List of Dream champions

This is a list of champions in the Dream organization at each weight class. Dream was a Japanese mixed martial arts organization, originally promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group, and over management of Glory Sports International since October 2012. The first two champions were crowned after the 2008 Lightweight and Middleweight Grand Prix, while the 2009 Welterweight and Featherweight GPs have crowned the champions at those weights. The 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix crowned the first Dream Light Heavyweight Champion at Dream 16. The 2011 World Bantamweight Grand Prix crowned the first ever Dream Bantamweight Champion at Dynamite!!! 2011.

Last champions
DivisionChampionSinceDefenses
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem December 31, 2010 0
Light Heavyweight Gegard Mousasi September 25, 2010 1
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi September 23, 2008 0
Welterweight Marius Zaromskis July 20, 2009 1
Lightweight Shinya Aoki October 6, 2009 2
Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya December 31, 2010 2
Bantamweight Bibiano Fernandes December 31, 2011 0

Title Histories

Heavyweight Championship
Weight limit: 120 kg (264.6 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Alistair Overeem
def. Todd Duffee for interim title		 Dynamite!! 2010
Saitama, Saitama, Japan		 December 31, 2010 521 days

Light Heavyweight Championship
Weight limit: 95 kg (209.4 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Gegard Mousasi
def. Tatsuya Mizuno		 Dream 16
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan		 September 25, 2010 618 days

1. def. Hiroshi Izumi at Dream: Japan GP Final on Jul 16, 2011 in Saitama, Japan

Middleweight Championship
Weight limit: 85 kg (187.4 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Gegard Mousasi
def. Ronaldo Souza		 Dream 6
Saitama, Saitama, Japan		 September 23, 2008 267 days
Title vacated after Mousasi moved up to light heavyweight.[1]
Ronaldo Souza and Jason Miller fought to a No-Contest (cut via illegal soccer kick) on May 26, 2009, at Dream 9 in Yokohama, Japan for the vacant title.[1]

Welterweight Championship
Weight limit: 75 kg (165.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Marius Zaromskis
def. Jason High		 Dream 10
Saitama, Saitama, Japan		 July 20, 2009 1050 days

1. def. Kazushi Sakuraba at Dynamite!! 2010 on Dec 31, 2010 in Saitama, Japan

Lightweight Championship
Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Joachim Hansen
def. Shinya Aoki		 Dream 5
Osaka, Osaka, Japan		 July 21, 2008 442 days
2 Shinya Aoki Dream 11
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan		 October 6, 2009 972 days

1. def. Tatsuya Kawajiri at Dream 15 on Jul 10, 2010 in Saitama, Japan
2. def. Satoru Kitaoka at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on Dec 31, 2011 in Saitama, Japan

Featherweight Championship
Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Bibiano Fernandes
def. Hiroyuki Takaya		 Dream 11
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan		 October 6, 2009 451 days

1. def. Joachim Hansen at Dream 13 on Mar 22, 2010 in Yokohama, Japan

2 Hiroyuki Takaya Dynamite!! 2010
Saitama, Saitama, Japan		 December 31, 2010 521 days

1. def. Kazuyuki Miyata at Dream 17 on Jul 16, 2011 in Saitama, Japan
2. def. Takeshi Inoue at Fight for Japan 2011 on Dec 31, 2011 in Saitama, Japan

Bantamweight Championship
Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Bibiano Fernandes
def. Antonio Banuelos		 Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011
Saitama, Saitama, Japan		 December 31, 2011 156 days

Tournament Winners
Division Event Date Winner Runner-up
Lightweight Dream 5 Jul 21, 2008 Joachim Hansen Shinya Aoki
Middleweight Dream 6 Sep 23, 2008 Gegard Mousasi Ronaldo Souza
Welterweight Dream 10 Jul 20, 2009 Marius Zaromskis Jason High
Featherweight Dream 11 Oct 6, 2009 Bibiano Fernandes Hiroyuki Takaya
Open-weight Dynamite!! 2009 Dec 31, 2009 Ikuhisa Minowa Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Light Heavyweight Dream 16 Sep 25, 2010 Gegard Mousasi Tatsuya Mizuno
Bantamweight Dream: Japan GP Final Jul 26, 2011 Hideo Tokoro Masakazu Imanari
Bantamweight Dynamite!! 2011 Dec 31, 2011 Bibiano Fernandes Antonio Banuelos

By Nationality

The following include championship title holders or tournament winners by nationality.

Country Titles
 Netherlands 5
 Japan 4
 Brazil 4
 Lithuania 2
 Norway 2

See also

References
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