PRIDE

PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute

Completed Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan 8 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Hidehiko Yoshida beat Yosuke Nishijima by submission in the main event.
  • Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Wagner da Conceicao Martins by submission in the co-main event.
  • Eight of the eight results came early: four knockouts and four submissions.
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Main card

YN

Yosuke Nishijima vs Hidehiko Yoshida

Submission R1 2:33
HY ✓
AN ✓

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Wagner da Conceicao Martins

Submission R1 2:17
WM
MF ✓

Mirko Filipovic vs Ikuhisa Minowa

Knockout R1 1:10
IM
KF ✓

Kazuyuki Fujita vs James Thompson

Knockout R1 8:25
JT
JB ✓

Josh Barnett vs Aleksander Emelianenko

Submission R2 1:57
AE
TK

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Mark Hunt

Knockout R2 4:15
MH ✓
FW ✓

Fabricio Werdum vs Alistair Overeem

Submission R2 3:43
Alistair Overeem
GY

Gilbert Yvel vs Roman Zentsov

Knockout R1 4:55
RZ ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Hidehiko Yoshida beat Yosuke Nishijima by submission at 2:33 of round one in the main event of PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute at the Osaka Dome in Osaka. In the co-main event, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Wagner da Conceicao Martins by submission at 2:17 of round one.

How the card was decided

Across the eight bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout and four by submission — eight stoppages in eight fights.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Mirko Filipovic, who stopped Ikuhisa Minowa at 1:10 of round one, and five of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mark Hunt's knockout of Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 9 minutes and 15 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled 44 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Paramount+ carried all eight bouts.