PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute

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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.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Tournament matches

[edit] Flag of the United States Josh Barnett vs. Flag of Russia Aleksander Emelianenko

Barnett defeated Emelianenko by submission via a keylock at 1:57 of round two.

[edit] Flag of Japan Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Flag of the United Kingdom James Thompson

Fujita defeated Thompson by KO at 8:25 of round one.

[edit] Flag of New Zealand Mark Hunt vs. Flag of Japan 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] Flag of Croatia Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Flag of Japan Ikuhisa Minowa

Filipovic defeated Minowa by TKO at 1:10 of round one.

[edit] Flag of Brazil Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira vs. Flag of Brazil Zuluzinho

Nogueira defeated Zuluzinho by submission via armbar at 2:17 of round one.

[edit] Flag of the Netherlands Alistair Overeem vs. Flag of Brazil Fabricio Werdum

Werdum defeated Overeem by submission via a kimura at 3:43 of round two.

[edit] Flag of Japan Yosuke Nishijima vs. Flag of Japan Hidehiko Yoshida

Yoshida defeated Nishijima by submission via triangle choke at 2:33 of round one.

[edit] Alternate match

[edit] Flag of the Netherlands Gilbert Yvel vs. Flag of Russia Roman Zentsov

Zentsov defeated Yvel by KO at 4:55 of round one.

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