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In the main event of the show, Hiroyuki Takaya got revenge against Bibiano Fernandes to capture the DREAM Featherweight Championship. The two met in the finals of the very first DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix, a bout Fernandes took by split decision. After a 2-1 mark in between fights, Takaya upset Fernandes with a one sided decision victory.
The co-main event pitted Strikeforce's Josh Thomson against DREAM's Tatsuya "Crusher" Kawajiri. In another one-sided affair, Kawajiri dominated Thomson throughout their three round bout to earn the unanimous decision victory. The win solidified Kawajiri as one of the top representatives of Japanese MMA in the sport.
Jason High picked up a huge win on the card with a split decision win over longtime veteran Hyato "Mach" Sakurai. High dominated the action for much of the fight, but almost lost the bout in the final minute after being dropped by Sakurai. However, he won the bout on the judges' scorecards when he survived to the end of the round.
In other action on the card, Marius Zaromskis defeated Kazushi Sakuraba when Sakuraba's cauliflower ear exploded in disgusting fashion, prompting doctors to stop the fight. It was Zaromskis' first win in four fights after two losses and a no contest in Strikeforce in 2010.
Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem destroyed Todd Duffee, knocking him out in 19 seconds after stunning him with a knee to the gut. The win was Overeem's sixth straight in MMA, and he's now unbeaten in his last ten MMA fights.
In a special rules fight, DREAM Lightweight Champion took on K-1 fighter Yuichiro Nagashima. The fight was contested in two rounds, one a three minute K-1 rules round and the other a five minute DREAM rules round. Aoki made a mockery of the kick-boxing round, illegally clinching, throwing diving kicks and doing whatever he could to make it to the second round, where he'd be in his element under MMA rules. The line of thought into the fight was that if Aoki could survive to the MMA round, he'd take Nagashima down and submit him in quick fashion. However, Nagashima had other plans, and delivered a perfectly timed knee to the jaw at the outset of the round as Aoki rushed across the cage that knocked him out cold.
Former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi also picked up a big win on the card, though it wasn't in MMA. Mousasi took on dangerous heavyweight kickboxer Kyotaro in a K-1 rules bout, and pulled off the upset in a three round decision. En route to the win, Mousasi scored a knockdown in the second round.
Full results for the event are below:
Andy Ologun def. Kasuaki Furuki via unanimous decision.
Kazuyuki Miyata def. Caol Uno via unanimous decision
Hideo Tokoro def. Kazuhisa Watanabe via submission (armbar) at 2:50 of the third round
Hiroshi Izumi def. Ikuhisa Minowa via TKO at 2:50 of the third round
Sergei Kharitonov def. Tatsuya Mizuno via KO in the first round
Gegard Mousasi def. Kyotaro via decision.
Yuichiro Nagashima def. Shinya Aoki via KO in the second round
Alistair Overeem def. Todd Duffee via KO in the first round
Satoshi Ishii def. Jerome Le Banner via unanimous decision.
Marius Zaromskis def. Kazushi Sakuraba via TKO (doctor's stoppage).
Tetsuya Yamato vs. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura end in a draw (30-30, 30-29 Yamato, 30-30)
Jason High def. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai via split decision.
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Josh Thomson via unanimous decision.
Hiroyuki Takaya def. Bibiano Fernandes via unanimous decision
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_7993.shtml
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