class Method Round Time Notes
Takanori Gomi def. 
Luiz Azeredo KO (Punches) 1 3:46
Phil Baroni def. Ikuhisa Minowa TKO (Stomps) 2 2:04
Ryo Chonan def. Antônio Schembri Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. 
In Seok Kim TKO (Corner Stoppage) 1 3:28
Akihiro Gono def. Crosley Gracie Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Hayato Sakurai def. Milton Vieira Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Aaron Riley def. Michihiro Omigawa KO (Head Kick) 1 6:00
Yves Edwards def. Dokonjonosuke Mishima Submission (Armbar) 1 4:36
Jens Pulver def. Tomomi Iwama KO (Punch) 1 1:00
Charles Bennett def. Yoshiro Maeda KO (Punch) 1 1:55
class Method Round Time Notes
Wanderlei Silva def. Kazuhiro Nakamura TKO (Punches) 1 5:24
Ricardo Arona def. Kazushi Sakuraba TKO (Corner Stoppage) 2 5:00
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. 
Pawel Nastula TKO (Punches) 1 8:38
Kiyoshi Tamura def. Makoto Takimoto Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Mirko Cro Cop def. 
Ibragim Magomedov KO (Kick to the Body) 1 3:53
Alistair Overeem def. 
Igor Vovchanchyn Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 1:20
Maurício Rua def. Antônio Rogério Nogueira Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Sergei Kharitonov def. Pedro Rizzo TKO (Soccer Kick and Punches) 1 2:02
Takanori Gomi def. Jean Silva Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Phil Baroni def. Ryo Chonan KO (Punch) 1 1:40
Ikuhisa Minowa def. Kimo Leopoldo Submission (Achilles Lock) 1 3:11
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Luiz Firmino Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Daniel Acacio def. Kazuo Misaki Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Joachim Hansen def. Masakazu Imanari KO (Knee) 1 2:34
James Thompson def. Henry Miller KO (Punch) 1 1:21
Kazuki Okubo def. Ryuichi Murata Submission (Armbar) 1 9:30
Marcus Aurelio def. Jutaro Nakao Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Denis Kang def. Andrei Semenov Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Josh Thomson def. Daisuke Sugie Submission (Kneebar) 1 4:35
Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Maurício Rua def. Ricardo Arona KO (Punches) 1 2:54
Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko(c) def. Mirko Cro Cop Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 [a]
Hidehiko Yoshida def. David Abbott Submission (Single Wing Choke) 1 7:40
Fabrício Werdum def. Roman Zentsov Submission (Triangle Armbar) 1 6:01
Maurício Rua def. Alistair Overeem TKO (Punches) 1 6:42
Ricardo Arona def. Wanderlei Silva Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Igor Vovchanchyn Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Takanori Gomi def. Luiz Azeredo Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Hayato Sakurai def. Joachim Hansen Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Murilo Bustamante def. Ikuhisa Minowa TKO (Punches) 1 9:51
Dan Henderson def. Akihiro Gono KO (Punch) 1 7:58
Luiz Azeredo def. Naoyuki Kotani KO (Punch) 1 0:11
Takanori Gomi def. Tatsuya Kawajiri Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 7:42
Joachim Hansen def. Yves Edwards Decision (Split) 2 5:00
Hayato Sakurai def. Jens Pulver TKO (Punches) 1 8:56
Dokonjonosuke Mishima def. Charles Bennett Submission (Ankle Lock) 1 4:04
Murilo Bustamante def. Masanori Suda Submission (Armbar) 1 3:20
Ikuhisa Minowa def. Phil Baroni Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Dan Henderson def. Ryo Chonan KO (Punch) 1 0:22
Akihiro Gono def. Daniel Acacio Decision (Unanimous) 2 5:00
Paulo Filho def. Ryuta Sakurai Submission (Armbar) 1 3:49
Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Mirko Cro Cop def. Josh Barnett Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Kazushi Sakuraba def. Ken Shamrock TKO (Punch) 1 2:27
Makoto Takimoto def. Dong Sik Yoon Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Sergei Kharitonov def. Fabrício Werdum Decision (Split) 3 5:00
Quinton Jackson def. Hirotaka Yokoi TKO (Punches and Stomps) 1 4:05
James Thompson def. 
Alexandru Lungu TKO (Punches) 1 2:13
Murilo Rua def. Murad Chunkaiev Submission (Heel Hook) 1 3:31
Wagner da Conceicao Martins def. Henry Miller TKO (Knees) 1 1:31
class Method Round Time Notes
Hidehiko Yoshida def. Naoya Ogawa Submission (Armbar) 1 6:04
Middleweight Wanderlei Silva (c) def. Ricardo Arona Decision (Split) 3 5:00 [a]
Mark Hunt def. Mirko Cro Cop Decision (Split) 3 5:00
Kazushi Sakuraba def. Ikuhisa Minowa Technical Submission (Kimura) 1 9:59
Lightweight Takanori Gomi def. Hayato Sakurai KO (Punches) 1 3:56 [b]
Welterweight Dan Henderson def. Murilo Bustamante Decision (Split) 2 5:00 [c]
Fedor Emelianenko def. Wagner da Conceicao Martins Submission (Punches) 1 0:26
Alexander Emelianenko def. Pawel Nastula Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1 8:45
Sanae Kikuta def. Makoto Takimoto Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
James Thompson def. Paulo Cesar Silva TKO (Punches) 1 1:28
Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Yuki Kondo Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Charles Bennett def. Ken Kaneko Submissi
Like I said… 2005 bitches
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Yeah, that is a good list, I concede.
However, we can’t forget that wasn’t truly ‘A level’ talent. I mean, when those guys came over, we learnt, didn’t we, remember? 
Forrest Griffin>Shogun
Gabe Gonzaga>Crocop
Chris Leben>Wanderlei Silva
Clay Guida>Gomi
Jason Miller>Sakuraba
Frank Mir>Big Nog
Forrest Griffin>Rampage
Bigfoot>Fedor
Jake Shields>Dan Henderson
Stephan Bonnar>Mark Coleman
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Guys who all were in wars way before going to the UFC lol. The UFC was like a boxercise class compared to what Pride put those guys through.
Shogun in his prime beats any LHW ever. Jon Jones included.
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lol - come on. Shogun lost to Forest when he was 26 years old. Younger than Tank Davis is now. He also lost to him just a few months after he had beaten Overeem.
Anyway, don’t feel bad, Forrest was ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ winner, afterall. The winner of the whole show.
You forgot to mention he was coming off of ACL surgery and couldn’t even kick
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Fuck I forgot about that. Shogun had some legendary wars after that initial UFC loss
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I did not know that about his knee
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Yea he wasn’t the same after that knee surgery.
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I’ll never forget that. Watching it “live” on tape delay with a bunch of casuals back then, I was telling them the entire time “just watch this dude will win by headkick KO” then… fuuuuckkkkk. I was in shock.
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He looked good In his other UFC fights. He beat Machida the first time iMO, then won definitively… also had that absolute war with Hendo. One of the best fights I’ve ever seen
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Just goes to show how skilled he was. Because he was probably at 75% of what he was in Pride. Just watch old high lights of him and see the difference.
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