Key takeaways
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Mark Coleman by submission at 6:10 of round one in the main event of PRIDE 16 at the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka. In the co-main event, Don Frye beat Gilbert Yvel by dq at 7:27 of round one.
Across the seven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, one by submission and one on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in seven fights. One of the one decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Assuerio Silva, who stopped Yoshihisa Yamamoto after 11 seconds, and five of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Murilo Rua's knockout of Daijiro Matsui, 10 minutes and 51 seconds in. End to end, the seven fights filled 51 minutes of cage time.
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