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Dream mixed martial arts event in 2010
Dream 15
The poster for Dream 15
PromotionDream
DateJuly 10, 2010
VenueSaitama Super Arena
CitySaitama, Japan
Attendance13,028
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. The event aired live in North America on HDNet.

Background

A Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at Dream 14, with an eight-man tournament. However, Dream 15 hosted the opening round of the Grand Prix, with only a four-man tournament.

Alistair Overeem was briefly rumoured to be fighting Ricco Rodriguez, but the fight was called off.

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Tatsuya Kawajiri Submission (Achilles Lock) 1 1:53
Lightweight Gesias Cavalcante def. Katsunori Kikuno Decision (Split) 2 5:00
Light Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def. Jake O'Brien Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke) 1 0:31
Light Heavyweight Tatsuya Mizuno def. Melvin Manhoef Submission (Kimura) 1 7:38
Featherweight Michihiro Omigawa def. Young Sam Jung Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 7:31
Featherweight Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Daiki Hata Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Middleweight Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Karl Amoussou Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00

2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
 Netherlands Melvin Manhoef 1
  
 Japan Tatsuya MizunoSUB
 Japan Tatsuya Mizuno
  
 Armenia Gegard Mousasi
 Armenia Gegard MousasiSUB
 
 United States 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

  1. "DREAM.15". dreamofficial.com. 2010-05-20.
  2. "DREAM 205-pound tourney rescheduled for DREAM.15 in July". mmajunkie.com. 2010-05-20. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24.
  3. "Trainer: Overeem out of DREAM.15 fight with Rodriguez, DREAM future uncertain". mmajunkie.com. 2010-06-30. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02.

See also

Dream events
Upcoming events are in italics.
Major events
Year end events
2010 K-1 events
K-1 World GP
K-1 MAX -70KG
Dream
Dynamite!
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