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Dream 15 
Information Promotion Dream Date July 10, 2010 Venue Saitama Super Arena City Saitama, Japan Attendance 13,028 Event chronology Dream 14 Dream 15 Dream 16 Dream 15 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on July 10, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[1] The event aired live in North America on HDNet.
Contents
Background
A Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at Dream 14, with a eight man tournament. However, Dream 15 hosted the opening round of the Grand Prix, with only a four man tournament.[2]
Alistair Overeem was briefly rumoured to be fighting Ricco Rodriguez, but the fight was called off.[3]
Results
- Middleweight bout:
Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. 
Karl Amoussou
- Nakamura defeated Amoussou via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2
- Featherweight bout: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Daiki Hata
- Ishida defeated Hata via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa vs.
Jong Young Sam
- Omigawa defeated Jong via submission (guillotine choke) at 8:45 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout:
Melvin Manhoef vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
- Mizuno defeated Manhoef via submission (kimura) at 7:23 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout: Gegard Mousasi vs.
Jake O'Brien
- Mousasi defeated O'Brien via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:31 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout:
Gesias Cavalcante vs. Katsunori Kikuno
- Cavalcante defeated Kikuno via split decision at 5:00 of round 2
- Lightweight Championship bout: Shinya Aoki (c) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
- Aoki defeated Kawajiri via submission (ankle lock) at 1:53 of round 1.
2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket
Semi-finals Final Melvin Manhoef1 Tatsuya MizunoSUB Tatsuya Mizuno
Gegard Mousasi Gegard MousasiSUB Jake O'Brien1 Notes
After Jake O'Brien failed to make weight, his Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout against Gegard Mousasi was made into a 212-lbs catchweight bout. O'Brien started with a yellow card, a point deduction and a 10% purse deduction.
References
- ^ "DREAM.15". dreamofficial.com. 2010-05-20. http://dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20100710.
- ^ "DREAM 205-pound tourney rescheduled for DREAM.15 in July". mmajunkie.com. 2010-05-20. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19222/dream-205-pound-tourney-rescheduled-for-dream-15-in-july.mma.
- ^ "Trainer: Overeem out of DREAM.15 fight with Rodriguez, DREAM future uncertain". mmajunkie.com. 2010-06-30. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19755/trainer-overeem-out-of-dream-15-fight-with-rodriguez-dream-future-uncertain.mma.
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