Completed MMA Event
Pride 29: Fists of Fire
- Sunday 02.20.2005
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Promotion: Pride FC
- Ownership: Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE)
- Venue: Saitama Super Arena
- Location: Saitama, Japan
- Enclosure: Ring
- TV Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, Bas Rutten
- Ring Announcer: Lenne Hardt, Kei Grant
- Attendance: 22,047
- MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card
Referees
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Yuji Shimada
Filipović vs. Coleman (10), Jackson vs. Rua (9) -
Minoru Toyonaga
Nogueira vs. Overeem I (8), Vovchanchyn vs. Takahashi (4), Sperry vs. Yokoi (1) -
Daisuke Noguchi
Tamura vs. Makhmud (7), Nakamura vs. Leko (5), Rua vs. Kanehara (3) -
Moritaka Oshiro
Kharitonov vs. Choi (6), Werdum vs. Erikson (2)
Wiki
Pride 29 Wiki
In the first event of 2005, Pride 29 featured three fights between heavyweight and middleweight division top contenders. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira defeated Alistair Overeem ,while Quinton Jackson won a controversial decision over Murilo Rua, and Mirko Filipovic defeated Mark Coleman by knockout in the first round.
Jackson’s win over Rua was received as a very poor decision, with many fans feeling that Rua had done enough to earn the nod over the exhausted and out of shape Jackson. Filipovic’s convincing victory over Coleman made him the top contender to the Heavyweight Championship belt held by Fedor Emelianenko.
