Dream 17

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title: "Dream 17" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2011-in-mixed-martial-arts", "dream-(mixed-martial-arts)-events", "sports-competitions-in-saitama-(city)", "mixed-martial-arts-in-japan", "2011-in-japanese-sport"] description: "Dream mixed martial arts event in 2011" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_17" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Dream mixed martial arts event in 2011 ::

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Field	Value
name	Dream 17
image	Dream17poster.jpg
promotion	Dream
date	September 24, 2011
venue	Saitama Super Arena
city	JPN Saitama, Japan
attendance	13,200
previousevent	Dream: Japan GP Final
followingevent	Dream 18
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|name=Dream 17 |image=Dream17poster.jpg |promotion= Dream |date= September 24, 2011 |venue= Saitama Super Arena |city= 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.

Background

Contrary to previous events, Dream used the card to launch a new rule change: the use of three, five-minute rounds.

This event featured the opening round in Dream's World Bantamweight Grand Prix.

Results

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

World Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 Bracket

|RD1=Quarterfinals (DREAM 17) |RD2=Semifinals (Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011) |RD3=Final (Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011) ||JPN Masakazu Imanari|W|USA Abel Cullum |SUB| |JPN Hideo Tokoro |DEC|USA Antonio Banuelos|W ||BRA Bibiano Fernandes |W|JPN Takafumi Otsuka |SUB| |RUS Yusup Saadulaev |DEC|BRA Rodolfo Marques |W |||||

References

References

1. "DREAM.17". DREAMOfficial.com.
2. (2011-07-27). "DREAM.17 official for September; organization to use three five-minute rounds". MMAJunkie.com.
3. (2011-07-27). "Nova Uniao Bantamweight Marques to Join Dream Grand Prix". Sherdog.com.

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