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 Division Champion Since Defenses 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 history
Heavyweight championship Weight limit: Unlimited
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Alistair Overeemdef. Todd DuffeeDynamite!! 2010521 days
Light heavyweight championship Weight limit:
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Gegard Mousasidef. Tatsuya MizunoDream 16618 days
Middleweight championship Weight limit:
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Gegard Mousasidef. Ronaldo SouzaDream 6267 daysTitle vacated after Mousasi moved up to light heavyweight.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.
Welterweight championship Weight limit:
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Marius Zaromskisdef. Jason HighDream 101050 days
Lightweight championship Weight limit:
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Joachim Hansendef. Shinya AokiDream 5442 days2 Shinya AokiDream 11972 days
Featherweight championship Weight limit:
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Bibiano Fernandesdef. Hiroyuki TakayaDream 11451 days2 Hiroyuki TakayaDynamite!! 2010521 days1. def. Kazuyuki Miyata at Dream: Japan GP Final 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:
No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Bibiano Fernandesdef. Antonio BanuelosFight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011156 days
Tournament winners
Division Event Date Winner Runner-up LightweightDream 5 Jul 21, 2008 Joachim Hansen Shinya Aoki MiddleweightDream 6Sep 23, 2008 Gegard Mousasi Ronaldo Souza WelterweightDream 10Jul 20, 2009 Marius Zaromskis Jason High Featherweight Dream 11Oct 6, 2009 Bibiano Fernandes Hiroyuki Takaya Open-weightDynamite!! 2009Dec 31, 2009 Ikuhisa Minowa Rameau Thierry SokoudjouLight HeavyweightDream 16 Sep 25, 2010 Gegard Mousasi Tatsuya Mizuno BantamweightDream: Japan GP FinalJul 26, 2011 Hideo Tokoro Masakazu Imanari BantamweightDynamite!! 2011Dec 31, 2011 Bibiano Fernandes Antonio Banuelos
By nationality Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division are only counted once. Interim champions who never became linear champions are only listed in parentheses.
Country Division Tournament Total Netherlands 3 2 5 Japan 2 2 4 Brazil 2 2 4 Norway 1 1 2 Lithuania 1 1 2
See also List of current mixed martial arts champions List of Bellator MMA champions List of EliteXC champions List of Invicta FC champions List of ONE Championship champions List of Pancrase champions List of Pride champions List of PFL champions List of Shooto champions List of Strikeforce champions List of UFC champions List of WEC champions Mixed martial arts weight classes
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