Completed MMA Event
Dream 5: Lightweight GP 2008 Final Round
- Monday 07.21.2008
- U.S. Broadcast: HDNet
- Promotion: DREAM
- Ownership: Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG)
- Venue: Osaka-Jo Hall
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Enclosure: Ring
- TV Announcers: Kenny Rice, Bas Rutten
- Ring Announcer: Lenne Hardt, Kei Grant
- MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card
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Grand Prix Championship
KO/TKO, Punches
4:19 Round 1 of 310
Main Event
154
10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds | Pro
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Referees
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Yuji Shimada
Hansen vs. Aoki II (10), Overeem vs. Hunt (9), Alvarez vs. Kawajiri (3) -
Daisuke Noguchi
Akiyama vs. Shibata (8), Aoki vs. Uno (2), Nakamura vs. Ologun (1) -
Kenichi Serizawa
Tokoro vs. Yamazaki (7), Hansen vs. Gill (4) -
Moritaka Oshiro
Hironaka vs. Miyazawa (6) -
Samio Kimura
Kodo vs. Benavidez (5)
Wiki
Dream 5 Wiki
In the Final Round of the 2008 Lightweight Grand Prix, injuries suffered by other competitors allowed Joachim Hansen, a fighter who had been eliminated by Eddie Alvarez earlier in the tournament, to come out with the championship belt after knocking out a fatigued Shinya Aoki in the Finals. Although Alvarez had fought his way to the Finals with a Fight of the Year performance over Tatsuya Kawajiri, he was deemed in no condition to fight by event doctors, allowing Hansen to take his place.
