DREAM announced on Sunday that Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio, Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen vs. Hideo Tokoro, and “Lion” Takeshi Inoue vs. Kazuyuki Miyata will be featured on the DREAM 16 fight card on September 25 in Nagoya, Japan.

Middleweight Jason “Mayhem” Miller will face Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba at DREAM 16 and the September 25 card in Japan will also feature Gegard Mousasi vs. Tatsuya Mizuno for the light heavyweight title and Joe Warren vs. Michihiro Omigawa.

DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki made quick work of challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri in the main event of DREAM 15, forcing Kawajiri to tap to an Achilles lock in under two-minutes at Saturday’s event in Saitama, Japan.

DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki and challenger Tatsuya Kawajiri successfully weighed in today for their title bout, which headlines Saturday’s DREAM 15 event in Saitama, Japan.

Despite failing to make weight by more than 20 pounds, UFC veteran Jake O’Brien will still face Gegard Mousasi in the opening round of DREAM’s light heavyweight tournament.

Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem will not fight Ricco Rodriguez at DREAM 15 as reported yesterday and is off the July 10 event due to undisclosed issues with the Japanese promotion.

While his DREAM future was initially in doubt, Overeem reportedly plans to fulfill his DREAM contract after meeting with officials from the promotion.

Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem is set to face Ricco Rodriguez in a non-title bout at DREAM 15, while Gegard Mousasi will face Jake O’Brien in a light heavyweight grand prix matchup at the July 10 event in Saitama, Japan.

Lightweights Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante and Katsunori Kikuno will square off at the upcoming DREAM 15, while a light heavyweight grand prix opening round matchup between Melvin Manhoef and Tatsuya Mizuno has also been added to the July 10 card in Saitama, Japan, DREAM today announced.

Strikeforce’s success against DREAM continued on Saturday in the main event of DREAM 14, as welterweight champ Nick Diaz forced Japanese legend Hayato “Mach” Sakurai to submit to an armbar in the opening round of their non-title headliner at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Weigh-ins for tomorrow’s DREAM 14 event were held today in Japan, and headliners Hayato “Mach” Sakurai and Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz successfully made weight for the non-title main event.

DREAM 14 takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and airs live on HDNet at 3am ET.

DREAM has added Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Federico “Kiko” Lopez to it’s May 29 DREAM 14 card, and has also confirmed Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi, Melvin Manhoef, and Katsunori Kikuno for it’s July 19 DREAM 15 event.

Meanwhile, Sengoku has announced that an eight-man welterweight grand prix will begin at it’s June 20 Sengoku 13 event in Tokyo.

Just days after being released by the UFC for his post-fight sucker punch of Josh Koscheck at Saturday’s UFC 113, former welterweight contender Paul Daley is set to return to action at a July 3 Impact Fighting Championships event in Australia against an opponent to-be-determined.

Karo Parisyan has also signed with the upstart Australian promotion after failing to reach a deal with Strikeforce, and will debut on July 10 vs. Luis Dutra Jr., MMAjunkie reports.

DREAM has added Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ralek Gracie and Kenji Osawa vs. Yoshiro Maeda to it’s May 29 DREAM 14 event in Saitama Japan, while rival Sengoku has confirmed Sanae Kikuta vs. Yasubey Enomoto and Ryo Kawamura vs. Hidetada Irie for Sengoku 13 on June 20 in Tokyo.

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto will not fight at “Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery” on May 15 in St. Loius, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced on Thursday, as the Japanese featherweight is instead expected to return to action at DREAM 14 on May 29 in Saitama, Japan.

DREAM has reportedly canceled it’s planned light heavyweight grand prix, which had been scheduled to begin at DREAM 14 on May 29 in Saitama, Japan, though the eight-man tournament, which was expected to include Gegard Mousasi, Renato “Babalu” Sobral, and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, was never officially announced.

Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz is reportedly set to fight veteran Hayato Sakurai in a non-title bout at DREAM 14 on May 29 in Saitama, Japan, while the promotion is also planning a matchup between lightweight champ Shinya Aoki and Tatsuya Kawajiri for it’s July DREAM 15 card.