By Robert Rousseau
March 15, 2008:
Dream.1 went down at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on March 15, 2008. What’s more, the event brought us the first round of a Lightweight Grand Prix in true PRIDE Fighting Championships style.
Unfortunately, the most anticipated fight of the night between Gesias “JZ” Calvancante and Shinya Aoki ended prematurely when Calvancante landed an illegal elbow to the back of Aoki’s head. Thus, it was ruled a no contest.
Further, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic ended his two fight losing streak with an easy first round TKO due to strikes over Tatsuya Mizuno.
The event came on the heels of good news for American fight fans. Namely, the DREAM organization looks to be close to finalizing a deal with Mark Cuban and HDNet to broadcast future DREAM events overseas.
THE REST
-Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias “J.Z.” Calvancante rule a No Contest (Due to Illegal Elbow)
-Tatsuya Kawajiri defeated Kultar Gill via Unanimous Decision, R2
-Eddie Alvarez defeated Andre “Dida” Amade via TKO at 6:47, R1
-Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic defeated Tatsuya Mizuno via TKO (Strikes) at 0:56, R1
-Mitsuhiro Ishida defeated Jung Bu Kyung via Unanimous Decision, R2
-Katsuhiko Nagata defeated Artur Oumakhanov via Unanimous Decision, R2
-Luiz “Buscape” Firmino defeated Kazuyuki Miyata via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 7:37, R1
-Joachim Hansen defeated Koutetsu Boku via Unanimous Decision, R2
-Hayato “Mach” Sakurai defeated Hidetaka Monma via TKO (Strikes) at 4:12, R1
-Ikuhisa Minowa defeated Lee Gwan via Submission (Kneebar) at 1:25, R1
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