Dream 5 - Heiwa

Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Daisuke Nakamura	Andy Ologun	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:41
2	Shinya Aoki	Caol Uno	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
3	Eddie Alvarez	Tatsuya Kawajiri	TKO (Punches)	1	7:35
4	Joachim Hansen	Kultar Gill	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:33
5	Joseph Benavidez	Junya Kudo	Submission (Guillotine choke)	1	2:42
6	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	Motoki Miyazawa	TKO (Cut)	1	8:57
7	Hideo Tokoro	Takeshi Yamazaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
8	Yoshihiro Akiyama	Katsuyori Shibata	Submission (Gi choke)	1	6:34
9	Alistair Overeem	Mark Hunt	Submission (Keylock)	1	1:11
10	Joachim Hansen	Shinya Aoki	TKO (Punches)	1	4:19

Organization	Dream
Date	July 21, 2008
Location	Osaka Castle Hall, Osaka, Japan
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Affliction - Banned

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Paul Buentello	Gary Goodridge	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
2	Vitor Belfort	Terry Martin	KO (Punches)	2	3:12
3	Mike Pyle	JJ Ambrose	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	1	2:51
4	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	Edwin Dewees	TKO (Punches)	1	4:06
5	Matt Lindland	Fabio Negao	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
6	Renato Sobral	Mike Whitehead	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
7	Mark Hominick	Trenell Young	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:25
8	Josh Barnett	Pedro Rizzo	KO (Punch)	2	1:44
9	Andrei Arlovski	Ben Rothwell	KO (Punches)	3	1:13
10	Fedor Emelianenko	Tim Sylvia	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	1	0:36

* Justin Levens vs. Ray Lazama was cancelled due to time constraints.

Organization	Affliction
Date	July 19, 2008
Location	Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
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UFC - Fight Night - Silva vs. Irvin

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Shannon Gugerty	Dale Hartt	Submission (Rear-naked choke)	1	3:33
2	Brad Blackburn	James Giboo	TKO (Strikes)	2	2:29
3	Nate Loughran	Johnny Rees	Submission (Triangle choke)	1	4:21
4	Rory Markham	Brodie Farber	KO (Head kick)	1	1:37
5	Timothy Credeur	Cale Yarbrough	TKO (Punches)	1	1:54
6	CB Dollaway	Jesse Taylor	Submission (Peruvian neck tie)	1	3:58
7	Kevin Burns	Anthony Johnson	TKO	3	3:35
8	Cain Velasquez	Jake O'Brien	TKO (Strikes)	1	2:02
9	Frank Edgar	Hermes Franca	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
10	Brandon Vera	Reese Andy	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
11	Anderson Silva	James Irvin	KO (Punches)	1	1:01

Organization	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	July 19, 2008
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada

UFC 86 - Jackson vs. Griffin

The title bout between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin was for Jackson's UFC light heavyweight championship.

A heavyweight bout between Frank Mir and Justin McCully was cancelled due to Mir's signing on as a coach for the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, which will set up a match between Mir and UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Both the Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno and Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins bout were rescheduled for UFC 87.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Justin Buchholz	Corey Hill	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:57
2	Melvin Guillard	Dennis Siver	TKO (Punches)	1	0:36
3	Cole Miller	Jorge Gurgel	Submission (Triangle Choke)	3	4:48
4	Gabriel Gonzaga	Justin McCully	Submission (Kimura)	1	1:57
5	Tyson Griffin	Marcus Aurelio	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
6	Josh Koscheck	Chris Lytle	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
7	Joe Stevenson	Gleison Tibau	Submission (Guillotine choke)	2	2:57
8	Patrick Cote	Ricardo Almeida	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
9	Forrest Griffin	Quinton Jackson	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00

Organization	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	July 5, 2008
Location	Las Vegas
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Strikeforce - Melendez vs. Thomson

The main event was the long awaited match between lightweights Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson for the Strikeforce Lightweight title.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Alexandre Trivino	Eric Jacob	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:37
2	Jorge Interiano	Travis Johnson	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	3:00
3	Cyrillo Padhillo	Jesse Jones	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
4	Brian Caraway	Alvin Cacdac	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:39
5	Bobby Stack	Jose Palacios	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
6	Chris Cariaso	Anthony Figueroa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	4:34
7	Jeremiah Metcalf	Raymond Daniels	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	0:59
8	Miesha Tate	Elaina Maxwell	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
9	Bobby Southworth	Anthony Ruiz	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00
10	Billy Evangelista	Nam Phan	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
11	Josh Thomson	Gilbert Melendez	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00
12	Eric Lawson	Jesse Gillespie	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:03

Organization	Strike Force
Date	June 27, 2008
Location	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
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UFC - Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale

The preliminary middleweight bout between Tim Credeur vs. Cale Yarbrough was cancelled due to Credeur testing positive for Adderall which is a banned substance under the Nevada State Athletic Commission

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Rob Kimmons	Rob Yundt	Submission (Guillotine choke)	1	3:58
2	Dean Lister	Jeremy Horn	Submission (Guillotine choke)	1	3:52
3	Matt Brown	Matt Arroyo	TKO (strikes)	2	3:40
4	Andrew McFedries	Marvin Eastman	TKO (Punches)	1	1:08
5	Dustin Hazelett	Josh Burkman	Submission (Armbar)	2	4:46
6	Matt Riddle	Dante Rivera	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
7	Spencer Fisher	Jeremy Stephens	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
8	Diego Sanchez	Luigi Fioravanti	TKO (Strikes)	3	4:07
9	Amir Sadollah	CB Dollaway	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:02
10	Kendall Grove	Evan Tanner	Decision (split)	3	5:00

Organization	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 21, 2008
Location	The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada

Dream 4 - Olympia

Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 with winners advancing to the DREAM Middleweight GP Final at the Saitama Super Arena on September 23, 2008.

During the evening's intermission, a draw was held in the ring to determine the matchups for the July 21, 2008 DREAM Lightweight GP Final in Osaka. The random selection set Eddie Alvarez against Tatsuya Kawajiri in the first semifinal; and Shinya Aoki against Caol Uno in the second.

The DREAM.4 attracted a crowd of 14,037 to the Yokohama Arena and was broadcast live in Japan on SkyPerfect TV Pay-Per-View, and in the United States on HDNet Fights.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Shinya Aoki	Katsuhiko Nagata	Submission (Gogoplata)	1	5:12
2	Alistair Overeem	Tae Hyun Lee	KO (Punches)	1	0:36
3	Ralek Gracie	Alavutdin Gadzhiyev	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:02
4	Hideo Tokoro	Darren Uyenoyama	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
5	Gegard Mousasi	Dong Sik Yoon	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
6	Zelg Galesic	Taiei Kin	TKO (Elbow Injury)	1	1:05
7	Ronaldo Souza	Jason Miller	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
8	Melvin Manhoef	Kazushi Sakuraba	TKO (Punches)	1	1:30

Organization	DREAM
Date	June 15, 2008
Location	Yokohama Arena, Japan
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EliteXC - Return of the King

The main card aired live on Showtime. Undercard bouts aired live on the promoter's Web site following the main card.

The Welterweight title bout of Jake Shields vs. Drew Fickett was removed from the original card when Fickett sustained an injury.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Carl Barton	Kepa Madeiros	TKO (Punches)	1	0:55
2	Russell Doane	Dwayne Haney	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	1	2:54
3	PJ Dean	Dean Lista	Draw	3	5:00
4	Mike Aina	Kaleo Kwan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
5	Mark Oshiro	Chris Willems	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:12
6	Robert McDaniel	Kala Hose	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	0:41
7	Rafael Cavalcante	Wayne Cole	TKO (Knee and Punches)	1	1:47
8	Dave Herman	Ron Waterman	TKO (Punches)	1	2:19
9	Murilo Rua	Tony Bonello	TKO (Punches)	1	3:15
10	Nick Diaz	Muhsin Corbbrey	TKO (Punches)	3	3:59
11	Karl James Noons	Yves Edwards	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	1	0:48

Organization	EliteXC
Date	June 14, 2008
Location	Neil S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Sengoku - Third Battle

Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Fabio Silva	Yoshiki Takahashi	KO (Knee)	2	0:24
2	Rodrigo Damm	Jorge Masvidal	TKO (Punch)	2	4:38
3	Marcio Cruz	Mu Bae Choi	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	4:37
4	Sanae Kikuta	Chris Rice	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:54
5	Nick Thompson	Michael Costa	Submission (Kimura)	2	4:13
6	Kazuo Misaki	Logan Clark	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
7	Travis Wiuff	Kazuyuki Fujita	KO (Punches)	1	1:24
8	Hidehiko Yoshida	Maurice Smith	Submission (Neck Crank)	1	2:23

Organization	Sengoku
Date	June 8, 2008
Location	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
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UFC 85 - Bedlam

The card was plagued by a number of injuries sustained by scheduled fighters, forcing the UFC to rework the card several times. Originally, the main event was to be between light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua; however, Rua required surgery on an injured knee and could not compete. Rashad Evans then replaced Rua in the main event with Liddell, but Liddell was forced to withdraw from the card due to a hamstring injury. The UFC then named James Irvin as Liddell's replacement to fight Evans, but Irvin sustained a foot injury that forced him to pull out. Evans was then removed from the card as well. The main event was then changed to Matt Hughes against Thiago Alves.
In other changes, a Jonathan Goulet and Paul Kelly match was abandoned when Goulet dropped out citing a lack of training time, followed by Kelly withdrawing before his opponent could be named because of an injury sustained in practice. Due to legal problems which resulted in a lack of time to prepare for his fight with Michael Bisping, Chris Leben was forced to withdraw from the card and the UFC announced Jason Day would face Bisping. Ryo Chonan was replaced by Kevin Burns, and Neil Wain was replaced by Eddie Sanchez.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Antoni Hardonk	Eddie Sanchez	TKO (Punch)	2	4:15
2	Paul Taylor	Jess Liaudin	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
3	Luis Arthur Cane	Jason Lambert	TKO (strikes)	1	2:07
4	Kevin Burns	Roan Carneiro	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:53
5	Matt Wiman	Thiago Tavares	KO (Punches)	2	1:57
6	Martin Kampmann	Jorge Rivera	Submission (Guillotine choke)	1	2:44
7	Fabricio Werdum	Brandon Vera	TKO (Punches)	1	4:40
8	Thales Leites	Nathan Marquardt	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
9	Mike Swick	Marcus Davis	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
10	Michael Bisping	Jason Day	TKO (Punches)	1	3:42
11	Thiago Alves	Matt Hughes	TKO (Knee and punches)	2	1:02

Organization	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 7, 2008
Location	O2 Arena, London, UK
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WEC 34 - Sacramento

The main event was a bout between Jens Pulver and Urijah Faber for WEC Featherweight Championship. WEC 34 was aired live on Versus.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Dominic Cruz	Charlie Valencia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
2	Jose Aldo	Alexandre Franca Nogueira	TKO (Punches)	2	3:22
3	Alex Serdyukov	Luis Sapo	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	5:00
4	Tim McKenzie	Jeremy Lang	Submission (Guillotine choke)	3	0:40
5	Will Ribeiro	Chase Beebe	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
6	Mike Thomas Brown	Jeff Curran	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
7	Donald Cerrone	Danny Castillo	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:30
8	Rob McCullough	Kenneth Alexander	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
9	Mark Munoz	Chuck Grigsby	TKO (Punches)	1	4:15
10	Miguel Torres	Yoshiro Maeda	TKO (Doctor Stoppage - Swollen eye)	3	5:00
11	Urijah Faber	Jens Pulver	Decision (Unanimous)	5	5:00

Organization	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	June 1, 2008
Location	Sacramento, California

EliteXC - Primetime

The main card aired live on CBS, marking the first time a MMA event aired in primetime on major American network television. The event featured Robbie Lawler defending his EliteXC Middleweight Championship against Scott Smith. In terms of ratings, the show averaged 4.85 million viewers and peaked during the main event at 6.51 million viewers, making it the most watched MMA show in television history.

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Pulling No Punches, Brawler Wins His Prime-Time Debut
Program Averages 4.3 Million Viewers
Elite XC Was Brutal, So Was the Hyperbole

Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Joe Sampieri	Mike Groves	TKO (Strikes)	1	4:58
2	Zach Makovsky	Andres Soares	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
3	James Jones	Calvin Kattar	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	4:49
4	Wilson Reis	Justin Robbins	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	4:06
5	Matt Makowski	Nick Serra	TKO (Would Not Stand Up From Butt Scoot)	2	3:57
6	Carlton Haselrig	Carlos Moreno	TKO (Did Not Answer Bell)	1	5:00
7	Chris Liguori	Jim Bova	TKO (Cut)	1	4:31
8	Brett Rogers	Jon Murphy	TKO (Punch)	1	1:01
9	Joey Villasenor	Phil Baroni	TKO (Punches)	1	1:11
10	Gina Carano	Kaitlin Young	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	3:00
11	Robbie Lawler	Scott Smith	No Contest (Doctor Stoppage)	3	3:26
12	Kevin Ferguson	James Thompson	TKO (punches)	1	0:38

Organization	EliteXC
Date	May 31, 2008
Location	Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
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UFC 84 - Ill Will

The card featured the return of Sean Sherk, who was suspended and stripped of his UFC lightweight title after he tested for steroids at UFC 73. He faced B.J. Penn, who had since won the vacated title. The card also featured what purportedly was Tito Ortiz's last bout in the UFC in the foreseeable future.

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Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Shane Carwin	Christian Wellisch	KO (Punch)	1	0:44
2	Dong Hyun Kim	Jason Tan	KO (Elbows)	3	0:25
3	Yoshiyuki Yoshida	Jon Koppenhaver	Submission (Anaconda choke)	1	0:56
4	Rich Clementi	Terry Etim	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
5	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	Kazuhiro Nakamura	TKO (Kick-Punch Combo)	1	5:00
6	Rousimar Palhares	Ivan Salaverry	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:36
7	Thiago Silva	Antonio Mendes	Submission (Strikes)	1	2:24
8	Lyoto Machida	Tito Ortiz	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
9	Goran Reljic	Wilson Gouveia	TKO (Punches)	2	3:15
10	Wanderlei Silva	Keith Jardine	KO (Punches)	1	0:36
11	B.J. Penn	Sean Sherk	TKO (Knee, Punches)	3	5:00

Organization	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	May 24, 2008
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Sengoku - Second Battle

Match	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
1	Satoru Kitaoka	Ian James Schaffa	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1
2	Mike Pyle	Dan Hornbuckle	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1
3	Eiji Mitsuoka	Kwang Hee Lee	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1
4	Jorge Santiago	Yuki Sasaki	Submission (Armbar)	3
5	Yoshihiro Nakao	Jim York	KO (Punches)	2
6	Kevin Randleman	Ryo Kawamura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
7	Roger Gracie	Yuki Kondo	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1
8	Josh Barnett	Jeff Monson	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Organization	Sengoku
Date	May 18, 2008
Location	Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan
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DREAM 3 - Heiwa

The event hosted the second round of the promotion's (70 kg/154 lbs) Lightweight tournament. The evening's Main Event featered Caol Uno and Mitsuhiro Ishida as well as the last fight of the first round of the DREAM middleweight tournament, Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller. The event was broadcast live in Japan on SkyPerfect Pay-Per-View, and live in the United States on