Dream 10

Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
Information
Promotion	Dream
Date	July 20, 2009
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan
Attendance	11,970
Event chronology
Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round Dream.11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round

Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on July 20, 2009. Dream's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit. The event was broadcast live in North America on HDNet.^[1]

Results

Welterweight Grand Prix reserve bout

• Seichi Ikemoto vs. Tarec Saffiedine^[2]

Saffiedine defeated Ikemoto via Decision (unanimous)

Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 semi-final bouts

• Hayato Sakurai vs. Marius Zaromskis ^[3]

Zaromskis defeated Sakurai via TKO (Head Kick and Punches) in round 1

• Jason High vs. André Galvão ^[3]

High defeated Galvão via Decision (Split)

Lightweight bout

• Andre Dida vs. Katsunori Kikuno^[4]

Kikuno defeated Dida via TKO (Punches) in round 1

Middleweight bouts

• Paulo Filho vs. Melvin Manhoef^[5]

Filho defeated Manhoef via Submission (armbar) in round 1

• Dong Sik Yoon vs. Jesse Taylor^[6]

Taylor defeated Yoon via TKO (injury) in round 1

Lightweight bout

• Vitor Ribeiro vs. Shinya Aoki^[7]

Aoki defeated Ribeiro via Decision (unanimous)

Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 final

• Marius Zaromskis vs. Jason High

Zaromskis defeated High via KO (Head Kick) in round 1

Notes

• An early report suggested that Joachim Hansen would defend his DREAM Light Weight Championship against Shinya Aoki at DREAM.10.^[8]
• Three undercard bouts were announced for DREAM.10 during the intermission of DREAM.9. These bouts included Shinya Aoki versus Vitor Riberio, Melvin Manhoef versus Paulo Filho, and Katsunori Kikuno versus Andre Amade. Following a short promotional video, Shinya Aoki, Katsunori Kikuno, and Hayato Sakurai each entered the ring, and gave brief addresses to the audience.^[9]
• After fulfilling a one fight contract with Zuffa, LLC at UFC 99, Mirko Filipović was rumored to have resigned with FEG for participation at DREAM.10.^[10] Siala-Mou "Mighty Mo" Siligia was rumored to be Filipovic's opponent on the card.^[11] However, the bout was scrapped after Zuffa Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta flew to Zagreb, Croatia to reopen contract negotiations with Filipovic.^[12][13]

Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Bracket

First round

Semifinals

Final

Seiichi Ikemoto

Marius Zaromskis

W Dec

Marius Zaromskis

W TKO

Hayato Sakurai

Hayato Sakurai

W TKO

Shinya Aoki

Marius Zaromskis

W KO

Jason High

Yuya Shirai

Jason High

W Sub

Jason High

W Dec

Andre Galvao

John Alessio

Andre Galvao

W Sub

Dream Welterweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

Tarec Saffiedine def. Seichi Ikemoto at DREAM.10

References

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3. ^ ^{a b} "HIGH DRAWS GALVAO, SAKURAI VS. ZAROMSKIS – MMA WEEKLY – Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more". Mma Weekly. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8767&zoneid=13. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
4. ^ "Andre Amade vs Katsunori Kikuno bout on tap for DREAM 10 at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets —". Mmamania.com. 2009-05-21. http://mmamania.com/2009/05/21/andre-amade-vs-katsunori-kikuno-bout-on-tap-for-dream-10/. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
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8. ^ "Aoki vs. Hansen III announced for Dream 10". Five Ounces of Pain. 2009-04-25. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/04/25/aoki-vs-hansen-iii-announced-for-dream-9/. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
9. ^ Stupp, Dann (2009-05-26). "Shinya Aoki, Melvin Manhoef and Paulo Filho among DREAM.10 additions". MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/14989/shinya-aoki-melvin-manhoef-and-paulo-filho-among-dream-10-additions.mma. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
10. ^ Iole, Kevin (2009-06-13). "Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic leaves UFC after one-fight return at UFC 99 in Germany". MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/15191/mirko-cro-cop-filipovic-leaves-ufc-after-one-fight-return-at-ufc-99-in-germany.mma. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
11. ^ By Josh Gross, SI.com (2009-06-18). "Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic to fight Mighty Mo at Dream – SI.com – Mixed Martial Arts". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/mma/06/18/cro.cop/index.html. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
12. ^ "Report: UFC offers Cro Cop a deal he ‘can’t refuse’ at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets —". Mmamania.com. http://mmamania.com/2009/07/04/report-ufc-offers-cro-cop-a-deal-he-cant-refuse/. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
13. ^ Sherdog.com (2009-07-14). "10 Questions for Lorenzo Fertitta". Sherdog.com. http://sherdog.com/news/articles/1/10-questions-for-lorenzo-fertitta-18516. Retrieved 2009-07-18.