight Ralek Gracie def Kazushi Sakuraba unanimous decision35:00
Welterweight Nick Diaz def Hayato Sakurai submission (armbar)13:54

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    References

    1. ↑ "DREAM.14". dreamofficial.com. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
    2. ↑ "DREAM unveils tentative 2010 schedule". MMA Junkie. 2010-01-28. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
    3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    4. ↑ "DREAM In Korea Cancelled! No Star Fighters, No Broadcast". nightmareofbattle.com. 2010-03-25. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-27.

    See also

    The year 2010 is the 3rd year in the history of DREAM, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2010 DREAM held 5 events beginning with, Dream 13.

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