DREAM.3 Lightweight Grandprix 2008 2nd Round

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Dream’s 3 is set and it will lend off with the last fight of the fight round for the tournament which will be Melvin Manhoef versus Ralek Gracie. This will be a classic striker versus grappler fight as the son of Rorion will be fighting one of the most feared strikers in the world. Ralek recently just won his MMA debut in K1 Hero’s defeating popular Japanese wrestler Katsuyori Shibata with an armbar in the first round. Ralek just received his black belt and will continue the Gracie fighting tradition in mixed martial arts.

The lightweight quarterfinal fights are set and the line matchup include:

Lightweight Grand Prix bout: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Caol Uno

Lightweight Grand Prix bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Firmino

Lightweight Grand Prix bout: Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen

Lightweight Grand Prix bout: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Shinya Aoki

Middleweight Grand Prix bout: Ralek Gracie vs. Melvin Manhoef

Middleweight bout: Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata

The event is scheduled to take place on May 11, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Japan

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Shinya Aoki

W Dec

Gesias Calvancanti

Shinya Aoki

Katsuhiko Nagata

Katsuhiko Nagata

W Dec

Artur Oumakhanov

Caol Uno

Mitsuhiro Ishida

W Dec

Bu-Kyung Jung

Mitsuhiro Ishida

Caol Uno

Caol Uno

Bye

Eddie Alvarez

W TKO

Andre “Dida” Amade

Eddie Alvarez

Joachim Hansen

Joachim Hansen

W Dec

Koutetsu Boku

Eddie Alvarez

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Tatsuya Kawajiri

W Dec

Kultar Gill

Tatsuya Kawajiri

Luiz Firmino

Luiz Firmino

W Sub

Kazuyuki Miyata

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