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Dream 12: The Cage of the Rising Sun, promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group, took place October 25 at the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan. The event marked the first time Dream used a hexagon cage. Fights consisted of three five-minute rounds, as used in the North American system, though elbows will remained illegal. HDNet broadcast the event live in the United States.
Picks and Predictions for Dream 12: Caged Heat
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
| 1 | Tomoya Miyashita | Keisuke Fujiwara | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 2 | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Won Sik Park | TKO (Eye Injury) | 1 | 5:00 |
| 3 | Yoshiro Maeda | Chase Beebe | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 3:36 |
| 4 | Dong Sik Yoon | Tarec Saffiedine | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 5 | Katsuyori Shibata | Tokimitsu Ishizawa | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:52 |
| 6 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Zelg Galesic | Submission (Kneebar) | 1 | 1:40 |
| 7 | Marius Zaromskis | Myeon Ho Bae | KO (Head Kick) | 1 | 0:19 |
| 8 | Eddie Alvarez | Katsunori Kikuno | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 2 | 3:42 |
| 9 | Alistair Overeem | James Thompson | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:33 |
Its a shame there weren't any good matches in this event. The white cage was really promising. I hope they keep using it.
We got to see the typical entrances and promotion we expect from Dream. The white canvas we all associate with Japanese MMA with 3 five minute rounds, no restarting of the fights to reposition the fighters, knees to the head on the ground and yellow cards. That's all quality stuff.
Now let's see some quality fights.