DREAM.13 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 Monday, March 22, 2010 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The event will air live in North America on HDNet.


Official Fight Card

* Featherweight Championship bout: Brazil Bibiano Fernandes (c) vs. Norway Joachim Hansen
* Lightweight bout: Japan Katsunori Kikuno vs. Japan Kuniyoshi Hironaka
* Lightweight bout: United States KJ Noons vs. Brazil Andre Amade
* Welterweight bout: Japan Ryo Chonan vs. Brazil Andrews Nakahara
* Openweight bout: Japan Ikuhisa Minowa vs. United States Jimmy Ambriz
* Featherweight bout: United States Cole Escovedo vs. Japan Yoshiro Maeda

Announced Matchups

The following fights have been reported as finalised by reliable sources, but have yet to be officially announced at dreamofficial.com

* Heavyweight bout: United States Josh Barnett vs. United States Siala "Mighty Mo" Siligia.

Possible Participant

Possible participant as described by DREAM Event Producer Keiichi Sasahara at the DREAM.13 press conference.

* Lithuania Marius Žaromskis


Background

While not officially announced, Tim Sylvia was planning on participating in this event. However, officials allegedly tried to change his opponent roughly 2 weeks before the bout was planned to take place.

Murilo Rua is planning to participate in this event.

Marius Žaromskis could defend his DREAM Welterweight Championship against Kiyoshi Tamura



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There's some decent fights there, but it could do with another big name, like Sivia - or, even better, Zaromskis - getting a fight confirmed. The main event is great and some decent fighters scattered through the rest. Will be interesting to see how well Noons does coming back. Minowaman is going to destroy Ambriz - 1st round kneebar for sure...

The event is closing in and still the fightcard doesnt seem to be all finalized, but after looking at different sources I guess the official homepage should know best...