DREAM 12 "The White Cage" - Cage of the Rising Sun Location: Osaka, Japan Venue: Osaka Castle Hall Date: October 25, 2009 @ 3PM Local Broadcast: HDNet
*First event in a cage (six-sided fenced surface)
RESULTS: Alistair Overeem def. James Thompson via Guillotine Choke (Round 1 0:33) Eddie Alvarez def. Katsunori Kikuno via Arm-Triangle Choke (Round 2 3:42) Marius Zaromskis def. Myeon Ho Bae via KO Head Kick (Round 1 0:19) Kazushi Sakuraba def. Zelg Galesic via Kneebar Submission (Round 1 1:40) Katsuyori Shibata def. Tokimitsu Ishizawa via TKO Punches (Round 1 4:52) Dong Sik Yoon def. Tarec Saffiedine via Split Decision (3 Rounds) Yoshiro Maeda def. Chase Beebe via Rear-Naked Choke (Round 1 3:36) Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Won Sik Park via TKO Eye Injury (Round 1 5:00) Tomoya Miyashita def. Keisuke Fujiwara via Unanimous Decision (3 Rounds) WEIGH-INs and FIGHT LINEUP #9 - Heavyweight James Thompson (126kg / 277.8 lbs) vs. Alistair Overeem (115kg / 253.5 lbs) #8 - Lightweight - 70kg Katsunori Kikuno (70kg / 154.3 lbs) vs. Eddie Alvarez (69.8kg / 153.9 lbs) #7 - Welterweight - 76kg Myeon Ho Bae (75.8kg / 167.1 lbs) vs. Marius Zaromskis (76kg / 167.6 lbs) #6 - Middleweight - 84kg Zelg Galesic (85kg / 187.4 lbs) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (84kg / 185.2 lbs) #5 - Middleweight - 84kg Tokimitsu Ishizawa (84kg / 185.2 lbs) vs. Katsuyori Shibata (83.3kg / 183.6 lbs) #4 - Middleweight - 84kg Tarec Saffiedine (83kg / 183 lbs) vs. Dong-Sik Yoon (84kg / 185.2 lbs) #3 - Featherweight - 63kg Chase Beebe (63kg / 138.9 lbs) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (62.8kg / 138.5 lbs) #2 - Lightweight - 70kg Won Sik "Parky" Park (71kg / 156.5 lbs - re-weighing) vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (70kg / 154.3 lbs) #1 - Featherweight - 63kg Tomoya Miyashita (63kg / 138.9 lbs) vs. Keisuke Fujiwara (62.8 / 138.5 lbs)
Eddie Alvarez (18-2) vs Katsunori Kikuno (12-1)
Alistair Overeem (30-11) vs James Thompson (14-10)
Kazushi Sakuraba (25-12) vs Zelg "Benkei" Galesic (9-4)
Marius Zaromskis (12-3) vs Myeon Ho Bae (8-4)
Yoshiro Maeda (25-7) vs Chase Beebe (12-4)
Tarec Saffiedine (7-1) vs Dong Sik Yoon (4-7)
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (15-6) vs Won Sik "Parky" Park (7-1)
Keisuke Fujiwara (7-1) vs Tomoya "Motoya" Miyashita (12-5)
Katsuyori Shibata (3-6) vs Tokimitsu Ishizawa (1-4)
*Tarec Saffiedine has replaced Paulo Filho (visa issues) *Tim Sylvia has been moved to 12/31 event due to a broken hand *Murilo "Ninja" Rua removed self from event due to helping brother prepare for UFC 104 *Melvin Manhoef has been scrapped from the fight card *Andrews Nakahara has been scrapped from the fight card *Kiyoshi Tamura has been scrapped from the fight card
