DREAM.3

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promotion=DREAM
date=May 11, 2008
venue=Saitama Super Arena
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attendance= 21,789
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"DREAM.3 Light Weight Grandprix 2008 2nd Round" was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on Tuesday May 11, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and hosted the second round of the promotion's (70 kg/154 lbs) Lightweight tournament.cite web
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The evening's main event featured Caol Uno and Mitsuhiro Ishida as well as the last fight of the first round of the DREAM middleweight tournament, Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller. The event was broadcast live in Japan on SkyPerfect Pay-Per-View, and live in the United States on HDNet Fights. [ [http://www.hdnetfights.com/story.php?id=76 HDNet Fights ] ]

The Lightweight Champion was crowned at DREAM.5.

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*Featherweight bout:flagicon|JPN Takeshi Yamazaki def. flagicon|JPN Shoji Maruyama:Yamazaki defeated Maruyama by two round unanimous decision (3-0).

*Middleweight Grand Prix 1st Round:flagicon|USA Jason "Mayhem" Miller def. flagicon|JPN Katsuyori Shibata:Miller defeated Shibata by TKO (Referee stoppage) at 6:57 of Round 1

*Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout:flagicon|NED Melvin Manhoef def. flagicon|KOR Dae Won Kim :Manhoef defeated Kim by TKO (Referee stoppage) at 4:08 by of Round 1

*Lightweight bout:flagicon|JPN Daisuke Nakamura def. flagicon|KOR Jung Bu-Kyung:Nakamura defeated Jong by KO (Right straight punch) at 1:05 of Round 2

*Welterweight Championship eliminator:flagicon|USA Nick Diaz def. flagicon|JPN Katsuya Inoue:Diaz defeated Inoue by TKO (Corner stoppage) at 6:45 of Round 1

*Lightweight Grand Prix 2nd Round:flagicon|JPN Tatsuya Kawajiri def. flagicon|BRA Luiz Firmino:Kawajiri defeated Firmino by two round unanimous decision (3-0).

*Lightweight Grand Prix 2nd Round:flagicon|USA Eddie Alvarez def. flagicon|NOR Joachim Hansen:Alvarez defeated Hansen by two round unanimous decision (3-0).

*Lightweight Grand Prix 2nd Round:flagicon|JPN Caol Uno def. flagicon|JPN Mitsuhiro Ishida :Uno defeated Ishida by Submission (Rear naked choke} at 1:39 of Round 2

Entrance Music

:Opening - Another Star / Stevie Wonder vs. Revolater / Dragon Ash:Caol Uno - Smells Like Teen Spirit / Fantastic Plastic Machine Remix:Mitsuhiro Ishida - Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance :Joachim Hansen - Angel Of Death / Slayer :Eddie Alvarez - The Champ Is Here / Jadakiss (version is unclear):Tatsuya Kawajiri - Water Pow / B-DASH :Luis Buscape - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger / Daft Punk (remix):Katsuya Inoue - Know your enemy / Rage Against The Machine :Nick Diaz - This is war / Ill Nino :Nakamura Daisuke - Wonderfulguys:Jung Bukyung - Exodus / Maksim :Kim Dae Won - Better Than Yesterday / MC Sniper:Melvin Manhoef - The Battle Hans Zimmer Im A Boss / Young Jeezy Ft Rick Ross :Jason "Mayhem" Miller - Dance Monkey / Sage Francis :Katsuyori Shibata - Take Over / LOW-IQ-01 :Yamazaki Takeshi - Ai no Tabi / Sleep Walker:Shoji - Guerilla Radio / Rage Against The Machine

Notes

* The 8th matchup 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.

* The LW Grandprix match between Shinya Aoki and Katsuhiko Nagata took place at DREAM.4 due to the injuries Shinya Aoki incurred in his 1st round match with Gesias Calvancanti.

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