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Dream.1: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round 
Information Promotion Dream Date March 15, 2008 Venue Saitama Super Arena City 
Saitama, JapanAttendance 19,120 Event chronology Dream.1: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round Dream.2: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round Dream.1 Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round was the inaugural event of the mixed martial arts promotion, Dream. It took place on Saturday, on March 15, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan.
The event featured the first seven tournament bouts of the 2008 Dream Lightweight Grand Prix, fought at 70 kilograms (154 lb), along with a trio of open-weight fights. The evening's main event was a match featuring last year's Hero's Middleweight Champion, J.Z. Calvancanti of Brazil and Japanese judoka Shinya Aoki. All bouts were fought under Dream mixed martial arts rules, with a 10 min first and 5 min second round. It attracted a sellout crowd of 19,120 and was broadcast live across Japan on the TBS television network.[1]
Results
- Heavyweight Bout
- Ikuhisa Minowa vs.
Lee Kwan Bum - Minowa defeats Lee by submission (kneebar) at 1:25 of round 1.
- Welterweight Bout
- Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidetaka Monma
- Sakurai defeats Monma by TKO (strikes) at 4:12 of round 1.
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
Joachim Hansen vs. Kotetsu Boku- Hansen defeats Boku by decision (unanimous).
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
Luis Firmino vs. Kazuyuki Miyata- Firmino defeats Miyata by submission (rear naked choke) at 7:37 of round 1.
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
- Katsuhiko Nagata vs.
Artur Oumakhanov - Nagata defeats Oumakhanov by decision (unanimous).
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
- Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Jung Bu-Kyung
- Ishida defeats Jung by decision (unanimous).
- Heavyweight Bout
Mirko Filipović vs. Tatsuya Mizuno- Filipović defeats Mizuno by TKO (punches) at 0:56 of round 1.
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
Eddie Alvarez vs. Andre Amade- Alvarez defeats Amade by TKO (punches) at 6:47 of round 1.
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs.
Kultar Gill - Kawajiri defeats Gill by decision (unanimous).
- Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
- Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias Calvancante
- Calvancante delivered an unintentional illegal elbow at 3:46 of round 1 and the match as ruled a No Contest.
Notes
- The 8th matchup of the tournament was initially to be postponed until Dream 2 due to the injuries of Vitor Ribeiro and Caol Uno along with Gilbert Melendez's prior commitment to Strikeforce. Dream officials have decided to directly seed Caol Uno into the 2nd round against Mitsuhiro Ishida as the 8th fighter.
- Andre "Dida" Amade was hospitalized after losing to Eddie Alvarez and was unavailable for the Post-fight interviews
- Dream 1 announced attendance was 19,120 and its reported TV ratings on TBS were 8.9% [2]
- 7 of the Fighters for Dream 2's 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix were announced:
References
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. ""CroCop's Saitama Dream Comes True" ". K-1 Grand Prix Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
- ^ "『Dream 1』さいたまSA大会 出場ファイターの試合後のコメントPART.7". Dreamofficial.com. 15-03-2008. http://dreamofficial.com/news/detail.php?id=1205587554. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
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