Held in the early hours of this Sunday, the third edition of Dream rocked the Saitama Super Arena, in Japan. The show featured the second phase of the lightweight GP, defining three semifinalists in search of the belt. The only Brazilian still in the dispute, Luiz Buscapé, was defeated, by the judges' decision, by the strong Tatsuya Kawajiri, with the result, Brazil is left without representatives in the dispute.
Another highlight was the American Eddie Alvarez, who after eliminating André Dida, defeated another favorite, Joachin Hansen in the referees' decision and remains in the dispute. Carol Uno, who entered straight into the second phase, beat Mitsuhiro Ishida with a rear naked choke and is also still in contention.
The other semifinalist will be defined in the fight between Shinya Aoki and Katsuhiko Nagata, which will be held in the next edition of the event.
Check out the results:
lightweight tournament
– Caol Uno beat Mitsuhiro Ishida with a rear naked choke in the second round;
– Tatsuya Kawajiri beat Luiz Buscapé in the judges’ decision;
– Eddie Alvarez beat Joachim Hansen in the judges’ decision;
Middleweight tournament
– Jason Miller defeated Katsuyori Shibata by TKO in the 1st round;
– Melvin Manhoef beat Dae Won Kim by TKO in the 1st round – reserve fight;
Other fights
- Nick Diaz beat Katsuya Inoue by TKO in the 1st round;
– Daisuke Nakamura defeated Bu Kyung Jung by KO in the 2nd round;
– Takeshi Yamasaki beat Shoji Maruyama in the judges’ decision;
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