| Dream 16 | ||||
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 The poster for Dream 16. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dream | |||
| Date | September 25, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Nippon Gaishi Hall | |||
| City | Nagoya, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 9,304 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Dream 16 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on September 25, 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. [1] The event aired live in North America on HDNet. [2]
This event served as the final for Dream's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion. [3] Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno who won their opening round bouts at Dream 15 fought for the title.
A previously announced featherweight bout with Joe Warren fighting Michihiro Omigawa has been scrapped from this card. [4]
Ikuhisa Minowa was previously reported to be fighting James Thompson, but instead fought Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii. [5] Thompson's last minute opponent ending up being Deep Megaton Champion Yusuke Kawaguchi.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi | def | Tatsuya Mizuno | submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 6:10 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Jason Miller | def | Kazushi Sakuraba | submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 2:09 | |
| Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def | Marcus Aurélio | unanimous decision | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Openweight | Satoshi Ishii | def | Ikuhisa Minowa | unanimous decision | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def | Chase Beebe | KO | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Featherweight | Michihiro Omigawa | def | Cole Escovedo | submission (straight armbar) | 1 | 2:30 | |
| Featherweight | Joachim Hansen | def | Hideo Tokoro | submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:48 | |
| Featherweight | Kazuyuki Miyata | def | Takeshi Inoue | unanimous decision | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def | Akiyo Nishiura | split decision | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Yusuke Kawaguchi | def | James Thompson | split decision | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Gegard Mousasi | SUB | |||||
| Jake O'Brien | 1 | |||||
| Gegard Mousasi | SUB | |||||
| Tatsuya Mizuno | 1 | |||||
| Melvin Manhoef | 1 | |||||
| Tatsuya Mizuno | SUB | |||||
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