Dream 9
Dream mixed martial arts event in 2009
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::summary Dream mixed martial arts event in 2009 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round |
| image | Dream9poster.jpg |
| promotion | Dream |
| date | May 26, 2009 |
| venue | Yokohama Arena |
| city | Japan Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| attendance | 15,009 |
| previousevent | Dream.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round |
| followingevent | Dream 10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round |
| :: |
|name=Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round |image= Dream9poster.jpg |promotion=Dream |date=May 26, 2009 |venue=Yokohama Arena |city=Japan Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |attendance=15,009 |previousevent=Dream.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round |followingevent=Dream 10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on May 26, 2009. It featured the second round of the promotion's featherweight (63 kg) grand prix and saw the return of Norifumi Yamamoto, who was given a first round bye, as well as a middleweight title fight between Ronaldo Souza and Jason Miller.
Results
| Middleweight | Ronaldo Souza | vs. | Jason Miller | NC (Cut from an Illegal Kick) | 1 | 2:33 | | Featherweight | Hideo Tokoro | def. | Abel Cullum | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 1:38 | | Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 9:40 | | Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Masakazu Imanari | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | | Featherweight | Joe Warren | def. | Norifumi Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | | Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Gesias Cavalcante | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | | Super Heavyweight | Gegard Mousasi | def. | Mark Hunt | Submission (Straight Armbar) | 1 | 1:19 | | Super Heavyweight | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | def. | Jan Nortje | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:29 | | Super Heavyweight | Hong Man Choi | def. | Jose Canseco | TKO (submission to punches) | 1 | 1:17 | | Super Heavyweight | Ikuhisa Minowa | def. | Bob Sapp | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 1:15 |
Notes
- Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto entered the second round of the grand prix after receiving a first round bye at Dream 7 due to recovering from reconstructive knee surgery.
- Hideo Tokoro and Daiki Hata fought at Dream.8 after Hata was unable to fight at Dream 7.
- Tokoro replaced the injured Daiki Hata.
- Dream 9 was the first Dream event to air in prime time on Tokyo Broadcasting System since Dream 6 in September 2008. During the same time slot WBC Flyweight Champion Daisuke Naito defended his title against Xiong Zhao Zhong.
- Dream 9 aired live on North American based cable network HDNet at 5 am EST and again on tape delay later in the day.
References
References
- (25 January 2009). "DREAM 7 to feature Featherweight Grand Prix; Yamamoto offered first-round bye".
- (25 April 2009). "May 26th! Daisuke Naito X DREAM.9".
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