Dream 5
| DREAM.5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round | ||||
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 The poster for DREAM.5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round | ||||
| Promotion | DREAM | |||
| Date | July 21, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Osaka-jo Hall | |||
| City |  Osaka, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 11,986 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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.
Results
| Lightweight Grand Prix Final | |||||||
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| 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
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| Shinya Aoki | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| Gesias Calvancanti | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Shinya Aoki | W Sub | |||||||||||||||||
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| Katsuhiko Nagata | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Katsuhiko Nagata | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| Artur Oumakhanov | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Shinya Aoki | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Caol Uno | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Mitsuhiro Ishida | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| Jung Bu-Kyung | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Mitsuhiro Ishida | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Caol Uno | W Sub | |||||||||||||||||
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| Caol Uno | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Shinya Aoki | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joachim Hansen** | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Alvarez | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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| Andre "Dida" Amade | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Eddie Alvarez | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Joachim Hansen | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Joachim Hansen | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Koutetsu Boku | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Eddie Alvarez | W TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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| Tatsuya Kawajiri | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tatsuya Kawajiri | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| Kultar Gill | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tatsuya Kawajiri | W Dec | |||||||||||||||||
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| Luiz Firmino | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Luiz Firmino | W Sub | |||||||||||||||||
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| Kazuyuki Miyata | ||||||||||||||||||
** Replacement.
Dream Lightweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:
- Joachim Hansen def. Kultar Gill at DREAM.5
Notes
- The 8th matchup was initially to be postponed until DREAM.2 due to the injuries of Vítor Ribeiro and Caol Uno along with Gilbert Melendez's prior commitment to Strikeforce. Dream officials decided to directly seed Caol Uno into the 2nd round against Mitsuhiro Ishida as the 8th fighter.
- Nick Diaz was originally scheduled to fight Hayato Sakurai to determine the Dream Welterweight Champion, but Diaz had to pull out due to contractual obligations to EliteXC.
- Mirko "Crocop" Filipovic had been a long rumored participant. Originally scheduled to face Jerome LeBanner, and later Mighty Mo Siligia, Mirko had to pull out due to a recovering shoulder injury and minor impending knee surgery. Mirko expressed interest in fighting at DREAM.6 in September.
- Denis Kang had been another long rumored participant. With one fight left on his FEG contract, Denis Kang would have become an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of this bout. However, he was pulled from the card late in July for unknown reasons.
- After his bout with Mirko "Crocop" Filipovic was scrapped, Jérôme Le Banner was scheduled to fight Mark Hunt. However, LeBanner had to pull out late due to injury.
- Appearing on the original DREAM.5 banner, Minowaman was pulled from the card to instead fight at Deep: Gladiators.
- The bout between Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto and Joseph Benavidez has been canceled due to a knee injury Yamamoto suffered in training. Yamamoto has been replaced by Junya Kodo.
- Reports indicate Dream.5 scored a 10.0 rating for network TV on the TBS broadcast in Japan. The rating peaked at 13.9 during the Akiyama-Shibata fight.
See also
References
- ↑ DiPietro, Monty. ""Hansen is Dream Champ, Overeem beats Hunt in Osaka"". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Nick Diaz out of Dream 5 title fight". MMAjunkie.com. June 22, 2008. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ "CroCop's Personal Blog". MMA-ID. 2008-07-06. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ Caplan, Sam (June 11, 2008). "Denis Kang added to Dream 5". Five Ounces of Pain. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ MacDonald, Clinton (July 11, 2008). "Mark Hunt talks Dream fight, Fedor (Updated)". Mma Weekly. Archived from the original on August 12, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ "Deep: Gladiators – Fights Added". Japan-MMA.com. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ ""Kid" Out of Dream 5; Shinya Aoki Has Tights Picked Out". Cagepotato.com. July 18, 2008. Retrieved February 25, 2009.