Dream 7

{{short description|Mixed martial arts event in 2009}} {{distinguish|Dream No. 7}} {{Infobox MMA event |name=Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round |image=DREAM.7.jpg |promotion=Dream |date=March 8, 2009 |venue=Saitama Super Arena |city=Saitama, Japan |attendance=19,528<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8342&zoneid=13 |title=HELLO JAPAN! SHINYA AOKI WINS AT DREAM 7 |last=DiPietro |first=Monty |date=2009-03-08 |publisher=MMAWeekly.com |accessdate=2009-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311005941/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8342&zoneid=13 |archivedate=2009-03-11 }}</ref> |previousevent=Dream.6: Middle Weight Grandprix Final Round |followingevent=Dream.8: Welter Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round }}

'''''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 {{convert|63|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} weight limit.

==Event== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japan-mma.com/2009/02/38-dream-7-featherweight-gp-match-ups.html |title=Dream 7 – Featherweight Grand Prix Match-Ups |publisher=Japan-MMA.com |date=February 19, 2009 |accessdate=March 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222163025/http://www.japan-mma.com/2009/02/38-dream-7-featherweight-gp-match-ups.html |archivedate=February 22, 2009 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmamania.com/2009/01/25/dream-7-to-feature-featherweight-grand-prix-yamamoto-offered-first-round-bye/#more-10689 |title=Dream 7 to feature Featherweight Grand Prix; Yamamoto offered first-round bye |publisher=Mmamania.com |date= |accessdate=March 8, 2009}}</ref>

== Results == {{MMAevent}} {{MMAevent card|Main Card}} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Ross Ebanez | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:03 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Welterweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | David Gardner | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 5:58 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Lightweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def. | Daisuke Nakamura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent card|Featherweight Grandprix 1st round|header=no}} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Masakazu Imanari | def. | Atsushi Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Jong Won Kim | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 0:40 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Yoshiro Maeda | def. | Micah Miller | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Abel Cullum | def. | Akiyo Nishiura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Joe Warren | def. | Chase Beebe | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 10:00 | }} {{MMAevent bout | Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Takafumi Otsuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | }} {{MMAevent end|notes = yes}}

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==External links== *[http://dreamofficial.com/free/fightcard/?id=20090308 Official fightcard]

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