Results from PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 By Mark Ginther PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 August 10, Saitama Super Arena The preliminary round of the PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix brought together some of the world's best middleweights, with three non-tournament heavyweight fights, and contained some great action but few surprises. Most of the matches played out as expected, but Murilo Bustamante, a last minute replacement for Ricardo Arona (out with an injury) came very close to choking out Rampage Jackson, the tourney favorite, who barely eked out a split decision. The only other decision was a unanimous win over Ricco Rodriguez for Rodrigo Nogueira in his comeback fight after losing the Heavyweight title at PRIDE 25. Yoshida detractors will be disappointed, after a wobbly start, and being dropped on his butt by Tamura, Yoshida submitted Tamura with a gi choke. The results: Fedor Emelienenko def. Gary Goodridge by TKO (strikes) 1:09 R1 Chuck Liddell def. Alistair Overeem by KO (strikes) 3:09 R1 Quinton Jackson beats Murilo Bustamante by split decision Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Ricco Rodriguez by unanimous decision Mirko Filipovic def. Igor Vovchanchyn by KO (kick to head) 1:29 R1 Hidehiko Yoshida def. Kiyoshi Tamura by submission (gi choke) 5:06 R1 Wanderlei Silva def. Kazushi Sakuraba by KO (straight right) 5:00 R1 Full Coverage of the show in an upcoming issue of FCF Check out the FCF Shop for the lowest prices on Pride videotapes & DVDs!

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