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
PromotionDream
DateJuly 16, 2011
VenueAriake Coliseum
CityTokyo, Japan
Attendance8,142
Event chronology
Dream: Fight for Japan! Dream: Japan GP Final Dream 17

Background

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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

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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]

Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Masakazu ImanariW
 
 
 
  Keisuke FujiwaraDEC
 
  Masakazu ImanariW
 
 
 
  Kenji OsawaSUB
 
  Takafumi Otsuka DEC
 
 
 
  Kenji OsawaW
 
  Masakazu ImanariDEC
 
 
 
  Hideo TokoroW
 
  Atsushi Yamamoto W
 
 
 
  Yusaku Nakamura TKO
 
  Atsushi Yamamoto DEC
 
 
 
  Hideo TokoroW
 
  Yoshiro Maeda SUB
 
 
  Hideo Tokoro W
 

References

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  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. ^ "Duffee vs. Gaston, Osawa vs. Fujiwara added to DREAM.17 in July". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-06-15. Archived from the original on 2011-06-18.
  4. ^ a b ""DREAM: Japan GP Final" weigh-in results: All bouts official". 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.