DREAM

DREAM 8: Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 1st Round

Completed Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Japan 10 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Hayato Sakurai beat Shinya Aoki by knockout in the main event.
  • Jason High beat Yuya Shirai by submission in the co-main event.
  • Six of the ten results came early: three knockouts and three submissions.
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Main card

HS ✓

Hayato Sakurai vs Shinya Aoki

Knockout R1 0:27
SA
YS

Yuya Shirai vs Jason High

Submission R1 0:59
JH ✓
SI

Seichi Ikemoto vs Marius Zaromskis

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
MZ ✓
JA

John Alessio vs Andre Galvao

Submission R1 7:34
AG ✓
HT

Hideo Tokoro vs Daiki Hata

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
DH ✓
JM ✓

Jeff Monson vs Sergei Kharitonov

Submission R1 1:42
SK
MR

Murilo Rua vs Riki Fukuda

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
RF ✓
KN

Katsuhiko Nagata vs Vitor Ribeiro

Knockout R1 7:58
VR ✓
SO

Shungo Oyama vs Andrews Nakahara

Knockout R1 2:00
AN ✓
IM

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Katsuyori Shibata

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
KS ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Hayato Sakurai beat Shinya Aoki by knockout after 27 seconds in the main event of DREAM 8 at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya. In the co-main event, Jason High beat Yuya Shirai by submission after 59 seconds.

How the card was decided

Across the ten bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in ten fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Hayato Sakurai, who stopped Shinya Aoki after 27 seconds, and six of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Vitor Ribeiro's knockout of Katsuhiko Nagata, 7 minutes and 58 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 1 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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