2006 in Pride FC

Pride: Bushido 10
Pride: Bushido 10
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Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	April 2, 2006
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
City	Tokyo
Event chronology

Pride 31
Pride 31
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Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	February 26, 2006
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Event chronology

2006 in Pride FC
2006 in Pride FC
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First date	February 26, 2006
Last date	December 31, 2006
Events
Total events	10
Fights
Total fights	101
Title fights	2
Chronology

Last updated June 26, 2022

The year 2006 was the 10th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2006 had 10 events beginning with, Pride 31 - Unbreakable.

Title fights

Title fights in 2006
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Lightweight	Takanori Gomi (c)	def.	Marcus Aurelio	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	Pride - Bushido 13	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Mark Hunt	Submission (Kimura)	1	8:16	Pride FC - Shockwave 2006	^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2006:

Clay French
Cristiano Marcello
Cyrille Diabate
Dae Won Kim
David Baron
David Bielkheden
Edson Claas Vieira
Eldari Kurtanidze
Eric Esch
Eun-Su Lee
Evangelista Santos
Gegard Mousasi
Gilbert Melendez
Gregory Bouchelaghem

Naoki Matsushita
Nobuhiro Obiya
Olaf Alfonso
Paul Rodriguez
Robbie Lawler
Sean O'Haire
Seichi Ikemoto
Shinya Aoki
Tae Hyun Lee
Travis Galbraith
Won Jin Eoh
Yoshihiro Nakao
Yosuke Nishijima

Events list

#	Event	Japanese name	Date held	Venue	City	Attendance
66	Pride FC - Shockwave 2006	Otoko Matsuri - Fumetsu	December 31, 2006	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	48,709
65	Pride FC - Bushido 13	N/A	November 5, 2006	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	N/A
64	Pride 32 - The Real Deal	N/A	October 21, 2006	Thomas & Mack Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	11,727
63	Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute	N/A	September 10, 2006	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	N/A
62	Pride FC - Bushido 12	2nd Round	August 27, 2006	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Nagoya, Japan	N/A
61	Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute	N/A	July 1, 2006	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	N/A
60	Pride FC - Bushido 11	N/A	June 4, 2006	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	N/A
59	Pride FC - Total Elimination Absolute	N/A	May 5, 2006	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	N/A
58	Pride FC - Bushido 10	N/A	April 2, 2006	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	N/A
57	Pride 31 - Unbreakable	Dreamers	February 26, 2006	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	N/A

Pride 31: Unbreakable

Pride 31: Unbreakable^[1] was an event held on February 26, 2006, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mark Hunt	def.	Yosuke Nishijima	KO (Punch)	3	1:18
	Mark Coleman	def.	Maurício Rua	TKO (Broken Arm)	1	0:49
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Kiyoshi Tamura	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:24
	Josh Barnett	def.	Kazuhiro Nakamura	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	8:10
	Alistair Overeem	def.	Sergei Kharitonov	TKO (Knees)	1	5:13
	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	def.	Mario Sperry	TKO (Punches)	1	1:20
	Fabrício Werdum	def.	John Olav Einemo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Dong Sik Yoon	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Roman Zentsov	def.	Pedro Rizzo	KO (Punch)	1	0:25

Pride FC: Bushido 10

Pride FC: Bushido 10^[2] was an event held on April 2, 2006, at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Marcus Aurelio	def.	Takanori Gomi	Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	4:34
	Dan Henderson	def.	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Paulo Cesar Silva	TKO (Knees)	1	2:23
	Phil Baroni	def.	Yuki Kondo	KO (Punch)	1	0:25
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Dae Won Kim	Submission (Armbar)	1	9:00
	Paulo Filho	def.	Murilo Rua	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Luiz Azeredo	KO (Knee)	1	7:09
	Denis Kang	def.	Mark Weir	Submission (Knees)	1	4:55
	Jens Pulver	def.	Kenji Arai	KO (Soccer Kick)	1	3:59
	Mitsuhiro Ishida	def.	Paul Rodriguez	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	2:29
	Yves Edwards	def.	Seichi Ikemoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute

Pride: Total Elimination Absolute

Information

Promotion

Pride Fighting Championships

Date

May 5, 2006

Venue

Osaka Dome

City

Osaka

Event chronology

Pride: Bushido 10

Pride: Total Elimination Absolute

Pride: Bushido 11

Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute^[3] was an event held on May 5, 2006, at Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan.

This event featured the first round of Pride's 2006 Open-Weight tournament. Seven tournament matches were held along with one alternate match. The seven winning participants advanced to the second round, Pride Critical Countdown Absolute. The winner of the alternate bout will take the place of any fighter who is unable to participate in subsequent matches.

Pride Heavyweight Champion and 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Fedor Emelianenko was originally set to enter the tournament with a first round bye, but a hand injury prevented him from participating. Wanderlei Silva, then current Pride middleweight champion, received his bye into the second round.

Results

Openweight Grand Prix Opening Round
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Openweight	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	Yosuke Nishijima	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:33
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Wagner da Conceicao Martins	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:17
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Punches)	1	1:10
	Kazuyuki Fujita	def.	James Thompson	KO (Punch)	1	8:25
	Josh Barnett	def.	Alexander Emelianenko	Submission (Keylock)	2	1:57
	Mark Hunt	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (Punches)	2	4:15
	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Alistair Overeem	Submission (Kimura)	2	3:43
Alternate Bout
	Roman Zentsov	def.	Gilbert Yvel	KO (Punch)	1	4:55

2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Bracket

Pride: Total Elimination Absolute

Pride: Critical Countdown Absolute

Pride: Final Conflict Absolute

Josh Barnett

SUB

Alexander Emelianenko

11:57

Josh Barnett

Mark Hunt

Mark Hunt

TKO

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka

14:15

Fabrício Werdum

SUB

Alistair Overeem