PRIDE Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event was called PRIDE Otoko Matsuri 2006
The main event was scheduled to be heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko defending his heavyweight championship against the winner of the Absolute Grand Prix, but Mirko Filipović was recovering from foot surgery he underwent on October 26th and could not be fighting at Shockwave. Josh Barnett, the Absolute Grand Prix runner up, was also a contender to face Emelianenko, as mentioned by the heavyweight champion in a PRIDE 32 post-fight press conference, but was "not in the best condition" to compete. Instead, Fedor was said to be defending his title against Mark Hunt.
The event featured a mix of full PRIDE rules and Bushido rules, with
the 160 pound and 183 pound fighters fighting under Bushido's rules.
The sole exception however is the fight between Minowa and Tamura, as
both had requested to fight under full PRIDE rules as well as fight in
the opening fight of the night.
Fight Card:
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Joachim Hansen vs. Shinya Aoki (Bushido)
Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo (Bushido)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (Bushido)
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtandze
Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro
Ishida (Bushido)
Hidehiko Yoshida vs. James Thompson
Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Fedor Emelianenko vs.
Mark Hunt
All Complete MMA Fights with Ring Walks & Post Fight Interviews
