Article by Daniel Herbertson. Photos by Stephen Martinez. 

SAITAMA, Japan -- After what seemed like a couple of false starts with its first two shows, Dream made some ground Sunday toward returning MMA in Japan to what it is supposed to be.

Nearly 22,000 fans showed up at the Saitama Super Arena to see Eddie Alvarez, Caol Uno and Tatsuya Kawajiri advance to the Dream lightweight grand prix semifinals, which will be set after Shinya Aoki fights Katsuhiko Nagata in June.

New Shooto took on old Shooto in the main event, with the fight world's favorite T-shirt salesman, Caol Uno, facing T-Blood's Mitsuhiro Ishida. Ishida used his dislike for Uno's free pass to the second round of the tournament as his motivation for training, but he got off on the wrong foot in the fight with a low kick that caught Uno in the groin. 

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