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At the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, July 20th, 2009. For those that missed it, you can catch the replays on HDNET onFri. 24th @ 10:00 PM EST and on Sat. 25th @ 4:00 PM EST.

Gran Prix Elimination Bouts
Tarec Saffiedine vs. Seichi Ikemoto wins by UD!
Marius Zaromskis vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai wins by TKO in RD1!
Jason High vs. Andre Galvao wins by SD!
Katsunori Kikuno vs. Andre “Dida” Amade wins by TKO in RD1!
Paulo Filho vs. Melvin Manhoef wins by Armbar in RD1!
Jesse Taylor vs. Dong Sik Yoon wins by TKO in RD1!
Shinya Aoki vs. Vitor Ribeiro wins by UD!

Gran Prix Final Bout
Marius Zaromskis vs. Jason High wins by KO in RD1!

Check out MMAJunkie’s article for info on the next DREAM event! DREAM announces “Super Hulk” pairings for tourney semifinals at DREAM.11 on Oct. 6

Dream Middleweight Championship
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (184.1) vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller (184.8) is ruled a no contest. An illegal kick from Mayhem causes a nasty cut on Jacare.

Dream Featherweight Grand Prix
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto (136.8) vs. Joe Warren (137.7) wins by SD!
Masakazu Imanari (138.6) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (138.2) wins by UD!
Yoshiro Maeda (138.2) vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (138.6) wins by TKO in RD1!
Hideo Tokoro (137.9) vs. Abel Cullum (137.9) wins by RNC in RD2!

Dream Super Hulk Tournament
Gegard Mousasi (217.8) vs. Mark Hunt (286) wins by Kimura in RD1!
Jan Nortje (352) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (224.4) wins by TKO in RD1!
Hong Man Choi (330) vs. Jose Canseco (253) wins by TKO in RD1!
Ikuhisa Minowa (195.8) vs. Bob Sapp (319) wins by Achilles in RD1!

Non-Tournament Bout
Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante (154) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (154) wins by UD!

The following bouts are announced for DREAM.10:

Shinya Aoki vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
Melvin Manhoef vs. Paulo Filho
Katsunori Kikuno vs. Andre “Dida” Amade (unconfirmed)

For more details of the bouts:

BloodyElbow

Yoon Dong Sik has been injured and will be replaced by teammate Riki Fukuda.

Though live in Nagoya, Japan at the Nippon Gaishi Hall on April 05 there will be a 5 day delay (April 10th) before it is televised in the states on HDnet. Of course if you know where to go you can find the fights shortly after they happen live. Joining our forum is one way to find out.

The weigh-ins took place Friday at the Oasis “Water Spaceship” in Nagoya, and all the fighters made weight.

Welterweight Gran Prix 1st Round Bouts
170#: Shinya Aoki (20-4) vs. Hayato Sakurai (35-8-2) wins by TKO in RD1!
170#: Yuya Shirai (15-8) vs. Jason High (7-1) wins by RNC in RD1!
170#: Andre Galvao (3-0) vs. John Alessio (24-13) wins by Armbar in RD1!
170#: Marius Zaromskis (9-2) vs. Seichi Ikemoto (18-15-5) wins by UD!

Featherweight Gran Prix Bout
140#: Hideo Tokoro (21-16-1) vs. Daiki “DJ.taiki” Hata (10-5-3) wins by UD!

Other Bouts
HWY: Sergei Kharitonov (16-4) vs. Jeff Monson (29-8) wins by Monson Choke in RD1!
195#: Murilo “Ninja” Rua (16-10-1) vs. Riki Fukuda (14-4) wins by UD!
155#: Katsuhiko Nagata (4-5-1) vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro (20-2) wins by TKO in RD1!
190#: Andrews Nakahara (2-1) vs. Shungo Oyama (7-12) wins by TKO in RD1!
190#: Ikuhisa Minowa (41-30-8) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (3-6-1) wins by UD!

Bout Order
1. Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa vs. Katsuyori Shibata
2. Andrews Nakahara vs. Shungo Oyama
3. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro vs. Katsuhiko Nagata
4. Riki Fukuda vs. Murilo “Ninja” Rua
5. Sergey Kharitonov vs. Jeff Monson
6. Hideo Tokoro vs. Daiki “DJ.Taiki” Hata (Featherweight GP)
7. John Alessio vs. Andre Galvao (Welterweight GP)
8. Marius Zaromskis vs. Seichi Ikemoto (Welterweight GP)
9. Yuya Shirai vs. Jason High (Welterweight GP)
10. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Shinya Aoki (Welterweight GP)

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UPDATES!
Kid Yamamoto, Mirko Cro Cop and Denis Kang are OUT of DREAM.5, for those that weren’t aware.

Kid sustained a knee injury in training and has been pulled. Cro Cop was originally scheduled to fight Jerome LeBanner but has a shoulder injury and pending knee surgery. He has verbally stated that he hopes to b on the DREAM.6 card in September. As for Denis Kang, no reason has been given for his absence and he expressed shock when he found out himself.

Lightweight Grand Prix Reserve Bout
- Joachim Hansen vs. Kultar “Black Mamba” Gill wins by armbar in RD1!

Other Bouts:
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuyori Shibata wins by Gi Choke in RD1!
- Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Motoki Miyazawa wins by TKO in RD1!
- Mark Hunt vs. Alistair Overeem wins by Americana/DWL in RD1!
- Daisuke Nakamura vs. Andy Ologun wins by armbar in RD1!
- Joe Benavidez vs. Junya “Kodo” Kudo wins by Guillotine in RD1!
- Hideo Tokoro vs. Takeshi Yamazaki wins by unanimous decision!

Lightweight Grand Prix Semifinals:
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Eddie Alvarez wins by TKO in RD1! (However is too injured to continue)

- Shinya Aoki vs. Caol Uno wins a Unanimous Decision!

Lightweight Grand Prix Finals:
- Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen wins by TKO in RD1!

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