PRIDE FC

2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Results

16-Man Tournament

April 23, 2005

Osaka Dome

Osaka, Japan

Winners advance to the second round of the middleweight Grand Prix tournament. This event premieres on

North American pay per view via iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, VU!, and

Viewer’s Choice Canada on April 23^rd at 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST (including a countdown show at 9:30pm

EST, 6:30pm PST).  For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com. 

Times from Sportsnavi:

Fight 1 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Kazuhiro Nakamura wins a three round unanimous decision (3-0) over Kevin Randleman

Fight 2 -  Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Ricardo Arona wins a three round unanimous decision (3-0) over Dean Lister

Fight 3 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Igor Vovchanchyn wins a three round unanimous decision (3-0) over Yuki Kondo

Fight 4 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Alistair Overeem wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 9:36 of the first round over Vitor Belfort

Fight 5 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira wins by submission (arm bar) at 8:05 of the first round over Dan Henderson

Fight 6 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Kazushi Sakuraba wins by TKO (strikes) at :38 of the first round over Yoon Dong-Sik

Fight 7 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Mauricio Rua wins by TKO (injury\kicks) at 4:47 of the first round over Quinton Jackson

Fight 8 - Middleweight GP Tournament Bout

Wanderlei Silva wins a three round split decision (2-1) over Hidehiko Yoshida

(4/23/05)