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Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round was a mixed martial arts
event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group
's mixed martial arts promotion Dream
on July 20, 2009. Dream's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit. The event was broadcast live in North America on HDNet
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Tarec Saffiedine
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Marius Zaromskis
Katsunori Kikuno
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Melvin Manhoef
Shinya Aoki
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Jason High
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group
Fighting and Entertainment Group
Fighting and Entertainment Group is the leading Japanese combat sport promoter. Its current president is Sadaharu Tanikawa and it is the parent company behind the mixed martial arts series Dream and formerly, the largest kickboxing promotion in the world, K-1.On December 31, 2010 after the Dream...
's mixed martial arts promotion Dream
DREAM (mixed martial arts)
Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...
on July 20, 2009. Dream's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit. The event was broadcast live in North America on HDNet
HDNet
HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...
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Welterweight Grand Prix reserve bout
Seichi IkemotoSeichi Ikemoto
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, with a professional MMA record of 20-17-5. He is a veteran of Shooto, PRIDE and DEEP. His speciality is a "double punch", in which he puts his hands together and throws them at his opponent.-Biography and career:...
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Tarec SaffiedineTarec Saffiedine
Tarec Saffiedine is an Belgian mixed martial artist of Lebanese descent, who competes in the welterweight division. He has fought in a number of promotions around the world including DREAM in Japan and Strikeforce in the United States....
- Saffiedine defeated Ikemoto via Decision (unanimous)
Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 semi-final bouts
Hayato SakuraiHayato Sakurai
is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He has a professional MMA record of 35-11-2 as of April 5, 2009. Sakurai has been fighting in mixed martial arts since October 1996 and was at one time considered pound for pound one of the greatest fighters...
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Marius ZaromskisMarius Žaromskis
Marius Žaromskis is a Lithuanian welterweight mixed martial artist. After fighting the majority of his career for British promotion Cage Rage, he signed with DREAM in 2009 and then, later that year, with Strikeforce. With DREAM, Žaromskis won their 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and became their...
- Zaromskis defeated Sakurai via TKO (Head Kick and Punches) in round 1 Jason HighJason HighJason High is an American mixed martial artist. High has competed for organizations such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, Affliction, and DREAM...
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André GalvãoAndré GalvãoAndré Luis Galvão is a Brazilian grappler and professional mixed martial artist. He has won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and IBJJF Pan American Championships multiple times and has also taken third place in the 2007 ADCC World Championship at both -77 kg and openweight... - High defeated Galvão via Decision (Split)
Lightweight bout
Andre Dida vs. Katsunori KikunoKatsunori Kikuno
Katsunori Kikuno is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and currently fighting for Dream. Kikuno is a practitioner of traditional martial arts including Judo and Kyokushin Karate and is known for incorporating these styles effectively in mixed martial arts fights...
- Kikuno defeated Dida via TKO (Punches) in round 1
Middleweight bouts
Paulo FilhoPaulo Filho
Paulo Fernando de Souza Leite Filho, better known as simply Paulo Filho , is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist as well as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo practitioner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
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Melvin ManhoefMelvin Manhoef
Melvin Manhoef is a Dutch-Surinamese Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, trained by Mike Passenier and fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In kickboxing, he is the current It's Showtime 85MAX World Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion...
- Filho defeated Manhoef via Submission (armbar) in round 1 Dong Sik Yoon vs. Jesse TaylorJesse TaylorJesse Marcus Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became the only fighter to ever be removed from finals due to events that occurred...
- Taylor defeated Yoon via TKO (injury) in round 1
Lightweight bout
Vitor Ribeiro vs. Shinya AokiShinya Aoki
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, grappler, and former police trainee who is noted for being the DREAM Lightweight Champion and former Shooto Middleweight Champion. Aoki holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Yuki Nakai, as well as a black belt in judo. He is one of the most prominent...
- Aoki defeated Ribeiro via Decision (unanimous)
Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 final
Marius ZaromskisMarius Žaromskis
Marius Žaromskis is a Lithuanian welterweight mixed martial artist. After fighting the majority of his career for British promotion Cage Rage, he signed with DREAM in 2009 and then, later that year, with Strikeforce. With DREAM, Žaromskis won their 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and became their...
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Jason HighJason High
Jason High is an American mixed martial artist. High has competed for organizations such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce, Affliction, and DREAM...
- Zaromskis defeated High via KO (Head Kick) in round 1
Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Bracket
Dream Welterweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:- Tarec SaffiedineTarec SaffiedineTarec Saffiedine is an Belgian mixed martial artist of Lebanese descent, who competes in the welterweight division. He has fought in a number of promotions around the world including DREAM in Japan and Strikeforce in the United States....
def. Seichi IkemotoSeichi Ikemotois a Japanese mixed martial artist, with a professional MMA record of 20-17-5. He is a veteran of Shooto, PRIDE and DEEP. His speciality is a "double punch", in which he puts his hands together and throws them at his opponent.-Biography and career:...
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