Total Elimination Absolute


 May 5, 2006 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 43,000
Shown live on Fuji TV (17.6)
  1. Roman Zentsov KO Gilbert Yvel (1st - 4:55).

  2. Fabricio Werdum beat Alistair Overeem (2nd - 3:43) via submission.

  3. Mark Hunt TKO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2nd - 4:15).

  4. Josh Barnett beat Alexander Emelianenko (2nd - 1:57) via submission.

  5. Kazuyuki Fujita KO James Thompson (1st - 8:25).

  6. Mirko Cro Cop TKO Ikuhisa Minowa (1st - 1:10).

  7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Wagner da Conceicao Martins (1st - 2:17) via submission.

  8. Hidehiko Yoshida beat Yosuke Nishijima (1st - 2:33) via submission.










Critical Countdown Absolute


 July 1, 2006 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 34,000
  1. Pawel Nastula beat Edson Drago via submission (1st - 4:33).

  2. Yoshihiro Nakao TKO Eun Su Lee (1st - 4:16).

  3. Vitor Belfort KO Yoshiki Takahashi (1st - 0:36).

  4. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira TKO Alistair Overeem (2nd - 2:13).

  5. Kazuhiro Nakamura beat Evangelista Santos (1st - 4:49) via submission.

  6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Fabricio Werdum (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  7. Wanderlei Silva TKO Kazuyuki Fujita (1st - 9:21).

  8. Josh Barnett beat Mark Hunt (1st - 2:02) via submission.

  9. Mirko Cro Cop beat Hidehiko Yoshida (1st - 7:38) via submission.










Final Conflict Absolute


 September 10, 2006 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 35,000
  1. Evangelista Santos beat Yosuke Nishijima (1st - 3:24) via submission.

  2. Mirko Cro Cop KO Wanderlei Silva (1st - 5:26).

  3. Josh Barnett beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (2nd) via split decision.

  4. Aleksander Emelianenko TKO Sergei Kharitonov (1st - 6:45).

  5. Ricardo Morais TKO Lee Tae-Hyun (1st - 8:08).

  6. Kazuhiro Nakamura beat Yoshihiro Nakao (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  7. Mauricio Rua TKO Cyrille Diabate (1st - 5:29).

  8. Ricardo Arona beat Alistair Overeem (1st - 4:28) via submission.

  9. Mirko Cro Cop beat Josh Barnett (1st - 5:32) via submission to win the Openweight Grand Prix 2006.










Openweight Grand Prix 2006


 May 5 - September 10, 2006

Josh Barnett________________
                            |Barnett____
Alexander Emelianenko_______|           |
                                        |Barnett____
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka____________            |           |
                            |Hunt_______|           |
Mark Hunt___________________|                       |
                                                    | 	
Fabricio Werdum_____________                        |Barnett__
                            |Werdum_____            |         |
Alistair Overeem____________|           |           |         |
                                        |Nogueiera__|         |
Wagner da Conceicao Martins_            |                     |
                            |Nogueiera__|                     |
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueiera___|                                 |
                                                              |Cro Cop__
Mirko Cro Cop_______________                                  |
                            |Cro Cop____                      |
Ikuhisa Minowa______________|           |                     |
                                        |Cro Cop____          |
Yosuke Nishijima____________            |           |         |
                            |Yoshida____|           |         |
Hidehiko Yoshida____________|                       |         |
                                                    |Cro Cop__|
Kazuyuki Fujita_____________                        |
                            |Fujita_____            |
James Thompson______________|           |           |
                                        |Silva______|
                       Wanderlei Silva__|