Pride Final Conflict 2003
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| Promotion | Pride | |||
| Date | November 9, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 67,450 | |||
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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.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Tournament semifinals
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Quinton Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell
Jackson advanced to the finals by defeating Liddell by TKO 3:10 into Round 2. Liddell's corner threw in the towel.
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Wanderlei Silva vs. 
Hidehiko Yoshida
Wanderlei Silva was victorious in a unanimous decision over Hidehiko Yoshida.
[edit] Tournament finals
[edit] Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. 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.
[edit] Tournament Reserve match
[edit] Murilo Bustamante vs. 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.
[edit] Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix bracket
[edit] Pride Interim Heavyweight Championship
[edit] Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. 
Mirko Filipović
Nogueira won by submission over the previously undefeated Filipović. Nogueira locked Filipović in an armbar 1:45 into Round 2.
[edit] Other matches
[edit] Dan Bobish vs. 
Gary Goodridge
Goodridge won by TKO over Bobish in only 18 seconds. The referee called the fight after Goodridge brought Bobish to a knee with heavy punches. Bobish complained after the fight was stopped that he had taken a finger/thumb to the eye on an early Goodridge combo.
[edit] Heath Herring vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Heath Herring choked out Yoshihisa Yamamoto at 2:29 in Round 3, getting the submission victory.
[edit] Kevin Randleman vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba defeated Randleman by submission with an armbar 2:36 into Round 3.
[edit] Commentators
Randy Couture, at the time UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion, provided commentary for the main event, in which Wanderlei Silva battled Quinton Jackson in the tournament finals.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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