New Years Eve MMA results

PRIDE FC Otoko Matsuri - ITADAKI 12/31/2005
Saitama Super Arena
1. Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennet (USA) beat Ken Kaneko (JPN) by armbar (Rd.1 - 4'14)
2. Kazuhiro Nakamura (JPN) beat Yuki Kondo (JPN) by Decision 3-0
3. James Thompson (ENG) beat Giant Silva (BRA) by KO (Rd.1 - 1'28) (OUCH!)
4. Sanae Kikuta (JPN) beat Makoto Takimoto (JPN) by Decision 3-0
5. Aleksander Emelianenko (RUS) beat Pawel Natsula (POL) by rear naked choke (Rd.1 - 8'45)
6. Fedor Emelianenko (RUS) beat ZULU (BRA) by KO (Rd.1 - 0'28!!!)
7. PRIDE Welterweight GP Finals: Dan Henderson (USA) beat Murilo Bustamante (BRA) by Decision 2-1
8. PRIDE Lightweight GP Finals: Takanori Gomi (JPN) beat Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (JPN) by KO (Rd.1 - 3'56)
9. Kazushi Sakuraba (JPN) beat Ikuhisa Minowa (JPN) by TKO (Kimura) (Rd.1 - 9'39)
10. Mark Hunt (NZ) beat Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic (CRO) by Decision 2-1
11. PRIDE Middleweight Title: Wanderlei Silva (BRA) beat Ricardo Arona (BRA) by Decision 2-1 to retain the title.
12. Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) beat Naoya Ogawa (JPN) by TKO (armbar, Rd.1 6'04)

K-1 Premium Dynamite 12/31/2005
Osaka Dome
1. MMA Rules: Shungo Oyama defeated Peter Aerts with a heel-hook.
2. K-1 Rules: Jerome Le Banner defeated Alan Karaev in R2 by KO.
3. K-1 Rules: Heath Herring and Yoshihiro Nakao had no decision after Herring apparently hit Nakao before the bell rang. Herring was provoked before the bell rang by Nakao's antics.
4. MMA Rules: Katsuhiko Nagata defeated Remigijus Morkevicius after 2R by decision.
5. K-1 Rules: Remy Bonjasky defeated The Predator after 3R by a 2-1 split decision.
6. K-1 Rules: Musashi defeated Bob Sapp after 3R (decision).
7. K-1 Rules: Masato defeated Akira Ohigashi by KO with a low-kick.
8. K-1 Rules: Semmy Schilt defeated Ernesto Hoost in R2 by TKO (blood stoppage when Hoost had a cut on his forehead).
9. K-1 Rules: Bobby Ologun defeated Akebono after 3R by decision.
10. MMA Rules: Royce Gracie & Hideo Tokoro went to a draw after 2R.
11. K-1 Rules: Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto defeated Genki Sudo by KO in R1.

PRIDE Middleweight GP 8/28 results

Some interesting results from last night's PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix finals show at the Saitama Super Arena. UFC legend Tank Abbott made his PRIDE debut, but came up short against Judo star Hidehiko Yoshida. I was really hoping Tank would win here to get a good start in Japan, but with the loss I'm not even sure we'll see him there again. He lost by submission to a katahajime, and that's sorta expected as Tank has never been known to be good on the ground. I was hoping Yoshida would keep the fight standing as he's shown he can throw punches with the best of them in the past.
Wanderlei Silva LOST to Ricardo Arona in the semi finals of the GP! This was not really surprising as Arona has shown alot of skill and improvement in the GP fights I've seen him in. The problem here was that he won by judges decision after two rounds. I'm scratching my head as to why up until now all the GP fights were three rounds, and now the semi finals were just 2 rounds. Arona was said to have been very dominant over the "Axe Murderer", so who knows what results a third round would have yielded.
Emelianenko Fedor successfully defended his PRIDE Heavyweight Title against Mirko CroCop Filopovic in the semi-main event of the night. Fedor won by judges decision after 3 rounds. I'm guessing Fedor kept CroCop grounded to avoid his deadly kicks.
Despite pulling off a huge upset in the semis, Ricardo Arona fell to Mauricio Shogun Rua in the finals of the GP. Shogun himself has improved vastly in PRIDE and this fight should be interesting to check out.
And yes, I will be checking out this event as ASTRO will be airing the US PPV version of the show in September. At least I think it's this show since the next PRIDE show isn't until the next Bushido show on 9/25.

PRIDE FC Middleweight GP Finals 8/28/2005
Saitama Super Arena - 47,269 Fans
Reserve GP Match: Kazuhiro Nakamura defeated Igor Vovchanchyn after 2R by a 3-0 judges' decision.
GP Semi-Finals: Ricardo Arona defeated Vanderlei Silva after 2R by a 3-0 judges' decision.
GP Semi-Finals: Mauricio Shogun defeated Alistair Overeem in the 1R in 6 minutes, 42 seconds by KO from mount punches.
Fabricio Werdum defeated Roman Zentsov in the 1R in 4 minutes, 1 second with a cross-arm scissors hold for the submission.
Hidehiko Yoshida defeated Tank Abott in the 1R in 7 minutes, 12 seconds with the katahajime (choke sleeper).
PRIDE Heavyweight Title Match: Emelianenko Fedor defeated Mirko Cro Cop after 3R by a 3-0 judges' decision.
2005 Middleweight GP Finals: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defeated Ricardo Arona in the 1R in 2 minutes, 53 seconds by KO.