{{short description|Mixed martial arts event in 2011}} {{Infobox MMA event |name=Dream 17 |image=Dream17poster.jpg |promotion= Dream |date= September 24, 2011 |venue= Saitama Super Arena |city= {{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan |attendance= 13,200 |gate= |buyrate= |previousevent= Dream: Japan GP Final |followingevent= Dream 18 }}

'''''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.<ref name="DREAM.17">{{cite web |url=http://www.dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20110924|title=DREAM.17|publisher=DREAMOfficial.com|accessdate=2011-08-04}}</ref>

==Background== Contrary to previous events, Dream used the card to launch a new rule change: the use of three, five-minute rounds.<ref name="junkie">{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/24579/dream-17-official-for-september-organization-to-use-three-five-minute-rounds.mma|title=DREAM.17 official for September; organization to use three five-minute rounds|publisher=MMAJunkie.com|date=2011-07-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924132941/http://mmajunkie.com/news/24579/dream-17-official-for-september-organization-to-use-three-five-minute-rounds.mma|archivedate=2011-09-24}}</ref>

This event featured the opening round in Dream's World Bantamweight Grand Prix.<ref name="GP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Nova-Uniao-Bantamweight-Marques-to-Join-Dream-Grand-Prix-34318|title=Nova Uniao Bantamweight Marques to Join Dream Grand Prix|publisher=Sherdog.com|date=2011-07-27}}</ref>

==Results== {{MMAevent}} {{MMAevent card|Main card}} {{MMAevent bout |Open-weight | Ikuhisa Minowa |def | Baru Harn |submission (scarf hold arm-lock and neck crank) |1 |4:39 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Rodolfo Marques |def | Yusup Saadulaev |unanimous decision |3 |5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Masakazu Imanari |def | Abel Cullum |submission (armbar) |3 |0:46 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Bibiano Fernandes |def | Takafumi Otsuka |technical submission (rear naked choke) |1 |0:41 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal | Antonio Banuelos |def | Hideo Tokoro |split decision |3 |5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Middleweight | Gerald Harris |def | Kazuhiro Nakamura |split decision |3 |5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Lightweight | Satoru Kitaoka |def | Willamy Freire |split decision |3 |5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Welterweight | Yan Cabral |def | Kazushi Sakuraba |submission (arm triangle choke) |2 |2:42 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Featherweight | Takeshi Inoue |def | Caol Uno |KO (head kick) |1 |4:17 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Featherweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri |def | Joachim Hansen |submission (arm triangle choke) |3 |2:30 | }} {{MMAevent bout |Lightweight | Shinya Aoki |def | Rob McCullough |submission (neck crank) |1 |4:57 | }} {{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}

==World Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket==

{{Round8 |RD1=Quarterfinals<br/>{{small|(DREAM 17)}} |RD2=Semifinals<br/>{{small|(Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011)}} |RD3=Final<br/>{{small|(Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011)}} <!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 --> <!-- quarter finals --> ||{{flagicon|JPN}} '''Masakazu Imanari'''|W|{{flagicon|USA}} Abel Cullum |SUB| |{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideo Tokoro |DEC|{{flagicon|USA}} '''Antonio Banuelos'''|W ||{{flagicon|BRA}} '''Bibiano Fernandes''' |W|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takafumi Otsuka |SUB| |{{flagicon|RUS}} Yusup Saadulaev |DEC|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''Rodolfo Marques''' |W <!-- consol=name --> ||||| }}

==References== {{reflist}}

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