PRIDE Open-weight Grand Prix Tournament 2nd Round

Results

July 1, 2006

 Saitama Super Arena

 Saitama, Japan

From the PRIDE FC Newsletter: Don't miss PRIDE Fighting's upcoming July 2nd event, as the Open-

weight Tournament continues on to the second round with Critical Countdown Absolute. Watch as the

remaining fighters do battle to advance to the last and final round where only one fighter will be crowned

PRIDE Fighting's Absolute Champion! In addition there will be 4 non-tournament matches on this card as

well. Don't miss all the mayhem this Sunday, July 2nd (10:00PM ET 7:00PM PT) only on PPV !

PPV Premiere Date: Sunday, June 4th 2006.  Premiere Time: 10:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm PT. For additional

replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.

Translated from boutholic.com:

Fight 1

Pawel Nastula wins by first round submission (arm bar) over Edson Drago

Fight 2

Yoshihiro Nakao wins by first round TKO (doc stoppage) over Lee Eun Su

Fight 3

Vitor Belfort wins by first round knockout over Yoshiki Takahashi

Fight 4

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira wins by second round TKO over Alistair Overeem

Fight 5

Kazuhiro Nakamura wins by first round submission (kimura) over Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos

Fight 6 - Second Round Open-weight GP Tournament Bout

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira wins a unanimous decision over Fabricio Werdum

Fight 7 - Second Round Open-weight GP Tournament Bout

Wanderlei Silva wins by first round TKO over Kazuyuki Fujita

Fight 8 - Second Round Open-weight GP Tournament Bout

Josh Barnett wins by first round submission (kimura) over Mark Hunt

Fight 9 - Second Round Open-weight GP Tournament Bout

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic  wins by first round TKO over Hidehiko Yoshida

(7/1/06)