All fighters are on weight for Saturday's DREAM.16 event. DREAM.16 takes place at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. The event airs on HDNet in North America early Saturday morning (2 a.m. ET).
As part of the weigh-in event, DREAM officials confirmed another late addition to the card: former PRIDE and EliteXC heavyweight James Thompson (15-13 MMA, 0-1 DREAM) vs. DEEP and M-1 veter Yusuke Kawaguchi (11-2 MMA, 0-0 DREAM).
Thompson reportedly was in the running to face Ikuhisa Minowa, but as MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported Wednesday, DREAM officials instead booked "Minowaman" against judo Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii in an open-weight bout.
Headlining DREAM.16 is a bout for the vacant light-heavyweight championship between former Strikeforce title holder Gegard Mousasi and fellow challenger Tatsuya Mizuno. Mousasi weighed 205 pounds while Mizuno hit the scale at a comfortable 203.9 pounds.
The full weigh-in results and reverse bout order include:
Gegard Mousasi (205) vs. Tatsuya Mizuno (203.9) Jason "Mayhem" Miller (184.9) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (182.6)Shinya Aoki (153.7) vs. Marcus Aurelio (153.7)Satoshi Ishii (235.9) vs. Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa (194)Chase Beebe (141.1) vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (141.1)Cole Escovedo (143.4) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (143.4)Joachim Hansen (138.9) vs. Hideo Tokoro (138.9)Takeshi Inoue (143.4) vs. Kazuyuki Miyata (143.4)Mitsuhiro Ishida (143.4) vs. Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura (142.9)Yusuke Kawaguchi (253.5) vs. James Thompson (291)For the latest on DREAM.16, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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