Dream 1

{{short description|Mixed martial arts event in 2008}} {{For|the television channel formerly known as Dream 1 in Canada|OSN Yahala}}

{{Infobox MMA event |name=Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round |image=Dream.1.jpg |promotion=Dream |date=March 15, 2008 |venue=Saitama Super Arena |city={{flagicon|JPN}} Saitama, Japan |attendance=19,120 |previousevent= |followingevent=Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round }}

'''''Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 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, fought at {{convert|70|kg|lb|0}}, 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. Calvancanti 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.<ref name="CroCop's Saitama Dream Comes True">{{cite web|url=http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm|title="CroCop's Saitama Dream Comes True" |last=DiPietro |first=Monty |accessdate=May 23, 2008 |publisher=K-1 Grand Prix Website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815220159/http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm |archivedate=August 15, 2007 }}</ref>

==Results==

{{MMAevent}} {{MMAevent card|Main Card}} {{MMAevent bout | Heavyweight | Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Tatsuya Mizuno | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:56 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Welterweight | Hayato Sakurai | def. | Hidetaka Monma | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:12 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Heavyweight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def. | Kwan Bum Lee | Submission (kneebar) | 1 | 1:25 | }} {{MMAevent card|Lightweight Grandprix 1st Round|header=no}} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Gesias Cavalcante | vs. | Shinya Aoki | NC (Aoki injured by illegal elbows) | 1 | 3:46 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Kultar Gill | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez | def. | André Amado | TKO (punches) | 1 | 6:47 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def. | Jung Bu-kyung | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Katsuhiko Nagata | def. | Artur Oumakhanov | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Luiz Firmino | def. | Kazuyuki Miyata | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 7:37 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Joachim Hansen | def. | Kotetsu Boku | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent end|notes = yes}}

==Notes== * The 8th matchup of the tournament was initially to be postponed until Dream 2 due to the injuries of Vítor Ribeiro and Caol Uno along with Gilbert Melendez's prior commitment to Strikeforce. Dream officials have decided to directly seed Caol Uno into the 2nd round against Mitsuhiro Ishida as the 8th fighter. * André Amado was hospitalized after losing to Eddie Alvarez and was unavailable for the Post-fight interviews * Dream 1 announced attendance was 19,120 and its reported TV ratings on TBS were 8.9% <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dreamofficial.com/news/detail.php?id=1205587554 |title=『Dream 1』さいたまSA大会出場ファイターの試合後のコメントPART.7 |publisher=Dreamofficial.com |date=2008-03-15 |accessdate=February 25, 2009}}</ref> * 7 of the Fighters for Dream 2's 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix were announced: **{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazushi Sakuraba **{{flagicon|KOR}} Yoon Dong-Sik **{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihiro Akiyama **{{flagicon|JPN}} Shungo Oyama **{{flagicon|JPN}} Taiei Kin **{{flagicon|JPN}} Masakatsu Funaki **{{flagicon|JPN}} Ikuhisa Minowa

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