Pride Bushido 13

Pride Bushido 13 also known as Pride Bushido Survival Finals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships.

Background

This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix.

In a lightweight championship bout, Takanori Gomi faced Marcus Aurelio, who had defeated Gomi in a non-title fight at Pride Bushido 10.

Originally Gilbert Melendez was set to face Shinya Aoki but an injury during training forced Melendez to withdraw from the fight. Clay French replaced Melendez in the fight.^[1]

Results

Non-tournament bouts

• Middleweight bout: Murilo Bustamante vs. Yoon Dong-Sik

Bustamante defeated Yoon by unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout: Nobuhiro Obiya vs. Luiz Firmino

Firmino defeated Obiya by unanimous decision.

• Bantamweight bout: Yoshiro Maeda vs. Joe Pearson

Pearson defeated Maeda via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:54 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout: Sanae Kikuta vs. Jean Francois Lenogue

Kikuta defeated Lenogue by unanimous decision. This fight did air on the PPV, but never was put on the DVD.

• Heavyweight bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mike Barton

Minowa defeated Barton by unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. David Bielkheden

Ishida defeats Bielkheden by unanimous decision.

• Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Clay French

Aoki defeated French by submission (triangle choke) at 3:57 of round 1.

• Pride Lightweight Championship bout: Takanori Gomi (c) vs. Marcus Aurelio

Gomi defeated Aurelio by split decision.

Tournament bouts

• Welterweight tournament alternate bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Hector Lombard

Mousasi defeated Lombard by unanimous decision.

• Welterweight tournament semifinal bout: Paulo Filho vs. Kazuo Misaki

Filho defeated Misaki via submission (armbar) at 9:43 of round 1.

• Welterweight tournament semifinal bout: Denis Kang vs. Akihiro Gono

Kang defeated Gono by unanimous decision.

• Welterweight tournament final bout: Denis Kang vs. Kazuo Misaki

Misaki defeated Kang by split decision. Paulo Filho was unable to participate in the final due to a knee injury^[2], and Misaki was named as his replacement.

2006 Welterweight Grand Prix bracket

References

1. ^ Melendez Out, French in at Bushido – Sherdog.com, November 1, 2006
2. ^ Filho Discusses Pride GP Injury and Future Plans – Sherdog.com, November 14, 2006

See also

• List of Pride events
• Pride Bushido 12

External links

• Official Pride Website
• Sherdog.com event results