Sunday, July 24, 2011

DREAM Japan Bantamweight Tournament Final Results



















Eiji Mitsuoka defeats Bruno Carvalho by Unanimous Decision.

Marius Zaromskis defeats Eiji Ishikawa by Unanimous Decision. Uh-huh.

Tatsuya Mizuno Upsets Trevor Prangley by KO via knee to the body at 4:41 of the initial round. You just gotta love the "Cinderella Kid" from Japan doing it in highlight fashion again. The two men went at it early but Tatsuya landed a knee to Prangley's belly forshadowing things to come. After a re-start, Trevor moves into a Mizuno knee to the liver that visibly hurts the South African who collapses to the mat. A few hammer fists seal the deal for the Upset Of The Night, Tatsuya Mizuno by KO and thats a big thumbs up. "KO Of The Night"

Kenji Osawa defeats Keisuke Fujiwara by Unanimous Decision. Its true.

Tatsuya Kawajiri TKO's Drew Fickett by punches at 4:41 of round one. "Crusher" was in no mood to play around after the humbling loss to Gilbert Melendez in America and went right to work G&Ping Fickett into the mat. Drew gave the thumps up to the referee and Kawajiri continues the tsunami assault (too soon?) until the referee has seen enough and Fickett lays on the canvas while Tatsuya gets his hand raised and thats a big thumbs up.

Gegard Mousasi retains his DREAM Light Heavywight Title by TKO on Hiroshi Izumi via punches at 3:29 on that 1st round. The "Dreamcatcher" had the left jab working nicely early and then bombed in a right hand that dropped Izumi to his back. Gegard works quickly with sharp G&P and though Hiroshi takes a lot of punishment he makes it to his feet! The referee doesn't like what he sees, which could have been Izumi's teeth literally flying across the ring, and stops the fight. "Life, would lay your body down, to a tune, Red Devil International."

Hideo Tokoro defeats Masakazu Imanari by Unanimous Decision in the DREAM Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix Final! Tokoro was pulling guard while Imanari dove for legs until the referee warned both men for stalling. Back to action and finally Tokoro puts Masakazu on his back and lands a few punches when the 1st ten minute round ends. In the 2nd and final round, Hideo begins to land punches retreating from Imanari's guard. A few even put the "Ashikan Judan" down but he isn't hurt and even attempts a baseball slide takedown that I appreciated. Imanari scores nothing attempting to pull guard and taking some shots as time expires and Tokoro wins a lackluster final.

DREAM Featherweight Champion Hiroyuki Takaya defeats Kazuyuki Miyata by Split-Decision. "Streetfight Bancho" went to work early and landed a meaningful right hand that wobbled Miyata. Kazuyuki is not out of the fight working Takaya against the fence and looking to fight. Hiroyuki is landing more accurately and more often in the 1st ten minutes. In the 2nd round, "Little Hercules" attempts takedown after takedown, failing but pushing "Bancho" into the corners and roughing him up a bit. Takaya chases with missing shots in an offensively challenged round. For the 3rd and final round, its more of the same. Miyata pressing the action into the cage, and "Bancho" got a takedown landed punches as time expired and well after. No point deduction for being as asshole and "Streetfight" retains the 145 lb. title.

4-4 on the picks so what was the point?

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