# Dream 15

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{{short description|Mixed martial arts event in 2010}}
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=Dream 15
|image=Dream15-poster.jpg
|promotion=[Dream](/source/Dream_(Mixed_Martial_Arts))
|date= July 10, 2010
|venue= [Saitama Super Arena](/source/Saitama_Super_Arena)
|city= [Saitama](/source/Saitama%2C_Saitama), Japan
|attendance=13,028
|previousevent=[Dream 14](/source/Dream_14)
|followingevent=[Dream 16](/source/Dream_16)
}}

'''''Dream 15''''' was a [mixed martial arts](/source/mixed_martial_arts) event held by [Fighting and Entertainment Group](/source/Fighting_and_Entertainment_Group)'s mixed martial arts promotion [Dream](/source/Dream_(mixed_martial_arts)). The event took place on July 10, 2010, at the [Saitama Super Arena](/source/Saitama_Super_Arena) in [Saitama](/source/Saitama%2C_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](/source/HDNet).

==Background==
A Light Heavyweight Grand Prix was originally expected to start at ''[Dream 14](/source/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](/source/Alistair_Overeem) was briefly rumoured to be fighting [Ricco Rodriguez](/source/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](/source/Shinya_Aoki)
| def.
| [Tatsuya Kawajiri](/source/Tatsuya_Kawajiri)
| Submission (Achilles Lock)
| 1
| 1:53
| 
}}
{{MMAevent bout
| Lightweight
| [Gesias Cavalcante](/source/Gesias_Cavalcante)
| def.
| [Katsunori Kikuno](/source/Katsunori_Kikuno)
| Decision (Split)
| 2
| 5:00
| 
}}
{{MMAevent bout
| Light Heavyweight
| [Gegard Mousasi](/source/Gegard_Mousasi)
| def.
| [Jake O'Brien](/source/Jake_O'Brien_(fighter))
| Submission (Standing Guillotine Choke)
| 1
| 0:31
| 
}}
{{MMAevent bout
| Light Heavyweight
| [Tatsuya Mizuno](/source/Tatsuya_Mizuno)
| def.
| [Melvin Manhoef](/source/Melvin_Manhoef)
| Submission (Kimura)
| 1
| 7:38
| 
}}
{{MMAevent bout
| Featherweight
| [Michihiro Omigawa](/source/Michihiro_Omigawa)
| def.
| Young Sam Jung
| Submission (Guillotine Choke)
| 1
| 7:31
| 
}}
{{MMAevent bout
| Featherweight
| [Mitsuhiro Ishida](/source/Mitsuhiro_Ishida)
| def.
| [Daiki Hata](/source/Daiki_Hata)
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 2
| 5:00
| 
}}
{{MMAevent bout
| Middleweight
| [Kazuhiro Nakamura](/source/Kazuhiro_Nakamura)
| def.
| [Karl Amoussou](/source/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)](/source/Dream_(mixed_martial_arts))
* [List of Dream champions](/source/List_of_Dream_champions)
* [2010 in DREAM](/source/2010_in_DREAM)

{{Dream Events}}
{{2010 K-1 Events}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dream 015}}
Category:Dream (mixed martial arts) events
Category:2010 in mixed martial arts
Category:Sports competitions in Saitama (city)
Category:Mixed martial arts in Japan
Category:2010 in Japanese sport

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