List of Dream champions

This is a list of champions in the Dream organization at each weight class. Dream is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization, originally promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group, and over management of Glory Sports International since October 2012. The first two champions were crowned after the 2008 Lightweight and Middleweight Grand Prix, while the 2009 Welterweight and Featherweight GPs have crowned the champions at those weights. The 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion at Dream 16. The 2011 World Bantamweight Grand Prix crowned the first ever Dream Bantamweight Champion at Dynamite!!! 2011.

Current champions

Division	Champion	Since	Defenses
Heavyweight	Vacant		0
Light Heavyweight	Vacant		0
Middleweight	Vacant		0
Welterweight	Marius Zaromskis	July 20, 2009	1
Lightweight	Shinya Aoki	October 6, 2009	2
Featherweight	Hiroyuki Takaya	December 31, 2010	2
Bantamweight	Bibiano Fernandes	December 31, 2011	0

Title Histories

Heavyweight Championship

93.5 kilograms (206 lb) and up

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Alistair Overeem def. Todd Duffee for interim title	Dynamite!! 2010 Saitama, Saitama, Japan	December 31, 2010	1555

Light Heavyweight Championship

84.5 to 93.0 kilograms (186.3 to 205.0 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Gegard Mousasi def. Tatsuya Mizuno	Dream 16 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	September 25, 2010	2054	1. def. Hiroshi Izumi at Dream 17 on Jul 16, 2011 in Saitama, Japan

Middleweight Championship

76.0 to 84.0 kilograms (167.6 to 185.2 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Gegard Mousasi def. Ronaldo Souza	Dream 6 Saitama, Saitama, Japan	September 23, 2008	267 days
Title vacated after Mousasi moved up to light heavyweight.[1]

Welterweight Championship

70.0 to 76.0 kilograms (154.3 to 167.6 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Marius Zaromskis def. Jason High	Dream 10 Saitama, Saitama, Japan	July 20, 2009	2486 days (incumbent)	1. def. Kazushi Sakuraba at Dynamite!! 2010 on Dec 31, 2010 in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight Championship

65.0 to 70.0 kilograms (143.3 to 154.3 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki	Dream 5 Osaka, Osaka, Japan	July 21, 2008	442 days
2	Shinya Aoki	Dream 11 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	October 6, 2009	2408 days (incumbent)	1. def. Tatsuya Kawajiri at Dream 15 on Jul 10, 2010 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Satoru Kitaoka at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on Dec 31, 2011 in Saitama, Japan

Featherweight Championship

61.0 to 65.0 kilograms (134.5 to 143.3 lb)

Prior to December 31, 2010 the Dream Featherweight division was 56.0 to 63.0 kilograms (123.5 to 138.9 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Bibiano Fernandes def. Hiroyuki Takaya	Dream 11 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	October 6, 2009	451 days	1. def. Joachim Hansen at Dream 13 on Mar 22, 2010 in Yokohama, Japan
2	Hiroyuki Takaya	Dynamite!! 2010 Saitama, Saitama, Japan	December 31, 2010	1957 days (incumbent)	1. def. Kazuyuki Miyata at Dream 17 on Jul 16, 2011 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Takeshi Inoue at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on Dec 31, 2011 in Saitama, Japan

Bantamweight Championship

57.1 to 61.2 kilograms (126 to 135 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses
1	Bibiano Fernandes def. Antonio Banuelos	Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 Saitama, Saitama, Japan	December 31, 2011	1592 days (incumbent)

Tournament Winners

Division	Event	Date	Winner	Runner-up
Lightweight	Dream 5	Jul 21, 2008	Joachim Hansen	Shinya Aoki
Middleweight	Dream 6	Sep 23, 2008	Gegard Mousasi	Ronaldo Souza
Welterweight	Dream 10	Jul 20, 2009	Marius Zaromskis	Jason High
Featherweight	Dream 11	Oct 6, 2009	Bibiano Fernandes	Hiroyuki Takaya
Open-weight	Dynamite!! 2009	Dec 31, 2009	Ikuhisa Minowa	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Light Heavyweight	Dream 16	Sep 25, 2010	Gegard Mousasi	Tatsuya Mizuno
Bantamweight	Dream: Japan GP Final	Jul 26, 2011	Hideo Tokoro	Masakazu Imanari
Bantamweight	Dynamite!! 2011	Dec 31, 2011	Bibiano Fernandes	Antonio Banuelos

By Nationality

The following include championship title holders or tournament winners by nationality.

Country	Titles
Netherlands	5
Japan	4
Brazil	4
Lithuania	2
Norway	2

See also

• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• List of Dream events
• Mixed martial arts weight classes

References

1. http://mmajunkie.com/news/14663/jacare-souza-and-mayhem-miller-title-fight-official-for-dream-9.mma