| Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round | ||||
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 The poster for Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round | ||||
| Promotion | Dream | |||
| Date | March 8, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama,Japan | |||
| Attendance | 19,528[1] | |||
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Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round was amixed martial arts event promoted byFighting and Entertainment Group's (FEG) mixed martial arts promotionDream on March 8, 2009. This event featured six of the opening round fights of the tournament which is contested at a 63 kg (139 lb) weight limit.
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 withHideo Tokoro) taking place atDream.8 due to DJ Taiki being injured.[2]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.[3]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Tatsuya Kawajiri | def. | Ross Ebanez | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:03 | |
| Welterweight | Shinya Aoki | def. | David Gardner | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 5:58 | |
| Lightweight | Mitsuhiro Ishida | def. | Daisuke Nakamura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight Grandprix 1st round | |||||||
| Featherweight | Masakazu Imanari | def. | Atsushi Yamamoto | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Jong Won Kim | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 0:40 | |
| Featherweight | Yoshiro Maeda | def. | Micah Miller | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Abel Cullum | def. | Akiyo Nishiura | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Joe Warren | def. | Chase Beebe | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 10:00 | |
| Featherweight | Bibiano Fernandes | def. | Takafumi Otsuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | |