Dream 11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round 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 promoted 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...

 held on October 6, 2009.

Dream 11 was the culmination of the Feather Weight Grand Prix, where both the Semi-Finals and Finals took place in the same night. It also featured the Semi-Finals 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.

Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Reserve 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.   Dj Taiki

Daiki Hata

Daiki Hata is a Japanese mixed martial artist and occasional kickboxer.He is a Pancrase veteran and has fought for K-1, DEEP, BodogFight and Cage Force. He holds notable victories over WEC contenders Kenji Osawa and Yoshiro Maeda...

Miyata defeated Taiki via decision (Unanimous).

Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals

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.   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:...

Takaya defeated Tokoro via TKO (Punches) at 0:32 of round 2.

Bibiano Fernandes

Bibiano Fernandes

Bibiano Fernandes is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who has competed for K-1, DREAM, and King of the Cage. He was the first DREAM Featherweight Champion.-Early career:...

vs.   Joe Warren

Joe Warren (fighter)

Joe Warren is an American Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist. As a Greco-Roman wrestler, he won the 2006 Pan American and World Championship and was a favourite for the 2008 Olympics, but was given a two-year suspension after testing positive for THC while trying to qualify for the 2007...

Fernandes defeated Warren via submission (Armbar) at 0:42 of round 1.

Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Semi-Finals

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.   Hong Man Choi

Minowa defeated Choi via submission (Heel Hook) at 1:27 of round 2.

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua , sometimes billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian mixed martial artist and judoka, and the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, who came to prominence in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships. He has since had mixed success with stints in the UFC, WEC,...

vs.   Bob Sapp

Bob Sapp

Robert Malcolm "Bob" Sapp is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor, comedian and former professional American football player. Sapp currently has a combined fight record of 21–21–0, mostly fighting in Japan...

Sokoudjou defeated Sapp via TKO (Punches) at 1:31 of round 1.

Super Fights

• Lightweight bout:   Tatsuya Kawajiri
  Tatsuya Kawajiri
  Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...
  
  vs.   Melchor Manibusan

Kawajiri defeated Manibusan via TKO (Punches) at 3:48 of round 1.

• 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.   Rubin Williams

Sakuraba defeated Williams via submission (Kimura) at 2:53 of round 1.

Dream Lightweight Championship bout

Joachim Hansen (c) vs.   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...

Aoki defeated Hansen via submission (Armbar) at 4:56 of round 2 to become the new Dream Lightweight Champion.

Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final

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.   Bibiano Fernandes

Bibiano Fernandes

Bibiano Fernandes is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who has competed for K-1, DREAM, and King of the Cage. He was the first DREAM Featherweight Champion.-Early career:...

Fernandes defeated Takaya via decision (Split) to become the first Dream Featherweight Champion.

2009 Featherweight Grand Prix Bracket

• Note: Norifumi Yamamoto was given a first-round bye so he could recover from an ankle injury he received in 2008.
• Note: Hideo Tokoro replaced Daiki Hata after Hata was unable to continue due to an eye injury.

Dream Featherweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

  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:...

 def.   Daiki Hata

Daiki Hata

Daiki Hata is a Japanese mixed martial artist and occasional kickboxer.He is a Pancrase veteran and has fought for K-1, DEEP, BodogFight and Cage Force. He holds notable victories over WEC contenders Kenji Osawa and Yoshiro Maeda...

at Dream 11

Super Hulk Grand Prix 2009 Bracket

• Note: Bob Sapp was brought back into the tournament replacing Gegard Mousasi after Mousasi was injured