PRIDE Open-weight Grand Prix Tournament Results

Opening Round

May 5, 2006

Osaka Dome

Osaka, Japan

Winners of the Open-weight GP bouts advance to the second round of the tournament - The second round of

the tournament will take place on July 1st at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan with the final round

being held on September 10th, also at the Saitama Super Arena. PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor

Emelianenko is expected to participate in the second round of the tournament (first round bye).

Translated from mmabank.net:

Fight 1

Roman Zentsov wins by first round knockout (punch) over Gilbert Yvel

Fight 2 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Fabricio Werdum wins by second round submission (kimura) over Alistair Overeem

Fight 3 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Mark Hunt wins by second round TKO over Tsuyoshi Kosaka

Fight 4 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Josh Barnett wins by second round submission (key lock) over Alexander Emelianenko

Fight 5 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Kazuyuki Fujita wins by first round knockout (punch) over James Thompson

Fight 6 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic wins by first round TKO (strikes) over Ikuhisa Minowa

Fight 7 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira wins by first round submission (arm bar) over Zulu

Fight 8 - Open-weight GP Tournament Bout (Opening Round)

Hidehiko Yoshida wins by first round submission (triangle choke) over Yosuke Nishijima

(5/05/06)