DREAM.8: Welter Weight Grand Prix 2009 First Round was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group's mixed martial arts promotion Dream on April 5, 2009. Unlike Dream's past tournaments, the Welter Weight Grand Prix is only scheduled to have eight participants. DREAM's welterweight division has a 76 kilograms (168 lb) weight limit.

Fight Card:
Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Shungo Oyama vs. Andrews Nakahara
Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Vitor Ribeiro
Murilo Rua vs. Riki Fukuda
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Jeff Monson
Hideo Tokoro vs. Daiki Hata
Andre Galvao vs. John Alessio
Marius Zaromskis vs. Seichi Ikemoto
Yuya Shirai vs. Jason High
Hayato Sakurai vs. Shinya Aoki