DREAM. 17 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event is scheduled to take place on September 24, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Official Fight Card
Lightweight bout: Japan Shinya Aoki vs. United States Rob McCullough
Featherweight bout: Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Norway Joachim Hansen
Featherweight bout: Japan Takeshi Inoue vs. Japan Caol Uno
Welterweight bout: Japan Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Brazil Yan Cabral
Lightweight bout: Japan Satoru Kitaoka vs. Brazil Willamy Freire
Middleweight bout: Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. United States Gerald Harris
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Japan Hideo Tokoro vs. United States Antonio Banuelos
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Brazil Bibiano Fernandes vs. Japan Takafumi Otsuka
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Japan Masakazu Imanari vs. United States Abel Cullum
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout: Brazil Rodolfo Marques vs. Russia Yusup Saadulaev
Open-weight bout: Japan Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mongolia Baru Harn
Background
Contrary to previous events, DREAM will use the card to launch a new rule change: the use of three, five-minute rounds.
This event is expected to feature the opening round in Dream's World Bantamweight Grand Prix.
sept 7 - updated fightcard and poster
sept 12 - updated with new poster
sept 23 - updated fightcard