Dynamite!! 2010 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[1] The event included bouts that encompass the DREAM, K-1 and K-1 World MAX banners. Just as the previous Dynamite!! 2009, with the official commentator Nozomi Sasaki, the event aired on TBS in Japan and HDNet in North America.[2]
| Dynamite!! 2010 | ||||
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 The poster for Dynamite!! 2010 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | DREAM, K-1 | |||
| Date | December 31st, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City |  Saitama, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 26,729 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background edit
FEG president Tanikawa had stated that the company planned on holding an event together with Sengoku Raiden Championship and this event may have a similar DREAM vs SRC format as Dynamite!! 2009.[3] However, this did not happen as SRC held its own event, World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight.
Tanikawa has also stated that this Dynamite!! event will most likely be shortened (to around three hours) and the annual K-1 Koshien tournament will not take place at this event.[4]
The title fight between Bibiano Fernandes and Hiroyuki Takaya was the last in the 63 kg. (139 lbs) weight class before it gets broken into the standard MMA bantamweight and featherweight divisions. DREAM plans on holding a Grand Prix in whichever of the two weight classes the champion does not decide to fight in.[5] After winning the title, Hiroyuki Takaya stated that he would become the Featherweight (145 lbs) Champion.[6]
The Aoki/Nagashima fight was first announced that there would be an alternate of four rounds, with one round under MMA rules and the next round, then they will change gloves and, fight under kickboxing rules. A coin toss will determine what rules they start under.[7] However, it has later announced that the fight will feature one three-minute kickboxing round, followed by a standard five-minute MMA round. The fighters used open-fingered gloves throughout. If no winner were decided in the eight minutes of competition, the fight would have been declared an automatic draw.[8]
A fight between Bob Sapp and Shinichi Suzukawa held under super-heavyweight “IGF rules” was scheduled for the event. The fight was set to feature a rule set similar to MMA, but with no closed fist strikes. However, the fight was canceled due to Sapp attempting to re-negotiate his contract backstage prior to the event and eventually electing to withdraw from the contest.[9]
Results edit
| DREAM Rules | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Bibiano Fernandes (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Josh Thomson | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Jason High | def. | Hayato Sakurai | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Marius Zaromskis | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 2:16 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Satoshi Ishii | def. | Jerome Le Banner | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | def. | Todd Duffee | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:19 | [c] |
| Heavyweight | Sergei Kharitonov | def. | Tatsuya Mizuno | KO (knee) | 1 | 1:25 | |
| Openweight | Hiroshi Izumi | def. | Ikuhisa Minowa | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:50 | |
| Featherweight | Hideo Tokoro | def. | Kazuhisa Watanabe | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 2:50 | |
| Featherweight | Kazuyuki Miyata | def. | Caol Uno | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Andy Ologun | def. | Katsuaki Furuki | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| DREAM/K-1 Special Rules | |||||||
| Yuichiro Nagashima | def. | Shinya Aoki | KO (flying knee and punches) | 2 | 0:04 | ||
| K-1 Rules | |||||||
| Akiyo Nishiura | vs. | Tetsuya Yamato | Majority Draw (30–30, 30–30, 29–30) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Gegard Mousasi | def. | Kyotaro | Decision (30–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
- ^ For the Dream Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the Dream Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the Dream Heavyweight Championship.
References edit
- ^ "DREAM Dynamite!! 2010". dreamofficial.com. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
- ^ "Dream Dynamite 2010". mmajunkie.com. December 31, 2009. Archived from the original on July 25, 2010.
- ^ "DREAM X SRC Starting For Real?! K-1 WGP 2010 Preliminary In Trouble?". nightmareofbattle.com. August 9, 2010.
- ^ "Shorter Dynamite!! This Year?! Three Hour Broadcast?". nightmareofbattle.com. July 26, 2010.
- ^ "FW Title Fight! Bibiano Vs. Takaya 2 Official". nightmareofbattle.com. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ^ "Takaya Takes Dream Title; Overeem Destroys Duffee at 'Dynamite!'". sherdog.com. 2010-12-31.
- ^ "Japanese MMA falls on hard times". yahoo! sports. 2010-12-22.
- ^ "Overeem-Duffee Official; Special Rules Revealed for 'Dynamite'". sherdog.com. 2010-12-29.
- ^ "DREAM "Dynamite!! 2010" recap: Takaya claims featherweight title in main event". mmajunkie.com. 2010-12-31. Archived from the original on 2011-01-02.