Dream 5

DREAM.5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round
Information
Promotion DREAM
Date July 21, 2008
Venue Osaka-jo Hall
City Japan Osaka, Japan
Attendance 11,986
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

    1. DiPietro, Monty. ""Hansen is Dream Champ, Overeem beats Hunt in Osaka" ". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
    2. "Nick Diaz out of Dream 5 title fight". MMAjunkie.com. June 22, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
    3. "CroCop's Personal Blog". MMA-ID. 2008-07-06. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
    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. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
    6. MacDonald, Clinton (July 11, 2008). "Mark Hunt talks Dream fight, Fedor (Updated)". Mma Weekly. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
    7. "Deep: Gladiators – Fights Added". Japan-MMA.com. July 9, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
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