PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute
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| Promotion | PRIDE Fighting Championships | |
| Date | May 5, 2006 | |
| Venue | Osaka Dome | |
| City | Osaka | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| PRIDE Bushido 10 | PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute | PRIDE Bushido Survival 2006 |
PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. This event was the first round of PRIDE's 2006 open-weight tournament. It took place at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan on May 5, 2006.
Seven tournament matches were held along with one alternate match. The seven winning participants advanced to the second round, PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute. The winner of the alternate bout will take the place of any fighter who is unable to participate in subsequent matches. Wanderlei Silva, current PRIDE middleweight champion, will get a bye into the second round. Current PRIDE Heavyweight Champion and 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Fedor Emelianenko was originally set to enter the tournament with a first round bye, but a hand injury prevented him from participating.
[edit] Results
[edit] Tournament matches
[edit] Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima
Yoshida defeated Nishijima by submission via triangle choke at 2:33 of round one.
[edit] Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Filipovic defeated Minowa by TKO at 1:10 of round one.
[edit] Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett
Barnett defeated Emelianenko by submission via a keylock at 1:57 of round two.
[edit] Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Werdum defeated Overeem by submission via a kimura at 3:43 of round two.
[edit] Kazuyuki Fujita vs. James Thompson
Fujita defeated Thompson by KO at 8:25 of round one.
[edit] Mark Hunt vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
Hunt defeated Kohsaka by TKO at 4:15 of round two. Kohsaka had announced earlier that if he lost his match he would retire from MMA competition.
[edit] Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira vs. Zuluzinho
Nogueira defeated Zuluzinho by submission via armbar at 2:17 of round one.
[edit] Alternate match
[edit] Gilbert Yvel vs. Roman Zentsov
Zentsov defeated Yvel by KO at 4:55 of round one.
[edit] Sources
- Sherdog.com. Retrieved on May 7, 2006.
