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DREAM 14 Results: DREAM 14 Fight Card Results & Recap

DREAM 14 took place on May 29, 2010 in Saitama, Japan at the Saitama Super Arena and was broadcast live in North America on HDNet. Be sure to check out our recap below from ProFighting-fans.com and for the full DREAM 14 results scroll down to the bottom of the page after the DREAM 14 fight results come in.

DREAM 14, held May 29, 2010 in Saitama, Japan, was the second DREAM event to feature – instead of the traditional enlarged boxing ring – a North American-style cage (albeit five-sided, as opposed to round, six-sided or the patented Octagon). In North America, HDNet broadcasted the fight live very early Saturday morning. If you missed it – or the inevitable re-broadcast – read on.

In 2009, DREAM and Strikeforce announced an alliance, exchanging fighters from both organizations. Recently, Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce lightweight champion) defeated Shinya Aoki (DREAM lightweight champion) at Strikeforce: Nashville, in what was a title fight for Melendez but not for Aoki.

On May 29, Nick Diaz, Strikeforce welterweight champ and, battled the Japanese MMA legend Hayato “Mach” Sakurai in a similar tradeoff – a non-title tilt which ended savagely, quickly and unexpectedly, like many of the fights on this card.

The remaining fighters on the card were also legendary in name or status: Joachim Hansen, Kazushi Sakuraba, “Kid” Yamamoto and Ralek Gracie.

Nick Diaz vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (Diaz wins via submission, round 1)

Sakurai opened the bout with effective striking and stood up from an early takedown. Diaz couldn’t bring his trademark ceaseless onslaught of stand-up pummeling into play as he did against Marius Zaromskis, since Sakurai displayed some definitive power in his striking. Once taken down, Sakurai went tit-for-tat and found himself in a classic armbar. Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu proves once again that you can still win from the bottom in MMA.

Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ralek Gracie (Gracie wins via decision)

The indomitable Sakuraba held his own against a rusty Ralek Gracie, never succumbing to Ralek’s superior top game, despite Ralek’s two year hiatus from MMA. Ralek kept positional superiority throughout three rounds and prevailing over a kimura attempt by a dogged Sakuraba in round three.

Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (Takaya wins via KO, round 1)

Hansen looked a little less than his usual formidable self, as after eating a punch and several minutes of equilibrium in the clinch, “Hellboy” succumbed to two consecutive right hands and suffered his first KO loss in the first round to the granite-fisted Takaya.

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Federico Lopez (Yamamoto wins via TKO, round 1)

The “Kid” left his last two defeats in the dust, finishing this one within 1:40 in the first round. After a groin shot from Yamamoto stalled the bout, Yamamoto attacked with a flurry of strikes and hammerfists to put his opponent to sleep.

Remaining DREAM 14 Fights:

• Hideo Tokoro vs. Akiyo Nishiura: Nishirua secured a TKO victory with a non-stop onslaught of strikes a little past half-way in the first round.
• Takafumi Otsuka vs. Kazayuki Miyata: In a spirited fight, no fighter could put the other away despite measured striking from both sides and two submission attempts from Miyata. Miyata walked away with the split decision in a close battle.
• Yoshiro Maeda vs. Kenji Osawa: In another split decision, Osawa outpointed Maeda in a cautious three-round standup war to eke out a razor-thin victory.

By Roy Kok
ProFighting-fans.com MMA Staff Writer

DREAM 14 Results:

• Nick Diaz defeats Hayato "Mach" Sakurai via Submission (Armbar) - Round 1

• Ralek Gracie defeats Kazushi Sakuraba by Unanimous Decision

• Hiroyuki Takaya defeats Joachim Hansen by KO (Punches) - Round 1

• Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto defeats Federico "Kiko" Lopez by KO (Punches) - Round 1 @ 1:41

• Akiyo Nishiura defeats Hideo Tokoro by TKO (Punches) - Round 1 @ 2:51

• Kazuyuki Miyata defeats Takafumi Otsuka by Split Decision

• Kenji Osawa defeats Yoshiro Maeda by Split Decision

• Ikuhisa Minowa defeats Imani Lee via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) - Round 1 @ 4:15