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.

Dream 15
The poster for Dream 15
PromotionDream
DateJuly 10, 2010
VenueSaitama Super Arena
CitySaitama, Japan
Attendance13,028
Event chronology
Dream 14 Dream 15 Dream 16

Background

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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

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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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Melvin Manhoef 1
 
 
 
  Tatsuya MizunoSUB
 
  Tatsuya Mizuno
 
 
 
  Gegard Mousasi
 
  Gegard MousasiSUB
 
 
  Jake O'Brien1
 

Notes

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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

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  1. ^ "DREAM.15". dreamofficial.com. 2010-05-20.
  2. ^ "DREAM 205-pound tourney rescheduled for DREAM.15 in July". mmajunkie.com. 2010-05-20. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24.
  3. ^ "Trainer: Overeem out of DREAM.15 fight with Rodriguez, DREAM future uncertain". mmajunkie.com. 2010-06-30. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02.

See also

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