Completed MMA Event
Pride Shockwave 2006
- Sunday 12.31.2006
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Name: Pride Shockwave 2006
- Also Known As: Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu (男祭り2006 - 不滅)
- Promotion: Pride FC
- Ownership: Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE)
- Venue: Saitama Super Arena
- Location: Saitama, Japan
- Enclosure: Ring
- TV Announcers: Robby Mikoski, Frank Trigg
- Ring Announcer: Lenne Hardt, Kei Grant
- Attendance: 35,000
- MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card
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Pride FC Heavyweight Championship
Submission, Kimura
8:16 Round 1 of 310
Main Event
265
10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds | Pro
Referees
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Yuji Shimada
Emelianenko vs. Hunt (10), Fujita vs. Kurtanidze (6), Aoki vs. Hansen I (2) -
Daisuke Noguchi
Nogueira vs. Barnett II (9), Gomi vs. Ishida (7) -
Moritaka Oshiro
Thompson vs. Yoshida (8), Rua vs. Nakamura (4) -
Samio Kimura
Melendez vs. Kawajiri (5)
Wiki
Pride Shockwave 2006 Wiki
While Pride Shockwave 2006 had been shaping up to be the best event of the year, it ended up being mediocre at best, as 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Champion Mirko Filipovic was unable to fight Fedor Emelianenko for the Heavyweight Championship due to foot surgery, while Josh Barnett also refused to fight, citing various, somewhat contradictory reasons. Instead, Mark Hunt took on Emelianenko, and was defeated in the first round with a Kimura after gaining top position on Emelianenko and threatening with a Kimura of his own.
Although Barnett had stated prior to the event that he was not in the best condition to face Emelianenko, he fought on the same card, losing a Unanimous Decision to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
