Dream 5

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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
DateJuly 21, 2008
Venue Osaka-jo Hall
City Flag of Japan.svg 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.

Contents

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 classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki TKO (punches)14:19
Main Card
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem def. Mark Hunt Submission (keylock)11:11
Middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Katsuyori Shibata Submission (ezekiel choke)16:34
Featherweight Hideo Tokoro def.Takeshi YamazakiDecision (unanimous)25:00
Welterweight Kuniyoshi Hironaka def.Motoki MiyazawaTKO (doctor stoppage)18:57
Featherweight Joseph Benavidez def. Junya Kodo Submission (guillotine choke)12:42
Lightweight Grand Prix reserve match
Lightweight Joachim Hansen def.Kultar GillSubmission (armbar)12:33
Lightweight Grand Prix Semi Final
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez def. Tatsuya Kawajiri TKO (punches)17:35
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Caol Uno Decision (unanimous)25:00
Undercard
Lightweight Daisuke Nakamura def. Andy Ologun Submission (flying armbar)13:41

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

    2008 Lightweight Grand Prix bracket

    First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                
    Flag of Japan.svg Shinya AokiW Dec
    Flag of Brazil.svg Gesias Calvancanti
    Flag of Japan.svg Shinya AokiW Sub
    Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiko Nagata
    Flag of Japan.svg Katsuhiko NagataW Dec
    Flag of Russia.svg Artur Oumakhanov
    Flag of Japan.svg Shinya AokiW Dec
    Flag of Japan.svg Caol Uno
    Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro IshidaW Dec
    Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Bu-Kyung
    Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Ishida
    Flag of Japan.svg Caol UnoW Sub
    Flag of Japan.svg Caol Uno
    13 Bye
    Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Aoki
    Flag of Norway.svg Joachim Hansen** W TKO
    Flag of the United States.svg Eddie AlvarezW TKO
    Flag of Brazil.svg Andre "Dida" Amade
    Flag of the United States.svg Eddie AlvarezW Dec
    Flag of Norway.svg Joachim Hansen
    Flag of Norway.svg Joachim HansenW Dec
    Flag of Japan.svg Koutetsu Boku
    Flag of the United States.svg Eddie AlvarezW TKO
    Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Kawajiri
    Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya KawajiriW Dec
    Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kultar Gill
    Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya KawajiriW Dec
    Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Firmino
    Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz FirminoW Sub
    Flag of Japan.svg Kazuyuki Miyata

    ** Replacement.

    Dream Lightweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

    Flag of Norway.svg Joachim Hansen def. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kultar Gill at DREAM.5

    Notes

    See also

    References

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