''Dream.9: Feather Weight Grand Prix 2009 Second Round'' was a

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...

event promoted by

Fighting and Entertainment Group Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) was the leading Japanese combat sport promoter founded on September 3, 2003. Its last president was Sadaharu Tanikawa and it was the parent company behind the now-defunct mixed martial arts series Dream and ...

's mixed martial arts promotion

Dream A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, al ...

on May 26, 2009. It featured the second round of the promotion's featherweight () grand prix and saw the return of

Norifumi Yamamoto was a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division of the UFC. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona. He moved on to ...

, who was given a first round bye, as well as a middleweight title fight between

Ronaldo Souza Ronaldo Souza dos Santos (born December 7, 1979), nicknamed " Jacare" (), is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist and submission grappler who competed for UFC from 2013 to 2021. A highly regarded grappler on the world ...

and Jason Miller.

Results

Notes

* Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto entered the second round of the grand prix after receiving a first round bye at

Dream 7 ''Dream.7: Feather Weight Grandprix 2009 1st Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's (FEG) mixed martial arts promotion Dream on March 8, 2009. This event featured six of the opening round fights o ...

due to recovering from reconstructive knee surgery. *

Hideo Tokoro Hideo Tokoro (born August 22, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2000, Tokoro has also formerly competed for Vale Tudo Japan, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's. ...

and

Daiki Hata is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist and the former DEEP Bantamweight Champion. He is also an occasional kickboxer. Mixed martial arts career Japanese career Daiki began his professional MMA career in July 2004 for the Pancrase promo ...

fought at

Dream.8 ''Dream.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream (mixed martial arts), Dream on April 5, 2009. Unlike Dream's past tournaments ...

after Hata was unable to fight at

. * Tokoro replaced the injured

. * Dream 9 was the first Dream event to air in prime time on

Tokyo Broadcasting System formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affili ...

since

Dream 6 ''Dream 6: Middle Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on September 23, 2008. The event hosted the crowning of Dream's first Middlew ...

in September 2008. During the same time slot WBC Flyweight Champion

Daisuke Naito is a former professional boxer from Japan. He is the former WBC and lineal flyweight champion, and former Japanese and OPBF flyweight champion. Professional career Naito made his professional debut in October, 1996. He compiled an undefeat ...

defended his title against

Xiong Zhao Zhong Xiong Chaozhong or Xiong Zhaozhong (born October 3, 1982) is a Chinese professional boxer. He is the first Chinese/Hmong to win a boxing world title, having held the WBC mini-flyweight title from 2012 to 2014. Early life Xiong was born in rura ...

. * Dream 9 aired live on North American based cable network

HDNet AXS TV is an American cable television channel. Majority-owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, it is devoted primarily to music-related programming (such as concert films, documentaries, and reality series involving musicians) and combat s ...

at 5 am EST and again on tape delay later in the day.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dream 009 Dream (mixed martial arts) events 2009 in mixed martial arts Sport in Yokohama Mixed martial arts in Japan 2009 in Japan

Results

See also

Notes

References