DREAM 7 - Featherweight GP 1st Round (2009) - Official Event Program

DREAM Official Event Program

DREAM 7

Featherweight Grand Prix 2009 Opening Round

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Featuring MMA Legends such as Tatsuya Kawajiri, Shinya Aoki, Bibiano Fernandes & more

Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's (FEG) mixed martial arts promotion Dream on March 8, 2009. This event featured six of the opening round fights of the tournament which is contested at a 63 kg (139 lb) weight limit.

The event consisted of nine mixed martial arts bout, all contested under Dream's MMA rules. Six of the bouts were part of Dream's 2009 Featherweight Grand Prix, with the remaining bout of the tournament's opening round (DJ Taiki's fight with Hideo Tokoro) taking place at Dream.8 due to DJ Taiki being injured. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto who is also participating in the tournament was given a first-round bye by FEG so he could recover from an ankle injury he received in 2008.

Results:
Lightweight     Tatsuya Kawajiri     def.     Ross Ebanez     Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 
Welterweight     Shinya Aoki     def.     David Gardner     Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)  
Lightweight     Mitsuhiro Ishida     def.     Daisuke Nakamura     Decision (Unanimous)
Featherweight Grandprix 1st round
Featherweight     Masakazu Imanari     def.     Atsushi Yamamoto     Decision (Split)
Featherweight     Hiroyuki Takaya     def.     Jong Won Kim     TKO (Punches)   
Featherweight     Yoshiro Maeda     def.     Micah Miller     Decision (Unanimous) 
Featherweight     Abel Cullum     def.     Akiyo Nishiura     Decision (Unanimous)  
Featherweight     Joe Warren     def.     Chase Beebe     TKO (Doctor Stoppage)  
Featherweight     Bibiano Fernandes     def.     Takafumi Otsuka     Decision (Unanimous)