Marius Zaromskis won the DREAM welterweight grand prix and became the promotion’s first-ever 76kg champion on Sunday by upsetting Hayato “Mach” Sakurai and Jason High with back-to-back knockouts at DREAM 10 in Saitama, Japan.

In other DREAM 10 action, Shinya Aoki topped Vitor Ribeiro by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout that filled to live up to expectations TUF 7 cast member Jesse Taylor defeated Dong Sik Yoon, who was unable to continue due to a left ankle injury, and former WEC champ Paulo Filho submitted kickboxer Melvin Manhoef in the opening round of their middleweight matchup.

Though it wasn’t without a notable struggle, all 14 fighters successfully made weight on Sunday for DREAM 10, which takes place overnight in Saitama, Japan and airs live on HDNet.

Welterweight grand prix participant Hayato “Mach” Sakurai struggled to reach the 76kg limit for his semifinals bout against Marius Zaromskis, but eventually dropped the necessary weight for his third weigh-in attempt.

DREAM has released the finalized fight card and bout order for Monday’s DREAM 10 event, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and airs live on HDNet.

The official fight card, which includes Shinya Aoki, Jesse Taylor, Paulo Filho, and Melvin Manhoef, is after the jump.

Match ups have been set for the semi final round of the DREAM welterweight grand prix, to take place on DREAM 10, on July 20. The finals will take place the same night pitting the respective winners against one another.

Hayato "Mach" Sakurai needed just 27-seconds to knockout Shinya Aoki on Sunday at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan, pinning him in the corner of the ring before unloading a series of knees and punches that forced the referee to halt the DREAM 8 main event.

All twenty DREAM 8 fighters, including headliners Hayato "Mach" Sakurai and Shinya Aoki, successfully made weight today in Japan for their bouts tomorrow at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

DREAM today announced additional bouts for DREAM 8, which takes place on April 5th at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan and features the opening round of the promotion's welterweight grand prix.

A rematch between Shinya Aoki and Hayato "Mach" Sakurai has been officially for the opening round of DREAM's welterweight tournament at DREAM.8 on April 5th at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

FEG Dream 8, which is slated to feature the beginnings of the promotions Welterweight tournament so far has three names attached to the event. According the promotions website, Shinya Aoki, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, and Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa will be competing. Also rumored for the tournament, according to japan-mma.com, is the winner of a [...]

DREAM has finalized the fight card for DREAM 6, which takes place on September 23rd at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and airs live in the US on HDNet.
The now-complete fight card features:

Winner of Manhoef-Mousasi vs. winner of Galesic-Souza
Middleweight Grand Prix Final
Melvin Manhoef vs. Gegard Mousasi
Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal
Zelg Galesic vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” [...]

Nick Diaz has been removed by EliteXC from his scheduled bout against Hayato “Mach” Sakurai at DREAM 5 due to “contractual obligations” according to GracieFighter.com.
Diaz was to fight Sakurai for the promotion’s welterweight title at the event, which takes place on July 21st in Osaka, Japan.
“I was happy to be fighting Sakurai and hoping to [...]

Popular former-UFC fighter Nick Diaz will clash with Hayato “Mach” Sakurai for the first-ever DREAM welterweight championship at DREAM 5 on July 21st in Osaka, Japan.
Diaz (16-7) defeated Katsuya Inoue via technical knockout at DREAM 3 this past Saturday in a welterweight championship eliminator. The bout remained close throughout much of the opening frame but [...]

Takashi Nakakura def. Ganjo Tentsuku via unanimous decision
David Baron def. Hayato Sakurai via submission – Round 1, 4:50
Akitoshi Tamura def. Rumin Sato via submission – Round 3, 2:37
Savant Young def. Takeshi Inoue via unanimous decision
Ryuich Miki vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani – Majority draw
Yusuke Endo def. Vince Ortiz via submission – Round [...]

Following his impressive KO win against Jess Liaudin at UFC 80 Marcus Davis revealed that he’s interested in a fight against former PRIDE Lightweight Champ Takanori Gomi.
The UFC will stage its next European in June at the O2 Arena in London, England. The event, tentatively UFC 86, is the first of many upcoming events the [...]

In a recent installment of TAGG Radio it was reported that PRIDE veteran Hayato Sakurai would not be facing Diego Sanchez at UFC 74 despite numerous reports confirming the fight in the past several weeks. Here is what was said by Frank Trigg on the radio show:
“Sakurai, for sure, is not fighting Diego at least [...]