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PRIDE 33
Details
Promotion PRIDE Fighting Championships
Date February 24, 2007
Venue Thomas & Mack Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 12,911 (8,334 paid)[1]
Total Gate $2,033,098[1]
Event chronology
PRIDE Shockwave 2006 PRIDE 33 PRIDE 34

PRIDE 33: The Second Coming[2] was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships on February 24, 2007 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the night's main event welterweight champion Dan Henderson knocked out PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva, stripping him of his title to become the new middleweight champion.[3][4] This victory by Henderson avenged an earlier loss to Silva after their first encounter in 2000 at PRIDE 12, with Silva winning that fight in a three-round unanimous decision.[5]

A fight between Sergei Kharitonov and Gilbert Yvel was submitted for approval by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). However, the fight did not take place after Yvel was denied a fighter's license by the NSAC based on a history of disqualification from multiple fights, most notably, his infamous attack on a referee.[6] Kharitonov instead fought Mike Russow defeating him with an armbar.[7]

A fight between Wes Sims and Kazuyuki Fujita was proposed but the NSAC turned it down due to competitive reasons—the fighters were at unequal experience/talent levels. After that a Wes Sims-Mark Hunt fight was turned down as well. The NSAC confirmed that Fujita would not be fighting anyone on the PRIDE 33 card as the deadline for receiving fighters over the age of 35 (Fujita is 36) medical records had passed (they must be submitted one week before the show so they can be properly reviewed and cleared).[8]

Travis Wiuff's original opponent, Kazuhiro Nakamura, did not fight due to a knee injury.[7]

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Norwegian Joachim Hansen vs. Flag of United States Jason Ireland

Joachim Hansen defeated Jason Ireland at 2:33 into the third round via armbar.[9]

[edit] Flag of United States Frank Trigg vs. Flag of Japan Kazuo Misaki

Frank Trigg defeated Welterweight Grand Prix Champion, Kazuo Misaki via unanimous decision.[10]

[edit] Flag of United States Travis Wiuff vs. Flag of United States James Lee

James Lee defeated Travis Wiuff at :39 into the first round via guillotine choke.[11]

[edit] Flag of Brazil Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Flag of Cameroon Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueria via knockout at :23 into the first round.[12]

[edit] Flag of Japan Hayato Sakurai vs. Flag of United States Mac Danzig

Hayato Sakurai defeated Mac Danzig at 4:01 into the second round via knockout.[13]

[edit] Flag of Russia Sergei Kharitonov vs. Flag of United States Michael Russow

Sergei Kharitonov defeated Michael Russow at 3:46 into the first round via an armbar from the guard.[7]

[edit] Flag of Brazil Mauricio Rua vs. Flag of Netherlands Alistair Overeem

In a rematch from PRIDE Final Conflict 2005, Mauricio Rua defeated Alistair Overeem via knockout at 3:37 into the first round.[14]

[edit] Flag of Japan Takanori Gomi vs. Flag of United States Nick Diaz

Former UFC jobber Nick Diaz upset the PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi via a gogoplata submission in the second round. The hotly contested fight, which saw Gomi knocking down Diaz in the first round, was controversially a non-title fight, so Gomi remained the champion. It was only the second time the gogoplata finishing hold has been successfully used in a Pride event, the first being Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen.[15]

[edit] Flag of Brazil Wanderlei Silva vs. Flag of United States Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson defeated Wanderlei Silva, finishing him with a left hook[1] at 2:08 in the third round. In becoming the new PRIDE middleweight champion[3][4] with this win, Henderson also made history by being the first ever mixed martial artist to simultaneously reign as champion in two separate weight classes in a major organization when fighting up in weight.

[edit] References

Alternate poster for PRIDE 33
Alternate poster for PRIDE 33
  1. ^ a b Ivan Trembow. PRIDE: The Second Coming Attendance Breakdown. mmaweekly.com.
  2. ^ PRIDE official site (Japanese). PRIDE (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  3. ^ a b PRIDE 33: Silva vs. Henderson. The Fight Game (2007-01-07). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  4. ^ a b Boone, Matthew (2007-01-07). PRIDE 33 "The Second Coming" - Silva vs. Henderson 2. MMANews.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  5. ^ Fight Finder - PRIDE 12. Sherdog. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  6. ^ License To Fight: Busy Morning For The NSAC. Sherdog (2006-02-16). Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
  7. ^ a b c Mendoza, Ricardo (2007-02-21). Kharitonov vs. Russow; Nakamura Out. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
  8. ^ Trembow, Ivan (2007-02-16). In Depth Coverage: Hearings for Randleman, Yvel, Alves, Toughill and Carvahlo. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  9. ^ Joachim Hansen signs to fight for PRIDE in US. MMA Weekly (2007-02-06). Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
  10. ^ Gobetz, Mitch (2007-02-22). Trigg Looks To Go Thru Misaki To Top 10. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
  11. ^ Wiuff Will Make His PRIDE Debut After All. MMA Weekly (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
  12. ^ Crecy, Aaron (2007-01-29). Sokoudjou-Nog for PRIDE 33. The Fight Network. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  13. ^ Gomi-Diaz, Sakurai-Danzig, and Two More Official for "Second Coming". Sherdog (2007-01-23). Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
  14. ^ PRIDE official website (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
  15. ^ Mendoza, Ricardo (2007-02-21). Gomi Ready For Diaz & Las Vegas Debut. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.

[edit] See also

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