DREAM's 2008 Middleweight Grand Prix champion will be crowned at DREAM 6 on Wednesday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

The semifinals and finals will be held on the same night. The event will be televised live by HDNet on Wednesday at 12 a.m.

Brazilian Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza (9-1), a two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu open weight world champion, takes on Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic-protege Zelg Galesic of Croatia in one semifinal.

Souza, who has won nine consecutive fights, advanced to the semifinals with a rear-naked choke to submit Ian Murphy in the first round of the tournament and a unanimous decision over former Icon Sport middleweight champion Jason "Mayhem" Miller in the quarterfinals.

Galesic (9-3) needed just 2 minutes and 45 seconds to dispatch his two opponents. Galesic submitted Magomed Sultanakhmedov with an armbar, then annihilated Taiei Kin in 65 seconds in the quarterfinals.

In the other semifinal, explosive striker Melvin Manhoef (22-4-1) of Holland goes up against fast-rising Armenian Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1).

Manhoef showed off his awesome striking power in both of his victories, stopping Dae Won Kim with knees and punches before dismantling Japanese legend Kazushi Sakuraba in 91 seconds.

Mousasi scored the biggest upset of the tournament when he upset tournament-favorite Denis Kang with a triangle choke in the opening round. He advanced to the semifinals with a unanimous decision over Dong Sik Yoon.

Yoon (4-5) will fight Andrews Nakahara (0-1) in the Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout in the event that any of the semifinalists is injured and unable to continue.

Croatian Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, who was PRIDE's 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix winner, and Alistair Overeem of Holland highlight the non-tournament bouts with their heavyweight grudge match.

Russian Sergei Kharitonov (15-3) was supposed to fight Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga, but Siliga pulled out of the fight due to a back injury. Jimmy Ambriz (13-9-1) of Huntington Beach will step in to face Kharitonov as Siliga's replacement.

Other non-tournament bouts:

Yoshihiro Akiyama (11-1) of Japan vs. Masanori Tonooka (1-1) of Japan

Ikuhisa Minowa (40-28-8) of Japan vs. Masakatsu Funaki (38-13-1) of Japan

Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (32-8-2) of Japan vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (12-5) of Japan

Shinya Aoki (17-3) of Japan vs. Todd Moore (9-2) of Houston, Tex.

Keita Nakamura (14-3) of Japan vs. Adriano Martins (9-3) of Brazil

Hideo Tokoro (21-13-1) of Japan vs. Atsushi Yamamoto (11-5-1) of Japan

Here are some video highlights of the Middleweight Grand Prix semifinalists to whet your appetite:

MELVIN MANHOEF VS. KAZUSHI SAKURABA

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ZELG GALESIC VS. TAIEI KIN

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RONALDO "JACARE" SOUZA VS. IAN MURPHY

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GEGARD MOUSASI VS. DENIS KANG

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