List of Dream champions

This is a list of champions in the Dream organization at each weight class. Dream is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group. 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.

Title Histories

Heavyweight Championship

93.5 kilograms (206 lb) and up

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Alistair Overeem (def. Todd Duffee for title)	02010-12-31 December 31, 2010 (Dynamite!! 2010)
Title vacated after Overeem signed with the UFC.

Light Heavyweight Championship

84.5 to 93.0 kilograms (186 to 205 lb)

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Gegard Mousasi (def. Tatsuya Mizuno)	02010-09-25 September 25, 2010 (Dream 16)	def. Hiroshi Izumi on July 16, 2011 at Dream 17

Middleweight Championship

76.0 to 84.0 kilograms (168 to 185 lb)

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Gegard Mousasi (def. Ronaldo Souza)	02008-09-23 September 23, 2008 (Dream 6)
Title vacated after Mousasi moved up to light heavyweight.
Ronaldo Souza and Jason Miller fought to a no contest on May 26, 2009 (Dream 9) in a title fight for the vacant middleweight championship.

Welterweight Championship

70.0 to 76.0 kilograms (154 to 168 lb)

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Marius Zaromskis (def. Jason High)	02009-07-20 July 20, 2009 (Dream 10)	def. Kazushi Sakuraba on December 31, 2010 at Dynamite!! 2010

Lightweight Championship

65.0 to 70.0 kilograms (143 to 154 lb)

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Joachim Hansen (def. Shinya Aoki)	02008-07-21 July 21, 2008 (Dream 5)
2	Shinya Aoki	02009-10-06 October 6, 2009 (Dream 11)	def. Tatsuya Kawajiri on July 10, 2010 at Dream 15 def. Satoru Kitaoka on December 31, 2011 at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011

Featherweight Championship

61.0 to 65.0 kilograms (134 to 143 lb)

Prior to December 31, 2010 the Dream Featherweight division was 56.0 to 63.0 kilograms (123 to 139 lb)

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Bibiano Fernandes (def. Hiroyuki Takaya)	02009-10-06 October 6, 2009 (Dream 11)	def. Joachim Hansen on March 22, 2010 at Dream 13
2	Hiroyuki Takaya	02010-12-31 December 31, 2010 (Dynamite!! 2010)	def. Kazuyuki Miyata on July 16, 2011 at Dream 17 def. Takeshi Inoue on December 31, 2011 at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011

Bantamweight Championship

57.1 to 61.2 kilograms (126 to 135 lb)

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Bibiano Fernandes (def. Antonio Banuelos)	02011-12-31 December 31, 2011 (Dynamite!! 2011)

Tournaments

Year	Weight Division	Champion	Runnerup	Event
2008	Lightweight	Joachim Hansen	Shinya Aoki	Dream 5
2008	Middleweight	Gegard Mousasi	Ronaldo Souza	Dream 6
2009	Welterweight	Marius Zaromskis	Jason High	Dream 10
2009	Featherweight	Bibiano Fernandes	Hiroyuki Takaya	Dream 11
2009	Superhulk	Ikuhisa Minowa	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	Dynamite!! 2009
2010	Light Heavyweight	Gegard Mousasi	Tatsuya Mizuno	Dream 16
2011	Bantamweight	Hideo Tokoro	Masakazu Imanari	Dream: Japan GP Final
2011	Bantamweight	Bibiano Fernandes	Antonio Banuelos	Dynamite!! 2011

By Nationality

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

Country	Titles
Armenia	4
Japan	4
Brazil	4
Lithuania	2
Norway	2
Netherlands	1

See also

• List of current mixed martial arts champions
• List of Dream events
• Mixed martial arts weight classes