Pride Total Elimination 2006: Results and Event Recap

The event titled Pride Total Elimination Absolute took place May 5, 2006, at Osaka Dome. The card opened Pride’s 2006 openweight Grand Prix. Its main event paired Hidehiko Yoshida with boxer Yosuke Nishijima, and Yoshida won by technical submission with a triangle choke at 2:33 of Round 1.

Several heavyweight names appeared on the same card. Mirko Cro Cop stopped Ikuhisa Minowa with punches, Josh Barnett submitted Aleksander Emelianenko by keylock, and Fabricio Werdum submitted Alistair Overeem with a kimura.

Selected results

• Hidehiko Yoshida def. Yosuke Nishijima — triangle choke, Round 1, 2:33.
• Mirko Cro Cop def. Ikuhisa Minowa — TKO (punches), Round 1, 1:10.
• Josh Barnett def. Aleksander Emelianenko — keylock, Round 2, 1:57.
• Fabricio Werdum def. Alistair Overeem — kimura, Round 2, 3:43.
• Kazuyuki Fujita def. James Thompson — KO (punch), Round 1, 8:25.

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Selected Bout Results

• Hidehiko Yoshida defeated Yosuke Nishijima by Technical Submission (Triangle Choke); round 1, 2:33.
• Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Wagner da Conceicao Martins by Submission (Armbar); round 1, 2:17.
• Mirko Filipovic defeated Ikuhisa Minowa by TKO (Punches); round 1, 1:10.
• Josh Barnett defeated Aleksander Emelianenko by Submission (Keylock); round 2, 1:57.
• Mark Hunt defeated Tsuyoshi Kosaka by TKO (Punch); round 2, 4:15.
• Fabricio Werdum defeated Alistair Overeem by Submission (Kimura); round 2, 3:43.
• Roman Zentsov defeated Gilbert Yvel by KO (Punch); round 1, 4:55.

Elsewhere in the recorded results, Roman Zentsov finished Gilbert Yvel by KO (Punch) in round 1 at 4:55. That result supplied another stoppage alongside the other contests detailed in the event recap.

The 7 selected recorded bouts included 7 stoppages and 4 first-round finishes. The earliest finish among those results was Mirko Filipovic against Ikuhisa Minowa, ending at 1:10 of round 1. The round and method matter when comparing these outcomes: a submission records a different route to victory from a striking stoppage, while a decision places the final verdict with the judges.

Sources

Sherdog; Full Contact Fighter’s contemporary Pride announcement.

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