Dream 10

Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on July 20, 2009. Dream's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit. The event was broadcast live in North America on HDNet.^[1]

Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
The poster for Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round
Promotion	Dream
Date	July 20, 2009
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan
Attendance	11,970
Event chronology
Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round Dream.10: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round Dream.11: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Final Round

Results

Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 final
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Marius Zaromskis	def.	Jason High	KO (Head Kick)	1	2:22	[a]
Main Card
Lightweight	Shinya Aoki	def.	Vítor Ribeiro	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00	[b]
Middleweight	Jesse Taylor	def.	Dong Sik Yoon	Submission (Foot Injury)	1	1:02	[c]
Middleweight	Paulo Filho	def.	Melvin Manhoef	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:36	[d]
Lightweight	Katsunori Kikuno	def.	Andre Amado	TKO (Punches)	1	3:47	[e]
Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 semi-final
Welterweight	Marius Zaromskis	def.	Hayato Sakurai	TKO (Head Kick and Punches)	1	4:03
Welterweight	Jason High	def.	Andre Galvao	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	[f]
Welterweight Grand Prix reserve bout
Welterweight	Tarec Saffiedine	def.	Seichi Ikemoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00	[g]

1. For the Dream Welterweight Championship.^[2]
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See also

• Dream (mixed martial arts)
• List of Dream champions
• 2009 in DREAM

Notes

• An early report suggested that Joachim Hansen would defend his DREAM Light Weight Championship against Shinya Aoki at DREAM.10.^[8]
• Three undercard bouts were announced for DREAM.10 during the intermission of DREAM.9. These bouts included Shinya Aoki versus Vítor Ribeiro, Melvin Manhoef versus Paulo Filho, and Katsunori Kikuno versus Andre Amade. Following a short promotional video, Shinya Aoki, Katsunori Kikuno, and Hayato Sakurai each entered the ring, and gave brief addresses to the audience.^[9]
• After fulfilling a one-fight contract with Zuffa, LLC at UFC 99, Mirko Filipović was rumored to have re-signed with FEG for participation at DREAM.10.^[10] Siala-Mou "Mighty Mo" Siligia was rumored to be Filipovic's opponent on the card.^[11] However, the bout was scrapped after Zuffa Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta flew to Zagreb, Croatia to reopen contract negotiations with Filipovic.^[12][13]

Welterweight Grand Prix 2009 Bracket

First round

Semifinals

Final

Seiichi Ikemoto

Marius Zaromskis

W Dec

Marius Zaromskis

W TKO

Hayato Sakurai

Hayato Sakurai

W TKO

Shinya Aoki

Marius Zaromskis

W KO

Jason High

Yuya Shirai

Jason High

W Sub

Jason High

W Dec

Andre Galvao

John Alessio

Andre Galvao

W Sub

Dream Welterweight Grand Prix Reserve Bouts:

Tarec Saffiedine def. Seichi Ikemoto at DREAM.10