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Round 1
They touch gloves and circle about each other at the center of the
ring. Carvalho feints some punches and low kicks. The next low
kicks connect, but his swiping hooks miss. Mitsuoka shoots in and
is stuffed. In the corner, the Japanese fighter absorbs knees to
the belly while fighting for the single. Carvalho wraps his arms
around Mitsuoka's head and seems to have caught him in the
guillotine. Mitsuoka escapes and disengages. The Japanese fighter
shoots again and gets the takedown, passing to half guard near the
ropes. Mitsuoka drops a few punches, but cannot free his leg to
pass to side control or mount. Referee Moritaka Oshiro briefly
pauses the bout to fix Mitsuoka's glove.
Upon resuming, Mitsuoka finally frees his leg and gets the full mount. He connects with a few punches before a Carvalho scramble gets him back to half guard. Mitsuoka goes for the guillotine, but Carvalho survives and escapes. Back on the feet, Mitsuoka shoots and is again stuffed. Carvalho puts his face in the plum and knees him hard. Mitsuoka pushes through and gets the takedown, but the Brazilian tries once more to get his own guillotine. It's a no-go. Mitsuoka stands up in Carvalho's guard and kicks his legs, followed by a leglock attempt. Carvalho rolls and tries to kick the Japanese fighter off. Mitsuoka attempts to fix his grip for an Achilles lock. Carvalho scrambles free and stands the fight back up. Mitsuoka again gives chase and gets the takedown near the ropes. Again, Carvalho tries for the guillotine, but is unsuccessful in eliciting a tap. Mitsuoka pops his head out and drops perfunctory short hammerfists from guard to close out the last 30 seconds.
Round 2
Carvalho looks to light Mitsuoka up with a vicious hook and
uppercut, followed by a big knee to the guts. Mitsuoka absorbs the
shots and tries for the single, against the ropes. Oshiro breaks
them up. Mitsuoka closes the distance to go for the takedown, and
again, Carvalho wraps his arms around his neck for the guillotine
attempt. Mitsuoka elevates and puts Carvalho on his back, escaping
the guillotine attempt in the process. The Japanese fighter passes
to full mount and drops punches from above. Carvalho rolls to his
side and gets entangled in the ropes. Oshiro stands them up to
reset them in the center of the ring. The Brazilian kickboxer
recovers to half guard and pulls Mitsuoka in close to minimize
distance. Mitsuoka passes again and postures up to rain punches.
He's looking quite tired though, so these punches don't have much
steam on them. Carvalho recovers half-guard, and then full guard as
Mitsuoka continues to drop more tired punches. They go for each
other's legs in the final 10 seconds, but neither gets anything
significant. Sherdog.com sees the fight for Eiji Mitsuoka.
Official result: Judges Akira Shoji, Hikaru Adachi, and Kenichi Serizawa have the fight unanimously for your winner, Eiji Mitsuoka.
Round 1
Zaromskis and Ishikawa meet in the center, where the Lithuanian
pumps southpaw jabs into his opponent's face. Ishikawa pushes
Zaromskis into the ropes and holds him there until referee Kenichi
Serizawa separates them. Ishikawa throws punches and a high kick of
his own, but they go wide, missing. Zaromskis marks Ishikawa up
with counter punches, and they eventually careen into each other,
tripping to the canvas together. Zaromskis lands on top and settles
into side control. Ishikawa gets to his knees and drives for the
single, momentarily putting Zaromskis down, but the Lithuanian
explodes into a reversal. He's on top in riding time position,
dropping bombs to Ishikawa's head. The Japanese fighter stands up
and leans against the ropes, absorbing more punches. Zaromskis gets
him back down to his knees and from riding time position, he starts
picking his punches. Ishikawa flops to his back and they're stood
up. Zaromskis lobs a few punches as Ishikawa attempts to get close
enough for a takedown. His attempt is stuffed and nullified,
prompting another break.
Ishikawa tries again and Zaromskis stuffs him, but it's in the clinch that Ishikawa seems to be getting in any offense. He puts a knee into Zaromskis belly and in the ensuing scramble, he captures his back in the rear waistlock. Zaromskis escapes and Ishikawa pursues him with wild punches and a head kick. Again, they miss, and the Lithuanian makes him pay with hard, accurate punches to the face. Ishikawa goes for a desperate takedown which turns into a clinch. It's eventually broken up, but Ishikawa tries for it again, and from the clinch, throws more knees to Zaromskis' midsection. Zaromskis returns the favor, putting his shar[ knees into Ishikawa's belly. Serizawa breaks them again. Zaromskis throws his brutal high kick, and Ishikawa blocks it. Ishikawa raises his arms, taunting, and Zaromskis shrugs. Ishikawa blocks another high kick, and as he tries to raise his arms to taunt Zaromskis again, he gets a flying knee to the face. Ishikawa survives and goes for a leg, but is pancaked. Serizawa breaks them up, and again, the fight falls into a familiar pattern of clinching and trading knees. Serizawa breaks them again and the Lithuanian pursues Ishikawa with snapping jabs until the bell.
Round 2
Zaromskis starts off with a jab-jab-left straight-kick to the body.
Ishikawa responds with wild punches and a push kick. They meet
again in the clinch against the ropes. Ishikawa drops for a leg,
and Zaromskis pancakes him. They're stood up. Zaromskis starts
digging vicious lead uppercuts to Ishikawa's body. Ishikawa dives
for a leg and eats canvas as Zaromskis sprawls and flattens him.
Zaromskis drops a few knees to his dome before being stood up
again. Ishikawa shoots again, and Zaromskis grasps at Ishikawas leg
to wrap him up in a small ball and flip him onto his side.
Zaromskis passes to Ishikawa's back and lads a few big punches. The
Japanese fighter flops to his back. Zaromskis stands, takes a step
back, and does another backflip-into-downward knee strike like in
his fight with Seichi Ishikawa. It doesn't do much damage, and gets
him tied up in Ishikawa's limbs. They're stood back up, and again
Ishikawa shoots in and is rebuffed. They trade knees in the clinch.
Ishikawa pulls guard, but before he can set anything up, Zaromskis
goes ape, dropping punches until the bell seconds later.
Sherdog.com has this fight for Marius Zaromskis.
Official result: Judges Samio Kimura, Akira Shoji, and Hikaru Adachi all have the fight for the winner by unanimous decision, Marius Zaromskis.
Round 1
Mizuno runs Prangley into a corner, at which point the South
African spins him around. Prangley unleashes hard punches in the
clinch before they break up. Mizuno lobs punches and low kicks.
Prangley jumps back into the clinch to dirty box a bit more. Mizuno
throws a kick to the body and Prangley returns fire with a big
right hook to his guts. Prangley throwing punches with evil intent
now, trying to walk Mizuno down while throwing swiping hooks. When
he's close enough, he pulls the Japanese fighter into the clinch
for more dirty boxing. Mizuno pushes Prangley into a corner and
then breaks away. Prangley throws three swiping hooks, but Mizuno
yanks his head back on all three, just evading them. He follows up
with a knee to Prangley's belly. Prangley goes for the takedown and
while he doesn't get it, he does trip Mizuno to the canvas.
Unfortunately, he's halfway through the ropes, prompting Yuji
Shimada to break them up and reset them in the center. It's there
that Mizuno lands a vicious knee to Prangley's liver. Prangley
ducks into the blow, and you can see the pain register in his
expression. He collapses to his side and rolls over. Mizuno gives
chase and lands a few hammerfists before Shimada dives in for the
stop. The official time of the stop is 4:41 of the first round.
Round 1
They snipe it out at the center, but it's Osawa who is first to
shoot for the takedown. He drags Fujiwara to the canvas back in the
center and takes top in half guard while Fujiwara holds onto his
head. Osawa gets free, starts peppering Fujiwara's head and side
with short punches after locking up his arm and head in the
arm-triangle choke. Osawa fights to get his leg in half guard free.
He pulls it out and rotates to go for the choke. Our third man in
the ring, Samio Kimura asks Fujiwara if he wants out, but the ZST
champ hangs on. He eventually escapes and dives for a leg. Osawa
defends and gets his foot free, putting Fujiwara back down on the
canvas.
Osawa has his legs wrapped around Fujiwara's, essentially putting him in a really low mount. Osawa improves his position by creeping upward until he has a proper mount, from which he throws punches to the body and head. Fujiwara frees a leg from the bottom and Kimura breaks them up. Osawa misses a two-hook combo, but it's mostly just to cover up his takedown attempt. He again has Fujiwara on bottom in mount, and he continues his body-body-head short punches. Fujiwara scrambles and gets hold of Osawa's left leg. Osawa punches him off and falls back into Fujiwara's half-guard. Osawa locks up the arm-triangle choke again but his leg is still stuck in Fujiwara's guard. He gives up the choke and instead passes to the mount where he stays for the final 10 seconds.
Round 2
Osawa throws a body kick, evades some Fujiwara punches to put him
in the corner. Fujiwara chucks him off and they're back in the
center where Fujiwara hunts Osawa with jabs. Osawa drops and whips
the ZST champ to the canvas with the single. He gets off a few
short punches before Kimura stands them up. Osawa shoots in and
eats two knees to the dome. Fujiwara seems to be anticipating these
takedown attempts now and is putting forth knees and uppercuts,
trying to time these attempts. Osawa retreats, throws a kick to the
body, then dives low and gets around to Fujiwara's back in the
waistlock. He puts him on the canvas, but Fujiwara scrambles to his
feet and walks Osawa up against the ropes. Osawa drops for the
takedown and gets it. Fujiwara tries for a kimura from bottom, but
he doesn't get it. Fujiwara tries next for the omaplata in an
attempt to reverse, but Osawa doesn't flip over. The bell rings
shortly after. Sherdog.com has this fight for Kenji Osawa.
Official result: Judges Matt Hume, Hikaru Adachi, and Akira Shoji give their nods to your winner by unanimous decision, Kenji Osawa. With the win, Osawa claims third-place in the Dream Japan GP, and advances to the Dream bantamweight championship tournament later this year.
Round 1
They trade low kicks to start out and Fickett looks rather bothered
by them. Kawajiri swarms with hooks to the body, pushing Fickett
into the ropes. Fickett hops up and throws on the guillotine. They
drop to the floor, but Kawajiri frees his head and from on top in
half guard, he begins mashing with short punches. Kawajiri blocking
Fickett's attempts at sweeping, staying close on top, biding his
time before posturing up to drop big hammerfists and punches.
Fickett covers up under the fire, but he's doing little else other
than that. Yuji Shimada hovers ever closer, asking if Fickett wants
out, but despite him getting mashed on, he gives the ref the thumbs
up. The "Crusher" lets up with the crushing long enough to improve
position to mount. Fickett puts him back in half guard. Kawajiri
thus returns back to grounding-and-pounding, and Fickett covers up
and flops to his side. Having let Fickett go through an extended
mashing like this moments earlier, Shimada has deemed that he's
taken enough punishment and steps in to call it. Fickett does not
protest, remaining on the mat, covering his head after the
stoppage.
Round 1
Izumi takes the first swipe with an errant left hook. Mousasi pops
him with a jab and then evades another hook followed by a spinning
back fist. Mousasi stuffs a takedown attempt. Mousasi maneuvers
Izumi into a corner and pressures him with jabs and push kicks.
Izumi tries another spinning back fist and it grazes, but does no
apparent damage. Referee Kenichi Serizawa stops the bout for a
moment to have Izumi put his mouthpiece back in. Mousasi starts
sniping at the body now, still maneuvering the Japanese fighter
around the ring. Mousasi stinging with that long jab of his,
bloodying Izumi's nose. Mousasi is looking very loose. He measures
his punches, gauging the proper distance with which to unleash.
After pumping a few more stiff jabs, he follows with a big right
cross that puts the judoka on his back. Mousasi dives in with more
punches. He picks his shots, but Izumi still manages to stand up
while under fire. He leans outside the ropes in an attempt to
escape while Mousasi windmills with hooks behind him. Serizawa has
seen enough however and steps in for the stop. Gegard Mousasi
retains the Dream light heavyweight title at 3:29 of the first
round.
Round 1
Both men fly at each other with knees, but of course, Imanari falls
to his back to look for subs. Tokoro drops blistering punches from
above until Imanari can catch his hands and work wrist control.
They get to their feet and Imanari jumpkicks at Tokoro. Tokoro
counters with a big punch that Imanari eats, but he falls back in
an attempt to bait him to the floor. Tokoro follows and ends up
fighting off an armbar before standing the fight back up. Tokoro
circles around the outside and counters with a right straight off
of an Imanari body kick. Of course, Imanari falls to the floor to
grasp for a leg. Tokoro backpedals to keep it standing. He lands a
few low kicks, staying just out of range of Imanari's leg
dives.
Moritaka Oshiro steps between the men and issues a warning for stalling to both. Imanari tries for another jumping double kick, but Tokoro sidesteps and lands a hammerfists on Imanari's face before getting to his feet and retreating. Tokoro lands a one-two. Imanari, this time, chooses not to fall to his back to bait him to the floor. Imanari drops his hands in the hopes to goad Tokoro forward to engage him. Tokoro keeps his distance and continues to throw conservative counterpunches whenever Imanari gets close enough or when he dives to the canvas. With just under two minutes to go, Imanari jumps onto Tokoro in what looks like a bear hug. Tokoro spins Imanari into the corner and puts him on his back. Imanari works wrist control to stop the ensuing punches on the ground, but Tokoro manages to get a few in, despite this. Tokoro drops short punches for the final 20 seconds of the 10-minute opening frame.
Round 2
Tokoro goes for the flying knee again, bowling Imanari over while
he was dropping for a leg. He is unhurt however, as he gives chase
to Tokoro. Tokoro retreats to keep a respectable distance between
them. Imanari throws two looping left hooks at Tokoro, both of
which connect. Imanari then jumps into guard, pulling Tokoro to the
canvas. The Fighting Freeter stays in close on top, eating punches
to his ears. Tokoro sits up quickly and lands one big punch before
retreating out of guard. After Oshiro puts Tokoro's mouthguard back
into his mouth, Tokoro lands two big punches, one of which forces
Imanari to his posterior again. Back on the feet, Imanari jumps
with another double kick, and falls to his back. Tokoro doesn't
take the bait this time, but is sucked down to the canvas anyway
with the following baseball slide. Imanari tries to work the rubber
guard, but it's a no go. Imanari goes to his strengths instead and
leans back for a leglock. Tokoro goes to all fours and slowly but
surely gets his leg free. Imanari simply stands up, walks forward
and pulls guard again. From bottom, he throws hammer fists to the
top of Tokoro's head as the final moments expire. Despite a strong
second round showing for Imanari, Sherdog.com awards the
competitive fight to Hideo Tokoro, narrowly.
Official result: Judges Hikaru Adachi, Matt Hume and Kaoru Todori all award the bout to the winner by unanimous decision and Dream's Japan bantamweight grand prix champion, Hideo Tokoro. The announcement prompts the audience in attendance to explode in raucous applause for the fan favorite Tokoro.
Round 1
Takaya runs to the center of the ring and swarms with punches
before Miyata is able to grab his left hand and pull him into the
clinch. Miyata maneuvers Takaya into a corner and gets him down to
a knee, but Takaya pops back up and circles out. The "Evil Fist"
lands a low kick but is again sucked into the clinch. He would go
down, if not for the fact that he bounced off the ropes and managed
to stay upright. They separate and referee Yuji Shimada stops the
bout for a moment to fix Takaya's gloves. Takaya pumps a jab at
Miyata to measure distance for a big right hand, but instead, he
falls back into the clinch against the ropes. They break. Takaya
lands that big right and the Olympian wobbles. Takaya jumps in to
take top position in his guard, dropping the occasional big shot as
Miyata alternately works wrist control and pulls Takaya down to
minimize distance. Takaya stands up to try and drop a big punch,
but eats a wrestling shoe to the face for his trouble. He settles
back in Miyata's guard, prompting Shimada to break them up.
Five minutes remain. Takaya lands a low kick and a jab, but Miyata goes over the top with a hard right of his own followed by a takedown. Miyata takes mount momentarily and drops punches. Takaya scrambles backward and escapes, but Miyata pins him in the corner in the clinch. Shimada calls another break. Miyata misses a high kick, and Takaya lands a jab. Miyata goes for a single, but ends up stuffing a defending Takaya into the corner again. They separate and Takaya gives chase with one-two-low kick combos. Takaya catches a Miyata low kick and trips him to the mat momentarily. Miyata hops back to his feet and they disengage. Takaya lands a left hook, grazes with an overhand right. Miyata pushes him into a corner, prompting another break. One minute remains. Takaya blocks a high kick and grazes with his following two punches. Miyata puts him in a corner and lands some knees to the legs to end a close, competitive opening round.
Round 2
Takaya throws a one-two, but Miyata counters with a punch and gets
the takedown. Takaya scoots backward and scrambles to his feet only
to be pushes into the corner again. There, he eats some knees to
the legs and belly before Shimada breaks them again. Miyata's
punches look a little crisper now, but he doesn't indulge the
stand-up, instead dropping to a knee for another takedown attempt.
Takaya rebuffs him and they reset. Takaya chases Miyata into the
corner with grazing punches, which Miyata ducks under shoots.
Takaya again rebuffs him. In the center, Takaya employs more low
kicks since his punches aren't really making their mark. Miyata
returns the low kicks in kind. Miyata connecting now with his right
hand, circling away as Takaya gives chase. Miyata drops down and
shoots again, putting Takaya up against the ropes. He follows up
with punches and knees to the body. Shimada calls a break. Miyata
really dancing now, landing jabs and right hands in the final
thirty seconds. He shoots again, but as before, he just uses the
attempt to push Takaya into the corner. The bell rings shortly
after.
Round 3
Miyata bounds in and lands a stiff right hook. Miyata then goes for
a half moon kick that you might see in capoeira and actually
connects to the side of Takaya's head, taking him by surprise.
Miyata pops off a few more punches on the tired Takaya before
stuffing him against the corner. Shimada calls the break. Takaya is
still hunting for the coup de grace, but his punches are rarely
connecting. Takaya finally lands a stiff right hand, but Miyata
returns fire with jabs and right hands of his own before stuffing
the champ into the corner. They're broken up again. Takaya chases
Miyata with punches but soon finds himself having to defend the
single-leg takedown. Shimada breaks them up again, but they don't
stay separated for long; Miyata has Takaya up in the corner again,
prompting Shimada to break them up. Takaya lands a one-two, to
which Miyata responds with another takedown attempt. In the corner,
Miyata punches and knees Takaya's abdomen before being told to
break. In the final minute, Takaya charges in with punches. Miyata
uses his momentum to drop and go for the takedown, bringin him down
to his knees. Takaya stands up and goes for a takedown of his own
and gets it. Takaya gets busy dropping punches as Miyata covers up.
The bell rings, but Takaya continues to drop the punches, even as
Shimada steps in between them. Be that as it may, it's too little
too late. Sherdog.com gives the bout to Miyata.
Official result: Judge Matt Hume sees the bout for Kazuyuki Miyata, while Hikaru Adachi sees it for the champion, Hiroyuki Takaya. Judge Akira Shoji has the deciding vote, and he sees the bout for the winner by split decision, and still Dream featherweight champion, Hiroyuki Takaya.
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