# List of Dream champions

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. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Alistair Overeem def. Todd Duffee | Dynamite!! 2010 Saitama, Saitama, Japan | December 31, 2010 | 521 days | |

### Light heavyweight championship

       Weight limit: 93 kg (205.0 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Gegard Mousasi def. Tatsuya Mizuno | Dream 16 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | September 25, 2010 | 618 days | 1. def. Hiroshi Izumi at Dream: Japan GP Final on Jul 16, 2011 in Saitama, Japan |

### Middleweight championship

       Weight limit: 84 kg (185.2 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign |
| 1 | Gegard Mousasi def. Ronaldo Souza | Dream 6 Saitama, Saitama, Japan | September 23, 2008 | 267 days |
| Title 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: 76 kg (167.6 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Marius Zaromskis def. Jason High | Dream 10 Saitama, Saitama, Japan | July 20, 2009 | 1050 days | 1. def. Kazushi Sakuraba at Dynamite!! 2010 on Dec 31, 2010 in Saitama, Japan |

### Lightweight championship

       Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Joachim Hansen def. Shinya Aoki | Dream 5 Osaka, Osaka, Japan | July 21, 2008 | 442 days | |
| 2 | Shinya Aoki | Dream 11 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | October 6, 2009 | 972 days | 1. def. Tatsuya Kawajiri at Dream 15 on Jul 10, 2010 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Satoru Kitaoka at Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on Dec 31, 2011 in Saitama, Japan |

### Featherweight championship

       Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Bibiano Fernandes def. Hiroyuki Takaya | Dream 11 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | October 6, 2009 | 451 days | 1. def. Joachim Hansen at Dream 13 on Mar 22, 2010 in Yokohama, Japan |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Takaya | Dynamite!! 2010 Saitama, Saitama, Japan | December 31, 2010 | 521 days | 1. 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: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Bibiano Fernandes def. Antonio Banuelos | Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoko 2011 Saitama, Saitama, Japan | December 31, 2011 | 156 days | |

## Tournament winners

| Division | Event | Date | Winner | Runner-up |
| Lightweight | Dream 5 | Jul 21, 2008 | Joachim Hansen | Shinya Aoki |
| Middleweight | Dream 6 | Sep 23, 2008 | Gegard Mousasi | Ronaldo Souza |
| Welterweight | Dream 10 | Jul 20, 2009 | Marius Zaromskis | Jason High |
| Featherweight | Dream 11 | Oct 6, 2009 | Bibiano Fernandes | Hiroyuki Takaya |
| Open-weight | Dynamite!! 2009 | Dec 31, 2009 | Ikuhisa Minowa | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou |
| Light Heavyweight | Dream 16 | Sep 25, 2010 | Gegard Mousasi | Tatsuya Mizuno |
| Bantamweight | Dream: Japan GP Final | Jul 26, 2011 | Hideo Tokoro | Masakazu Imanari |
| Bantamweight | Dynamite!! 2011 | Dec 31, 2011 | Bibiano Fernandes | Antonio Banuelos |

## By nationality

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