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]
| Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 | ||||
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 The poster for Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 | ||||
| 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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Background edit
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. This was due to Rogers's domestic violence charge which was followed by a series of what were known as 'shaft grabbing' incidents.[6]
Results edit
| 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 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Takeshi Inoue | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| 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 | |
- ^ For the DREAM Lightweight Championship.
- ^ For the DREAM Featherweight Championship
World Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket edit
| 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 | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "FieLDS presents Fight for Japan『元気ですか!! 大晦日!! ２０１１』". dreamofficial.com. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ "Year-end 2011 Dream event adds Takaya-Inoue title fight, Kawajiri-Miyata". mmajunkie.com. 2011-11-17.
- ^ "'Dream: New Year! 2011' adds Sakurai vs. Chonan, bantamweight grand-prix semis". mmajunkie.com. 2011-11-18.
- ^ "Genki Desu Ka!! Kikuno And Nagashima Mix It Up". nightmareofbattle.com. 2011-12-04.
- ^ "Genki Desu Ka!! Sakuraba Puroresu Return?". nightmareofbattle.com. 2011-12-05.
- ^ "Visa Issues Scrap Brett Rogers' Fight vs. Tim Sylvia on Year-End Dream Card". Heavy.com. 2011-12-15.