Mousasi, the Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and former DREAM middleweight title-holder, was submitted by Fedor with an armbar in the August 28 exhibition at M-1: Breakthrough.

Hong Man Choi and Ikuhisa Minowa will meet in the other “Super Hulk” semifinal bout at DREAM 11, while a replacement opponent will soon be announced for Sokoudjou.

The promotion also announced on Wednesday that lightweights Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante (14-3-1) and Daisuke Nakamura (20-10) would meet at the event, which will be televised in North America on HDNet.

The current card for DREAM 11 features:

• Joachim Hansen (c) vs. Shinya Aoki
  DREAM Lightweight Championship
• Featherweight grand prix final
• Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante vs. Daisuke Nakamura
• Bibiano Fernandes vs. Joe Warren*
• Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Hideo Tokoro*
• Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Daiki Hata#
• Hong Man Choi vs. Ikuhisa Minowa^
• Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. TBA^

* Featherweight grand prix semifinal
# Featherweight grand prix reserve bout
^ “Super Hulk” semifinal

A massive favorite, Lawal improved to 5-0 with the TKO victory and should face a step-up in competition in his next fight, while Kerr falls to 15-11 and has now lost 5-straight and 10 of his last 12.

In a special sparring exhibition featured on the main card, top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko made easy work of Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi, following up a series of seemingly-easy takedowns with a fight-ending armbar.

In other notable action, Karl Amoussou submitted John Doyle in the opening round and said he hopes to next fight in Strikeforce, while Lucio Linhares and Jesse Gibbs also picked up victories.

The complete results for M-1 Global: Breakthrough were:

• Muhammed Lawal def. Mark Kerr via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 0:25
• Fedor Emelianenko def. Gegard Mousasi via submission (armbar)
  Special Sparring Exhibition
• Karl Amoussou def. John Doyle via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 3:15
• Lucio Linhares def. Mikhail Zayats via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 1:00
• Jessie Gibbs def. Rob Broughton via unanimous decision
• Michael Kita def. Lloyd Marshbanks via submission (strikes) — Round 1, 1:50
• Daisuke Nakamura def. Ferrid Kheder via unanimous decision
• Alexey Oleinik vs. Rogent Lloret — unanimous draw
• Eric Marriott vs. Tim Bazer via unanimous decision
• Sean Wilson vs. Josh Arocho via KO — Round 1, 3:05
• Rudy Bears def. Brendan Seguin via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 1:01
• Mollie Ahlers-Estes def. Andria Caplan via TKO (doctor stoppage) — Round 1, 3:00

Pictured: Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal

Shinya Aoki

The majority of the field for the DREAM featherweight tournament quarterfinals was set on Sunday at DREAM 7 as six 145-pound fighters advanced into the second round of the grand prix. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto was granted a first-round bye, while the eighth and final tournament slot will be filled by the winner of a DREAM 8 fight between Hideo Tokoro and Daika Hata.

Masakazu Iminari, Hiroyuki Takaya, Yoshiro Maeda, Abel Cullum, Joe Warren, and Bibiano Fernandes advanced on Sunday while notables Chase Beebe and Micah Miller failed to make it into the second-round. Tatsuya Kawajiri, Shinya Aoki, and Mitsuhiro Ishida picked up non-tournament victories.

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT (Opening Round)

• Masakazu Iminari def. Atsushi Yamamoto via split decision
• Hiroyuki Takaya def. Jong Won Kim via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 0:40
• Yoshiro Maeda def. Micah Miller via unanimous decision
• Abel Cullum def. Akiyo Nishiura via unanimous decision
• Joe Warren def. Chase Beebe via TKO (cut) — Round 1, 10:00
• Bibiano Fernandes def. Takafumi Otsuka via unanimous decision

NON-TOURNAMENT BOUTS

• Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Ross Ebanez via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:03
• Shinya Aoki def. David Gardner via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 5:58
• Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Daisuke Nakamura via unanimous decision

* Alvarez was unable to continue in the tournament due to a cut and was replaced by Hansen.