Shinya Aoki beats Marcus Aurélio at Dream 16

Shinya Aoki beats Brazilian Marcus Aurélio

The sixteenth edition of Dream took place in the early hours of this Saturday, in Nagoya, Japan. With just one Brazilian in action, Marcus Aurelius was no match for the effective ground game of Shinya Aoki. The Japanese worked well on his takedowns and remained on top throughout the fight, with no forceful blows and no opportunity to finish, the home athlete took victory by the judges' decision. In the main fight of the night, Gegard Mousasi finished Tatsuya Mizuno and won the light heavyweight belt on the show.

Another highlight of the event was the victory of the former Japanese judoka Satoshi Ishii, gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics, who defeated his compatriot Ikuhisa minowa in the judges' decision. Already Kazushi Sakuraba suffered yet another defeat for his record. The veteran fighter was submitted, in the first round, by the North American Jason Miller with a triangle. Check out the other results of the event below.

Gegard Mousasi defeated Tatsuya Mizuno via rear naked choke submission in R1;

Jason Miller defeated Kazushi Sakuraba via triangle choke submission in R1;

Shinya Aoki defeated Marcus Aurelius in the unanimous decision of the judges;

Satoshi Ishii defeated Ikuhisa Minowa via unanimous decision by the judges;

Hiroyuki Takaya defeated Chase Beebe by knockout in R1;

Michihiro Omigawa defeated Cole Escovedo via arm-bar submission in R1;

Joachim Hansen defeated Hideo Tokoro via triangle submission in R1;

Kazuyuki Miyata defeated Takeshi Inoue via unanimous decision;

Mitsuhiro Ishida defeated Akiyo Nishiura via split decision;

Yusuke Kawaguchi defeated James Thompson via split decision;

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