Total Elimination 2005


April 23, 2005 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 43,000
Shown on tape delay on TV Fuji (18.7)
Shown on tape delay on US PPV
  1. Kazuhiro Nakamura beat Kevin Randleman (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  2. Ricardo Arona beat Dean Lister (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  3. Igor Vovchanchyn beat Yuki Kondo (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  4. Alistair Overeem beat Vitor Belfort (1st - 9:36) via submission.

  5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira beat Dan Henderson (1st - 8:55) via submission.

  6. Kazushi Sakuraba KO Yoon Dong Sik (1st - 0:38).

  7. Mauricio Rua beat Quinton Jackson (1st - 4:47).

  8. Wanderlei Silva beat Hidehiko Yoshida (3rd) via split decision.










Critical Countdown 2005


June 26, 2005 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 35,000
Shown July 1, 2005 on US PPV
  1. Sergey Kharitonov KO Pedro Rizzo (1st - 2:02).

  2. Mauricio Rua beat Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  3. Alistair Overeem beat Igor Vovchanchyn (1st - 1:20) via submission.

  4. Mirko Cro Cop KO Ibragim Magomedov (1st - 3:53).

  5. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Makoto Takimoto (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira KO Pawel Nastula (1st - 8:38).

  7. Ricardo Arona TKO Kazushi Sakuraba (2nd - 5:00).

  8. Wanderlei Silva KO Kazuhiro Nakamura (1st - 5:24).










Final Conflict 2005


August 28, 2005 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 35,000
Shown live on TV Fuji (13.3)
Shown on tape delay on U.S. PPV
  1. Kazuhiro Nakamura beat Igor Vovchanchyn (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  2. Ricardo Arona beat Wanderlei Silva (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  3. Mauricio Rua TKO Alistair Overeem (1st - 6:42).

  4. Fabricio Werdum beat Roman Zentsov (1st - 6:01) via submission.

  5. Hidehiko Yoshida beat Tank Abbott (1st - 7:40) via submission.

  6. Pride Heavyweight Champ Fedor Emelianenko beat Mirko Cro Cop (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  7. Mauricio Rua KO Ricardo Arona (1st - 2:54) to win the Middleweight Grand Prix 2005.










Middleweight Grand Prix 2005


 April 23 - August 28, 2005

Wanderlei Silva__________
                         |Silva_______
Hidehiko Yoshida_________|            |
                                      |Silva___
Kazuhiro Nakamura________             |        |
                         |Nakamura____|        |
Kevin Randleman__________|                     |
                                               |Arona__ 	
Kazushi Sakuraba_________                      |       |
                         |Sakuraba____         |       |
Yoon Dong Sik____________|            |        |       |
                                      |Arona___|       |
Ricardo Arona____________             |                |
                         |Arona_______|                |
Dean Lister______________|                             |
                                                       |Rua___
Alistair Overeem_________                              |
                         |Overeem_____                 |
Vitor Belfort____________|            |                |
                                      |Overeem_        |
Igor Vovchanchyn_________             |        |       |
                         |Vovchanchyn_|        |       |
Yuki Kondo_______________|                     |       |
                                               |Rua____|
Antonio Rogerio Noguiera_                      |
                         |Noguiera____         |
Dan Henderson____________|            |        |
                                      |Rua_____|
Mauricio Rua_____________             |
                         |Rua_________|
Quinton Jackson__________|