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Dream 1

Opening Round of Lightweight GP Tournament

March 15, 2008

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

A press conference was held today in Tokyo, Japan to announce a new event - "Dream" (a new enterprise

for Hero's and former PRIDE staffers according to gbring.com) sponsored by FEG. Fighters in attendance for

the press conference included Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic, Kazushi Sakuraba, Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto,

Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, Minowaman, Masa Funaki and Yoshihiro Akiyama to name a few. And a

lightweight tournament will get the new event underway on March 15th with one bout already announced:

Line-up so far (announced bout translated from sportsnavi):

Fight 1 - Lightweight GP Tournament (Opening Round)

Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante

Also expected to participate in Heiwa Lightweight GP Tournament:

- Koutetsu Boku

- Jung Bukyung

- Andre Dida

- Luis "Buscape" Firmino

- Joachim Hansen

- Mitsuhiro Ishida

- Tatsuya Kawajiri

- Gilbert Melendez

- Kazuyuki Miyata

- Artur Umakhanov

- Caol Uno

- 3 Fighters TBA

Weight Classes:

- Lightweight (less than 70kg)

- Welterweight (less than 76kg)

- Middleweight (less than 84kg)

- Light Heavyweight (less than 93kg)

- Heavyweight (more than 93kg)

Schedule:

- April 29, 2008

  Dream 2: Olympia Middleweight GP Opening Round (Saitama Super Arena)

- May 11, 208

  Dream 3: Heiwa Lightweight GP Second Round (Saitama Super Arena)

- Late June, 2008

  Dream 4: Olympia Middleweight GP Second Round (South Korea or Yokohama Arena)

- July 21, 2008

  Dream 5: Heiwa Lightweight GP Finals (Osaka-Jo Hall)

- Late September, 2008

  Dream 6: Olympia Middleweight GP Finals (Saitama Super Arena)

Subject to change

(2/13/08)