Dream 9
Appearance
Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Dream | |||
Date | May 26, 2009 | |||
Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
City | ![]() | |||
Attendance | 15,009 | |||
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Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Roundwas amixed martial artsevent promoted byFighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotionDreamon May 26, 2009. It featured the second round of the promotion's featherweight (63 kilograms (139 lb)) grand prix and saw the return ofNorifumi Yamamoto,who was given a first round bye, as well as a middleweight title fight betweenRonaldo SouzaandJason Miller.
Results[edit]
Dream Middleweight title fight | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Ronaldo Souza | vs. | Jason Miller | NC (Cut from an Illegal Kick) | 1 | 2:33 | |
Second Round Featherweight Grand Prix | |||||||
Featherweight | Hideo Tokoro | def. | Abel Cullum | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 1:38 | |
Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 9:40 | |
Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Masakazu Imanari | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Joe Warren | def. | Norifumi Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight bout | |||||||
Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Gesias Cavalcante | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
First Round Super Hulk Grand Prix | |||||||
Super Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Mark Hunt | Submission (Straight Armbar) | 1 | 1:19 | |
Super Heavyweight | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | def. | Jan Nortje | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:29 | |
Super Heavyweight | Hong Man Choi | def. | Jose Canseco | TKO (submission to punches) | 1 | 1:17 | |
Super Heavyweight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def. | Bob Sapp | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 1:15 |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- Norifumi "Kid" Yamamotoentered the second round of the grand prix after receiving a first round bye atDream 7due to recovering from reconstructive knee surgery.[1]
- Hideo TokoroandDaiki Hatafought atDream.8after Hata was unable to fight atDream 7.
- Tokoro replaced the injuredDaiki Hata.
- Dream 9 was the first Dream event to air in prime time onTokyo Broadcasting SystemsinceDream 6in September 2008. During the same time slotWBCFlyweight ChampionDaisuke Naitodefended his title againstXiong Zhao Zhong.[2]
- Dream 9 aired live on North American based cable networkHDNetat 5 am EST and again on tape delay later in the day.
References[edit]
- ^"DREAM 7 to feature Featherweight Grand Prix; Yamamoto offered first-round bye".25 January 2009.
- ^"May 26th! Daisuke Naito X DREAM.9".25 April 2009.