2011 in DREAM

The year 2011 was the 4th year in the history of DREAM, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2011 DREAM held 4 events beginning with, Dream: Fight for Japan!.

2011 in DREAM
Information
First date	May 29, 2011
Last date	December 31, 2011
Events
Total events	4
Fights
Total fights	47
Title fights	5
Chronology
2010 in DREAM 2011 in DREAM 2012 in DREAM

Title fights

Title fights in 2011
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Gegard Mousasi (c)	def.	Hiroshi Izumi	TKO (punches)	1	3:28	Dream: Japan GP Final	[a]
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya (c)	def.	Kazuyuki Miyata	split decision	3	5:00	Dream: Japan GP Final	[b]
Lightweight	Shinya Aoki (c)	def.	Satoru Kitaoka	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011	[c]
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya (c)	def.	Takeshi Inoue	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011	[d]
Bantamweight	Bibiano Fernandes (c)	def.	Antonio Banuelos	TKO (Punches)	1	1:21	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011	[e]

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.
3. For the Lightweight Championship.
4. For the Featherweight Championship.
5. For the Bantamweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: Dream (mixed martial arts) § Events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location	Attendees	Broadcast
23	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011	December 31, 2011	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	24,606	Tokyo Broadcasting System; HDNet
22	Dream 17	September 24, 2011	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	9,270	HDNet
21	Dream: Japan GP Final	July 16, 2011	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	8,142	HDNet
20	Dream: Fight for Japan!	May 29, 2011	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	6,522	HDNet

Dream: Fight for Japan!

Dream: Fight for Japan!^[1] was an event held on May 29, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Masakazu Imanari	def.	Kenji Osawa	Submission (Achilles Lock)	2	0:58
	Hideo Tokoro	def.	Atsushi Yamamoto	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Shinya Aoki	def.	Rich Clementi	Submission (Neck Crank)	2	2:17
	Katsunori Kikuno	def.	Daisuke Nakamura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Caol Uno	def.	Akiyo Nishiura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Takeshi Inoue	def.	Koichiro Matsumoto	TKO (Punches)	1	6:51
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Mitsuhiro Ishida	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Kenji Osawa	def.	Takafumi Otsuka	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Masakazu Imanari	def.	Keisuke Fujiwara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hideo Tokoro	def.	Yoshiro Maeda	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	0:43
	Atsushi Yamamoto	def.	Yusaku Nakamura	TKO (Punches)	1	8:43

Dream: Japan GP Final

Main article: Dream: Japan GP Final

Dream: Japan GP Final^[2] was an event held on July 16, 2011, at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Eiji Mitsuoka	def	Bruno Carvalho	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Catchweight (175 lbs)	Marius Žaromskis	def	Eiji Ishikawa	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Tatsuya Mizuno	def	Trevor Prangley	TKO (knee and punches)	1	4:41
Bantamweight	Kenji Osawa	def	Keisuke Fujiwara	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Lightweight	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def	Drew Fickett	TKO (punches)	1	4:41
Light Heavyweight	Gegard Mousasi (c)	def	Hiroshi Izumi	TKO (punches)	1	3:28	[a]
Bantamweight Tournament Final	Hideo Tokoro	def	Masakazu Imanari	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya (c)	def.	Kazuyuki Miyata	split decision	3	5:00	[b]

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.

Dream 17

Main article: Dream 17

Dream 17^[3] was an event held on September 24, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Open-weight	Ikuhisa Minowa	def	Baru Harn	submission (scarf hold arm-lock and neck crank)	1	4:39
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal	Rodolfo Marques	def	Yusup Saadulaev	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal	Masakazu Imanari	def	Abel Cullum	submission (armbar)	3	0:46
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal	Bibiano Fernandes	def	Takafumi Otsuka	technical submission (rear naked choke)	1	0:41
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal	Antonio Banuelos	def	Hideo Tokoro	split decision	3	5:00
Middleweight	Gerald Harris	def	Kazuhiro Nakamura	split decision	3	5:00
Lightweight	Satoru Kitaoka	def	Willamy Freire	split decision	3	5:00
Welterweight	Yan Cabral	def	Kazushi Sakuraba	submission (arm triangle choke)	2	2:42
Featherweight	Takeshi Inoue	def	Caol Uno	KO (head kick)	1	4:17
Featherweight	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def	Joachim Hansen	submission (arm triangle choke)	3	2:30
Lightweight	Shinya Aoki	def	Rob McCullough	submission (neck crank)	1	4:57

Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011

Main article: Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011

Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011^[4] was an event held on December 31, 2011, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card - MMA Rules
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)	5	5:00	[a]
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya (c)	def.	Takeshi Inoue	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00	[b]
IGF Rules
	Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata	def.	Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa	TKO (referee stoppage)	1	13:46
	Kazuyuki Fujita	def.	Peter Aerts	submission (Boston crab)	1	3:36
	Jerome Le Banner	def.	Tim Sylvia	TKO (referee stoppage)	1	2:57
DREAM/K-1 Special Rules
	Katsunori Kikuno	def.	Yuichiro Nagashima	TKO (punches)	2	2:34
IGF Rules
	Josh Barnett	def.	Hideki Suzuki	pinfall	1	11:47
MMA Rules
Women's (115 lbs)	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 Rules
-63 kg	Yuta Kubo	def.	Nils Widlund	KO (High Kick)	3	1:10
-63 kg	Masaaki Noiri	def.	Kengo Sonoda	unanimous decision	3	5:00
Bantamweight Tournament
Bantamweight	Bibiano Fernandes (c)	def.	Antonio Banuelos	TKO (Punches)	1	1:21	[c]
Bantamweight	Bibiano Fernandes	def.	Rodolfo Marques Diniz	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
Bantamweight	Antonio Banuelos	def.	Masakazu Imanari	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
Bantamweight	Yusup Saadulaev	def.	Hideo Tokoro	KO (Slam)	1	0:42

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.
3. For the Bantamweight Championship.