Pride Final Conflict 2003

Pride Final Conflict 2003
Information
Promotion Pride
Date November 9, 2003
Venue Tokyo Dome
City Tokyo, Japan
Attendance 67,450
Event chronology
Pride Bushido 1 Pride Final Conflict 2003 Pride Shockwave 2003

Pride Final Conflict 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The first round of the tournament was contested at the Pride Total Elimination 2003 event the previous August.

Contents

Results

Tournament semifinals

Quinton Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell

Jackson advanced to the finals by defeating Liddell by TKO 3:10 into Round 2. Liddell's corner threw in the towel.

Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

Wanderlei Silva was victorious in a unanimous decision over Hidehiko Yoshida.

Tournament finals

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva

Reigning Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva won the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix by defeating Quinton Jackson in the finals. At 6:28 in the first round, Silva was declared the winner by TKO after he connected with many consecutive standing knee strikes to the head.

Tournament Reserve match

Murilo Bustamante vs. Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson knocked out Murilo Bustamante after 53 seconds of action. As Bustamante was going for a takedown, Henderson caught him in the head with a knee strike and followed up with punches on the ground.

Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix bracket

  Opening Round
(Pride Total Elimination 2003)
Semifinals Final
                           
   Chuck Liddell    
 Alistair Overeem    
     Chuck Liddell    
     Quinton Jackson    
 Quinton Jackson  
   Murilo Bustamante    
       Quinton Jackson  
     Wanderlei Silva  
   Hidehiko Yoshida    
 Kiyoshi Tamura    
     Hidehiko Yoshida  
     Wanderlei Silva    
 Wanderlei Silva  
   Kazushi Sakuraba    

Pride Interim Heavyweight Championship

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mirko Filipović

Nogueira won by submission over the previously undefeated Filipović. Nogueira locked Filipović in an armbar 1:45 into Round 2.

Other matches

Dan Bobish vs. Gary Goodridge

Goodridge won by TKO over Bobish in only 18 seconds. The referee called the fight after Goodridge brought Bobish to a knee with heavy punches. Bobish complained after the fight was stopped that he had taken a finger/thumb to the eye on an early Goodridge combo.

Heath Herring vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Heath Herring choked out Yoshihisa Yamamoto at 2:29 in Round 3, getting the submission victory.

Kevin Randleman vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

Sakuraba defeated Randleman by submission with an armbar 2:36 into Round 3.

Commentators

Randy Couture, at the time UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, provided commentary for the main event, in which Wanderlei Silva battled Quinton Jackson in the tournament finals.

See also

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