Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Dream, Inoki Genome Federation, M-1 Global | |||
Date | December 31, 2011 | |||
Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
City | Saitama, Japan | |||
Attendance | 24,606 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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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]
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. [6]
DREAM Rules | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Satoshi Ishii | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:29 | |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki (c) | def. | Satoru Kitaoka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Takeshi Inoue | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
IGF Rules Bout | Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata | def. | Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa | TKO (Referee Stoppage) | 1 | 13:46 | |
IGF Rules Bout | Kazuyuki Fujita | def. | Peter Aerts | Submission (Boston crab) | 1 | 3:36 | |
Special Rules bout | Yuichiro Nagashima | def. | Katsunori Kikuno | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:34 | |
IGF Rules Bout | Josh Barnett | def. | Hideki Suzuki | Pinfall | 1 | 11:47 | |
Women's Strawweight | Megumi Fujii | def. | Karla Benitez | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:15 | |
Featherweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Kazuyuki Miyata | Submission (Arm triangle choke) | 2 | 4:54 | |
Welterweight | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Ryo Chonan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
K-1 MAX (-63 kg) | Yuta Kubo | def. | Nils Widlund | KO (High Kick) | 3 | 1:10 | |
DREAM/K-1 Special Rules | |||||||
K-1 MAX (-63 kg) | Masaaki Noiri | def. | Kengo Sonoda | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
K-1 Rules | |||||||
Bantamweight Tournament Final | Bibiano Fernandes | vs. | Antonio Banuelos | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:21 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Rodolfo Marques | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout | Antonio Banuelos | def. | Masakazu Imanari | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight Tournament Reserve Bout | Yusup Saadulaev | def. | Hideo Tokoro | KO (slam) | 1 | 0:42 |
Quarterfinals (Dream 17) | Semifinals (Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka) | Final (Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka) | ||||||||
Masakazu Imanari | W | |||||||||
Abel Cullum | SUB | |||||||||
Masakazu Imanari | DEC | |||||||||
Antonio Banuelos | W | |||||||||
Hideo Tokoro | DEC | |||||||||
Antonio Banuelos | W | |||||||||
Antonio Banuelos | TKO | |||||||||
Bibiano Fernandes | W | |||||||||
Bibiano Fernandes | W | |||||||||
Takafumi Otsuka | SUB | |||||||||
Bibiano Fernandes | W | |||||||||
Rodolfo Marques | DEC | |||||||||
Yusup Saadulaev | DEC | |||||||||
Rodolfo Marques | W | |||||||||
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