Pride Total Elimination Absolute

Information

Promotion

Pride Fighting Championships

Date

May 5, 2006

Venue

Osaka Dome

City

Osaka

Event chronology

Pride Bushido 10

Pride Total Elimination Absolute

Pride Bushido 11

Pride Total Elimination Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan on May 5, 2006.

Background

This event featured the first round of Pride's 2006 Heavyweight tournament. 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.

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. Wanderlei Silva, then current Pride middleweight champion, received his bye into the second round.

Results

Heavyweight Grand Prix 1st Round
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	Yosuke Nishijima	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:33
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Wagner da Conceicao Martins	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:17
	Mirko Filipović	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Punches)	1	1:10
	Kazuyuki Fujita	def.	James Thompson	KO (Punch)	1	8:25
	Josh Barnett	def.	Aleksander Emelianenko	Submission (Keylock)	2	1:57
	Mark Hunt	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (Punches)	2	4:15
	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Alistair Overeem	Submission (Kimura)	2	3:43
Alternate Bout
	Roman Zentsov	def.	Gilbert Yvel	KO (Punch)	1	4:55

Pride 2006 Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket

1st Round
(PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute)

Quarterfinals
(PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute)

Semifinals
(PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute)

Finals
(PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute)

Josh Barnett

SUB

Aleksander Emelianenko

11:57

Josh Barnett

Mark Hunt

Mark Hunt

TKO

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka