22.10.2006 Fedor is The Real DealRussian colossus shines in the Pride US debut
The artificial snow that fell when Fedor Emelianenko entered in scene was a remarkable way to freeze the climax of ‘The Real Deal’, the name of Pride’s first show in the US, which took place on that October 21st night in Las Vegas. But even more remarkable and cold was the swift armbar that made Fedor made Mark Coleman tap out with at 1m17s of the second round, in the main event of the evening.
This match went longer than the one they had in 2005, but the superiority of the greatest fighter in the world was pretty much the same. The Russian controlled the stand up action in the first round. As an apparently fatigued Coleman finally got the take down in the beginning of the second, Fedor used his ground skills to quickly set the armlock that finished the event.
Young, skilled Chute Boxe star Mauricio Shogun took less than three minutes to display a well-connected sequence of leg attacks, until he finally made former NCAA wrestling champion Kevin Randleman give up, in the seventh bout of the night.
Shogun’s assault happened right after another leg submission, the one applied by Josh Barnett on Pawell Nastula, in the second round of a fight that was pretty much controlled by Nastula until the lethal weapon was triggered by "The Babyface Assassin".
Another very anticipated bout was the fourth, between Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort. People who went to the Thomas & Mack Center watched three rounds full of actions, as Henderson managed to take Belfort down several times and also landed some of his well known wild punches. Belfort’s sweeps and upper cuts weren’t enough to convince the judges, who gave “Hollywood Henderson� the victory, by unanimous decision.
Full Results:
Pride: The Real Deal
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
October 21st
Robbie Lawler def Joey Villasenor by KO (Knee) at 22s of 1R
Kazuhiro Nakamura def Travis Galbraith by TKO (Strikes) at 1m16s of 2R
Phil Baroni def Yosuke Nishijima by submission (Kimura) at 3m20s of 1R
Dan Henderson def Vitor Belfort by unanimous decision after 3R
Eric Esch def Sean O'Haire by TKO (Strikes) at 29s of 1R
Josh Barnett def Pawel Nastula by ankle lock at 3m4s of 2R
Mauricio Shogun def Kevin Randleman by kneebar at 2m35s of 1R
Fedor Emelianenko def Mark Coleman by armbar at 1m17s of 2R
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