Dream 16

Dream 16 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on September 25, 2010, in Nagoya, Japan.^[1] The event aired live in North America on HDNet.^[2]

Dream 16
The poster for Dream 16
Promotion	Dream
Date	September 25, 2010
Venue	Nippon Gaishi Hall
City	Nagoya, Japan
Attendance	9,304
Event chronology
Dream 15 Dream 16 Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011

Background

This event served as the final for Dream's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion.^[3] Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno who won their opening round bouts at Dream 15 fought for the title.

A previously announced featherweight bout with Joe Warren fighting Michihiro Omigawa has been scrapped from this card.^[4]

Ikuhisa Minowa was previously reported to be fighting James Thompson, but instead fought Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii.^[5] Thompson's last minute opponent ending up being Deep Megaton Champion Yusuke Kawaguchi.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Gegard Mousasi	def	Tatsuya Mizuno	submission (rear naked choke)	1	6:10	[a]
Middleweight	Jason Miller	def	Kazushi Sakuraba	submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	2:09
Lightweight	Shinya Aoki	def	Marcus Aurélio	unanimous decision	2	5:00
Openweight	Satoshi Ishii	def	Ikuhisa Minowa	unanimous decision	2	5:00
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya	def	Chase Beebe	KO	1	1:45
Featherweight	Michihiro Omigawa	def	Cole Escovedo	submission (straight armbar)	1	2:30
Featherweight	Joachim Hansen	def	Hideo Tokoro	submission (triangle choke)	1	2:48
Featherweight	Kazuyuki Miyata	def	Takeshi Inoue	unanimous decision	2	5:00
Featherweight	Mitsuhiro Ishida	def	Akiyo Nishiura	split decision	2	5:00
Heavyweight	Yusuke Kawaguchi	def	James Thompson	split decision	2	5:00

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.

2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Gegard Mousasi	SUB
	Jake O'Brien	1
					Gegard Mousasi	SUB
					Tatsuya Mizuno	1
	Melvin Manhoef	1
	Tatsuya Mizuno	SUB