PRIDE Total Elimination 2003

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PRIDE Total Elimination 2003
Details
Promotion PRIDE
Date August 10, 2003
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Event chronology
PRIDE 26: Bad to the Bone PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 PRIDE Bushido 1

PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on August 10, 2003. This event was host to the quarterfinals of the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The four winners in the quarterfinals advanced to the PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 event in November where both the semi-finals and the finals were contested on the same night.

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[edit] Tournament quarterfinal matches

[edit] Flag of the United States Chuck Liddell vs. Flag of the Netherlands Alistair Overeem

UFC representative Chuck Liddell knocked out Alistair Overeem with several consecutive punches at 3:09 in the first round.

[edit] Flag of Brazil Murilo Bustamante vs. Flag of the United States Quinton Jackson

Jackson was victorious via split decision over Murilo Bustamante. Bustamante replaced fellow Brazilian Top Team member Ricardo Arona in the tournament. Arona was unable to take part due to a broken ankle.

[edit] Flag of Japan Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Flag of Japan Hidehiko Yoshida

Hidehiko Yoshida defeated Kiyoshi Tamura by submission with a sleeve choke 5:06 into the first round.

[edit] Flag of Japan Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Flag of Brazil Wanderlei Silva

PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva knocked out Kazushi Sakuraba with a left-right combination 5:01 into the fight.

[edit] Other matches

[edit] Flag of Russia Fedor Emelianenko vs. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Gary Goodridge

PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko defeats Gary Goodridge 1:09 in round 1 by TKO. Fedor's aggressive ground and pound quickly forced a referee stoppage.

[edit] Flag of Brazil Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Flag of the United States Ricco Rodriguez

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira won a unanimous decision over Ricco Rodriguez. This result was seen as very controversial, as Rodriguez maintaned the dominant position and took Nogueira down the whole fight. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Nogueira.

[edit] Flag of Croatia Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović vs. Flag of Ukraine Igor Vovchanchyn

"Cro Cop" knocked out Igor Vovchanchyn with a left high kick to the head 1:29 into the fight.

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