Pride Shockwave 2005

Pride Shockwave 2005 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2005. In Japan, the event was called "Otoko Matsuri 2005 – Itadaki" (Itadaki means victory)

The event concluded the Pride Lightweight (73 kg, 161 lb) and Welterweight (83 kg, 183 lb) tournaments of 2005. Takanori Gomi won the Lightweight tournament by knocking out Hayato Sakurai. Dan Henderson won the Welterweight tournament by defeating Murilo Bustamante via split decision.

Wanderlei Silva retained his Middleweight Champion title by defeating Ricardo Arona via split decision.

Results

Please Note that in USA and Canada, the first 5 matches were not shown, and the main event of Ogawa vs. Yoshida was moved to the second match of the broadcast.

Charles Bennett vs Ken Kaneko

Charles Bennett defeats Ken Kaneko by armbar submission at 4:14 of Round 1.

Yuki Kondo vs Kazuhiro Nakamura

Kazuhiro Nakamura defeats Yuki Kondo by unanimous decision.

Paulo Cesar Silva vs James Thompson

James Thompson defeats Paulo Cesar Silva by technical knockout at 1:28 of Round 1.

Sanae Kikuta vs Makoto Takimoto

Sanae Kikuta defeats Makoto Takimoto by unanimous decision.

Aleksander Emelianenko vs Pawel Nastula

Aleksander Emelianenko defeats Pawel Nastula by Rear Naked Choke at 8:45 of Round 1.

Fedor Emelianenko vs Zuluzinho

Fedor Emelianenko defeats Zuluzinho via submission (punches) at 0:26 of Round 1.

Welterweight Tournament Final: Murilo Bustamante vs Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson defeats Murilo Bustamante after 2 rounds by split decision to become the first Pride Welterweight Champion.

Lightweight Tournament Final: Takanori Gomi vs Hayato Sakurai

Takanori Gomi defeats Hayato Sakurai by knockout at 3:36 at round number 1 to become the first Pride Lightweight Champion.

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Kazushi Sakuraba defeats Ikuhisa Minowa by technical submission due to a Kimura lock at 9:39 of Round 1.

Mirko Filipović vs Mark Hunt

Mark Hunt defeats Mirko Filipović by split decision

Pride Middleweight Championship: Ricardo Arona vs Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva defeats Ricardo Arona by split decision to retain the Pride Middleweight Championship.

Naoya Ogawa vs Hidehiko Yoshida

Hidehiko Yoshida defeats Naoya Ogawa by armbar submission at 6:04 of Round 1.

Welterweight Tournament Bracket

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Trivia

• Naoya Ogawa's entrance music was "Bakusho Sengen" which was the theme music used for Japanese Pro Wrestling legend Shinya Hashimoto, who died on July 11th, 2005. Ogawa also wore Hashimoto's headband in tribute to his friend.

• The significance of the main event was the fact that this fight was a rematch between Ogawa and Yoshida from a previous judo tournament in Japan.

• Naoya Ogawa vs. Hidehiko Yoshida remains one the most expensive MMA matches in history with both fighters paid a reported $2 million USD each.^[1]

• Charles Bennett was involved in a backstage altercation with a member of Chute Boxe Academy. In a video posted on Chute Boxe's official website, Bennett is seen attacking Chute Boxe fighter Cristiano Marcello. Bennett supposedly insulted the Chute Boxe Academy and Wanderlei Silva, prompting a scuffle between Marcello and Bennett, and Marcello put Bennett to sleep with a triangle choke before the fight was broken up.

See also

• List of Pride events

References

• Official results (Japanese)
• Sherdog.com
• Dave Meltzer's article on Yoshida and Ogawa getting paid.