Product Review

From Total Elimination (where it began in May of 2006) to Critical Countdown Absolute comes the third round of the 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix Tournament. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on September 10, 2006. This event comprised the semifinal and final rounds of the PRIDE 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament.


Non-tournament bouts
Yosuke Nishijima vs. Evangelista Santos
Lee Tae-Hyun vs. Ricardo Morais
Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Mauricio Rua vs. Cyrille Diabate
Ricardo Arona vs. Alistair Overeem
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Aleksander Emelianenko

Semi-final bouts
Wanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Filipovic
Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Open weight tournament final bout
Josh Barnett vs. Mirko Filipovi