The year 2008 was the 1st year in the history of DREAM, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2008 DREAM held 7 events beginning with, Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round.

2008 in DREAM
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First dateMarch 15, 2008
Last dateDecember 31, 2008
Events
Total events7
Fights
Total fights66
Title fights2
Chronology
2008 in DREAM 2009 in DREAM

Title fights

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Title fights in 2008
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Lightweight Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki TKO (Punches) 1 4:19 Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final [a]
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Ronaldo Souza KO (Upkick) 1 2:15 Dream 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final [b]

Events list

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# Event Title Date Arena Location Attendees Broadcast
7 Fields Dynamite!! 2008 December 31, 2008 Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Saitama, Japan 25,634 Tokyo Broadcasting System; HDNet
6 Dream 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round September 23, 2008 Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Saitama, Japan 20,929 SkyPerfect; HDNet
5 Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round July 21, 2008 Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Osaka, Japan 11,986 SkyPerfect; HDNet
4 Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round June 15, 2008 Yokohama Arena Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 14,037 SkyPerfect; HDNet
3 Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Second Round May 11, 2008 Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Saitama, Japan 21,789 SkyPerfect; HDNet
2 Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round April 29, 2008 Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Saitama, Japan 21,397 SkyPerfect; HDNet
1 Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round March 15, 2008 Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Saitama, Japan 19,120 Tokyo Broadcasting System; HDNet

Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round

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Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round[1] was an event held on March 15, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

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Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Mirko Filipovic def. Tatsuya Mizuno TKO (punches) 1 0:56
Welterweight Hayato Sakurai def. Hidetaka Monma TKO (punches) 1 4:12
Heavyweight Ikuhisa Minowa def. Kwan Bum Lee Submission (kneebar) 1 1:25
Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
Lightweight Gesias Cavalcante vs. Shinya Aoki NC (Aoki injured by illegal elbows) 1 3:46
Lightweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kultar Gill Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez def. André Amado TKO (punches) 1 6:47
Lightweight Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Jung Bu-kyung Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Lightweight Katsuhiko Nagata def. Artur Oumakhanov Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Lightweight Luiz Firmino def. Kazuyuki Miyata Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 7:37
Lightweight Joachim Hansen def. Kotetsu Boku Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00

Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round

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Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round[2] was an event held on April 29, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

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Middleweight Grand Prix 1st Round
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Kazushi Sakuraba def. Andrews Nakahara Submission (neck crank) 1 8:20
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Denis Kang Submission (triangle choke) 1 3:10
Middleweight Kiyoshi Tamura def. Masakatsu Funaki TKO (punches) 1 0:57
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza def. Ian Murphy Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:38
Middleweight Zelg Galesic def. Magomed Sultanakhmedov Submission (armbar) 1 1:40
Middleweight Dong Sik Yoon def. Shungo Oyama Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Middleweight Taiei Kin def. Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Gesias Cavalcante Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00

Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals

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Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals[3] was an event held on May 11, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

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Lightweight Grand Prix 2nd Round
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Caol Uno def. Mitsuhiro Ishida Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 1:39
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez def. Joachim Hansen Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Lightweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Luiz Firmino Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Welterweight Championship eliminator
Welterweight Nick Diaz def. Katsuya Inoue TKO (corner stoppage) 1 6:45
Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout
Middleweight Melvin Manhoef def. Dae Won Kim TKO (knees and punches) 1 4:08
Middleweight Grand Prix 1st Round
Middleweight Jason Miller def. Katsuyori Shibata TKO (punches) 1 6:57
Undercard
Lightweight Daisuke Nakamura def. Jung Bu-kyung KO (punch) 2 1:05
Featherweight Takeshi Yamazaki def. Shoji Maruyama Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00

Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals

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Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals[4] was an event held on June 15, 2008, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Results

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Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Hideo Tokoro def. Darren Uyenoyama Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Heavyweight Ralek Gracie def. Alavutdin Gadjiev Submission (armbar) 1 3:02
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Tae Hyun Lee KO (punches) 1 0:36
Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round
Middleweight Melvin Manhoef def. Kazushi Sakuraba TKO (punches) 1 1:30
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza def. Jason Miller Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Middleweight Zelg Galesic def. Taiei Kin TKO (elbow injury) 1 1:05
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Dong Sik Yoon Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Light Weight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Katsuhiko Nagata Submission (gogoplata) 1 5:12

Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final

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Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final[5] was an event held on July 21, 2008, at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Results

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Lightweight Grand Prix Final
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki TKO (punches) 1 4:19
Main Card
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Mark Hunt Submission (keylock) 1 1:11
Middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Katsuyori Shibata Submission (ezekiel choke) 1 6:34
Featherweight Hideo Tokoro def. Takeshi Yamazaki Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Welterweight Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Motoki Miyazawa TKO (doctor stoppage) 1 8:57
Featherweight Joseph Benavidez def. Junya Kodo Submission (guillotine choke) 1 2:42
Lightweight Grand Prix reserve match
Lightweight Joachim Hansen def. Kultar Gill Submission (armbar) 1 2:33
Lightweight Grand Prix Semi Final
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez def. Tatsuya Kawajiri TKO (punches) 1 7:35
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Caol Uno Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Undercard
Lightweight Daisuke Nakamura def. Andy Ologun Submission (flying armbar) 1 3:41

Dream 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final

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Dream 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final[6] was an event held on September 23, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

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Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Ronaldo Souza KO (upkick) 1 2:15
Main Card
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem vs. Mirko Filipovic No Contest (knee to the groin) 1 6:09
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Todd Moore Submission (neck crank) 1 1:10
Middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Masanori Tonooka Submission (armbar) 1 6:26
Welterweight Hayato Sakurai def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Middleweight Masakatsu Funaki def. Ikuhisa Minowa Submission (heel hook) 1 0:52
Featherweight Atsushi Yamamoto def. Hideo Tokoro Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00
Heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov def. Jimmy Ambriz Submission (punches) 1 2:15
Lightweight Keita Nakamura def. Adriano Martins Decision (split) 2 5:00
Middleweight Grand Prix Semi final
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza def. Zelg Galesic Submission (armbar) 1 1:27
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Melvin Manhoef Submission (triangle choke) 1 1:28
Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout
Middleweight Andrews Nakahara def. Dong Sik Yoon TKO (punches) 2 0:30

Fields Dynamite!! 2008

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Fields Dynamite!! 2008 was an event held on December 31, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.

Results

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DREAM MMA Rules
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Kiyoshi Tamura def. Kazushi Sakuraba two-round unanimous decision 3-0 (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) 2 5:00
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Eddie Alvarez Submission (heel hook) 1 1:32 [a]
Heavyweight Melvin Manhoef def. Mark Hunt KO (punches) 1 0:18
Heavyweight Mirko Filipovic def. Hong Man Choi TKO (leg kick) 1 6:32
Welterweight Hayato "Mach" Sakurai def. Katsuyori Shibata TKO (referee stoppage) 1 7:02
Heavyweight Semmy Schilt def. Mighty Mo Submission (triangle choke) 1 5:31
Heavyweight Bob Sapp def. Kinniku Mantaro (Akihito Tanaka) TKO (punches) 1 5:22 [b]
Welterweight Andy Ologun def. Yukio Sakaguchi KO (punches) 1 3:52
Featherweight Daisuke Nakamura def. Hideo Tokoro Submission (armbar) 1 2:23
Middleweight Minowaman def. Errol Zimmerman Submission (toe hold) 1 1:01
K-1 Rules
Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi def. Musashi TKO (referee stoppage) 1 2:32
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Badr Hari KO (right hook) 1 2:07
Welterweight Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kozo Takeda KO 1 2:37
Welterweight Artur Kyshenko def. Yoshihiro Sato majority decision, 2-0 (30-29, 29-28, 29-29) 3 5:00
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Final
HIROYA def. Koya Urabe extra round unanimous decision, 3-0 3 5:00
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Semi Final
HIROYA def. Shota Shimada three-round unanimous decision, 3-0 (30-29, 30-29, 30-29) 3 5:00
Koya Urabe def. Ryuya Kusakabe TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 2:29
K-1 Rules, K-1 KOSHIEN Under 18 Tournament – Reserve Fight
Taishi Hiratsuka def. Daizo Sasaki KO 2 1:00
  1. ^ For the WAMMA Lightweight Champion.
  2. ^ Produced by DJ OZMA featuring YUDETAMAGO.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Opening Round". Sherdog. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals". Sherdog. Archived from the original on March 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Quarterfinals". Sherdog. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final". Sherdog. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.
  6. ^ "Dream 6: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final". Sherdog. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015.