TOKYO, Japan
The bout order has been announced for PRIDE FIGHTINGS next event, CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2005.
(Shown in order from first to last)
Sergei Kharitonov (Russia) vs. Pedro Rizzo (Brazil)
Mauricio Shogun Rua (Brazil) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil) *
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland) *
Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic (Croatia) vs. Ibragim Magomedov (Russia)
Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Kiyoshi Tamura (Japan)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil) vs. Pawel Nastula (Poland)
Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan) vs. Ricardo Arona (Brazil) *
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan) *
* Tournament Match (Participants and Matches Subject to Change)
PRIDE FIGHTINGS 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament spans three events TOTAL ELIMINATION (opening round), CRITICAL COUNTDOWN (Second Round) and FINAL CONFLICT (Semi-Finals and Finals). The date for FINAL CONFLICT will be announced soon.
CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2005 premieres on North American pay per view via iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, VU!, and Viewers Choice Canada on July 1st at 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST (including a countdown show at 9:30pm EST, 6:30pm PST). For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider.