Main and co-main events
Wanderlei Silva beat Kazuhiro Nakamura by knockout at 5:24 of round one in the main event of PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Ricardo Arona beat Kazushi Sakuraba by knockout at 5:00 of round two.
How the card was decided
Across the eight bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eight fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
Finishes and fight times
The quickest finish belonged to Alistair Overeem, who stopped Igor Vovchanchyn at 1:20 of round one, and five of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ricardo Arona's knockout of Kazushi Sakuraba, 10 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled one hour and 1 minutes of cage time.
Countries, weight classes and broadcast
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