Fighters on weight for DREAM.16, Thompson vs. Kawaguchi added to lineup

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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Hiroshi Izumi vs. James Zikic added to Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 lineup

Another non-tournament bout has been added to next month's tourney-heavy Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 event.

World Victory Road officials today announced Olympic medalist Hiroshi Izumi (2-1 MMA, 2-1 SRC) meets fellow light heavyweight James Zikic (18-5-2 MMA, 0-0 SRC) at the event.

Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 takes place Oct. 30 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and airs via HDNet in North America.

Izumi, who as a judoka who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, made his pro MMA debut a year ago and has competed three times under the WVR banner. After suffering a TKO loss to Antz Nansen in his debut, he's since rebounded for a decision win over Katsuyori Shibata and a TKO victory over Chang Seob Lee.

The 28-year-old now meets British fighter Zikic, a former Cage Rage champion and professional boxer who's won five of his past six fights. Zikic, 33, has fought many notables (Fabricio Werdum, Cyrille Diabate, Jeremy Horn, Evangelista Cyborg, Vitor Belfort) during his 13-year career.

Prior to the SRC 15 booking, Zikic meets John Phillips at a Sept. 25 BAMMA 4 event in England.

The latest SRC 15 card now includes:
Hiroshi Izumi vs. James ZikMaximo Blanco vs. Leonardo SantosKeita Nakamura vs. Takuya Wada (welterweight grand-prix semifinal)Yasubey Enomoto vs. Taisuke Okuno (welterweight grand-prix semifinal)Manabu Inoue vs. Jae Hyun So (Asian bantamweight grand prix quarterfinals)Akitoshi Tamura vs. Shoko Sato (Asian bantamweight grand prix quarterfinals)Shunichi Shimizu vs. Wataru Takahashi (Asian bantamweight grand prix quarterfinals)Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Taiyo Nakahara (Asian bantamweight grand prix quarterfinals)For the latest on Sengoku Raiden Championship 15, check out the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

(Pictured: Hiroshi Izumi)

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