PRIDE Final Conflict 2005

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PRIDE Final Conflict 2005 was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. This event featured the much anticipated heavyweight title fight between Mirko Cro Cop and Fedor Emelianenko and also comprised the final round of the 2005 Middleweight Tournament. It took place on August 28th, 2005, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

[edit] Results

[edit] Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Igor Vovchanchyn by unanimous decision after 2 rounds.

[edit] Fabricio Werdum vs Roman Zentsov

Fabricio Werdum defeats Roman Zentsov by submission due to a triangle armbar at 6:01 of Round 1.

[edit] Tank Abbott vs Hidehiko Yoshida

Hidehiko Yoshida defeats Tank Abbott by GI choke submission at 7:40 of Round 1.

[edit] PRIDE Heavyweight Championship:

[edit] Fedor Emelianenko vs Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović

Fedor Emelianenko defeats Mirko Filipović by unanimous decision after 3 rounds to retain the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship.

[edit] Middleweight Tournament Semifinals:

[edit] Ricardo Arona vs Wanderlei Silva

Ricardo Arona defeats Wanderlei Silva by unanimous decision after 2 rounds.

[edit] Alistair Overeem vs Mauricio Rua

Mauricio Rua defeats Alistair Overeem by technical knockout due to strikes at 6:42 of Round 1.

[edit] Middleweight Tournament Final:

[edit] Ricardo Arona vs Mauricio Rua

Mauricio Rua defeats Ricardo Arona by knockout at 2:54 to become the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix champion.

[edit] PRIDE GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

The results for the PRIDE GP 2005 Middleweight tournament:

[edit] See also

• List of PRIDE events

[edit] External links

• Official PRIDE Website
• Sherdog.com
• MMAFighting.com