Dream: Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011 - Live Results

[NWOWolfpack]

Dream: Fight for Japan – Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011



Fight #17: Dream Rules:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii via KO (Strikes) Round 1 (2:34)

- Fedor easily dispatched the Japanese Gold Medalist.



Fight #16: DREAM Lightweight Championship:
Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka via Decision 3-0

- Aoki dominated the fight and retains his title.



Fight #15: DREAM Featherweight Championship:
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi “Lion” Inoue via Decision 3-0

- The Lion showed almost nothing in this fight and Takaya easily won the bout and retained his belt.



*INTERMISSION #3*



Fight #14: IGF Rules - Tag Team:
Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada via Rear Naked Choke (Sakuraba)



Fight #13: IGF Rules:
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts via Boston Crab



Fight #12: IGF Rules:
Tim Sylvia vs. Jerome Le Banner via Referee Stoppage



Fight #11: DREAM Bantamweight Tournament Finals:
Antonio Banuelos vs. Bibiano Fernandes via TKO (Strikes) Round 1 (1:21)

- Bibiano Fernandes wins the DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix with impressive GnP!



Fight #10: Mixed Rules (1R – 3min kickboxing rules, 2R – 5min MMA rules):
Yuichiro “Jien-Otsu” Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno via TKO (Strikes) Round 2 (2:54)

- Kikuno rocked Nagashima in the K-1 portion and then in Round 2, he took him down and GnP'ed him out.



*INTERMISSION #2*



Fight #9: IGF Rules:
Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki via Pile Driver


Fight #8: Dream Rules:
Megumi Fujii vs. Karla Benitez via Submission (Armbar) Round 1 (1:05)

- Fujii did what she always does, submit the opponent fast and with ease.



Fight #7: Dream Rules:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Round 2 (4:54)

- Kawajiri owned every aspect of the fight and got the sub eventually.



Fight #6: Dream Rules:
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan via Decision 3-0

- Chonan didn't realize he was fighting until Round 3 and he had Sakurai in trouble but too little to late.



*INTERMISSION*



Fight #5: Kickboxing Rules:
Yuta Kubo vs Nils Widlund via KO Round 3

- The K-1 MAX LW Champion just outclassed Widlund who took the fight on short notice.



Fight #4: Kickboxing Rules:
Masaaki Noiri vs Kengo Sonoda via Decision 3-0



Fight #3: DREAM Bantamweight Tournament Semi-Final:
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques Diniz via Decision 3-0

- Bibiano Fernandes moves onto the Bantamweight GP Finals



Fight #2: DREAM Bantamweight Tournament Semi-Final:
Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos via Decision 2-1

- Banuelos moves onto the Bantamweight GP Finals.



Fight #1: DREAM Bantamweight Tournament Reserve Match:
Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev via KO (Slam) Round 1 (0:42)

- Tokoro is taken out on a stretcher.



*OPENING CEREMONY*

- The Opening ceremony is underway as all of tonight's fighters are being introduced by Lenne Hardt.

[NWOWolfpack]

Dream: Fight for Japan – Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011 Weigh-In Results (for MMA bouts only):

- Fedor Emelianenko (106 kilograms/233.2 pounds) vs. Satoshi Ishii (97.4/214.3)
- Ryo Chonan (75.5/166.1) vs. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (75.8/166.8)
- Champ Shinya Aoki (70/154) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (70/154)
- Champ Hiroyuki Takaya (65/143) vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue (64.8/142.6)
- Tatsuya Kawajiri (65/143) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata (64.7/142.3)
- Rodolfo Marques Diniz (61.2/134.5) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (61/134.2) - bantamweight grand-prix semifinal
- Antonio Banuelos (61/134.2) vs. Masakazu Imanari (60.8/133.8) - bantamweight grand-prix semifinal
- Hideo Tokoro (61/134.2) vs. Yusup Saadulaev (61/134.5) - bantamweight grand-prix reserve match
- Karla Benitez (52/114.4) vs. Megumi Fujii (52/114.4)



***IT’S THE RETURN OF FEDOR – DREAM AIRS LIVE TONIGHT ON HDNET**


Tonight, it’s an MMA fan’s dream come true - in more ways than one - as HDNet presents LIVE coverage of DREAM New Year 2011!, featuring the return of Fedor Emelianenko, beginning at 10:00 p.m. PT, immediately following UFC 141.

HDNet’s live coverage runs well into New Year’s Eve day, featuring Fedor taking on Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii and Shinya Aoki versus Satoru Kitaoka in a battle of the top lightweights. Tonight’s coverage will be the only place to see the event LIVE and in its entirety, uncut and uncensored.

HDNet’s LIVE coverage of DREAM begins tonight, December 30, at 10:00 p.m. PT.

[NWOWolfpack]

We are LIVE from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan....................



Four Hours Before The Fights

[ArmyofDarkness]

This is why the fights last 9 hours, 45 minutes to start of nothing.

[NWOWolfpack]

[ArmyofDarkness]

Good to see Banuelos beat the foot fetish master an Kogan's jokes are also entertaining.

[Panther]

My personal prediction - Bibiano Fernandes wins the Grand Prix easily.

[broncofan]

Alright I went to the bar and had some Red Bull/Vodka's and now I am ready for seven more hours of fights!