Hayato Sakurai

Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: Final Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

DREAM.14 event took place on May 29, 2010, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, featuring Nick Diaz against Hayato "Mach" Sakurai in a welterweight non-title main event. Diaz enters on a seven-fight win streak, fresh off a TKO victory over Marius Žaromskis to claim the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship in January 2010. Sakurai, the DREAM Welterweight Champion, aims to rebound from a submission loss to Akihiro Gono in December 2009, following his 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix win. The card also includes Ralek Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Joachim Hansen.

DREAM.10 took place on July 20, 2009, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM. Key bouts include Paulo Filho vs. Melvin Manhoef in a middleweight clash, Jesse Taylor vs. Dong Sik Yoon, and a lightweight superfight between Katsunori Kikuno and Andre Amado. The card also features Vitor Ribeiro vs. Jason High and a featherweight bout with Joe Warren vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.

DREAM.8 took place on April 5, 2009, at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan, promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM. The main event features Hayato "Mach" Sakurai facing Shinya Aoki in a welterweight Grand Prix opening round bout, with Sakurai coming off a TKO win over Kuniyoshi Hironaka at DREAM.6 and Aoki fresh from a submission victory over David Gardner at DREAM.7. Other welterweight Grand Prix matchups include Marius Žaromskis vs. Seichi Ikemoto, Jason High vs. Yuya Shirai, and Andre Galvão vs. John Alessio. Additional bouts showcase Sergei Kharitonov vs. Jeff Monson in a heavyweight clash and Riki Fukuda vs. Murilo Rua.

DREAM.6 took place on September 23, 2008, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM. The main event features Gegard Mousasi facing Ronaldo Souza in the Middleweight Grand Prix final to crown the first DREAM Middleweight Champion, with Mousasi advancing after a decision win over Melvin Manhoef and Souza submitting Zelg Galešić at DREAM.4. Other key bouts include Shinya Aoki vs. Todd Moore in a lightweight clash, Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Masanori Tonooka, and Mirko Cro Cop vs. Alistair Overeem, which ends in a no-contest due to a knee strike. Additional fights showcase Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka and Atsushi Yamamoto vs. Hideo Tokoro.

Pride 33: The Second Coming was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on February 24, 2007 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Yarennoka! took place on December 31, 2007, at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan, promoted by the Yarennoka! Executive Committee, former Pride Fighting Championships executives, in association with Fighting and Entertainment Group, DEEP, and M-1 Global. The main event features Fedor Emelianenko, former Pride Heavyweight Champion, facing K-1’s Hong-Man Choi, billed as “Fedor Returns” on HDNet and SKY Perfect. Emelianenko enters after a submission win over Mark Hunt at Pride Shockwave 2006, while Choi comes off a K-1 Grand Prix loss. Key undercard bouts include Shinya Aoki vs. Bu-Kyung Jung, with Aoki fresh off a TKO over Akira Kikuchi, and Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama, pitting Pride and Hero’s Grand Prix champions. It’s a farewell to Pride fans post-UFC acquisition, inspiring the creation of DREAM.

Pride Bushido 11, also promoted as Pride Bushido Survival in North America, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on June 4, 2006.

Pride Bushido 12 also known as Pride Bushido Survival 2nd Round was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place on August 26, 2006, at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall.

Pride Bushido 9 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. This event held the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the first ever Welterweight tournament and Lightweight tournament. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on September 25, 2005. Under BUSHIDO rules, matches are 2 rounds only.