It was a big night for the American contingent at the third card put on
by the Japanese DREAM promotion, with Eddie Alvarez, Nick Diaz and
Jason “Mayhem” Miller all scoring impressive wins Sunday before an
announced crowd of 21,789 at the Saitama Super Arena.
The idea behind DREAM was to give the Japanese audience the new version
of PRIDE, the popular promotion that collapsed due to a Yakuza scandal
that cost the company its network television contract.
The card, which aired live in the U.S. on HDNet, had a lot of the PRIDE
feel, with the same type of entrances, and the trademark 10-minute
first round and five-minute second. The ring looks similar, and most of
the shows are held in PRIDE’s former home base in Saitama, a city just
outside Tokyo.