Pride 34
| Pride 34 | ||||
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 The poster for Pride 34 | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | April 8, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama, Japan | |||
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Pride 34: Kamikaze[1] was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on April 8, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Background
This was the last Pride show promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment before the sale of the company (see Pride Worldwide).
Although Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Rua were negotiating with Pride to compete,[2] Silva did not participate because of a medical suspension received from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.[3] The commission had stated that if a Japanese doctor cleared Silva for competition, they would consider lifting the suspension three days early, but this did not come to fruition.[4]
Gilbert Yvel was originally slated to fight Bazigit Atajev, but Atajev withdrew due to an internal disease.[5]
Nobuyuki Sakakibara's "surprise announcement" at the event turned out to be a guest appearance by Kazushi Sakuraba who had left Pride nearly a year ago to join rival promotion Hero's. Kiyoshi Tamura joined Sakakibara in the ring and teased a potential matchup in a future Pride event. Sakuraba had initially expressed his wish to fight either Wanderlei Silva or Kiyoshi Tamura on the card but in the end neither fight materialized.
Results
- Heavyweight bout:
Yoshihiro Nakao vs. 
Edson Drago
- Nakao defeated Drago via submission (neck crank) at 9:51 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout:
Eric "Butterbean" Esch vs. Wagner "Zuluzinho" da Conceição Martins
- Esch defeated da Conceição Martins via submission (keylock) at 2:35 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Makoto Takimoto vs.
Zelg Galesic
- Takimoto defeated Galesic via submission (kimura) at 5:40 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout:
Gilbert Yvel vs. Akira Shoji
- Yvel defeated Shoji via TKO (punches) at 3:04 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout:
James Thompson vs. Don Frye
- Thompson defeated Frye via TKO (punches) at 6:23 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Brian Lo-An-Joe
- Aoki defeated Lo-An-Joe via submission (armbar) at 1:33 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Ricardo Arona
- Sokoudjou defeated Arona via KO (punch) at 1:59 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout: Jeff Monson vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
- Monson defeated Fujita via submission (rear-naked choke) at 6:47 of round 1.
References
- ^ "Three Bouts Announced For Pride "Kamikaze"". Sherdog. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
- ^ de Araújo, Thiago (2007-03-15). "Wanderlei Silva e Maurício Shogun podem voltar ao Pride em abril" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
- ^ "Mixed Martial Arts Show Results - Pride 33" (PDF). Nevada State Athletic Commission. 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "No Wanderlei, But Maybe a Surprise or Two?". MMA Weekly. 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
- ^ "Bazigit Atajev Off Of Pride 34 Card". MMA Weekly. 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2007-04-05.