Dream 16 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on September 25, 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. The event aired live in North America on HDNet. This event served as the final for Dream's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix and crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion. Gegard Mousasi and Tatsuya Mizuno who won their opening round bouts at Dream 15 fought for the title. A previously announced featherweight bout with Joe Warren fighting Michihiro Omigawa has been scrapped from this card. Ikuhisa Minowa was previously reported to be fighting James Thompson, but instead fought Judo Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii. Thompson's last minute opponent ending up being Deep Megaton Champion Yusuke Kawaguchi. Results: Light Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def Tatsuya Mizuno submission (rear naked choke) 1 6:10 Middleweight Jason Miller def Kazushi Sakuraba submission (arm-triangle choke) 1 2:09 Lightweight Shinya Aoki def Marcus Aurélio unanimous decision 2 5:00 Openweight Satoshi Ishii def Ikuhisa Minowa unanimous decision 2 5:00 Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya def Chase Beebe KO 1 1:45 Featherweight Michihiro Omigawa def Cole Escovedo submission (straight armbar) 1 2:30 Featherweight Joachim Hansen def Hideo Tokoro submission (triangle choke) 1 2:48 Featherweight Kazuyuki Miyata def Takeshi Inoue unanimous decision 2 5:00 Featherweight Mitsuhiro Ishida def Akiyo Nishiura split decision 2 5:00 Heavyweight Yusuke Kawaguchi def James Thompson split decision 2 5:00
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