DREAM 7

Date
Sun 8th March 2009 (UTC)
Sun 8th March 2009 (Local)

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League
DREAM

Season
2009

Round
1

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Location
Saitama Super Arena
(19,528 Attendance)

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Description

DREAM 7: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 1st Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on March 8, 2009. This event featured six of the opening round fights of the tournament which is contested at a 63 kg weight limit.

Background:
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 with Hideo Tokoro) taking place at Dream.8 due to DJ Taiki being injured. 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.

Main Card:
Featherweight / DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix 1st Round / Masakazu Imanari vs. Atsushi Yamamoto
Featherweight / DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix 1st Round / Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Jong Won Kim
Featherweight / DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix 1st Round / Yoshiro Maeda vs. Micah Miller
Lightweight / Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Ross Ebanez
Welterweight / Shinya Aoki vs. David Gardner
Lightweight / Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Daisuke Nakamura
Featherweight / DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix 1st Round / Abel Cullum vs. Akiyo Nishiura
Featherweight / DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix 1st Round / Joe Warren vs. Chase Beebe
Featherweight / DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix 1st Round / Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takafumi Otsuka