{{short description|Mixed martial arts event in 2010}} {{Infobox MMA event |name=Dream 15 |image=Dream15-poster.jpg |promotion=Dream |date= July 10, 2010 |venue= Saitama Super Arena |city= Saitama, Japan |attendance=13,028 |previousevent=Dream 14 |followingevent=Dream 16 }}
'''''Dream 15''''' was a mixed martial arts event held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream. The event took place on July 10, 2010, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.<ref name="DREAM.15">{{cite news|url= http://dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20100710|title= DREAM.15|publisher=dreamofficial.com |date=2010-05-20}}</ref> The event aired live in North America on HDNet.
==Background== A Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at ''Dream 14'', with an eight-man tournament. However, ''Dream 15'' hosted the opening round of the Grand Prix, with only a four-man tournament.<ref name="junkie">{{cite news|url= http://mmajunkie.com/news/19222/dream-205-pound-tourney-rescheduled-for-dream-15-in-july.mma|title= DREAM 205-pound tourney rescheduled for DREAM.15 in July|publisher= mmajunkie.com|date= 2010-05-20|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100524083600/http://mmajunkie.com/news/19222/dream-205-pound-tourney-rescheduled-for-dream-15-in-july.mma|archivedate= 2010-05-24}}</ref>
Alistair Overeem was briefly rumoured to be fighting Ricco Rodriguez, but the fight was called off.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/19755/trainer-overeem-out-of-dream-15-fight-with-rodriguez-dream-future-uncertain.mma|title=Trainer: Overeem out of DREAM.15 fight with Rodriguez, DREAM future uncertain|publisher=mmajunkie.com|date=2010-06-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702203036/http://mmajunkie.com/news/19755/trainer-overeem-out-of-dream-15-fight-with-rodriguez-dream-future-uncertain.mma|archivedate=2010-07-02}}</ref>
==Results== {{Clear}} {{MMAevent}} {{MMAevent card|Main Card}} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 1:53 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Gesias Cavalcante | def. | Katsunori Kikuno | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Light Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Jake O'Brien | Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:31 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Light Heavyweight | Tatsuya Mizuno | def. | Melvin Manhoef | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 7:38 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Michihiro Omigawa | def. | Young Sam Jung | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 7:31 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def. | Daiki Hata | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Middleweight | Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Karl Amoussou | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent end|notes = yes}}
==2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket== {{Round4 <!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 --> <!--semi finals --> ||{{flagicon|NED}} Melvin Manhoef |1|'''{{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuya Mizuno'''|'''SUB''' ||{{flagicon|ARM}} '''Gegard Mousasi'''|'''SUB'''|{{flagicon|USA}} Jake O'Brien|1 <!--final --> ||{{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuya Mizuno||{{flagicon|ARM}} '''Gegard Mousasi'''|}}
==Notes== After Jake O'Brien failed to make weight, his Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round bout against Gegard Mousasi was made into a 212-lbs catchweight bout. O'Brien started with a yellow card, a point deduction and a 10% purse deduction.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==See also== * Dream (mixed martial arts) * List of Dream champions * 2010 in DREAM
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