| Dream 15 | ||||
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 The poster for Dream 15. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dream | |||
| Date | July 10, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 13,028 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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.
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]
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 1:53 | |
| Lightweight | Gesias Cavalcante | def. | Katsunori Kikuno | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Jake O'Brien | Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:31 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Tatsuya Mizuno | def. | Melvin Manhoef | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 7:38 | |
| Featherweight | Michihiro Omigawa | def. | Young Sam Jung | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 7:31 | |
| Featherweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def. | Daiki Hata | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Karl Amoussou | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
 Melvin Manhoef | 1 | |||||
 Tatsuya Mizuno | SUB | |||||
| Tatsuya Mizuno | ||||||
 Gegard Mousasi | ||||||
| Gegard Mousasi | SUB | |||||
 Jake O'Brien | 1 | |||||
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