PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 results

July 12, 2005

Japan's Saitama Super Arena played host to a soldout crowd of 45,102 mixed martial arts fans, eager to see the second portion of the PRIDE Fighting Championship Middleweight Grand Prix on June 26th. Fans in the west had to wait until the Pay Per View aired on July 1st, but most agree that it was well worth the wait.

The main events featured the remaning eight contenders from April 23rds 'Total Elimination 2005', held at the Osaka Dome.

Main Events
''Wanderlei Silva defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura by TKO (strikes) 5:24 into round one. ''
 * Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Wanderlei Silva

''Mauricio Rua won by unanimous decision after 3 scheduled rounds of action. ''
 * Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Ricardo Arona won by TKO due to injury (corner stoppage) at the end of round two.
 * Kazushi Sakuraba vs Ricardo Arona

''Alistair Overeem defeated Igor Vovchanchyn by submission (guillotine choke) 1:20 into round one, making this the shortest fight of the evening. ''
 * “The Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Non GP Events (Superfights)
Sergei Kharitonov defeated Pedro Rizzo by TKO (strikes) 2:02 into round one.
 * Sergei Kharitonov vs Pedro Rizzo

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic defeated Ibragim Magomedov by TKO (body kick) 3:53 into round one.
 * Ibragim Magomedov vs Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic

''Kiyoshi Tamura won by unanimous decision after 3 scheduled rounds of action. ''
 * Kiyoshi Tamura vs Makoto Takimoto

''Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defeated Pawel Nastula by TKO (strikes) 8:38 into round one. ''
 * Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Pawel Nastula

Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Ricardo Arona, and Alistair Overeem will advance to the championship round of PRIDE's 2005 tournament, '''Final Conflict. '''