DREAM

DREAM – Fight for Japan

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 11 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Masakazu Imanari beat Kenji Osawa by submission in the main event.
  • Hideo Tokoro beat Atsushi Yamamoto by split decision in the co-main event.
  • Five of the eleven results came early: three knockouts and two submissions.
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Main card

MI ✓

Masakazu Imanari vs Kenji Osawa

Submission R2 0:58
KO
HT ✓

Hideo Tokoro vs Atsushi Yamamoto

Split decision R2 5:00
AY
RC

Rich Clementi vs Shinya Aoki

Submission R2 2:32
SA ✓
DN

Daisuke Nakamura vs Katsunori Kikuno

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
KK ✓
CU ✓

Caol Uno vs Akiyo Nishiura

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
AN
TI ✓

Takeshi Inoue vs Koichiro Matsumoto

Knockout R1 6:51
KM
JH ✓

Joachim Hansen vs Mitsuhiro Ishida

Split decision R2 5:00
MI
TO

Takafumi Otsuka vs Kenji Osawa

Split decision R2 5:00
KO ✓
MI ✓

Masakazu Imanari vs Keisuke Fujiwara

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
KF
YM

Yoshiro Maeda vs Hideo Tokoro

Knockout R2 0:43
HT ✓
AY ✓

Atsushi Yamamoto vs Yusaku Nakamura

Knockout R1 8:43
YN
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Results

Main and co-main events

Masakazu Imanari beat Kenji Osawa by submission at 0:58 of round two in the main event of DREAM – Fight for Japan at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Hideo Tokoro beat Atsushi Yamamoto by split decision after two rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — five stoppages in eleven fights. Three of the six decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Hideo Tokoro, who stopped Yoshiro Maeda at 0:43 of round two, and two of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Atsushi Yamamoto's knockout of Yusaku Nakamura, 8 minutes and 43 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 35 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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