Key takeaways
Kazushi Sakuraba beat Andrews Nakahara by submission at 8:20 of round one in the main event of DREAM 2 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Gegard Mousasi beat Denis Kang by submission at 3:10 of round one.
Across the eight bouts that produced a result, one ended by knockout, four by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in eight fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Kiyoshi Tamura, who stopped Masakatsu Funaki after 57 seconds, and five of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kazushi Sakuraba's submission of Andrews Nakahara, 8 minutes and 20 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled 48 minutes of cage time.
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