DREAM.1

Infobox MMA event
name=DREAM.1: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round


promotion=DREAM
date=March 15, 2008
venue=Saitama Super Arena
city=flagicon|JPN Saitama, Japan
attendance=19,120
previousevent=
followingevent=

"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 (70 kg/154 lbs), 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. Calvan 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.cite web
url=http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm
title="CroCop's Saitama DREAM Comes True" "
last=DiPietro
first=Monty
accessdate=2008-05-23
publisher=K-1 Grand Prix Website]

Results

*Heavyweight Bout:flagicon|JPN Ikuhisa Minowa vs. flagicon|KOR Lee Kwan Bum
:Minowa defeats Lee by submission (kneebar) at 1:25 of round 1.

*Welterweight Bout:flagicon|JPN Hayato Sakurai vs. flagicon|Japan Hidetaka Monma
:Sakurai defeats Monma by TKO (strikes) at 4:12 of round 1.

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round:flagicon|NOR Joachim Hansen vs. flagicon|JPN Kotetsu Boku
:Hansen defeats Boku by decision (unanimous).

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round:flagicon|BRA Luiz "Buscape" Firmino vs. flagicon|JPN Kazuyuki Miyata
:Buscape defeats Miyata by submission (rear naked choke) at 7:37 of round 1.

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round:flagicon|JPN Katsuhiko Nagata vs. flagicon|Russia Artur Oumakhanov:Nagata defeats Oumakhanov by decision (unanimous).

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round:flagicon|JPN Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. flagicon|KOR Jung Bu-Kyung:Ishida defeats Jung by decision (unanimous).

*Heavyweight Bout :flagicon|CRO Mirko Filipović vs. flagicon|Japan Tatsuya Mizuno:Filipović defeats Mizuno by TKO (punches) at 0:56 of round 1.

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round :flagicon|USA Eddie Alvarez vs. flagicon|BRA Andre Amade:Alvarez defeats Amade by TKO (punches) at 6:47 of round 1.

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round :flagicon|JPN Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. flagicon|CAN Kultar Gill:Kawajiri defeats Gill by decision (unanimous).

*Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round :flagicon|JPN Shinya Aoki vs. flagicon|BRA 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% [ [http://dreamofficial.com/news/detail.php?id=1205587554 DREAM | ニュース | 3・15『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 ] ]
* 7 of the Fighters for DREAM.2's 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix were announced:
**flagicon|JPN Kazushi Sakuraba
**flagicon|KOR Yoon Dong-Sik
**flagicon|JPN Yoshihiro Akiyama
**flagicon|JPN Shungo Oyama
**flagicon|JPN Taiei Kin
**flagicon|JPN Masakatsu Funaki
**flagicon|JPN Ikuhisa Minowa

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