Featuring Many Legends like Ninja Rua, Sakurai, Jeff Monson, Shinya Aoki & more
Dream.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on April 5, 2009. Unlike Dream's past tournaments, the Welter Weight Grand Prix is only scheduled to have eight participants. DREAM's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit. Results: Welterweight Grand Prix 1st Round Weight class Method Round Time Notes Welterweight Hayato Sakurai def. Shinya Aoki TKO (Knees and Punches) 1 0:27 [a] Welterweight Jason High def. Yuya Shirai Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 0:59 Welterweight Marius Zaromskis def. Seichi Ikemoto Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00 Welterweight Andre Galvao def. John Alessio Submission (Armbar) 1 7:34 Featherweight Grandprix 1st round Featherweight Daiki Hata def. Hideo Tokoro Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00 Preliminary card Heavyweight Jeff Monson def. Sergei Kharitonov Submission (North-South Choke) 1 1:42 Catchweight (89kg) Riki Fukuda def. Murilo Rua Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00 [b] Lightweight Vítor Ribeiro def. Katsuhiko Nagata TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 1 7:58 Middleweight Andrews Nakahara def. Shungo Oyama TKO (Punches) 1 2:00 [c] Catchweight (88 kg) Katsuyori Shibata def. Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
