The finals of the bantamweight tournament and two title matches went down early this morning at the Dream Fight for Japan GP Finals from Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Only the Japan-based SkyPerfecTV network aired the broadcast live, but the post-fight press conference videos are in. First, the results from Kid Nate's post earlier today:

145 lb. title: Hiroyuki Takaya def. Kazuyuki Miyata vi...

Hiroyuki Takaya fended off a stiff challenge from Kazuyuki Miyata to take a split decision win and retained his Featherweight title at Dream: Fight for Japan. Takaya showed excellent take down defense and good striking to get the nod on 2/3 of the judges' cards. Takaya bounces back with the win from his April loss to Roberto Peralta in his Strikeforce debut.

In the final of the Dream bantamweigh...

Dream "Fight for Japan: 2011 Japan Bantamweight Grand Prix Final" is all set to go down a little later this evening (Friday evening into Saturday morning) live from the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

All 16 fighters set to compete on tonight's fight card made weight without incident.

That's not to suggest the festivities went off without a hitch. As Daniel Herbertson reports, Tetsuya Mizuno ...

Japanese mixed martial arts isn't dead yet, but it is certainly obscured by the more prominent powers in the sport om today's climate. Most fans probably had no idea that DREAM was putting together a show this weekend at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, and it's difficult to blame FEG for their lack of interest. MMA is no longer a booming sport in Japan, and the financial backing that was once pl...