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Pride: Total Elimination 2004 By Mark Ginther Total Elimination 2004 Held April 25, 2004 Saitama Super Arena - Japan Leaving Saitama Arena, following the opening round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix, the first thing I did was look for the moon. With few exceptions evening's events played out so contrary to conventional wisdom, I could only attribute it to unusual lunar activity. Some of the curious occurrences: Rua is out punched by Kharitonov; Giant Silva wins; Schilt submits McGee; Yokoi goes past the first round with Nogueira; Fedor armbars Coleman, and Mirko is floored by a left hook from Randleman. The Results: Heath Herring def. Yoshiki Takahashi by KO (strikes) 4:53 into R1. Sergey Kharitonov def. Murilo "Ninja" Rua by KO (punches) 4:14 into R1. (Sergey is the man to watch in the future.) Giant Silva def. Sentoryu by submission (kimura) 4:64 into R1 Semmy Schilt def. Gan McGee by submission (armbar) 5:02 into R1 (Didn't see that one coming at all.) Naoya Ogawa def. Stefan Leko by submission 1:34 into R1. Kevin Randleman def. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic by KO (Randleman drops Mirko with a left hook, and finishes pounding on the mat) 1:57 into R1. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Hirotaka Yokoi by submission (front choke) 1:25 into R2. Emelianenko Fedor def. Mark Coleman by submission (armbar) 2:11 into R1 Check out the FCF Shop for the lowest prices on Pride videotapes & DVDs! |
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