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Fighters for DREAM’s Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 event in Japan hit the scales today in Tokyo.
Main event headliners Fedor Emelianenko (106 kg/233.2 lbs) and Satoshi Ishii (97.4 kg/214.3 lbs) were both on weight for their heavyweight bout, while the two DREAM title fights were made official as fighters hit their marks as well.
Lightweight champ Shinya Aoki (70 kg/154 lbs) meets Satoru Kitaoka (70 kg/154 lbs), while featherweight title holder Hiroyuki Takaya (65 kg/143 lbs) takes on Takeshi ‘Lion’ Inoue (64.8 kg/142.6 lbs).
The only fighter to miss weight on their initial attempt was bantamweight grand-prix semifinalist Rodolfo Marques Niniz who weighed in at 62.2 kg (136.8 lbs) on his first attempt.
Check out the full photo gallery of the event at DREAMOfficial.com.
The nine hour event, which includes mma/kickboxing/pro-wrestling matches begins at 10pm EST tonight and will air live on HDNet from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Official Fight Card
Heavyweight Bout: Fedor Emelianenko (106 kg) vs. Satoshi Ishii (97.4 kg)
DREAM Lightweight Championship Bout: Shinya Aoki (70 kg) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (70 kg)
DREAM Featherweight Championship Bout: Hiroyuki Takaya (65 kg) vs. Takeshi Inoue (64.8 kg)
Featherweight Bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri (65 kg) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata (64.7 kg)
Welterweight Bout: Hayato Sakurai (75.8 kg) vs. Ryo Chonan (75.5 kg)
DREAM/K-1 Special Rules Bout: Yuichiro Nagashima (73.5 kg) vs. Katsunori Kikuno (73.5 kg)
Women’s (115 lbs) bout: Megumi Fujii (52 kg) vs. Karla Benitez (52 kg)
K-1 Max Bout: Yuta Kubo (63.8 kg) vs. Nils Widlund (63.6 kg)
K-1 Max Bout: Masaaki Noiri (64 kg) vs. Kengo Sonoda (63.5 kg)
Bantamweight Tournament
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout: Masakazu Imanari (60.8 kg) vs. Antonio Banuelos (61 kg)
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout: Bibiano Fernandes (61 kg) vs. Rodolfo Marques (62.2 kg)
Bantamweight Tournament Reserve Bout: Hideo Tokoro (61 kg) vs. Yusup Saadulaev (61.6 kg)
Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner of Imanari/Banuelos vs. Winner of Fernandes/Marques
IGF Rules Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts
IGF Rules Bout: Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata
IGF Rules Bout: Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki
IGF Rules Bout: Jerome Le Banner vs. Tim Sylvia