PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | PRIDE Fighting Championships | |
| Date | September 10, 2006 | |
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |
| City | Saitama | |
| Event chronology | ||
| PRIDE Bushido 12 | PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute | PRIDE 32: The Real Deal |
PRIDE Final Conflict 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 September 10, 2006. This event comprised the semifinal and final rounds of the PRIDE 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic was the winner of the tournament.
The tournament began on May 5, 2006 at the Total Elimination Absolute event and then continued on July 1, 2006 at Critical Countdown Absolute.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Non-tournament bouts
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Yosuke Nishijima vs. 
Evangelista Santos
Evangelista Santos defeats Yosuke Nishijima by rear naked choke at 3:24 of Round 1.
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Lee Tae-Hyun vs. Ricardo Morais
Ricardo Morais defeats Lee Tae-Hyun at 8:08 of Round 1.
[edit] Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Yoshihiro Nakao by unanimous decision after 3 rounds.
[edit] Mauricio Rua vs. 
Cyrille Diabate
Mauricio Rua defeats Cyrille Diabate by knockout at 5:29 of Round 1.
[edit] Ricardo Arona vs. 
Alistair Overeem
Ricardo Arona defeats Alistair Overeem via submission (Strikes) at 4:28 of Round 1.
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Sergey Kharitonov vs. Aleksander Emelianenko
Aleksander Emelianenko defeats Sergey Kharitonov by knockout at 6:45 of Round 1.
[edit] Semi-final bouts
[edit] Wanderlei Silva vs. 
Mirko Filipović
Mirko Filipović defeats Wanderlei Silva by knockout at 5:26 of Round 1.
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Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Josh Barnett defeats Antonio Rodorigo Nogueira by split decision after two rounds.
[edit] Openweight tournament final bout
[edit] Josh Barnett vs. Mirko Filipović
Mirko Filipović defeats Josh Barnett at 7:32 of Round 1 by submission (strikes).
[edit] PRIDE 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Bracket
1Fedor Emelianenko was unable to participate due to an injury, and was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
[edit] Miscellanea
- On August 5, 2006, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic announced his withdrawal from the tournament following a dispute over pay with PRIDE.[1] On August 7, 2006 it was reported that the matter had been resolved and Filipovic would once again take his place in the finals. [2]
- The result of the tournament semifinals and finals were correctly predicted by Hidehiko Yoshida who had himself been eliminated from the tournament at PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Cro Cop" to Walk Way from PRIDE GP - Sherdog.com, August 5, 2006
- ^ "Cro Cop" and DSE Reach Financial Terms - Sherdog.com, August 7, 2006
- ^ Yoshida predicts the outcome of the OWGP - FightSpace.blogspot.com, September 2, 2006
