Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio to take place at Dream 16

by Will Cooling on September 5, 2010

Shinya Aoki will next defend his Dream lightweight title against Marcus Aurelio at Dream 16. Aoki is coming off a quick submission victory over Tatsuya Kawajiri while Aurelio is on a two-fight win streak since being cut from the UFC after losing to Evan Dunham. He will be making his Dream debut.

Also announced for Dream 16 are Takeshi Inoue vs. Kazuyuki Miyata and Hideo Tokoro vs. Joachim Hansen. Dream 16 takes place at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan and will be broadcast live in North America by HD Net.

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Tags: Dream 16, Kazuyuki Miyata, Marcus Aurelio, Shinya Aoki, Takeshi Inoue, Tatsuya Kawajiri

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Will Cooling has written for Inside Fights since 2009, covering both boxing and mixed martial arts with his work regularly appearing on Fox Sports through the two websites' partnership agreement. He has also written for Scrapp The Fight Magazine and Fighting Spirit Magazine. He has been writing for the Inside Pulse network of websites since 2004.

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