Dream 8

Dream.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on April 5, 2009. Unlike Dream's past tournaments, the Welter Weight Grand Prix is only scheduled to have eight participants. DREAM's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit.

DREAM.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round
The poster for DREAM.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round.
Information
PromotionDREAM
DateApril 5, 2009
VenueNippon Gaishi Hall
City Nagoya, Japan
Attendance9,129
Event chronology
Dream.7: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round DREAM.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix Second Round

Results
Welterweight Grand Prix 1st Round
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Hayato Sakurai def. Shinya Aoki TKO (Knees and Punches) 1 0:27 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Jason High def. Yuya Shirai Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 0:59
Welterweight Marius Zaromskis def. Seichi Ikemoto Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Welterweight Andre Galvao def. John Alessio Submission (Armbar) 1 7:34
Featherweight Grandprix 1st round
Featherweight Daiki Hata def. Hideo Tokoro Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Preliminary card
Heavyweight Jeff Monson def. Sergei Kharitonov Submission (North-South Choke) 1 1:42
Catchweight (89kg) Riki Fukuda def. Murilo Rua Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Vítor Ribeiro def. Katsuhiko Nagata TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 1 7:58
Middleweight Andrews Nakahara def. Shungo Oyama TKO (Punches) 1 2:00 [lower-alpha 3]
Catchweight (88 kg) Katsuyori Shibata def. Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
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See also

Notes
  • Nick Diaz was among the early rumored participants in Dream's Welterweight Grand Prix. However, his participation in April's Strikeforce event seems to have excluded him from Dream.8.
  • Seichi Ikemoto defeated Hidetaka Monma at Deep 40 to qualify for the Welterweight Grand Prix.[4]
  • Yuya Shirai defeated Yoon Young Kim at clubDEEP Tokyo: Protect Cup Final to qualify for the Welterweight Grand Prix.[5]
  • One of the first announced bouts was a Middleweight fight between Andrews Nakahara and Zelg Galešić. However, after being admitted to a hospital in Croatia two weeks before DREAM.8, Zelg Galesic was not cleared to fight, and was replaced with Shungo Oyama.[3]
  • Another scrapped match was a Middleweight bout between debuting Murilo Rua and Dong Sik Yoon. Two days before DREAM.8 Dong Sik Yoon was pulled from the card due to an unknown injury.[6] He was replaced a day before the event by Riki Fukuda.[2] Fukuda couldn't make the Middleweight limit on such a short notice so the match was held at catchweight of 89kg.[2]

References
  1. "DREAM.8 bout order revealed, Aoki vs. Sakurai set for main event". MMAJunkie.com. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
  2. "Final Preparations! Getting Ready For The Eighth Dream". nightmareofbattle.wordpress.com. April 2, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  3. "Zelg Galesic Likely Out For DREAM 8". nokaut.com. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
  4. "仰天ダブルパンチで門馬に快勝！池本誠知がDreamウェルター級Grand Prix出場権を獲得!!". Dreamofficial.com. February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  5. "仰天ダブルパンチで門馬に快勝！池本誠知がDreamウェルター級Grand Prix出場権を獲得!!". Dreamofficial.com. February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  6. "DREAM 8 – Dong Sik Yoon Out!". japan-mma.com. April 3, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
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