DREAM 1 - Heiwa

Dream.1 Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round was the inaugural event of the mixed martial arts promotion, DREAM. It took place on Saturday, on March 15, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan.

The event featured the first seven tournament bouts of the 2008 DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix (70 kg/154 lbs), along with a trio of open-weight fights. The evening's main event was a match featuring last year's HERO'S Middleweight Champion, J.Z. Calvan of Brazil and Japanese judoka Shinya Aoki. All bouts were fought under DREAM mixed martial arts rules, with a 10 min first and 5 min second round. It attracted a sellout crowd of 19,120 and was broadcast live across Japan on the TBS television network.

Announced attendance was 19,120 and its reported TV ratings on TBS were 8.9%.

The winner of the Lightweight tournament will be declared at DREAM.5, on July 21, 2008 in Osaka, Japan.

Commentary

Match

Winner

Loser

Method

Round

Time

1	Ikuhisa Minowa	Bum Chan Kang	Submission (Kneebar)	1	1:25
2	Hayato Sakurai	Hidetaka Monma	TKO (Punches)	1	4:12
3	Joachim Hansen	Kotetsu Boku	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
4	Luiz Firmino	Kazuyuki Miyata	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	7:37
5	Katsuhiko Nagata	Artur Oumakhanov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
6	Mitsuhiro Ishida	Bu Kyung Jung	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
7	Mirko Filipovic	Tatsuya Mizuno	TKO (Punches)	1	0:56
8	Eddie Alvarez	Andre Amade	TKO (Punches)	1	6:47
9	Tatsuya Kawajiri	Kultar Gill	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
10	Gesias Calvancante	Shinya Aoki	No Contest	1	3:46