PRIDE Final Conflict 2003

Infobox MMA event
name = PRIDE Final Conflict 2003


promotion = PRIDE
date = November 9, 2003
venue = Tokyo Dome
city = Tokyo, Japan
attendance =
buyrate =
previousevent = PRIDE Bushido 1
followingevent = PRIDE Shockwave 2003

PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The first round of the tournament was contested at the PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 event the previous August.

Results

Tournament semifinal matches

flagicon| USA Quinton Jackson vs. flagicon| USA Chuck Liddell

Quinton Jackson advanced to the finals by defeating Chuck Liddell by TKO 3:10 into Round 2. Liddell's corner threw in the towel.

flagicon| BRA Wanderlei Silva vs. flagicon| JPN Hidehiko Yoshida

Wanderlei Silva was victorious in a unanimous decision over Hidehiko Yoshida.

Tournament finals

flagicon| USA Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. flagicon| BRA Wanderlei Silva

Reigning PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva won the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix by defeating Quinton Jackson in the finals. At 6:28 in the first round, Silva was declared the winner by TKO after he connected with many consecutive standing knee strikes to the head.

Tournament Reserve match

flagicon| BRA Murilo Bustamante vs. flagicon| USA Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson knocked out Murilo Bustamante after 53 seconds of action. As Bustamante was going for a takedown, Henderson caught him in the head with a knee strike and followed up with punches on the ground.

Other matches

flagicon| USA Dan Bobish vs. flagicon| TRI Gary Goodridge

Goodridge won by TKO over Bobish in only 18 seconds. The referee stopped the fight as Goodridge attacked Bobish with a flurry of punches.

flagicon| USA Heath Herring vs. flagicon| JPN Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Heath Herring choked out Yoshihisa Yamamoto at 2:29 in Round 3, getting the submission victory.

flagicon| BRA Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. flagicon| CRO Mirko Filipovic

Nogeira won by submission over the previously undefeated Crocop. Nogueira locked Crocop in an armbar 1:45 into Round 2.

flagicon| USA Kevin Randleman vs. flagicon| JPN Kazushi Sakuraba

Sakuraba defeated Randleman by submission with an armbar 2:36 into Round 3.

PRIDE 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Bracket

8TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=| RD1-seed2=| RD1-seed3=| RD1-seed4=| RD1-seed5=| RD1-seed6=| RD1-seed7=| RD1-seed8=
RD1=Quarterfinals| RD2=Semifinals| RD3=Final
RD1-team1=Chuck Liddell
RD1-team2= Alistair Overeem

RD1-team3= Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
RD1-team4= Murilo Bustamante

RD1-team5=Wanderlei Silva
RD1-team6=Kazushi Sakuraba

RD1-team7=Hidehiko Yoshida
RD1-team8=Kiyoshi Tamura

RD2-team1=Chuck Liddell
RD2-team2=Quinton "Rampage" Jackson

RD2-team3=Hidehiko Yoshida
RD2-team4=Wanderlei Silva

RD3-team1=Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
RD3-team2=Wanderlei Silva

Comentators

UFC President Dana White provided color commentary for the Quinton Jackson/Chuck Liddell bout, in support of UFC representative Liddell. Dana had made a $250,000 bet with Nobuyuki Sakakibara that Liddell would win the whole tournament. However, after Liddell lost to Quinton Jackson, Dana changed the terms of the bet that Liddell would have had to beat Wanderlei Silva in order for the bet to be in place. Randy Couture, at the time UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, provided color commentary for the main event, in which Wanderlei Silva battled Quinton Jackson in the tournament finals. This was not the only time Couture was involved with the event - he and Bas Rutten, both former UFC Heavyweight Champions, provided a promo about the oft-discussed UFC vs Pride rivalry due to Liddell's participation. In the promo, Couture "choked out & spanked" Rutten for calling him an "old man".

ee also

* List of PRIDE events
* PRIDE Total Elimination 2003

External links

* [http://www.pridefc.com/ Official PRIDE Website]