Pride Critical Countdown Absolute
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | July 1, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
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Pride Critical Countdown Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on July 1, 2006.
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Background
This event comprised the second round of the Pride 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament, featuring the advancing fighters from the first round held at Pride Total Elimination Absolute. Wanderlei Silva was inserted into the tournament in place of Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, who was unable to participate due to a hand injury.[1]
Results
| Open-Weight Grand Prix Quarterfinals | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mirko Filipović | def. | Hidehiko Yoshida | TKO (Leg Kicks) | 1 | 7:38 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Barnett | def. | Mark Hunt | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 2:02 | |
| Heavyweight | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Kazuyuki Fujita | TKO (Punches and Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 9:21 | |
| Heavyweight | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Fabrício Werdum | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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| Middleweight | Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Evangelista Santos | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 4:49 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | def. | Alistair Overeem | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 2 | 2:13 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Vitor Belfort | def. | Kazuo Takahashi | KO (Punch) | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Heavyweight | Yoshihiro Nakao | def. | Eun-Su Lee | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 4:16 | |
| Heavyweight | Pawel Nastula | def. | Edson Claas Vieira | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:33 | |
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| 1st Round (PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute) |
Quarterfinals (PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute) |
Semifinals (PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute) |
Finals (PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute) |
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Josh Barnett | SUB | |||||||||||||||||
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Aleksander Emelianenko | 11:57 | |||||||||||||||||
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Josh Barnett | SUB | |||||||||||||||||
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Mark Hunt | 2:02 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mark Hunt | TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | 14:15 | |||||||||||||||||
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Josh Barnett | ||||||||||||||||||
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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fabrício Werdum | SUB | |||||||||||||||||
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Alistair Overeem | 13:43 | |||||||||||||||||
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Fabrício Werdum | 20:00 | |||||||||||||||||
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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | DEC | |||||||||||||||||
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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | SUB | |||||||||||||||||
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Wagner da Conceicao Martins | 2:17 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mirko Filipović | TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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Ikuhisa Minowa | 1:10 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mirko Filipović | TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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Hidehiko Yoshida | 7:38 | |||||||||||||||||
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Hidehiko Yoshida | SUB | |||||||||||||||||
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Yosuke Nishijima | 2:33 | |||||||||||||||||
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Mirko Filipović | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wanderlei Silva | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kazuyuki Fujita | KO | |||||||||||||||||
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James Thompson | 8:25 | |||||||||||||||||
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Kazuyuki Fujita | 9:21 | |||||||||||||||||
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Wanderlei Silva1 | TKO | |||||||||||||||||
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Fedor Emelianenko | BYE | |||||||||||||||||
1Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
References
See also
- Pride Fighting Championships
- List of Pride Fighting Championships champions
- List of Pride FC events
- 2006 in Pride FC
