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This Friday night, the action also takes place half-way around the world in “The Land of the Rising Sun” as DREAM presents Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on New Years Eve from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The card features a mix of mixed martial arts and kickboxing bouts including a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii, as well as the conclusion of DREAM’s Bantamweight Grand Prix tournament. The live event features nine hours of action and kicks off at 10pm EST on HDNet this Friday (Dec. 30, 2011).
Official Fight Card
Heavyweight Bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
DREAM Lightweight Championship Bout: Shinya Aoki (c) vs. Satoru Kitaoka
DREAM Featherweight Championship Bout: Hiroyuki Takaya (c) vs. Takeshi Inoue
Featherweight Bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Welterweight Bout: Hayato Sakurai vs. Ryo Chonan
DREAM/K-1 Special Rules Bout: Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno
Women’s (115 lbs) bout: Megumi Fujii vs. Karla Benitez
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
K-1 Max Bout: Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund
K-1 Max Bout: Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda
Bantamweight Tournament
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout: Masakazu Imanari vs. Antonio Banuelos
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal Bout: Bibiano Fernandes vs. Rodolfo Marques
Bantamweight Tournament Reserve Bout: Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev
Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner of Imanari/Banuelos vs. Winner of Fernandes/Marques