Dream 13

Dream 13 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on Monday, March 22, 2010 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.^[1] The event aired live in North America on HDNet.^[2]

Dream 13
The poster for Dream 13
Promotion	Dream
Date	March 22, 2010
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama, Japan
Attendance	13,712
Event chronology
Dream 12 Dream 13 Dream 14

Background

This event marked the beginning of co-promotion between DREAM and US organization Strikeforce. The event would also mark the return of K. J. Noons to Mixed Martial Arts in his first fight since 2008.^[3]

While not officially announced, Tim Sylvia was planning on participating in this event. However, Dream officials allegedly tried to change his opponent roughly two weeks before the bout was planned to take place.^[4]

Marius Žaromskis was in discussions to defend his Dream Welterweight Championship against Kiyoshi Tamura at this event,^[5] but would instead appear at Dream 15 on May 30, 2010.^[6]

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Bibiano Fernandes (c)	def.	Joachim Hansen	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	[a]
Heavyweight	Josh Barnett	def.	Siala-Mou Siliga	Submission (Kimura)	1	4:41
Catchweight (72 kg)	K. J. Noons	def.	André Amado	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
Welterweight	Ryo Chonan	def.	Andrews Nakahara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
Featherweight	Cole Escovedo	def.	Yoshiro Maeda	KO (Head Kick)	1	2:29
Lightweight	Katsunori Kikuno	def.	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	KO (Punch)	1	1:26
Openweight	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Jimmy Ambriz	Submission (Toe Hold)	2	2:42

1. For the Dream Featherweight Championship.

Notes

KJ Noons and Andre Amade both weighed in at more than the 70 kg Lightweight limit and agreed to fight at 72 kg.^[7]