Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011

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Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011
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The poster for Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011
Promotion Dream, Inoki Genome Federation, M-1 Global
DateDecember 31, 2011
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Flag of Japan.svg Saitama, Japan
Attendance24,606
Event chronology
Dynamite!! 2010 Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 GSI Presents Dream 18 - Special NYE 2012

Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011, also known as Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011 was a mixed martial arts, puroresu and kickboxing event in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by FEG, M-1 Global and the Inoki Genome Federation that took place on December 31, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [1]

Contents

Background

The event included bouts that encompassed the Dream, K-1 World MAX and IGF banners. The event aired live on HDNet in North America, SKY PerfecTV! in Japan, and also online through Nico Nico Douga. [2]

The semi-finals and finals of Dream's World Bantamweight Grand Prix were held at this event. [3]

The Nagashima/Kikuno mixed rules bout consisted of a three-minute first round under K-1 rules and a five-minute second round under Dram rules. [4]

Kazushi Sakuraba was rumoured to be involved in a puroresu bout on this card. [5]

Tim Sylvia was expected to face Brett Rogers at this event, however the bout was scrapped because Rogers was unable to obtain a visa to enter Japan. This was due to Rogers's domestic violence charge which was followed by a series of what were known as 'shaft grabbing' incidents. [6]

Results

DREAM Rules
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko def. Satoshi Ishii KO (Punches)12:29
Lightweight Shinya Aoki (c)def. Satoru Kitaoka Decision (Unanimous)35:00 [a]
Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya def. Takeshi Inoue Decision (unanimous)35:00 [b]
IGF Rules Bout Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata def.Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa TKO (Referee Stoppage)113:46
IGF Rules Bout Kazuyuki Fujita def. Peter Aerts Submission (Boston crab)13:36
Special Rules bout Yuichiro Nagashima def. Katsunori Kikuno TKO (punches)22:34
IGF Rules Bout Josh Barnett def. Hideki Suzuki Pinfall111:47
Women's Strawweight Megumi Fujii def.Karla BenitezSubmission (armbar)11:15
Featherweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kazuyuki Miyata Submission (Arm triangle choke)24:54
Welterweight Hayato Sakurai def. Ryo Chonan Decision (Unanimous)35:00
K-1 MAX (-63 kg) Yuta Kubo def.Nils WidlundKO (High Kick)31:10
DREAM/K-1 Special Rules
K-1 MAX (-63 kg) Masaaki Noiri def.Kengo SonodaDecision (unanimous)33:00
K-1 Rules
Bantamweight Tournament Final Bibiano Fernandes vs. Antonio Banuelos TKO (punches)11:21
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout Bibiano Fernandes def.Rodolfo MarquesDecision (unanimous)35:00
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout Antonio Banuelos def. Masakazu Imanari Decision (split)35:00
Bantamweight Tournament Reserve BoutYusup Saadulaevdef. Hideo Tokoro KO (slam)10:42
  1. ↑ For the DREAM Lightweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the DREAM Featherweight Championship

World Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket

 
Quarterfinals
(Dream 17)		Semifinals
(Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka)		Final
(Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka)
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Flag of Japan.svg Masakazu ImanariW
 
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Abel Cullum SUB
 
 Flag of Japan.svg Masakazu Imanari DEC
 
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Antonio BanuelosW
 
 Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Tokoro DEC
 
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Antonio BanuelosW
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Antonio BanuelosTKO
 
 
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW
 
 
 
 Flag of Japan.svg Takafumi Otsuka SUB
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Bibiano FernandesW
 
 
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodolfo MarquesDEC
 
 Flag of Russia.svg Yusup Saadulaev DEC
 
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodolfo MarquesW
 

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References

  1. ↑ "FieLDS presents Fight for Japan『元気ですか!! 大晦日!! ２０１１』". dreamofficial.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Year-end 2011 Dream event adds Takaya-Inoue title fight, Kawajiri-Miyata". mmajunkie.com. 2011-11-17.
  3. ↑ "'Dream: New Year! 2011' adds Sakurai vs. Chonan, bantamweight grand-prix semis". mmajunkie.com. 2011-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Genki Desu Ka!! Kikuno And Nagashima Mix It Up". nightmareofbattle.com. 2011-12-04. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Genki Desu Ka!! Sakuraba Puroresu Return?". nightmareofbattle.com. 2011-12-05. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Visa Issues Scrap Brett Rogers' Fight vs. Tim Sylvia on Year-End Dream Card". Heavy.com. 2011-12-15.
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