Dream 17
| Dream 17 | ||||
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 The poster for Dream 17 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dream | |||
| Date | September 24, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City |  Saitama, Japan | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Dream 17 was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on September 24, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[1]
Background
Contrary to previous events, Dream used the card to launch a new rule change: the use of three, five-minute rounds.[2]
This event featured the opening round in Dream's World Bantamweight Grand Prix.[3]
Results
- Open-weight bout:
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. 
Baru Harn
- Minowa defeated Harn via submission (scarf hold arm-lock and neck crank) at 4:39 of round 1.
- Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout:
Rodolfo Marques vs. 
Yusup Saadulaev
- Marques defeated Saadulaev via unanimous decision.
- Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Masakazu Imanari vs.
Abel Cullum
- Imanari defeated Cullum via submission (armbar) at 0:46 of round 3.
- Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takafumi Otsuka
- Fernandes defeated Otsuka via technical submission (rear naked choke) at 0:41 of round 1.
- Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Hideo Tokoro vs. Antonio Banuelos
- Banuelos defeated Tokoro via split decision.
- Middleweight bout: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Gerald Harris
- Harris defeated Nakamura via split decision.
- Lightweight bout: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Willamy Freire
- Kitaoka defeated Freire via split decision.
- Welterweight bout: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yan Cabral
- Cabral defeated Sakuraba via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:42 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Takeshi Inoue vs. Caol Uno
- Inoue defeated Uno via KO (head kick) at 4:17 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs.
Joachim Hansen
- Kawajiri defeated Hansen via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:30 of round 3.
- Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Rob McCullough
- Aoki defeated McCullough via submission (neck crank) at 4:57 of round 1.
DREAM World Bantamweight Grand Prix Bracket
World Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket
| Quarterfinals (DREAM 17) | Semifinals (Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011) | Final (Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011) | ||||||||
| Masakazu Imanari | W | |||||||||
 Abel Cullum | SUB | |||||||||
| Hideo Tokoro | DEC | |||||||||
| Antonio Banuelos | W | |||||||||
 Bibiano Fernandes | W | |||||||||
| Takafumi Otsuka | SUB | |||||||||
 Yusup Saadulaev | DEC | |||||||||
| Rodolfo Marques | W | |||||||||
References
- ^ "DREAM.17". DREAMOfficial.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ "DREAM.17 official for September; organization to use three five-minute rounds". MMAJunkie.com. 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Nova Uniao Bantamweight Marques to Join Dream Grand Prix". Sherdog.com. 2011-07-27.