Dream 6

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Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round
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The poster for Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round.
Information
Promotion Dream
DateSeptember 23, 2008
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Flag of Japan.svg Saitama, Japan
Attendance25,000 [1]
Event chronology
Dream 5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round DREAM.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 1st Round

Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on September 23, 2008. The event hosted the crowning of Dream's first Middleweight Champion, Gegard Mousasi, after the conclusion of the Middleweight Grand Prix. [2]

Contents

Background

A bout between Ronaldo Souza and Frank Trigg was announced for the Middleweight Grand Prix. Trigg would subsequently announce that a visa wasn't secured and the bout between the two wasn't finalized. Trigg was replaced by National university freestyle wrestling champion Ian Murphy. [3]

Jason Miller made his DREAM debut, facing Katsuyori Shibata in the first round of the Grand Prix. [4]

Taiei Kin was pitted against Ikuhisa Minowa, while Gegard Mousasi was expected to fight the PRIDE 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix finalist Denis Kang. Yoon Dong-Sik was booked to fight Shungo Oyama. [5]

Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba faced Andrews Nakahara. [6]

The last fight announced was Kiyoshi Tamura against Masakatsu Funaki. [7]

Results

Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Ronaldo Souza KO (upkick)12:15
Main Card
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem vs. Mirko Cro Cop No Contest (knee to the groin)16:09
Lightweight Shinya Aoki def. Todd Moore Submission (neck crank)11:10
Middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama def.Masanori TonookaSubmission (armbar)16:26
Welterweight Hayato Sakurai def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka Decision (unanimous)25:00
Middleweight Masakatsu Funaki def. Ikuhisa Minowa Submission (heel hook)10:52
FeatherweightAtsushi Yamamotodef. Hideo Tokoro Decision (unanimous)25:00
Heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov def. Jimmy Ambriz Submission (punches)12:15
Lightweight Keita Nakamura def. Adriano Martins Decision (split)25:00
Middleweight Grand Prix Semi final
Middleweight Ronaldo Souza def. Zelg Galesic Submission (armbar)11:27
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Melvin Manhoef Submission (triangle choke)11:28
Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout
Middleweight Andrews Nakahara def. Dong Sik Yoon TKO (punches)20:30

    2008 Middleweight Grand Prix bracket

    First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                
    Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo Souza W Sub
    Flag of the United States.svg Ian Murphy
    Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo Souza W Dec
    Flag of the United States.svg Jason Miller
    Flag of the United States.svg Jason Miller W TKO
    Flag of Japan.svg Katsuyori Shibata
    Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo Souza W Sub
    Flag of Croatia.svg Zelg Galesic
    Flag of Croatia.svg Zelg Galesic W Sub
    Flag of Russia.svg Magomed Sultanakhmedov
    Flag of Croatia.svg Zelg Galesic W TKO
    Flag of Japan.svg Taiei Kin
    Flag of Japan.svg Taiei Kin W Dec
    Flag of Japan.svg Ikuhisa Minowa
    Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo Souza
    Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard Mousasi W KO
    Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard Mousasi W Sub
    Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Kang
    Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard Mousasi W Dec
    Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Dong-Sik
    Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Dong-Sik W Dec
    Flag of Japan.svg Shungo Oyama
    Flag of Armenia.svg Gegard Mousasi W SUB
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melvin Manhoef
    Flag of Japan.svg Kazushi Sakuraba W Sub
    Flag of Brazil.svg Andrews Nakahara
    Flag of Japan.svg Kazushi Sakuraba
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melvin Manhoef**Win KO
    Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Tamura W TKO
    Flag of Japan.svg Masakatsu Funaki

    ** = Replacement

    Dream Middleweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

    Flag of the Netherlands.svg Melvin Manhoef def. Flag of South Korea.svg Dae Won Kim at Dream 3
    Flag of Brazil.svg Andrews Nakahara def. Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Dong-sik at Dream 6

    Notes

    Tournament Bonuses

    See also

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