Dream 15

Dream 15
Information
Promotion Dream
Date July 10, 2010
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Attendance 13,028
Event chronology

Dream 14 Dream 15 Dream 16

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.

Background

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]

Results

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

    2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket

    Semi-finals Final
     Netherlands Melvin Manhoef 1  
     Japan Tatsuya Mizuno SUB  
     
         Japan Tatsuya Mizuno
       Armenia Gegard Mousasi
     Armenia Gegard Mousasi SUB
     United States Jake O'Brien 1  

    Notes

    After Jake O'Brien failed to make weight, his Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout against Gegard Mousasi was made into a 212-lbs catchweight bout. O'Brien started with a yellow card, a point deduction and a 10% purse deduction.

    References

    1. ↑ "DREAM.15". dreamofficial.com. 2010-05-20.
    2. ↑ "DREAM 205-pound tourney rescheduled for DREAM.15 in July". mmajunkie.com. 2010-05-20.
    3. ↑ "Trainer: Overeem out of DREAM.15 fight with Rodriguez, DREAM future uncertain". mmajunkie.com. 2010-06-30.

    See also

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