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*[[Wanderlei Silva]] vs. Mirko Filipović |
*[[Wanderlei Silva]] vs. [[Mirko Filipović]] |
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*[[Josh Barnett]] vs. [[Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira]] |
*[[Josh Barnett]] vs. [[Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira]] |
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Revision as of 21:34, 7 August 2006
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| File:PrideFCA.png The poster for PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute | ||||
| Promotion | PRIDE Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | September 10, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. It will take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on September 10, 2006. This event comprises the semifinal and final rounds of the PRIDE 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament.
The tournament began on May 5, 2006 at the Total Elimination Absolute event and then continued on July 2, 2006 at Critical Countdown Absolute.
On August 5, 2006 Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic announced his withdrawl from the tournament following a dispute over pay with PRIDE.[1] On August 7, 2006 it was reported that the matter had been resolved and Filipovic would once again take his place in the finals.[2][3]
Announced matchups
Tournament bouts
Reserve bout
PRIDE 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Bracket
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Aleksander Emelianenko | |||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Barnett | |||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Barnett | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Hunt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Hunt | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | |||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Barnett | |||||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alistair Overeem | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fabricio Werdum | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fabricio Werdum | |||||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | |||||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zuluzinho | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mirko Filipovic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ikuhisa Minowa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mirko Filipovic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yosuke Nishijima | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mirko Filipović | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wanderlei Silva | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | |||||||||||||||||||
| James Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wanderlei Silva1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fedor Emelianenko | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
1Fedor Emelianenko was unable to participate due to an injury, and was replaced by Wanderlei Silva.