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Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round
was the inaugural event of the mixed martial arts promotion, DREAM. It took place on Saturday, on March 15, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan.

The event featured seven qualification bouts in the DREAM Lightweight (70 kg/154 lbs) class, along with a trio of open-weight fights. The evening's Main Event was a DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 elimination bout matchup featuring last year's HERO'S Middleweight Champion, J.Z. Calvan of Brazil and Japanese judoka Shinya Aoki. All bouts were fought under DREAM mixed martial arts rules, with a 10 min first and 5 min second round. It attracted a sellout crowd of 19,120 and was broadcast live across Japan on the TBS television network.