PRIDE FC SHOCKWAVE
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PRIDE FC SHOCKWAVE 2006 FROM SAITAMA SUPER ARENA IN JAPAN
PRIDE Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event was called PRIDE Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu means immortal or undyingThe main event was scheduled to be heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko defending his heavyweight championship against the winner of the Absolute Grand Prix, but Mirko Filipovic was recovering from foot surgery he underwent on October 26th and could not fight at Shockwave. Josh Barnett, the Absolute Grand Prix runner up, was also a contender to face Emelianenko, as mentioned by the heavyweight champion in a PRIDE 32 post-fight press conference, but was not in the best condition to compete. Instead, Fedor was said to be defending his title against Mark Hunt.The event featured a mix of full PRIDE rules and Bushido rules, with the 160 pound and 183 pound fighters fighting under Bushido's rules. The sole exception however is the fight between Minowa and Tamura, as both had requested to fight under full PRIDE rules as well as fight in the opening fight of the night.Matches include:1 Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Ikuhisa Minowa2 Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen3 Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo4 Mauricio Rua vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura5 Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez6 Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtanidze7 Takanori Gomi (Champion) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida8 Hidehiko Yoshida vs. James Thompson9 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett
10 PRIDE Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko (Champion) vs. Mark Hunt
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