Two tournament match ups and one more participant have been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S 2005 16-Man Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament, TOTAL ELIMINATION 2005.
Newly Announced Matches:
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Kevin Randleman (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)
Two tournament match ups and one more participant have been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S 2005 16-Man Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament, TOTAL ELIMINATION 2005.
Newly Announced Matches:
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Kevin Randleman (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan) Newly Announced Tournament Participant:
Dean Lister (USA) American fighter, Dean Lister, gained entry into the tournament by defeating Akira Shoji (via triangle) to win the 4-man middleweight tournament at PRIDE FIGHTING’S BUSHIDO
VOLUME 6. Lister was set to face Brazilian Paulo Filho in the finals of that tournament, but Filho could not continue due to a foot injury.
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Yuki Kondo Kevin Randleman vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Tournament Participants: Wanderlei Silva
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
Igor Vovchanchyn
Kazushi Sakuraba
Dan Henderson
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Yuki Kondo
Hidehiko Yoshida
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Alistair Overeem
Kevin Randleman
Vitor Belfort
Yoon Dong Sik
Dean Lister Tournament Matches: Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan)
Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil)
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (USA) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (Brazil)
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Kevin Randleman (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan) Additional tournament participants and match ups to be announced soon.
(Participants and Matches Subject to Change) PRIDE FIGHTING’S 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament will span three events … TOTAL ELIMINATION (opening round), CRITICAL COUNTDOWN (Second Round) and FINAL CONFLICT (Semi-Finals and Finals). Dates for the latter two events will be announced soon. TOTAL ELIMINATION 2005 takes place on April 23rd, 2005 from the Osaka Dome in Japan and premieres on North American pay per view via iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, VU!, and Viewer’s Choice Canada on April 23rd at 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST (including a countdown show at 9:30pm EST, 6:30pm PST). For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.
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