Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream held on October 6, 2009.
| Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round | ||||
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 The poster for Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round | ||||
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| Promotion | Dream | |||
| Date | October 6th, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
| City | Yokohama, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 14,039 | |||
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Background edit
Dream 11[1] was the culmination of the Feather Weight Grand Prix, where both the semifinals and finals took place in the same night. It also featured the semifinals of the Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009. Additionally, there was a championship bout: Joachim Hansen defended the Dream Lightweight Championship against Shinya Aoki.
Dream's featherweight division has a 63 kilograms (139 lb) weight limit.
Results edit
| Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Final | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Hiroyuki Takaya | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Dream Lightweight Championship bout | |||||||
| Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Joachim Hansen (c) | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 4:56 | [b] |
| Super Fights | |||||||
| Lightweight | Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Rubin Williams | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 2:53 | |
| Middleweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Melchor Manibusan | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:48 | |
| Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Super Heavyweight | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | def. | Bob Sapp | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:31 | |
| Super Heavyweight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def. | Hong Man Choi | Submission (Heel Hook) | 2 | 1:27 | |
| Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Joe Warren | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:42 | |
| Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Hideo Tokoro | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 0:32 | |
| Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Reserve bout | |||||||
| Featherweight | Kazuyuki Miyata | def. | Daiki Hata | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
- ^ For the Dream Featherweight Championship.[2]
- ^ For the Dream Lightweight Championship.
See also edit
Notes edit
- Dream 11 was the second and last Dream event to be shown live in primetime on Tokyo Broadcasting System during 2009.
- Eddie Alvarez and Gesias Cavalcante were briefly rumored to meet at Dream 11.[3] However, due to Eddie Alvarez's contractual obligations to Bellator Fighting Championships, the fight was scrapped early in negotiations.[4]
- Kazuyuki Miayata and Takeshi Yamazaki fought at DEEP 42 IMPACT to decide who would fight DJ.Taiki in the Feather Weight Grand Prix Reserve bout.[5]
- An early rumored bout placed Ronaldo Souza against Jason "Mayhem" Miller in a rematch for the Dream Middleweight Championship.[6][7] However, the bout was scrapped after Ronaldo Souza signed with Strikeforce.[8]
- Though featured on the Dream 11 promotion material,[9][10] Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto did not participate in the event, as he is taking a hiatus to train outside Japan, and will return to MMA competition at Dynamite!! 2009.[11]
- Gegard Mousasi advanced to the Second Round of the Super Hulk Grand Prix after defeating Mark Hunt at Dream 9, but had to pull out of the tournament due to an injury.[12]
- A bout between Daisuke Nakamura and Gesias Cavalcante had original been planned for Dream 11.[13] However, due to a knee injury sustained by Calvancante, the bout was reportedly scrapped.[14] This resulted in Nakamura being moved to Dream 12.[15]
2009 Featherweight Grand Prix Bracket edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Bibiano Fernandes | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| Takafumi Otsuka | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Bibiano Fernandes | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Masakazu Imanari | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Masakazu Imanari | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Atsushi Yamamoto | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Bibiano Fernandes | W Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Warren | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Chase Beebe | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Joe Warren | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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| Joe Warren | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Norifumi Yamamoto | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Norifumi Yamamoto* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | -Bye- | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Bibiano Fernandes | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Hiroyuki Takaya | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Yoshiro Maeda | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Micah Miller | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Yoshiro Maeda | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hiroyuki Takaya | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
| Jong Won Kim | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hiroyuki Takaya | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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| Hiroyuki Takaya | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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| Hideo Tokoro | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Abel Cullum | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Akiyo Nishiura | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Abel Cullum | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Hideo Tokoro | W Sub | |||||||||||||||||
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| Daiki Hata | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Hideo Tokoro** | ||||||||||||||||||
- Note: Norifumi Yamamoto was given a first-round bye so he could recover from an ankle injury he received in 2008.[16]
- Note: Hideo Tokoro replaced Daiki Hata after Hata was unable to continue due to an eye injury.[17]
Dream Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:
Kazuyuki Miyata def. Daiki Hata at Dream 11
Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Bracket edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Ikuhisa Minowa | W | |||||||||
| Bob Sapp | SUB | |||||||||
| Ikuhisa Minowa | W | |||||||||
| Hong Man Choi | SUB | |||||||||
 José Canseco | SUB | |||||||||
| Hong Man Choi | W | |||||||||
| Ikuhisa Minowa | W | |||||||||
 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | KO | |||||||||
 Jan Nortje | TKO | |||||||||
| Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | W | |||||||||
| Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | W | |||||||||
| Bob Sapp* | TKO | |||||||||
 Mark Hunt | SUB | |||||||||
 Gegard Mousasi | W | |||||||||
- Note: Bob Sapp was brought back into the tournament replacing Gegard Mousasi after Mousasi was injured
References edit
- ^ Dream11 Team Tips "CRIC Informer"
- ^ "2009年10月6日（火）Heiwa Dream.11 フェザー級グランプリ2009 決勝戦 横浜アリーナ".
- ^ "MMANEWS.COM | JZ Cavalcante Vs. Eddie Alvarez Confirmed for DREAM 11". Archived from the original on 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ "Alvarez Not Fighting 'JZ' in Dream".
- ^ "First Real Fight at Featherweight! Miyata Vs. Yamazaki". 5 June 2009.
- ^ "Profile / Twitter".
- ^ "Jacaré vs. Miller 3 to happen in September :: TATAME". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza signs with Strikeforce". 4 August 2009.
- ^ "Kamipro.com | ニュース | 10.6『DREAM.11』青木vsハンセンのタイトルマッチが正式決定". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ http://www.dreamofficial.com/cgi-bin/free/download/wallpaper.cgi?id=1251084456&type=1280&photo=1251084455.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ "Despite a hasty report from MMA Junkie that he was "likely" to appear at DREAM.11 in October, "Kid"". 27 August 2009.
- ^ "- MOUSASI OUT OF DREAM "SUPER HULK" TOURNAMENT - MMA WEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more". Archived from the original on 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ ""JZ" Cavalcante vs. Nakamura set, Mousasi officially out at DREAM.11 | MMAjunkie.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online -- WWE, TNA, UFC and International Wrestling and MMA Headlines - Second Dream fight on next big show canceled". Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Dream | 笹原Epが桜庭和志の緊急メッセージについて言及！中村大介の『Dream.12』へのスライド出場が決定！".
- ^ "Dream 7 to feature Featherweight Grand Prix; Yamamoto offered first-round bye". Mmamania.com. 25 January 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2009.
- ^ "Featherweight GP Quarterfinals Announced! DJ.taiki Out". 10 April 2009.
