DREAM.5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round
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Information
PromotionDREAM
DateJuly 21, 2008
VenueOsaka-jo Hall
CityJapan Osaka, Japan
Attendance11,986
Event chronology
DREAM.4: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 2nd Round DREAM.5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round DREAM.6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round

DREAM.5 Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on Monday July 21, 2008 at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan and hosted the final round of the promotion's Lightweight tournament.

The DREAM.5 attracted a crowd of 11,986 to the Osaka Jo Hall and was broadcast live in Japan on the TBS network and SkyPerfect and on HDNet Fights in the United States.[1]

Results

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

* Hansen replaced Alvarez due to a cut received in his fight with Kawajiri.

2008 Lightweight Grand Prix bracket

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Japan Shinya Aoki W Dec
Brazil Gesias Calvancanti
Japan Shinya Aoki W Sub
Japan Katsuhiko Nagata
Japan Katsuhiko Nagata W Dec
Russia Artur Oumakhanov
Japan Shinya Aoki W Dec
Japan Caol Uno
Japan Mitsuhiro Ishida W Dec
South Korea Jung Bu-Kyung
Japan Mitsuhiro Ishida
Japan Caol Uno W Sub
Japan Caol Uno
13 Bye
Japan Shinya Aoki
Norway Joachim Hansen** W TKO
United States Eddie Alvarez W TKO
Brazil Andre "Dida" Amade
United States Eddie Alvarez W Dec
Norway Joachim Hansen
Norway Joachim Hansen W Dec
Japan Koutetsu Boku
United States Eddie Alvarez W TKO
Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri
Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri W Dec
Canada Kultar Gill
Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri W Dec
Brazil Luiz Firmino
Brazil Luiz Firmino W Sub
Japan Kazuyuki Miyata

** Replacement.

Dream Lightweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

Norway Joachim Hansen def. Canada Kultar Gill at DREAM.5

Notes

See also

References

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  4. ^ Caplan, Sam (June 11, 2008). "Denis Kang added to Dream 5". Five Ounces of Pain. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Hamlin, Tom (July 10, 2008). "Denis Kang off of Dream 5 fight card". Mma Weekly. Archived from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
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