PRIDE Shockwave 2006

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PRIDE Shockwave 2006

Details
Promotion	PRIDE Fighting Championships
Date	December 31, 2006
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan
Event chronology
PRIDE Bushido 13	PRIDE Shockwave 2006	PRIDE 33

PRIDE Shockwave 2006 is a released mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event is called PRIDE Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu (PRIDE男祭り2006 -Fumetsu-, PRIDE Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu^?). Fumetsu (不滅, Fumetsu^?) means "immortal" or "undying."

The main event was scheduled to be heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko defending his heavyweight championship against the winner of the Absolute Grand Prix, but Mirko Filipović was recovering from foot surgery he underwent on October 26th and could not be fighting at Shockwave.^[1]^[2] Josh Barnett, the Absolute Grand Prix runner up, was also a contender to face Emelianenko, as mentioned by the heavyweight champion in a PRIDE 32 post-fight press conference, but was "not in the best condition" to compete.^[3] Instead, Fedor was said to be defendending his title against Mark Hunt.^[3]

The event will feature a mix of full PRIDE rules and Bushido rules, with the 160 pound and 183 pound fighters fighting under Bushido's rules. The sole exception however is the fight between Minowa and Tamura, as both had requested to fight under full PRIDE rules as well as fight in the opening fight of the night.^[4]

1 Results
2 Trivia
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Results

[edit] Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Ikuhisa Minowa

Kiyoshi Tamura defeated Ikuhisa Minowa by KO (kicks) at 1:18 of Round 1.

[edit] Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen

Shinya Aoki defeated Joachim Hansen by submission due to a gogoplata choke at 2:14 of Round 1.

[edit] Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo

Akihiro Gono defeated Yuki Kondo by split decision.

[edit] Mauricio Rua vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura

Mauricio Rua defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura by unanimous decision.

[edit] Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez defeated Tatsuya Kawajiri by unanimous decision.

[edit] Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtanidze

Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Eldar Kurtanidze by submission due to strikes at 2:09 of Round 1.

[edit] Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida

Takanori Gomi defeated Mitsuhiro Ishida by TKO (strikes) at 1:14 of Round 1.

[edit] Hidehiko Yoshida vs. James Thompson

James Thompson defeated Hidehiko Yoshida by TKO (strikes) at 7:50 of Round 1.

[edit] Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Josh Barnett by unanimous decision.

[edit] PRIDE Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko (champion) vs. Mark Hunt

Fedor Emelianenko defeated Mark Hunt by submission due to a kimura armlock at 8:16 of Round 1.

[edit] Trivia

PRIDE had announced plans for Mike Tyson to fight at this event. Tyson would face a PRIDE fighter under boxing rules. Since Tyson is not allowed to enter Japan because of his criminal record, PRIDE wanted to stage the fight outside of Japan, possibly in Macau, China. The fight would be broadcast live on large television screens in the Saitama Super Arena, where the regular mixed martial arts bouts will be held.^[5] This match however did not occur and was quietly dropped before the event.

Ikuhisa Minowa was introduced as "MINOWA-MAN" for his fight against Tamura. He also wore a red robe and a white robe over it that said "NEO HUMAN" in Japanese for his enterance.