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.
Nick Diaz was among the early rumored participants in Dream's Welterweight Grand Prix. However, his participation in April's
Strikeforce event seems to have excluded him from Dream.8.
One of the first announced bouts was a Middleweight fight between
Andrews Nakahara and
Zelg Galešić. However, after being admitted to a hospital in Croatia two weeks before DREAM.8, Zelg Galesic was not cleared to fight, and was replaced with
Shungo Oyama.[3]
Another scrapped match was a Middleweight bout between debuting
Murilo Rua and
Dong Sik Yoon. Two days before DREAM.8 Dong Sik Yoon was pulled from the card due to an unknown injury.[6] He was replaced a day before the event by
Riki Fukuda.[2] Fukuda couldn't make the Middleweight limit on such a short notice so the match was held at catchweight of 89kg.[2]
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.
Nick Diaz was among the early rumored participants in Dream's Welterweight Grand Prix. However, his participation in April's
Strikeforce event seems to have excluded him from Dream.8.
One of the first announced bouts was a Middleweight fight between
Andrews Nakahara and
Zelg Galešić. However, after being admitted to a hospital in Croatia two weeks before DREAM.8, Zelg Galesic was not cleared to fight, and was replaced with
Shungo Oyama.[3]
Another scrapped match was a Middleweight bout between debuting
Murilo Rua and
Dong Sik Yoon. Two days before DREAM.8 Dong Sik Yoon was pulled from the card due to an unknown injury.[6] He was replaced a day before the event by
Riki Fukuda.[2] Fukuda couldn't make the Middleweight limit on such a short notice so the match was held at catchweight of 89kg.[2]