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Dream 16 
Information Promotion Dream Date September 25, 2010 Venue Nippon Gaishi Hall City Nagoya, Japan Attendance 9,304 Event chronology Dream 15 Dream 16 Dream: Fight for Japan! 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]
Contents
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
- Heavyweight bout:
Yusuke Kawaguchi vs. 
James Thompson
- Kawaguchi defeated Thompson via split decision at 5:00 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Akiyo Nishiura
- Ishida defeated Nishiura via split decision at 5:00 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Takeshi Inoue
- Miyata defeated Inoue via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Hideo Tokoro vs.
Joachim Hansen
- Hansen defeated Tokoro via submission (triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa vs.
Cole Escovedo
- Omigawa defeated Escovedo via submission (straight armbar) at 2:30 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Chase Beebe
- Takaya defeated Beebe via KO at 1:45 of round 1.
- Openweight bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Satoshi Ishii
- Ishii defeated Minowa via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs.
Marcus Aurelio
- Aoki defeated Aurelio via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Jason Miller
- Miller defeated Sakuraba via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:09 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout:
Gegard Mousasi vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
- Mousasi defeated Mizuno via submission (rear naked choke) at 6:10 of round 1 to become the 1st Dream Light Heavyweight Champion.
2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket
Semi-finals Final 
Gegard MousasiSUB Jake O'Brien1 Gegard MousasiSUB Tatsuya Mizuno1 Melvin Manhoef1 Tatsuya MizunoSUB References
- ^ "DREAM.16". dreamofficial.com. http://dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20100925. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "DREAM.16". mmajunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/event/695/dream-16.mma.
- ^ "Champ Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi, Melvin Manhoef probables for DREAM.15". mmajunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19367/champ-alistair-overeem-gegard-mousasi-melvin-manhoef-probables-for-dream-15.mma.
- ^ "Warren: Dream 16 Bout with Omigawa Not Happening". sherdog.com. 2010-09-13. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Warren-Dream-16-Bout-with-Omigawa-Not-Happening-26850.
- ^ "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. http://dreamofficial.com/free/news/detail.php?id=1285132846.
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