Pride Shockwave 2006
{{short description|Pride FC MMA event in 2006}}
{{Infobox MMA event
| name = Pride: Shockwave 2006
| image = Pride Shockwave 2006.jpg
| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships
| date = December 31, 2006
| venue = Saitama Super Arena
| attendance = 48,709
| gate =
| buyrate =
| previousevent = Pride: Bushido 13
| followingevent = Pride 33
}}
Pride Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006.
Background
The main event was scheduled to be heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko defending his heavyweight championship against the winner of the Absolute Grand Prix, but Mirko Filipović was recovering from foot surgery he underwent on October 26 and could not fight at Shockwave.{{cite web|url=http://mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=2824&zoneid=1|title=Cro Cop Uncertain For New Year's Eve Show|accessdate=2006-11-16|last=Yu|first=Al|date=2006-10-24|publisher=MMAWeekly.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116045515/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=2824&zoneid=1|archive-date=2006-11-16|url-status=dead}}
Josh Barnett, the Absolute Grand Prix runner up, was also a contender to face Emelianenko, as mentioned by the heavyweight champion in a Pride 32 post-fight press conference, but was "not in the best condition" to compete and instead fought Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira in a rematch and lost that fight to.{{cite web|last=Breen|first=Jordan|url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Fedor-to-Defend-Belt-on-New-Years-Eve-Versus-Hunt-6188|title=Fedor to Defend Belt on New Year's Eve Versus Hunt|accessdate=2015-07-15|date=2006-11-21|publisher=Sherdog}} Ultimately, Fedor defended his title against Mark Hunt.
The event was the first outside of tournaments, title bouts, and fights under the NSAC jurisdiction to feature concrete weight classes.{{cite web|url=http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/pride-shockwave-2006|title=Pride Shockave 2006 Fight Card|accessdate=2013-05-23|publisher=Tapology}} All Lightweight (-73 kg) and Welterweight (-83 kg) bouts were fought under Bushido rules with one ten-minute and one five-minute round. The sole exception however was the fight between Minowa and Tamura, as both had requested to fight under full Pride rules as well as fight in the opening fight of the night.
The gospel choir during the opening ceremony was led by Mika Arisaka and Fubito Endo.
Results
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main card}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Heavyweight
| Fedor Emelianenko (c)
|def.
|Submission (kimura)
|1
|8:16
|For the Pride Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Heavyweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Heavyweight
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|1
|7:50
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|TKO (soccer kicks and punches)
|1
|1:14
|Non-title bout.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Heavyweight
|def.
|TKO (Submission to punches)
|1
|2:09
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous)
|2
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Middleweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Welterweight
|def.
|Decision (split)
|2
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Submission (gogoplata)
|1
|2:24
|}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Welterweight
|def.
|KO (soccer kicks)
|1
|1:18
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
See also
References
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{{Pride Events}}
Category:2006 in mixed martial arts