Dream: Japan GP Final

Dream: Japan GP Final, also known as Dream Japan GP – 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament Final, was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on July 16, 2011 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.^[1][2]

Dream: Japan GP Final
The poster for Dream: Japan GP Final
Information
Promotion	Dream
Date	July 16, 2011
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
City	Tokyo, Japan
Attendance	8,142
Event chronology
Dream: Fight for Japan! Dream: Japan GP Final Dream 17

Background

The Kenji Osawa-Keisuke Fujiwara fight was planned as a qualifier for the worldwide Dream bantamweight Grand Prix later that year.^[3]

Willamy Freire suffered a hand injury during training that forced him out of his bout with Kawajiri. He was replaced with Drew Fickett.^[4]

Todd Duffee was scheduled to face Nick Gaston at this event, but was forced out of the bout due to an undisclosed injury.^[5]

Hayato Sakurai was scheduled to fight Marius Žaromskis at this event, however an unspecified leg injury forced him out of the bout. Žaromskis instead faced Eiji Ishikawa^[6] at a catchweight of 79 kg (175 lbs).^[4]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Eiji Mitsuoka	def	Bruno Carvalho	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Catchweight (175 lbs)	Marius Žaromskis	def	Eiji Ishikawa	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Tatsuya Mizuno	def	Trevor Prangley	TKO (knee and punches)	1	4:41
Bantamweight	Kenji Osawa	def	Keisuke Fujiwara	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Lightweight	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def	Drew Fickett	TKO (punches)	1	4:41
Light Heavyweight	Gegard Mousasi (c)	def	Hiroshi Izumi	TKO (punches)	1	3:28	^[a]
Bantamweight Tournament Final	Hideo Tokoro	def	Masakazu Imanari	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya (c)	def	Kazuyuki Miyata	split decision	3	5:00	^[b]

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.

Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Masakazu Imanari	W
	Keisuke Fujiwara	DEC
					Masakazu Imanari	W
					Kenji Osawa	SUB
	Takafumi Otsuka	DEC
	Kenji Osawa	W
									Masakazu Imanari	DEC
									Hideo Tokoro	W
	Atsushi Yamamoto	W
	Yusaku Nakamura	TKO
					Atsushi Yamamoto	DEC
					Hideo Tokoro	W
	Yoshiro Maeda	SUB
	Hideo Tokoro	W

References

1. "DREAM.17". DREAM Official Website. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
2. "Title Bouts, Bantamweight GP Final Announced for Dream 17". Sherdog.com. 2011-05-29.
3. . MMAJunkie.com. 2011-06-15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-18.
4. . MMAJunkie.com. 2011-07-15. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
5. "Duffee Injured; Heavyweight Bout Nixed from Saturday's Dream". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-11.
6. "Injured 'Mach' Sakurai Replaced on Saturday's Dream Card". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-13.