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Dream 8: Olympia (Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round) was promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group and held on April 5, 2009. Unlike DREAM’s past tournaments, the Welter Weight Grand Prix only had eight participants. DREAM’s welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit.
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Dream 8 Breakdown
Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
1 | Katsuyori Shibata | Ikuhisa Minowa | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
2 | Andrews Nakahara | Shungo Oyama | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:00 |
3 | Vitor Ribeiro | Katsuhiko Nagata | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 7:58 |
4 | Riki Fukuda | Murilo Rua | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
5 | Jeff Monson | Sergei Kharitonov | Submission (North-South Choke) | 1 | 1:42 |
6 | Daiki Hata | Hideo Tokoro | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
7 | Andre Galvao | John Alessio | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 7:34 |
8 | Marius Zaromskis | Seichi Ikemoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
9 | Jason High | Yuya Shirai | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 0:59 |
10 | Hayato Sakurai | Shinya Aoki | TKO (Knees and Punches) | 1 | 0:27 |