Dream 3
Dream mixed martial arts event in 2008
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round |
| image | Dream3 light weight martial arts 2008 poster.jpg |
| promotion | DREAM |
| date | May 11, 2008 |
| venue | Saitama Super Arena |
| city | JPN Saitama, Japan |
| attendance | 21,789 |
| previousevent | Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round |
| followingevent | Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round |
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|name=Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round |image=Dream3 light weight martial arts 2008 poster.jpg |promotion=DREAM |date=May 11, 2008 |venue=Saitama Super Arena |city=JPN Saitama, Japan |attendance= 21,789 |previousevent=Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round |followingevent=Dream 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round
Dream 3: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion DREAM. The event took place on Tuesday May 11, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and hosted the second round of the promotion's 70 kg Lightweight tournament.
The evening's main event featured 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 HDNet Fights.
The Lightweight Champion was crowned at DREAM.5.
Results
| Lightweight | Caol Uno | def. | Mitsuhiro Ishida | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:39 | | Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez | def. | Joachim Hansen | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | | Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Luiz Firmino | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | | Welterweight | Nick Diaz | def. | Katsuya Inoue | TKO (corner stoppage) | 1 | 6:45 | | Middleweight | Melvin Manhoef | def. | Dae Won Kim | TKO (knees and punches) | 1 | 4:08 | | Middleweight | Jason Miller | def. | Katsuyori Shibata | TKO (punches) | 1 | 6:57 | | Lightweight | Daisuke Nakamura | def. | Jung Bu-kyung | KO (punch) | 2 | 1:05 | | Featherweight | Takeshi Yamazaki | def. | Shoji Maruyama | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 |
Notes
- The 8th matchup 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.
- The LW Grandprix match between Shinya Aoki and Katsuhiko Nagata took place at DREAM.4 due to the injuries Shinya Aoki incurred in his 1st round match with Gesias Calvancanti.
References
References
- DiPietro, Monty. ""Alvarez, Uno and Kawajiri Win at Dream 3"". K-1 Grand Prix Website.
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