Pride FC MMA events in 2006
2006 in Pride FC Information First date February 26, 2006 Last date December 31, 2006 Events Total events 10 Fights Total fights 101 Title fights 2 Chronology
The year2006 was the 10th year in the history of thePride Fighting Championships , amixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2006 had 10 events beginning with,Pride 31 - Unbreakable .
Debut Pride FC fighters [ edit ] The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2006:
# Event Japanese name Date held Venue City Attendance 66 Pride FC - Shockwave 2006 Otoko Matsuri - Fumetsu December 31, 2006 Saitama Super Arena Saitama ,Japan 48,709 65 Pride FC - Bushido 13 — November 5, 2006 Yokohama Arena Yokohama ,Japan — 64 Pride 32 - The Real Deal — October 21, 2006 Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas ,Nevada ,United States 11,727 63 Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute — September 10, 2006 Saitama Super Arena Saitama ,Japan — 62 Pride FC - Bushido 12 2nd Round August 27, 2006 Nagoya Rainbow Hall Nagoya ,Japan — 61 Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute — July 1, 2006 Saitama Super Arena Saitama ,Japan — 60 Pride FC - Bushido 11 — June 4, 2006 Saitama Super Arena Saitama ,Japan — 59 Pride FC - Total Elimination Absolute — May 5, 2006 Osaka Dome Osaka ,Japan — 58 Pride FC - Bushido 10 — April 2, 2006 Ariake Coliseum Tokyo ,Japan — 57 Pride 31 - Unbreakable Dreamers February 26, 2006 Saitama Super Arena Saitama ,Japan —
Pride 31: Unbreakable [ edit ] Pride 31: Unbreakable[ 1] Saitama Super Arena inSaitama ,Japan .
Pride FC: Bushido 10 [ edit ] Pride FC: Bushido 10[ 2] Ariake Coliseum inTokyo ,Japan .
Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute [ edit ] Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute[ 3] Osaka Dome inOsaka ,Japan .
This event featured the first round of Pride's 2006 Open-Weight 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 winnerFedor 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.
2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket [ edit ] 1 Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
Pride FC: Bushido 11 [ edit ] Pride FC: Bushido 11[ 4] Saitama Super Arena inSaitama ,Japan .
Pride 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix Bracket [ edit ] Pride: Bushido 11 Pride: Bushido 12 Pride: Bushido 13 Pride: Bushido 13 Kazuo Misaki UD Phil Baroni 15:00 Kazuo Misaki Dan Henderson Dan Henderson BYE Ryo Chonan DD Joey Villasenor 15:00 Ryo Chonan Paulo Filho Paulo Filho UD Gregory Bouchelaghem 15:00 Akihiro Gono UD Hector Lombard 15:00 Akihiro Gono Gegard Mousasi Gegard Mousasi TKO Makoto Takimoto 5:34 Amar Suloev UD Murilo Bustamante 15:00 Amar Suloev Denis Kang Denis Kang KO Murilo Rua 0:15
Pride FC: Critical Countdown Absolute [ edit ] Pride FC: Critical Countdown Absolute[ 5] Saitama Super Arena inSaitama ,Japan .
2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket [ edit ] Pride: Total Elimination Absolute Pride: Critical Countdown Absolute Pride: Final Conflict Absolute Pride: Final Conflict Absolute Josh Barnett SUB Alexander Emelianenko 11:57 Josh Barnett SUB Mark Hunt 2:02 Mark Hunt TKO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 14:15 Josh Barnett Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Fabrício Werdum SUB Alistair Overeem 13:43 Fabrício Werdum 20:00 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UD Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira SUB Wagner da Conceicao Martins 2:17 Mirko Cro Cop TKO Ikuhisa Minowa 1:10 Mirko Cro Cop TKO Hidehiko Yoshida 7:38 Hidehiko Yoshida SUB Yosuke Nishijima 2:33 Mirko Cro Cop Wanderlei Silva Kazuyuki Fujita KO James Thompson 8:25 Kazuyuki Fujita 9:21 Wanderlei Silva 1 TKO Fedor Emelianenko BYE
1 Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
Pride FC: Bushido 12 [ edit ] Pride FC: Bushido 12[ 6] Nagoya Rainbow Hall inNagoya ,Japan .
Pride 2006 Welterweight Grand Prix Bracket [ edit ] Pride: Bushido 11 Pride: Bushido 12 Pride: Bushido 13 Pride: Bushido 13 Kazuo Misaki UD Phil Baroni 15:00 Kazuo Misaki UD Dan Henderson 15:00 Dan Henderson BYE Kazuo Misaki Paulo Filho Ryo Chonan DD Joey Villasenor 15:00 Ryo Chonan 2:30 Paulo Filho SUB Paulo Filho UD Gregory Bouchelaghem 15:00 Akihiro Gono UD Hector Lombard 15:00 Akihiro Gono SUB Gegard Mousasi 4:24 Gegard Mousasi TKO Makoto Takimoto 5:34 Akihiro Gono Denis Kang Amar Suloev UD Murilo Bustamante 15:00 Amar Suloev 4:10 Denis Kang SUB Denis Kang KO Murilo Rua 0:15
Pride FC: Final Conflict Absolute [ edit ] Pride FC: Final Conflict Absolute[ 7] Saitama Super Arena inSaitama ,Japan .
This event comprised the semifinal and final rounds of the Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament. The tournament began on May 5, 2006, at theTotal Elimination Absolute event and then continued on July 1, 2006, atCritical Countdown Absolute .
On August 5, 2006, Mirko Cro Cop announced his withdrawal from the tournament following a dispute over pay with Pride.[ 8] [ 9]
2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket [ edit ] Pride: Total Elimination Absolute Pride: Critical Countdown Absolute Pride: Final Conflict Absolute Pride: Final Conflict Absolute Josh Barnett SUB Alexander Emelianenko 11:57 Josh Barnett SUB Mark Hunt 2:02 Mark Hunt TKO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 14:15 Josh Barnett SD Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 15:00 Fabrício Werdum SUB Alistair Overeem 13:43 Fabrício Werdum 20:00 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UD Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira SUB Wagner da Conceicao Martins 2:17 Josh Barnett 7:32 Mirko Cro Cop SUB Mirko Cro Cop TKO Ikuhisa Minowa 1:10 Mirko Cro Cop TKO Hidehiko Yoshida 7:38 Hidehiko Yoshida SUB Yosuke Nishijima 2:33 Mirko Cro Cop KO Wanderlei Silva 5:26 Kazuyuki Fujita KO James Thompson 8:25 Kazuyuki Fujita 9:21 Wanderlei Silva 1 TKO Fedor Emelianenko BYE
1 Fedor Emelianenko suffered a hand injury and could not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
Pride 32: The Real Deal [ edit ] Pride FC: Bushido 13 [ edit ] Pride FC: Bushido 13[ 10] Yokohama Arena inYokohama ,Japan .
This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix.
In a lightweight championship bout,Takanori Gomi facedMarcus Aurélio , who had defeated Gomi in a non-title fight atPride Bushido 10 .
OriginallyGilbert Melendez was set to faceShinya Aoki but an injury during training forced Melendez to withdraw from the fight.Clay French replaced Melendez in the fight.[ 11]
2006 Welterweight Grand Prix bracket [ edit ] Pride: Bushido 11 Pride: Bushido 12 Pride: Bushido 13 Pride: Bushido 13 Kazuo Misaki UD Phil Baroni 15:00 Kazuo Misaki UD Dan Henderson 15:00 Dan Henderson BYE Kazuo Misaki 9:43 Paulo Filho SUB Ryo Chonan DD Joey Villasenor 15:00 Ryo Chonan 2:30 Paulo Filho SUB Paulo Filho UD Gregory Bouchelaghem 15:00 Kazuo Misaki 1 DD Denis Kang 15:00 Akihiro Gono UD Hector Lombard 15:00 Akihiro Gono SUB Gegard Mousasi 4:24 Gegard Mousasi TKO Makoto Takimoto 5:34 Akihiro Gono 15:00 Denis Kang UD Amar Suloev UD Murilo Bustamante 15:00 Amar Suloev 4:10 Denis Kang SUB Denis Kang KO Murilo Rua 0:15
1 Paulo Filho dropped from the Grand Prix due to injuries sustained during his bout with Kazuo Misaki, who replaced him in the final round against Denis Kang.
Pride FC: Shockwave 2006 [ edit ] ^ "Pride 31 - Dreamers" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.^ "Pride - Bushido 10" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on November 16, 2014.^ "Pride FC - Total Elimination Absolute" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.^ "Pride - Bushido 11" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.^ "Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.^ "Pride - Bushido 12" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.^ "Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on December 5, 2014.^ "Cro Cop" to Walk Way from Pride GP ^ "Cro Cop" and DSE Reach Financial Terms ^ "Pride - Bushido 13" .Sherdog .Archived from the original on October 31, 2014.^ Melendez Out, French in at Bushido 
Mark Hunt
Yosuke Nishijima
Mark Coleman
Maurício Rua
Alistair Overeem
Sergei Kharitonov
John Olav Einemo
Dong Sik Yoon
Denis Kang
Mark Weir
Yves Edwards
