Key takeaways
Hiroyuki Takaya beat Kazuyuki Miyata by split decision after three rounds in the main event of DREAM – Japan GP Final at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Hideo Tokoro beat Masakazu Imanari after two rounds.
Across the eight bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout and five on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in eight fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Gegard Mousasi, who stopped Hiroshi Izumi at 3:29 of round one, and three of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Tatsuya Kawajiri's knockout of Drew Fickett, 4 minutes and 41 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled one hour and 8 minutes of cage time.
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