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The inaugural DREAM show, and more importantly their Lightweight Grand Prix, ended in awkward position as the main event was stopped early and ruled a No Contest. What was expected to be an excellent fight between two of the the favorites in the LWGP ended early when Gesias “JZ” Calvancante landed an illegal elbow strike to the back of Shinya Aoki’s head in the first round.

Here are the results from the DREAM 1 event held in Japan last night.

• Shinya Aoki vs Gesias Calvancante ruled a NO CONTEST due to an illegal elbow strike by Calvancante to the back of Aoki’s head
• Tatsuya Kawajiri defeats Kultar Gill via Unanimous Decision in round 2
• Eddie Alvarez defeats Andre Amade via TKO in round 1
• Mirko Filipovic defeats Tatsuya Mizuno via TKO in round 1
• Mitsuhiro Ishida defeats Jung Bu-Kyung via Unanimous Decision
• Katsuhiko Nagata defeats Artur Oumakhanov via Unanimous Decision
• Luiz Firmino defeats Kazuyuki Miyata via Submission in round 1
• Joachim Hansen defeats Koutetsu Boku via Unanimous Decision
• Hayato Sakurai defeats Hidetaka Monmn via TKO in round 1
Ikuhisa Minowa defeats Lee Gwan via Submission in round 1

In good news for US DREAM fans, MMAWeekly.com and Sherdog.com are both reporting that Fight Entertainment Group (the owners of DREAM) are close to signing a television deal with HDNet to air DREAM events in the United States.

Reportedly upcoming DREAM events will air on same-day tape-delayed broadcasts, although the possibility of live broadcasts are being discussed. If the deal is signed soon, DREAM 1 may also possibly air next week on HDNet.