Dream 15

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Dream 15
Dream15-poster.jpg
The poster for Dream 15
Promotion Dream
DateJuly 10, 2010
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Attendance13,028
Event chronology
Dream 14 Dream 15 Dream 16

Dream 15 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on July 10, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [1] The event aired live in North America on HDNet.

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Background

A Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at Dream 14 , with an eight-man tournament. However, Dream 15 hosted the opening round of the Grand Prix, with only a four-man tournament. [2]

Alistair Overeem was briefly rumoured to be fighting Ricco Rodriguez, but the fight was called off. [3]

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Tatsuya Kawajiri Submission (Achilles Lock)11:53
Lightweight Gesias Cavalcante def. Katsunori Kikuno Decision (Split)25:00
Light Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def. Jake O'Brien Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke)10:31
Light Heavyweight Tatsuya Mizuno def. Melvin Manhoef Submission (Kimura)17:38
Featherweight Michihiro Omigawa def.Young Sam JungSubmission (Guillotine Choke)17:31
Featherweight Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Daiki Hata Decision (Unanimous)25:00
Middleweight Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Karl Amoussou Decision (Unanimous)25:00

    2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket

     
    Semi-finalsFinal
     
          
     
     
     
     
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melvin Manhoef 1
     
     
     
    Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya MizunoSUB
     
    Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Mizuno
     
     
     
    Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard Mousasi
     
    Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard MousasiSUB
     
     
    Flag of the United States.svg Jake O'Brien1
     

    Notes

    After Jake O'Brien failed to make weight, his Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout against Gegard Mousasi was made into a 212-lbs catchweight bout. O'Brien started with a yellow card, a point deduction and a 10% purse deduction.

    References

    1. "DREAM.15". dreamofficial.com. 2010-05-20.
    2. "DREAM 205-pound tourney rescheduled for DREAM.15 in July". mmajunkie.com. 2010-05-20. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24.
    3. "Trainer: Overeem out of DREAM.15 fight with Rodriguez, DREAM future uncertain". mmajunkie.com. 2010-06-30. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02.

    See also