Dream: Fight for Japan – Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011
12/31/2011
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan
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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.
