Dream 16 was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group

Fighting and Entertainment Group

Fighting and Entertainment Group is the leading Japanese combat sport promoter. Its current president is Sadaharu Tanikawa and it is the parent company behind the mixed martial arts series Dream and formerly, the largest kickboxing promotion in the world, K-1.On December 31, 2010 after the Dream...

's mixed martial arts promotion Dream

DREAM (mixed martial arts)

Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...

. The event took place on September 25, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet

HDNet

HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...

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Background

This event served as the final for Dream's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion. Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi

Gegard Mousasi, born Geghard Movsesian is an Armenian-Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is fighting out of Team Jurojin in Leiden, Netherlands and is a member of Russian Red Devil Sport Club and Netherlands' Golden Glory...

 and Tatsuya Mizuno

Tatsuya Mizuno

is a Japanese light heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has fought at events of Dream, Pancrase and M-1 Global.-Biography and career:Mizuno started competing in judo in high school, and holds a 3rd dan black belt in the discipline...

 who won their opening round bouts at Dream 15 fought for the title.

A previously announced featherweight bout with Joe Warren

Joe Warren

Joe Warren is an American soccer player currently playing with NSC Minnesota Stars of the North American Soccer League.-College:...

 fighting Michihiro Omigawa

Michihiro Omigawa

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...

 has been scrapped from this card.

Ikuhisa Minowa

Ikuhisa Minowa

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and pro wrestler currently competing in Dream as . He was a long time veteran of Pride Fighting Championships and Pancrase and has also competed in other mixed martial arts promotions such as K-1 HERO'S, Cage Rage, UFC, and DEEP. At 5'9" he is notable for taking...

 was previously reported to be fighting James Thompson

James Thompson (fighter)

James Thompson is an English mixed martial artist. He fights as a heavyweight and has appeared in such promotions as Elite Xtreme Combat , Pride Fighting Championship, and Cage Rage. He is known for rushing his opponents at the start of the bout.-Biography:James Thompson grew up in Rochdale,...

, but instead fought Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii

Satoshi Ishii

is a Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist noted for winning a gold medal in Olympic Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games and two All-Japan Judo Championships...

. Thompson's last minute opponent ending up being Deep Megaton Champion Yusuke Kawaguchi

Yusuke Kawaguchi

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, who fights in the heavyweight division. He is the former DEEP Megaton Champion, and has also fought in DREAM, M-1 Global and KSW.-Judo:...

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Results

• Heavyweight bout:   Yusuke Kawaguchi
  Yusuke Kawaguchi
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist, who fights in the heavyweight division. He is the former DEEP Megaton Champion, and has also fought in DREAM, M-1 Global and KSW.-Judo:...
  
   vs.   James Thompson
  James Thompson (fighter)
  James Thompson is an English mixed martial artist. He fights as a heavyweight and has appeared in such promotions as Elite Xtreme Combat , Pride Fighting Championship, and Cage Rage. He is known for rushing his opponents at the start of the bout.-Biography:James Thompson grew up in Rochdale,...
  
  

Kawaguchi defeated Thompson via split decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:   Mitsuhiro Ishida
  Mitsuhiro Ishida
  Mitsuhiro Ishida is a Japanese mixed martial artist who has competed in Shooto, Strikeforce and Pride. He currently competes in Dream and is known for his wrestling ability and endurance.- Mixed martial arts career :...
  
   vs.   Akiyo Nishiura
  Akiyo Nishiura
  "Wicky" Akiyo Nishiura is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist. Nishiura competes for the Dream organization in the featherweight division.-Biography and career:...
  
  

Ishida defeated Nishiura via split decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:   Kazuyuki Miyata
  Kazuyuki Miyata
  Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist who currently fights for the MMA promotion Dream in the featherweight division.-Freestyle Wrestling:...
  
   vs.   Takeshi Inoue
  Takeshi Inoue
  "Lion" Takeshi Inoue is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting as a lightweight in the Shooto organization. In other organizations such as the WEC he would be considered a featherweight as Shooto's 143 lb. weight class is known as lightweight.-Biography:On November 8, 2007, he...
  
  

Miyata defeated Inoue via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout:   Hideo Tokoro
  Hideo Tokoro
  Hideo Tokoro is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in Dream in the bantamweight division. He competed in many mixed martial arts fights in other various promotions such as TFC, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's.-DREAM:...
  
   vs.   Joachim Hansen

Hansen defeated Tokoro via submission (triangle choke) at 2:48 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Michihiro Omigawa
  Michihiro Omigawa
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
   vs.   Cole Escovedo
  Cole Escovedo
  Cole Escovedo is an American mixed martial artist from Fresno, California currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Omigawa defeated Escovedo via submission (straight armbar) at 2:30 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Hiroyuki Takaya
  Hiroyuki Takaya
  |-| Win|align=center| 16–9–1| Kazuyuki Miyata| Decision | Dream: Japan GP Final| |align=center| 3|align=center| 5:00|Tokyo, Japan, Japan| Defended DREAM Featherweight Championship|-| Loss|align=center| 15–9–1| Robbie Peralta| Decision...
  
   vs.   Chase Beebe
  Chase Beebe
  Chase Beebe is an American professional mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois. He has recently fought for the World Extreme Cagefighting organization, where he was the Bantamweight Champion. He lost that belt on February 13, 2008, to fellow Midwestern MMA fighter Miguel Torres...
  
  

Takaya defeated Beebe via KO at 1:45 of round 1.

• Openweight bout:   Ikuhisa Minowa
  Ikuhisa Minowa
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist and pro wrestler currently competing in Dream as . He was a long time veteran of Pride Fighting Championships and Pancrase and has also competed in other mixed martial arts promotions such as K-1 HERO'S, Cage Rage, UFC, and DEEP. At 5'9" he is notable for taking...
  
   vs.   Satoshi Ishii
  Satoshi Ishii
  is a Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist noted for winning a gold medal in Olympic Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games and two All-Japan Judo Championships...
  
  

Ishii defeated Minowa via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Shinya Aoki
  Shinya Aoki
  is a Japanese mixed martial artist, grappler, and former police trainee who is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Aoki holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt in judo. He is one of the most prominent...
  
   vs.   Marcus Aurelio
  Marcus Aurelio
  Marcus Aurélio Martins is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the PRIDE Fighting Championship and for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Aoki defeated Aurelio via unanimous decision at 5:00 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout:   Kazushi Sakuraba
  Kazushi Sakuraba
  is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and former professional wrestler. He has competed in pro-wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling, UWFi and Kingdom Pro Wrestling. He has fought in MMA competition in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, K-1 Hero's and Dream...
  
   vs.   Jason Miller

Miller defeated Sakuraba via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:09 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout:   Gegard Mousasi
  Gegard Mousasi
  Gegard Mousasi, born Geghard Movsesian is an Armenian-Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He is fighting out of Team Jurojin in Leiden, Netherlands and is a member of Russian Red Devil Sport Club and Netherlands' Golden Glory...
  
   vs.   Tatsuya Mizuno
  Tatsuya Mizuno
  is a Japanese light heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has fought at events of Dream, Pancrase and M-1 Global.-Biography and career:Mizuno started competing in judo in high school, and holds a 3rd dan black belt in the discipline...
  
  

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