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Dynamite!! 2008

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 10 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Kiyoshi Tamura beat Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Shinya Aoki beat Eddie Alvarez by submission in the co-main event.
  • Nine of the ten results came early: five knockouts and four submissions.
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Main card

KS

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Kiyoshi Tamura

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
KT ✓
SA ✓

Shinya Aoki vs Eddie Alvarez

Submission R1 1:32
Eddie Alvarez
MH

Mark Hunt vs Melvin Manhoef

Knockout R1 0:18
MM ✓
MF ✓

Mirko Filipovic vs Hong Man Choi

Knockout R1 6:32
HC
HS ✓

Hayato Sakurai vs Katsuyori Shibata

Knockout R1 7:01
KS
SS ✓

Semmy Schilt vs Siala Siliga

Submission R1 5:31
SS
BS ✓

Bob Sapp vs Akihito Tanaka

Knockout R1 5:22
AT
AO ✓

Andy Ologun vs Yukio Sakaguchi

Knockout R1 3:20
YS
DN ✓

Daisuke Nakamura vs Hideo Tokoro

Submission R1 2:23
HT
IM ✓

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Errol Zimmerman

Submission R1 1:01
EZ
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Results

Main and co-main events

Kiyoshi Tamura beat Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision after two rounds in the main event of Dynamite!! 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Shinya Aoki beat Eddie Alvarez by submission at 1:32 of round one.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Melvin Manhoef, who stopped Mark Hunt after 18 seconds, and nine of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Hayato Sakurai's knockout of Katsuyori Shibata, 7 minutes and 1 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled 43 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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