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”’DREAM.15”’ was a mixed martial arts event held by FEG’s (Fighting and Entertainment Group) mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on July 10, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet.
* Next Event: [[DREAM.16]]
* Previous Event: DREAM 14
== Background ==
The DREAM 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at [[DREAM.14]], with eight fighters in the tournament. However, DREAM.15 hosted the opening round of the grand prix, with only four fighters participating.
Alistair Overeem was briefly rumoured to be fighting Ricco Rodriguez, but the fight was called off when Overeem learned a title belt was not on the line.
== Fight Card ==
* DREAM Lightweight Championship: ”’Champion”’ Shinya Aoki vs ”’Challenger”’ Tatsuya Kawajiri
* Lightweight: Katsunori Kikuno vs Gesias Cavalcante
* DREAM 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round: Melvin Manhoef vs Tatsuya Mizuno
* DREAM 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round:Gegard Mousasi vs [[Jake O’Brien]]
* Featherweight: Michihiro Omigawa vs Young Sam Jung
* Featherweight: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Daiki Hata
* Middleweight: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Karl Amoussou
== Results ==
Weight Class | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Middleweight | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Karl Amoussou | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | Daiki Hata | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Michihiro Omigawa | Young Sam Jung | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 7:31 | |
Light Heavyweight | Tatsuya Mizuno | Melvin Manhoef | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 7:38 | Light Heavyweight Tournament Opening Round |
Light Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi | [[Jake O’Brien]] | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:31 | Light Heavyweight Tournament Opening Round; O’Brien failed to make weight. |
Lightweight | Gesias Cavalcante | Katsunori Kikuno | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 1:53 | Aoki defended DREAM Lightweight Championship |
== Notes ==
After [[Jake O’Brien]] failed to make weight, his DREAM 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix bout against Gegard Mousasi was made into a 212 lbs. catchweight bout. O’Brien started with a yellow card and a 10% purse deduction.
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