PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005

[Riley G]

Tournament Matches:

Fight Card

Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)
Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan) vs. Ricardo Arona (Brazil)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (Brazil) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil)
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland)

Additional Matches (Non-Tournament):

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil) vs. Pawel Nastula (Poland)
Sergei Kharitonov (Russia) vs. Pedro Rizzo (Brazil)
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Croatia) vs. Ibragim Magomedov (Russia)
Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Kiyoshi Tamura (Japan)

Additional non-tournament match ups to be announced soon.
(Participants and Matches Subject to Change)

Those are what been signed so far any predictions or comments. I myself predict a Nogeria vs. Silva finals to this tournament.

[TheRick]

Nog is going to fight in the tournament as well as an exhibition match against Nastula?

[Riley G]

No there are two Nog brothers the middle names are different. (What kinda of parent names twins so simular I don't know) Anyway A. Rogerio Nogueira is in the Middleweight tournament and his borther A. Rodrigo Noueira is in a Heavyweight fight on the show.

[TheRick]

Wow, didn't know that. On the other hand I don't really follow PRIDE. Thanks for clearing that up.

[NewFnShow]

This show should be fucking sweet. I can't wait for next weekend. I'm seein' Silva, Arona, Shogun(in the big upset of the night), and Igor moving on.

The non-tourny matches look really good as well.

[Riley G]

I really don't see Shogun as much of a roll as he's been lately upseting the undefeated Nog. I want Silva to lose after he lost last time IMO of coruse

[Riley G]

for anyone who cares:

Wanderlei Silva def. Kazuhiro Nakamura by decision

Ricardo Arona def. Kuzushi Sakuraba by Ref Stoppage after kneeing the sh*t out of Sakuraba's face

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by decision. NewF'n Show was right he got the upset in the Fight of the night from where I sit

Alistair Overeem def. Igor Vovchanchyn by Submission. Another upset Overeem used a standing guillotine choke.

Additional Matches (Non-Tournament):

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Pawel Nastula by TKO Ground and Pound

Sergei Kharitonov def. Pedro Rizzo knocked him the fuck out in the round 1

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic def. Ibragim Magomedov by Knockout

Kiyoshi Tamura def. Makoto Takimoto by Decision in a boring fight that Tamura even said sorry for.

**The BIG NEWS out of the show after Cro Cop won his fight he called Takada the PRIDE General Manager in the ring and offically asked for Fedor to be brought out to the ring to challenge him. Fedor came out with a big simle on his face and accepted the chanllenge to defend his PRIDE World Heavyweight title against Cro Cop in two mounths at Final Conflict. I can't wait for that.

[TheRick]

That's so awesome Cro Cop gets the opportunity to challenge for the belt. I'll have to see if I can find a torrent of this show.

[NewFnShow]

I missed the show cause I was at the damn Columbus fireworks. Oh well, I'll just wait until Final Conflict, which should be sweet with Cro Cop vs. Fedor.