Dream 16 Explained

Dream 16
Promotion:Dream
Date:September 25, 2010
Venue:Nippon Gaishi Hall
City:Nagoya, Japan
Attendance:9,304
Previousevent:Dream 15

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]

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: DREAM.16. dreamofficial.com . 2010-07-21.
  2. News: DREAM.16. mmajunkie.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100610101902/http://mmajunkie.com/event/695/dream-16.mma. 2010-06-10.
  3. News: Champ Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi, Melvin Manhoef probables for DREAM.15. mmajunkie.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100603182217/http://mmajunkie.com/news/19367/champ-alistair-overeem-gegard-mousasi-melvin-manhoef-probables-for-dream-15.mma. 2010-06-03.
  4. News: Warren: Dream 16 Bout with Omigawa Not Happening. sherdog.com. 2010-09-13.
  5. News: 仰天カード実現!! 9・25『DREAM.16』日本ガイシホール大会追加対戦カード発表!!. dreamofficial.com. 2010-09-22.