DREAM.8
Dream 8
Dream mixed martial arts event in 2009
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.
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| DREAM.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round | ||||
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The poster for DREAM.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round | ||||
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| Promotion | DREAM | |||
| Date | April 5, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Nippon Gaishi Hall | |||
| City |  Nagoya, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 9,129 | |||
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More information Welterweight Grand Prix 1st Round, Weight class ...
| Welterweight Grand Prix 1st Round | |||||||
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| 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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- 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]
- "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.
- "Final Preparations! Getting Ready For The Eighth Dream". nightmareofbattle.wordpress.com. April 2, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- "Zelg Galesic Likely Out For DREAM 8". nokaut.com. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- "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.
- "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.
- "DREAM 8 – Dong Sik Yoon Out!". japan-mma.com. April 3, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.