PRIDE Final Conflict 2003
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | PRIDE | |
| Date | November 9, 2003 | |
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Event chronology | ||
| PRIDE Bushido 1 | PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 | PRIDE Shockwave 2003 |
PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The first round of the tournament was contested at the PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 event the previous August.
[edit] Results
[edit] Tournament semifinal matches
[edit] Chuck Liddell vs. Quinton Jackson
Quinton Jackson advanced to the finals by defeating Chuck Liddell by TKO 3:10 into Round 2, finishing him off with ground and pound.
[edit] Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Wanderlei Silva was victorious in a unanimous decision over Hidehiko Yoshida.
[edit] Tournament finals
[edit] Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson
Reigning PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva won the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix by defeating Quinton Jackson in the finals. At 6:28 in the first round, Silva was declared the winner by TKO after he connected with many consecutive standing knee strikes to the head.
[edit] Other matches
[edit] Gary Goodridge vs. Dan Bobish
Gary Goodridge won by TKO over Dan Bobish in only 18 seconds. The referee stopped the fight as Goodridge attacked Bobish with a flurry of punches.
[edit] Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante
Dan Henderson knocked out Murilo Bustamante after 53 seconds of action. As Bustamante was going for a takedown, Henderson caught him in the head with a knee strike and followed up with punches on the ground.
[edit] Heath Herring vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Heath Herring choked out Yoshihisa Yamamoto at 2:29 in Round 3, getting the submission victory.
[edit] Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira won by submission over the previously undefeated Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović. Nogueira locked Cro Cop in an armbar 1:45 into Round 2.
[edit] Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kevin Randleman
Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Kevin Randleman by submission with an armbar 2:36 into Round 3.
[edit] PRIDE 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| Chuck Liddell | |||||||||||||
| Alistair Overeem | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Liddell | |||||||||||||
| Quinton Jackson | |||||||||||||
| Quinton Jackson | |||||||||||||
| Murilo Bustamante | |||||||||||||
| Quinton Jackson | |||||||||||||
| Wanderlei Silva | |||||||||||||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | |||||||||||||
| Kiyoshi Tamura | |||||||||||||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | |||||||||||||
| Wanderlei Silva | |||||||||||||
| Wanderlei Silva | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | |||||||||||||
[edit] Trivia
- UFC President Dana White provided color commentary for the Quinton Jackson/Chuck Liddell bout, in support of UFC representative Liddell.
- Randy Couture, at the time UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, provided color commentary for the main event, in which Wanderlei Silva battled Quinton Jackson in the tournament finals.
