Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Dream | |||
Date | September 23, 2008 | |||
Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
City | Saitama, Japan | |||
Attendance | 25,000 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Ronaldo Souza | KO (upkick) | 1 | 2:15 | |
Main Card | |||||||
Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | vs. | Mirko Cro Cop | No Contest (knee to the groin) | 1 | 6:09 | |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Todd Moore | Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 1:10 | |
Middleweight | Yoshihiro Akiyama | def. | Masanori Tonooka | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 6:26 | |
Welterweight | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Masakatsu Funaki | def. | Ikuhisa Minowa | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 0:52 | |
Featherweight | Atsushi Yamamoto | def. | Hideo Tokoro | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Sergei Kharitonov | def. | Jimmy Ambriz | Submission (punches) | 1 | 2:15 | |
Lightweight | Keita Nakamura | def. | Adriano Martins | Decision (split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight Grand Prix Semi final | |||||||
Middleweight | Ronaldo Souza | def. | Zelg Galesic | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:27 | |
Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Melvin Manhoef | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:28 | |
Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout | |||||||
Middleweight | Andrews Nakahara | def. | Dong Sik Yoon | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:30 |
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Ian Murphy | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Jason Miller | |||||||||||||||||||
Jason Miller | W TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Katsuyori Shibata | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Zelg Galesic | |||||||||||||||||||
Zelg Galesic | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Magomed Sultanakhmedov | |||||||||||||||||||
Zelg Galesic | W TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Taiei Kin | |||||||||||||||||||
Taiei Kin | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Ikuhisa Minowa | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | |||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W KO | ||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Denis Kang | |||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Yoon Dong-Sik | |||||||||||||||||||
Yoon Dong-Sik | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Shungo Oyama | |||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
Melvin Manhoef | |||||||||||||||||||
Kazushi Sakuraba | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Andrews Nakahara | |||||||||||||||||||
Kazushi Sakuraba | |||||||||||||||||||
Melvin Manhoef** | Win KO | ||||||||||||||||||
Kiyoshi Tamura | W TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Masakatsu Funaki |
** = Replacement
Dream Middleweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:
Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Dream | |||
Date | September 23, 2008 | |||
Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
City | Saitama, Japan | |||
Attendance | 25,000 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 Final | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Ronaldo Souza | KO (upkick) | 1 | 2:15 | |
Main Card | |||||||
Heavyweight | Alistair Overeem | vs. | Mirko Cro Cop | No Contest (knee to the groin) | 1 | 6:09 | |
Lightweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | Todd Moore | Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 1:10 | |
Middleweight | Yoshihiro Akiyama | def. | Masanori Tonooka | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 6:26 | |
Welterweight | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Masakatsu Funaki | def. | Ikuhisa Minowa | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 0:52 | |
Featherweight | Atsushi Yamamoto | def. | Hideo Tokoro | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Sergei Kharitonov | def. | Jimmy Ambriz | Submission (punches) | 1 | 2:15 | |
Lightweight | Keita Nakamura | def. | Adriano Martins | Decision (split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight Grand Prix Semi final | |||||||
Middleweight | Ronaldo Souza | def. | Zelg Galesic | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:27 | |
Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Melvin Manhoef | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:28 | |
Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout | |||||||
Middleweight | Andrews Nakahara | def. | Dong Sik Yoon | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:30 |
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Ian Murphy | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Jason Miller | |||||||||||||||||||
Jason Miller | W TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Katsuyori Shibata | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Zelg Galesic | |||||||||||||||||||
Zelg Galesic | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Magomed Sultanakhmedov | |||||||||||||||||||
Zelg Galesic | W TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Taiei Kin | |||||||||||||||||||
Taiei Kin | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Ikuhisa Minowa | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronaldo Souza | |||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W KO | ||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Denis Kang | |||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Yoon Dong-Sik | |||||||||||||||||||
Yoon Dong-Sik | W Dec | ||||||||||||||||||
Shungo Oyama | |||||||||||||||||||
Gegard Mousasi | W SUB | ||||||||||||||||||
Melvin Manhoef | |||||||||||||||||||
Kazushi Sakuraba | W Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
Andrews Nakahara | |||||||||||||||||||
Kazushi Sakuraba | |||||||||||||||||||
Melvin Manhoef** | Win KO | ||||||||||||||||||
Kiyoshi Tamura | W TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
Masakatsu Funaki |
** = Replacement
Dream Middleweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts: