Dream 17: Fight for Japan Results

DREAM delivered its 17th event today entitled "Fight for Japan" from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.  Shinya Aoki improved his current win streak to five, submitting Rich Clementi in the headlining bout, while Katsunori Kikuno outworked Daisuke Nakamura to pick up a unanimous decision in the co-main event.  UFC veteran Caol Uno bounced back from a two-fight losing skid, outpointing Akiyo Nishiura and Takeshi Inoue scored a first-round knockout victory over Koichiro Matsumoto.  

The event also featured the Dream Bantamweight Tournament, with the quarterfinal round serving as the night's card opener and the semifinals following immediately after the main card's completion.

Dream 17: Fight for Japan Complete Results

Dream Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals

Hideo Tokoro def. Atsushi Yamamoto via split decision
Mazakazu Imanari def. Kenji Osawa via submission (heel hook) at 0:58 Round 2

Main card

Joachim Hansen def. Mitsuhiro Ishida via split decision
Takeshi Inoue def. Koichiro Matsumoto via TKO at 6:51 Round 1
Caol Uno def. Akiyo Nishiura via unanimous decision
Katsunori Kikuno def. Daisuke Nakamura via unanimous decision
Shinya Aoki def. Rich Clementi via submission (face crank) at 2:32 Round 2

Dream Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals

Atsushi Yamamoto def. Yusaku Nakamura via TKO at 8:43 Round 1
Hideo Tokoro def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO at 0:23 Round 2
Masakazu Imanari def. Keisuke Fujiwara via unanimous decision
Kenji Osawa def. Takafumi Otsuka via split decision

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