Dream 7

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Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round
Information
Promotion Dream
Date March 8, 2009
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Attendance 19,528[1]
Event chronology

Dream.6: Middle Weight Grandprix Final Round Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round Dream.8: Welter Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round

Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's (FEG) mixed martial arts promotion Dream on March 8, 2009. This event featured six of the opening round fights of the tournament which is contested at a 63 kg (139 lb) weight limit.

Event

The event consisted of nine mixed martial arts bout, all contested under Dream's MMA rules. Six of the bouts were part of Dream's 2009 Featherweight Grand Prix, with the remaining bout of the tournament's opening round (DJ Taiki's fight with Hideo Tokoro) taking place at Dream.8 due to DJ Taiki being injured.[2] Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto who is also participating in the tournament was given a first-round bye by FEG so he could recover from an ankle injury he received in 2008.[3]

Results

Flags represent sporting nationality as reported by FEG.

  • Featherweight Grandprix 1st round match
Japan Takafumi Otsuka vs. Brazil Bibiano Fernandes
Fernandes defeated Otsuka via unanimous decision.
  • Featherweight Grandprix 1st round match
United States Chase Beebe vs. United States Joe Warren
Warren defeated Beebe via TKO (doctor stoppage) at the end of the first round. The stoppage was due to a cut Beebe received over his left eye.[4]
  • Featherweight Grandprix 1st round match
Japan Akiyo Nishiura vs. United States Abel Cullum
Cullum defeated Nishiura via unanimous decision.
  • Lightweight match
Japan Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Japan Daisuke Nakamura
Ishida defeated Nakamura via unanimous decision.
  • Welterweight match
Japan Shinya Aoki vs. United States David Gardner
Aoki defeated Gardner via submission (rear naked choke/ Hello Japan) at 5:58 of round 1.
  • Lightweight match
Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. United States Ross Ebanez
Kawajiri defeated Ebanez via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:03 of round 1.
  • Featherweight Grandprix 1st round match
Japan Yoshiro Maeda vs. United States Micah Miller
Maeda defeated Miller via unanimous decision.
  • Featherweight Grandprix 1st round match
Japan Hiroyuki Takaya vs. South Korea Jong Won Kim
Takaya defeated Kim via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 2.
  • Featherweight Grandprix 1st round match
Japan Masakazu Imanari vs. Japan Atsushi Yamamoto
Imanari defeated Yamamoto via split decision.

References

  1. ↑ DiPietro, Monty (2009-03-08). "HELLO JAPAN! SHINYA AOKI WINS AT DREAM 7". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
  2. ↑ "Dream 7 – Featherweight Grand Prix Match-Ups". Japan-MMA.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Dream 7 to feature Featherweight Grand Prix; Yamamoto offered first-round bye". Mmamania.com. Retrieved March 8, 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Dream 7 Play-by-Play". Sherdog.com. March 8, 2009. Retrieved March 8, 2009. 

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